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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21
How Land Work Affects Climate.

The character of climates is vari-
ously affected by the presence or abb
sence of trees and other vegetation.
In a British association address, Sir
Charles P. Lucas noted that climates
became both hotter and colder when
the surface of the earth has been barred
by the cutting down of trees; they be-
come drier or moister with the de-
struction or planting of trees; and
healthfulness or unhealthfulness may
be determined by the removal or re-
tanning Of the forests. The Canadian
northwest is cited as an example.
Broken or plowed land does not re-
tain snow and ice like the unbroken
prairie surface, but it is more reten-
tive of moisture and the heat of the
sun. AS a result there has been per-
ceptible agricultural improvement of
the climate, with an extension of the
wheat belt considerably farther north
than formerly. Lord Strathcona be-
lieved that the rails and telegraph
lines of the Canadian Pacific railway
brought some change even before the
coming of the settlers, an increase in
dew and moisture having been quite
evident near the railway.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
"CaIifornia Syrup of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup OF
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with.
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish, or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, mother! If coated, give a
teaspoonful of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
dndigested food passes out of the bow
els, and you have we'll, playful child
again. When its little system is full
Of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, indigestion, colic-remem-
ber, a good inside cleaning should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a
teaspoonful today saves sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for So
cent bottle Of California Syrup Of
Figs" which has directions for babies,
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21

ranean labor in compressed air pro-
produces the bends" work in the
powder mills creates the powder
house Jag" which is described as fol-
lows by Merle Crowell in the Ameri.
can Magazine.
"A powder house is no place for an
unsteady hand or an unseeing eye, but
the powder house jag, freak prod
uct Of the plants themselves, is some
thing which no amount of diligence
can forefend. Large quantities of al
cohol are used in the making of
smokeless powder, and the air in the
shops frequently gets heavy with its
fumes Men have been known to leave
the plants reeling and stupefied, while
one serious accident recently was
caused because a fumefuddled work
man threw on both the high pressure
and the low pressure brakes at the
same time.
"A weird nervous disorder that
steals upon powder makers has been
called powderitis Treading all day
with rubber-soled shoes in a shop
which a vagrant spark will change in
to a crate, they get keyed up to a
nervous tension that never runs down,
with the result that even when off
duty they nearly jump through their
collars at an unexpected flash of light.
Although powder, unless 1t is con-
fined, does not explode at a spark un-
der normal conditions, powder shop
may be changed into an inferno of
wildfire in few seconds"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21
BENEFIT IN DAILY TUBING
Required for Proper Preservation Of
Health and Looks-Turklsh
Bath Works Wonders.

II would be wrong to prescribe hot
water baths for all the world OF wom
en-, for there are undoubtedly condi.
tions when they would be harmful, Is
the assertion made by a prominent
physician But daily Tubing In water
OF some temperature or other is re.
Quired for looks and health, and II
the heart is in good condition, the
benefits of the hot tub are undeniable.
So the long dead beauties of ancient
Greece and Rome kept themselves
fair and so the beauty Of today builds
up her looks when she finds they are
beginning to wane with time or a
feyered life, Weak woman anxious
for their looks crowd the Turkish
bath, boiling and steaming away COM
pleXion hurts, reiuvenating muscles,
tightening their bodies Of superhuous
flesh, soothing their nerves. And II
they are used 10 such baths, or to
some other preferred kind, they feel
as nc as race horses for a week after
ward.
some medical tacts concerning the
usual effects of the hot or cold bath
give this Illuminating information;
The hot bath facilitates and stimu-
lates the natural combustion processes
Of the body; the cold bath, TO produce
the same results, lavishes just four
times the same amount of energy.
The cold bath is not sufficiently
cleansing for the health of the skin,
and when there is a predisposition to
skin troubles the chilly water tends
TO increase them. The process called
hardening" which consists in sub
hitting ones system to the shock Of
cold plunges, is thought, too the
worst thing in the world for any but
the most vigorous constitutions.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21

Family coach" is the game going
on in our social life, and the stately
homes of England are being denuded
still further of their domestic servants.
The boys don khaki, the parlormaid
throws away her cap and apron and
skips off to take her place on railway,
tramcar, business office, the police
service, and, more particularly, the
restaurant Instinctively the ordinary
mistress knows that her servants, hav.
ing tasted good wages, and those dear,
definite hours of personal liberty, will
not return to the servants hail." and
there will be many mistresses who
will be left lamenting ng!-London
Chronicle.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21

A blight which often falls upon the
souls of men who have studied long
and perhaps bear learned titles is the
blight of narrow and ungenial view
Of life. They end at the barred window,
and not at an open doorway. Sympa-
thy puts the crown upon the head Of
the educated man. He has a fellow
feeling for all men, because his wide
experience of life has enabled him
to understand them. Mingled in this
sympathetic attitude of the educated
man is humility, that grows out of
knowledge. He stands with Newton
on the shore aware of the wide, un-
attempted sea. He knows that the
corner of knowledge where he works,
though but corner, is yet related
to all learning and all places where
others are at work.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21

overhanging caves add to the idea Of
a built-in porch. The porch roof is of
the gable type, while hip roof covers
the house. A bungalow effect is Gre
ated by the oYerhanging caves on
both the house and the porch.
In small houses, cased openings are
becoming more and more popular to
Join up the rooms in the front part
of the house. With a small home it is
impossible to get very large rooms,
and such an arrangement may be de-
sirable for entertaining. This is ac-
complished by using cased openings.
The reception hall, living room, and
dining room are connected in this way
here. The arrangement gives a large
unobstructed floor space along the
front and one side of the house The
cased opening between the dining
room and the living room is so wide
that it makes those two rooms intA
one large room. The lighting of these
rooms is taken care of in good shape
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21

derful, but they would shorten it's
name down 10 just large kitchen. The
person who works in the kitchen has
10 move around a good deal and II this
room is too big the walking that has
to be done In preparing a meal Is very
firing. What is the use, then, of vast
ing space that will be valuable In
some other room? In planning the
house figure on a small, compact, and
well-arranged kitchen and you will
never regret 1t.
I'm the design shown here the kitch.
en- Is only II feet G inches by feet,
which cuts the waste space TO a mini
num- Room for all the various
things that are needed In the kitchen
is provided by n pantry This is a
small room off the kitchen, and is To-
Gated near the sink. In the pantry
there is a cupboard and also a refrig'
orator that ia iced from the outside.
The kitchen opens on to a rear porch
that can be used as a kitchen annex
In the warm weather
This house Is set we'll above the
ground, so that there is large and
well.lighted basement II is absolute
ly necessary TO have a heating plant
in any of the northern parts Of this
country. To do this the house must
be set high enough so that there is
plenty OF headroom for the type OF
plant that is to be installed. A deep
cellar could be built with the same ef.
feet. but the basement would be in
clined 20 darkness and 1t would also
be damp. With this house a laundry
can be installed and there would also
be room for a small workshop The
entrance to the basement is from the
kitchen. A storage room for fruits
and vegetables can be built in a part
Of the cellar that is as far from the
furnace as possible.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21

but the talent remains up to its old
standards, and one can hear a truly
fine production of an opera for sew.
enty-iive cents or a dollar.
Towards the end of January / left
Munich and made a journey to Italy.
Though Italy was not involved at
the time, one noticed the war more
here than in Germany. People we're
poor and discontented, banks failed,
one after the other; a declaration Of
war against Austria was expected
daily, and everyone was in a troubled
frame of mind. 1t took twenty days
for letters from Germany to reach me.
could not stand the uncertainty and
hastened back to Munich after a scant
two weeks absence.
After my return l worked harder
than ever at the hospital. None Of
and as several of the men desired to
learn English, the superintendent Of
nurses asked me to take charge OF
some classes. | had one class Of
beginners and one of more advanced
pupils, and / can truthfully say 1
never enjoyed anything more than
those English lessons I gave at the
American Red Cross hospital.
| wasn't a very dignified teacher
one can't expect a nineteen-year-old
girl to put on spectacles-but my pu-
pills liked me and they learned a bit,
too. However, even the English les
sons did not furnish enough work to
satisfy me. So after much coaxing l
received my official Red Cross arm
band and became what is called in
German a "Helferin," or assistant
nurse.
| worked early and late among these
wounded soldiers and found a great
deal of pleasure in the work. 1t was
a revelation to note how much fine
feeling these men possess. The most
of them are ignorant and uncultured.
They were so grateful for every bit Of
care, and at times when l found my
self downcast they always seemed to
know the right thing to do and say.
After almost a year Of this work, l
took a rest and went first to Vienna
and then to Marienbad. | found the
latter resort in strange contrast to the
Kissingen Of the year before. Marien'
bad was full Of people and almost gay.
There was no dancing, of course, but
there were social affairs, concerts and
tombolas, where a game similar to
our lotto is played. In addition one
saw women as beautifully gowned as
the Parisienne at her best.
And here, also, as we'll as in Mu-
mich, we found the same astonishingly
large number of men. | used to
wonder where they all came from.
We got back to Munich just in time
to see a parade in honor Of the king
and if had not seen it with my
own eyes / should never have be-
lieved it possible that so many good
soldiers could be left after more than
a year Of war.
AS the time for our departure drew
near my heart grew heavy. | was
happy at the prospect of seeing Amer
lea and my American friends again,
but had grown to love Munich and
it's people.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21
serbIans Good Infantry.

All Serbian peasants are great walk
ers. A servant, given short leave,
will think nothing of footing it to his
home, five and twenty miles off, and
walking back after short day spent
with his family 1t is quite in the or
dinary way of their business for both
men and women to be two days on the
road to market. Owing to their re-
markable marching powers Serbian
troops are mobilized and moved with
surprising rapidity, in spite of the
great lack Of railway communication.
And then they march light. With lit
tie in the bread-bag that hangs at his
belt the Serbian soldier is quite con-
tent If only he can roll himself Gig
arctic now and then, and look forward
perhaps to a tot of plum-cognac.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21

The porch is the greatest factor in
determining the impression that per.
son receives from a house. An at
tractive and cozy porch viii always
help in making any house more pleas.
ant, Porches can be built in many
ways so as to fit in with the general
scheme of the house design, Some
times they are set back under the
main roof which gives the builtin eff
feet. other times they are detached
from the house proper and built under
a separate roof, which of course con
meets up with the main roof of the
house.
In the design shown here the porch
is built under a separate roof, but ii is
built so low that it gives the built-in
effect Just as II It were under the
house roof. The square, white pillars
combined with the low roof and the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21
PRETTY COTTAGE
OF FIVE ROOMS
Arranged With Cased Openings,
to Allow Large, UnobstruOted
Floor Space.
PORCH COzY AND ATTRACTIVE
Built Under Separate Roof, But Has
the Popular 5ullt.ln Effeet-touse
Has Admirable Lighting Ar
rangements-storase Space
Provided For.
BY WILLIAM A. RApPoRo.

Mr.. William A. Radford viii answe
questions and give advice FREE o.
COST on all subjects pertaining 10 tho
subject of building, for the readers OF this
paper on account Of his wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he
Is, without doubt, the highest authority
on all these subjects Address all inquiries
TO William A. Radford, No. 1927 Prairie
avenue, Chicago, Ill.,, and only enclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21
Hopes Women viii
Adopt This Habit
As Well As Men
Glass Of hot water each morn
ing helps us look and feel
clean, sweet, fresh.

Happy, bright, alert-vigorous and
yiyaoious-a good clear skin; n nat
ural, rosy complexion and freedom
from illness are assured only by clean,
healthy blood. II only every woman
and likewise every man could realize
the wonders OF drinking phosphated
hot water each morning, what a graf
flying change would take place.
Instead of the thousands Of sickly,
anaemic-loolIing men, women and
girls with pasty or muddy complex
ions; instead OF the multltudes OF
nerve wrecks" "rundowns." brain
fags' and pessimists we should see a
virile, optimistic throng OF rosy.
checked people everywhere.
An inside bath is had by drinking
each morning before breakfast, a glass
Of real hot water with a teaspoonful
OF limestone phosphate in 1t to wash
from the stomach, liver kidneys and
ten yards Of bowels the previous days
indigesuble waste, sour fermentations
and poisons, thus cleansing, sweeten-
ing and freshening the entire alimen.
tary canal before putting more food
into the stomach.
Those subject to sick headache, bil.
iousness, nasty breath, rheumatism,
colds; and particularly those who
have a paliid, sallow complexion and
who are eonstipated very often, are
urged to obtain a quarter pound Of
limestone phosphate from any drug
gist or at the store which will cost
but a trife but is sufficient to demon
strate the quick and remarkable
change in both health and appearance
awaiting those who practice internal
sanitation. We must remember that
inside cleanliness is more important
than outside, because the skin does
not absorb impurities to contaminate
the blood, while the pores in the thir-
ty feet of bowels do.-Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21
cenaorlnn nRomeo and LuIlet.u

Speaking of Romeo and Juliet"
what would an official censor say Of
it if it were put in the movies? Ac-
cording to an amusing skit in the Nov
ing Picture World, his remarks would
include this:
"Cut out Juliet. Here is a girl just
in her teens conducting herself in a
most unmaidenly manner. There
are too many street brawls. Reduce
these to a flash of about ten feet. The
board has frequently announced its
disapproval of the administration of
secret sleeping potions"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21
Sugar Center In philippines.

The erection of a sugar center, far
larger than any at present operated in
the Philippine islands, has just been
assured by the signing of contract
between members of the Yulo family
OF occidental negros and allied inter-
ests, and a syndicate of Honolulu sug-
are capitalists, who have agreed to
advance s25O,O0O gold to be used in
development work.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21
His Job.

There was once a rich but very
mean old lady who paid her servants
as little as possible, and kept very
few.
One OF her staff was a thin, very
misunderstanding lad of twelve, who
answered the door, did the knives and
the windows, waited at table, weeded
the garden, washed the poodle and
had the rest of the time to himself.
One visitor asked him:
well, my boy, and what do you
do here"
81 do butler and a gardener out OF
a Job" snapped the lad, sourly.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21

by four windows in the living room
and two wide ones in the dining room.
A seat can be built into the square
bay in the living room if desired Built
in seats are found now in nearly every
house, and are an exceedingly pleasant
feature. Almost any built-in seat will
add to the coziness of room.
In the dining room is built-in buff
fet that is placed under the two win
dows on the side. This buffet extends
completely along the wall and conse-
quently contains plenty of room for
china, silver, or any of the many
things that are used in the dining
room.
Storage space is often at premium
in small houses and the closets be-
come filled up because there is no 9th
er place to keep things that are not
in actual use all the time. Even in
the best-regulated families there are
always many things around that no
body is using but they are, kept be-
cause they may be of service some
day. They will probably never be used
but they are always kept, anyway
Plenty Of storage space is provided in
this plan in the attic. This extensive
space is reached by stairs through the
dining room. In addition to the room
in the attic there are plenty of closets,
including one in each bedroom, one In
the bathroom, one in the back hall,
and one in the reception hall.
The compact kitchen is Of the type
that is so popular among housewives.
Everyone has heard people remark
about the wonderful large kitchen In
some house. If they had to work in
that wonderful large kitchen for q
while they would stop calling 1t won
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21

Frank AlvOrd Perret whose knowl-
edge of volcanoes is probably unique
in the world, is an American, native
Of Hartford, Conn. After volcanic out
bursts he has been able accurately to
forecast their conduct for some time
to come, and in this way his labors
have been of inestimable value to resi-
dents of volcanic districts He has
visited and studied practically every
volcano of note in the world. He was
the first to reach Messina after the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21
a Pampered Pet.

my wife carries her fondness for
that cat to excess"
"How so?"
The critter takes a prominent part
in concerts given in feline circles"
"Well?"
And dinged if my wife amt talking
of having it's voice trained"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21
Has Made Study of Volcanoes

devastating earthquake in 1908 AS
an inventor he is also widely known.
In 1904 he took up volcanology and
became honorary assistant to Profes-
sor Matteucci in the Royal observa-
tory, Mount Vesuvius, and waslater
decorated knight Of the Italian crown.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21

adverse, the class almost always
middle. The young ones throw them
selves from heights-not from the
Tarpeian, which is now inadequate
but preferably from a high wall near
the driving place of the Pincio. 1t
has recently been specially guarded.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21

The latest suicide of lovers in Rome
is a version in higher life of what
happens oftener in that city than any
where else--or so it seems to one who
has lived there and elsewhere. 1t
must be owned that the "crime pas
sionep takes, in England, the frequent
form of the Staying of the woman by
the man; in France one hears rather
of the Staying of the man by the wom-
an. In Rome the Romeo-and-Juliet
deaths are curiously frequent, the low
ers very young indeed, the parents
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21
WOES OF MUNITION WORKERS
Powder House Jag a Frequent Afflie-
N Monochrome State Of NerV.
BUSINESS Common.

Alcohol is greatly feared by the
powder people and rightly so. But
they cannot eliminate a strange NAL
ady that appears among their work.
men In the powder mills. AS subter.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21
pronress Of ereat Invention.

"You were one OF those people who
laughed when it was claimed that the
telephone could be mad practical. {"
"I was" confessed the l. who sets
nervous. Il used to laugh at the tel
sphone. Now I'm afraid Of Il"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21
Puritan Modestv.

Mrs. Newed (of Boston)-T would
like nice chicken, please" Grocer
Yes, ma'am. Would you like it
dressed or not dressed?" Mrs. Newed
--"Er-nude, please. But see that it
Is well wrapped before you send it."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21
Wlll Ra Mlnhtv Emnlra.

Maintaining the rate of increase
shown during the last 40 years, Rus
sia's population at the end Of the
present century will number 6O0,O0O,-
900.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21
Mronn End.

Il don't like the way these wooden
blocks in the paving feel to my feet.
Il guess you would feel more at
home If you walked on them with
your head"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21
His Order.

What do you suppose the regi-
mental surgeon said when he gave
the order for vaccination?"
Easy. Present arms"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21

A man who is not ashamed of the
things he knows usually knows great
deal.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21
"Idlot" Was Right.

"see here, I'm told you called me
'blithe-ing idiot.
Il did not"
"Umph!"
'Blithering' is an adjective l never
use."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little liver pills put up 40 years
ago. They regulate liver and bowels.-AdV.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21

She is indeed a wise woman who
knows when to stop talking and turn
on the flow of tears.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21

Better keep your temper; otherwise
It is apt to give you away.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-21

n July 1914, / left America
TO travel abroad on pleas.
ure bent. / had as little
idea OF the coming war as
anyone else. and even when
the clouds swept dark
nnrnss the horizon | did not