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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-12
CONVERSATIONS

The tallest man in the world Is not
above criticism.
Seaweed offers prolific source of
fuel oil when present supplies are ex-
hausted, according to an English
scientist, who has obtained seven gal
Ions from a ton of vegetable matter.
Physicians have decided that several
forms of nervous diseases, sometimes
dangerously severe, can be caused by
persons standing up and holding straps
while riding in street cars.
Scientific tests have shown that in
occupations employing the larger mus
cles, women tire more rapidly than
men, while in work in which smaller
muscles are used they are more eff
cient.
Each with a theoretical $500, girls
Of the home economics class at Whit
man college, Walla Walla, Wash,
started out to buy furniture and house
hold supplies for house Of six rooms.
The class visited stores of the city
and then made out the list They en-
ieavored to be as economical as pos
sible. but found $500 hard to stretch
over six rooms.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-12
Floor Plan of Barn.

joist between the concrete and the
walls should be made very carefully,
so that the cold air cannot blow in.
This particular part of the barn should
be given careful attention, because it
is more likely to be loosely made than
any other part.
All the stanchion fittings are made
of iron. which presents smooth sur
face that can be easily cleaned. Dust
and dirt do not readily collect on such
a surface, and the fixtures can be
washed down at the same time as the
floor. The surface of stanchion fix
lures is either japanned or enameled,
so that the fixtures will not rust
A fairly large silo is built at the
end of the barn, and the chute from
this goes directly to the feeding al
lev. The silo can be built of size
that will readily handle the silage
that is needed for the number of cows
that are to be kept. The floor plan
does not show feed carrier, as the
barn is small enough, SO that one prob
ably will not be needed. II it is de-
sired. however, it can easily be in
stalled.
Plenty of light and a good supply
of air are very necessary to secure
the best sanitary conditions in dairy
stable. These features are taken care
of in good style in the well-arranged
harm that ia shown here The win
dows are plentiful and are large
enough SO that the interior will be
bright and cheerful They can be
made as easement windows or with
a sliding sash, so that they can be
opened in the warm weather. Dutch
doors are also included, SO that the
upper part can be left open for addi-
tional ventilation in the warm
weather.
The ventilating system is most COM
ulete and well arranged. The air is
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-12

name for himself and to enlarge his
consuming field, with the resulting
profit. Quality is the most important
consideration in milk production, and
the construction of the stable. so that
the best sanitary conditions prevail,
is the most important factor in at
tanning this result.
The inside of this barn is made
in such a way that it can be easily
kept in the finest condition. The
floors are of concrete, though cork or
treated wood block can also be used
If desired. The foundations are car
ried down below frost line to spread
footings which distribute the weight
of the barn over a large enough area
81 that there will be no danger of the
building settling. The concrete walls
are carried about IS inches above
grade and furnish a protection against
rodents or other vermin. They also
aid in keeping the building warm. The
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-12

carried In through iiues and Ia dis
charged into the stable In front OF the
COWS and over their heads. The out
take openings are placed behind the
cows and lead to foul-air shafts rum
ming up the walls and along the roof
to the ventilator placed on the peak.
The barn Is so well built that II is
practically alright. and the ventllating
system must be so well arranged that
a plentiful supply OF air will be as
sured during the cold weather.
The ceiling over the stable should
be made of dressed and matched
flooring, so that none of the dust
from the haymow will sift down into
the stable. Dust has a bad effect on
cows, and this method of cOnstruc,
tion WIN eliminate danger.
A large storage space Is available
in the upper part of the barn, as the
trussed gambrel roof leaves all the
space open 80 that the supply of hay
and fodder that can be kept will be
plentiful. A hay track is provided,
81 AhuL lHb HldlSlldl IhH DH CaoAlg
got into the barn. This track ex-
tends out through the large sliding
hay doors and is protected by hood
roof projection at the peak. The door
slides on an inclined track placed
just under the caves, The tendency
at the present time is to make the
hay doors rather large, so that
good load of hay can be handled read.
i!y by the hayfork With sliding
doors this has not made 1t necessary
to waste space in the NOW for doors,
and makes the filling of the haymow
a simple, quick process.
In such an arrangement sepa-
rate building is not needed for the
horses that are being used, which
makes a building of this type a very
economical plan for the farm
er who is handling a small herd OF
dairy cows.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-12
ExPERlME
Teach Things of Value.

Where one has never made the ex-
pertinent of leaving off coffee ana
drinking Postum, it is still easy to
learn something about it by reading
the experiences of others.
Drinking Postum is a pleasant way
out of coffee troubles. A Penn. mar
says:
My wife was a victim Of nervous
ness, weak stomach and loss of ap-
petite for years; and although we re-
sorted to numerous methods for re-
lief, one of which was change from
coffee to tea, 1t was all to no purpose.
awe knew coffee was causing the
trouble but could not find anything to
take it's place until we tried Postum.
Within two weeks after she quit coffee
and began using Postum almost all OF
her troubles had disappeared as if by
magic. 1t was truly wonderful. Her
nervousness was gone, stomach trou
BILE relieved, appetite improved and,
above all, nights rest was complete
and refreshing.
A4o oOuAu6 A4h6 du GAdBBSIdItOuI
as it all happened so quickly. Each
day there was improvement, for the
Postum was undoubtedly strengthen
ing her. Every particle of this good
work is due to drinking Postum in
place Of coffee" Name given by Pos
tum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum cereal--the original form
must be we'll boiled. 15c and 25c pkgs.
Instant Postum--a soluble powder
dissolves quickly in cup OF hot wa
ter, and, with cream and sugar, makes
a delicious beverage instantly. zoe
and SOC tins.
Both forms are equally delicious
and cost about the same per cup.
There's a Reason" for Postum.
sold by GrocerR
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-12

The northernmost ostrich farm In
the world is in suburb of Stockholm.
The birds were taken there last year.
They spent the winter mostly in the
open, in perfect health, and toward
the end Of May the females laid their
eggs, just as if they had been in South
Africa. 1t takes six weeks to hatch an
ostrich egg.
The total coal supply of the world
has been estimated at 1897 533, 900, 900
TONS Of which nearly 100000, 600
tons are bituminous, Asia having the
largest quantity of any continent.
The city of Dresden has bought 12,-
900 hogs in Serbia, and arrangements
have been made by other German
cities to obtain a similar number. 1t
is believed this will relieve to some
extent the famine In lard.
Catholics are still slightly in the ma
jority among the Christians in India,
not considering the Eurasians. There
are 1,294,000 Roman Catholics out of
total Christian population of 3,574r
600 In the last ten years Protestants
have increased almost twice as rapid
ly as Catholics, the Catholic increase
for that period being 272.OOO and the
Protestant nearly half million.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-12
Sure Thing.

Charles M. Schwab said at din
ner in New York:
IT'S old-fashioned nowadays to be.
lieve that crookedness pays. We have
no more crooked advertisements. We
have no more crooked millionaires.
We have no more crooked Jokes.
They're old-fashoned.
What sort of chap is your
fiance?' a girl was asked last week.
Oh, she answered, he's the most
honorable, upright, generous, godly fell
low in the world.
Goodness, you'll starve to deathn
is what this girl would have been
cynically told in the past; but the an
swer she got last week was;
Then one Of these fine days you'u
be living in a white Fifth avenue
house with II baths overlooking Cen.
trail park.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-12
BEGIN HOT WAITER
DRTNMIE1G TF YOU
DON'T FEEL RIGMT
Gays glass Of hot water with
phosphate before breakfast
washes out polsona

II you wake up with bad taste, bad
breath and tongue is coated; II your
head is dull or aching; II what you eal
sours and forms gas and acid in stom'
Roh, or you are bilious, constipated'
nervous, sallow and can't get feeling
just right begin drinking phosphated
hot water. Drink before breakfast, a
glass of real hot water with a tea
spoonful of limestone phosphate in It.
This will flush the poisons and toxins
from stomach. liver, kidneys and bow
els and cleanse. sweeten and purify
the entire alimentary tract. Do your
inside bathing Immediately upon aris'
ing in the morning to wash out Of the
system all the previous days poison
GUS waste, gases and sour bile before
putting more food into the stomach.
To feel like young folks feel; like
you felt before your blood, nerves and
muscles became loaded with body i'm
purities, get from your druggist or
storekeeper a quarter pound Of lime
stone phosphate which is inexpensive
and almost tasteless, except for a
sn"Ilsh tinge which is not unpleasant.
Just as soap and hot water act on
the skin. cleansing, sweetening and
<rsshening, so hot water and lime
stone phosphate act On the stomach,
liver, kidneys and bowels. Men and
Tomen who are usually constipated,
bilious, headlchy or have any stomach
disorder should begin this inside bath
ing before breakfast They are as.
sured they will become real cranks on
the subject shortly.-Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-12

interest envelOp the remains Of King
Hiram's forests with a glamour Of
their own.
Here, in their ancient home, the
residue Of those forests which once
darkened the seaward slopes of love
| ly Lebanon still hold their own aided
by the timely protection granted them
by European sympathizers. AT an
altitude of about $500 feet above the
sea in sheltered amphitheaters sur
rounded by naked ridges and imposing
! crags, nestle the five remaining groups
OF cedars. None of them is more than
/ fifteen miles from the coast in a d..
rect line.
The best known grove, and that
which contains the oldest trees, is
situated at the head of the Kadisha
valley, a little to the south of the cul-
minatipg peak of the Lebanon. 1t is
a days ride inland from the port Of
Tripoli. In the neighborhood is a
comparatively new grove which was
started and preserved by a local Ma
ronite bishop. These are a standing
proof of what can be done in the way
of reafforestation. The other three
groups are in the southern Lebanon.
and are more easily approached from
Beirut, or, better STILL by way of the
station of Ain Sofa, on the Damascus
railway These three are all close to-
gether, but are distinguished by the
names of the villages to which they
belong namely, Ain Zahalta, Maasir
and Baruk. OF these, the Baruk
grove is the best known and most fire.
quently visited; it is also the largest
group Of all Eve. The oldest trees,
though, are to be found in the north
ern, or Bsherreh, grove
This locality is known as the Jebel-
el-Arz, or Cedar mountain, the grove
of cedars being situated close under
a 5000 feet ridge of barren limestone.
Here the solitary 400 are set in a life
less, silent world of rock and scree
where no other vegetation exists,
shown off to perfection by back
ground of drifted snow and naked
bOwlder in winter and of utterly bar
ren, bleached fanks in summer Seen
from distance, they appear as a lit
tie black dot in the imposing amphi
theater of hills; but on closer acqu9in-
tance they prove to be spread out in
to several scattered clumps, covering
the hummocks of an ancient moraine
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-12
storv La pefies Time.

Commentaries have been written on
the Book of Job which only. job could
have the patience to read. A hundred
books have been written and many
song has been sung with the fortunes
Of Mary Stuart for their burden, but
these have been redeemed from the
dullness which has so often fallen
upon even the stupendous d--ma g
the Old Testament by the Ty:t==y ard
glamour which ever wait uncn the Scot
tish queen.
More than three centuries have
passed since she stood to her trial in
Fotharingay castle, yet time, that COW
ers most things with its weeds, has
boen powerless to impair the interest
If her story.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-12

| is guaranteed by the promise that "he
shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon
And when the earth is shrouded in
misfortune and tragedy, the metaphor
used is; Lebanon is ashamed and
| hewn down"
But the cedar has fallen on bad
days; it has not escaped the curse
that has settled on to those fair lands
The blight of deslccation, the ravages
OF unthinking and unworthy guardians,
the canker Of a stagnant government
have all done their share in the de-
struction of what was once the glory
of an historic land.
In the days of yore the cedars were
not carefully guarded relics, but actu-
ally formed the source of lucrative
timber business. AS long ago as 245O
B. G. we know that the contractors of
the Babylonian kings brought cedars
from the Amanus Mountains, in north
ern Syria, to the Euphrates, whence
they foated them down to their des-
tination. Even as late as 1000 B. G.
they must have been very plentiful,
for Solomon raised a levy of 10000
aliens in the Land of Israel for the
sole purpose of hewing timber in Leb-
anon.
The supply no doubt, gradually de-
creased as the population increased
and the rainfall diminished. The un-
controlled destruction of the forests
went on without interruption, so that
in the absence Of regeneration their
doom was sealed. What is left of the
former glory of Lebanon is but a few
isolated and comparatively insignifi-
cant groves. In point Of fact, there
are today five distinct groups Of ce-
dars, but the most famous of these
does not possess above 400 trees, all
told and of these there is a very
small proportion Of real patriarchs
The actual geographical distribution
of this cedar is not limited to the
Lebanon. 1t also exists on the Amanus
mountains, in northern Syria, and on
the Taurus range, in Asia Minor;
while Cedrus Libani is really only
local form Of large family which
thrives in the Himalaya as the deodar,
and in North Africa as the Algerian
cedar AS a matter of fact, the Leb-
anon cedars do not bear comparison
when brought into contrast with 9th
ers of their kind; but the romance of
their environment and their historical
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-12
For Better Training of Teachers.

To impress on language departments
of universities and colleges the need
for better training OF high school
teachers and to develop gradually by
precept and example greater uni
formity in the work, a committee Of
the Modern Language Association OF
America, of which Prof. A. r. Hohl
field, head of the German department
of the University Of Wisconsin, is
chairman. is making detailed study
of the problem on the basis of ques
tionaire sent to $50 different institu
tions. The committee, which was ap
pointed in December, 1914, returned a
tentative report at the recent annual
meeting of the association at Cleve
land, O., and has been continued with
a view to putting it's findings into per
manent shape.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-12

seven pigeons, and when arraigned be
fore Justice of the Peace Glover they
confessed that they were members OF
a gang of pigeon thieves. The boys,
James Phillip and Harry O'Leary,
were released on suspended sentences
when they promised to get the other
lads to liberate the stolen pigeons,
This was done and the air was full OF
birds.
A company of pigeons that had
made their home around the brewery
lured the recently freed ones to the
malt heaps outside the brewery, where
all wined and dined. They became in.
ebriated, as their unavailing efforts
to get back to their houses testified.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-12
Conditions Changed in ENGLAND.

The English correspondent of OF
flee Appliances writes from London:
women and girls enter the industrial
field in increasing numbers every
week. All the old ideas about WON
ans work are being knocked in the
head. Conventions go by the board
and the nation is benetiting. Con
cerning the liquor problem the same
correspondent says: Crime and
drunkenness have dropped tremend-
ously in this country since the war
began, the latter, of course, largely
as a result Of restricted hours that
now prevail for the selling of intoxi
cants, and the legal abolition of the
old-time custom Of treating to
drinks, buying intoxicants on credit,
and the compulsory lowering of the
alcoholic strength Of spirits"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-12
What ls a Weed7

According to Webster's Standard die
tionary there are two definitions Of a
weed: 1. Wild growth in the nature
of rank grass, underground. or the
like. 2. Any plant growing in cultivat-
ed ground to the injury of the crop
or desired vegetation. or to the dis
figurement of the place; an uDsightly.
useless or injurious plant. The follow
ing note is added: A weed is a plant
that is not wanted. There are, there
fore. no species of weeds, for a plant
that is weed In one place may not be
In another.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-12
COLLEGE Gets Precious Memento.

Allegheny college, at Meadville, Pa,
has received from Doctor Haskins of
Boston the die which was used in the
original seal Of the college nearly 100
years ago. Doctor Haskins discovered
the die among the records of his ia
ther, who was a professor in the col
lege from 1874 to 1886. This die was
probably made in Boston in 1922 or
1923. 1t was in constant use until the
early sixties, when it disappeared.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-12
Wisdom Of Willie.

Mother (angrily) didn't you
come when | called you the first time?
Willie-'Cause didn't hear you till
you called the third time
Mother-Now, how could you know
it was the third call unless you heard
the other two?
Willie-Easy enough, ma. knew
1t was the third time cause you
sounded so mad
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-12
BAD COMPLEXION MADE GOOD
When All Else Fails, by cuticura Soap
and Ointment. Trial Free.

If you are troubled with pimples,
blackheads, redness, roughness, itching
and burning, which disfgure your com
plexion and skin, Cuticura Soap and
Ointment will do much to help you.
The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal.
Free sample each by mali with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-AuV.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-12


and were a profitable possession Of
Hiram. the Phoenician king, are only
a sad reminder of a glory that has de-
parted.
The cedars have lost their claim to
be the pride of Lebanon; barren gran
deur and beauty of color are in these
days the leading characteristics OF
these delightful mountains, for naked
rock and sterile scree now reign
where once dark forests thrived. Yet
sufficient remains to show what Leb-
anon must have been in the old days;
a mockery no doubt, of their ancient
splendor, but on the other hand an
interesting relic and a valuable heri-
tage. Living trees such as these,
which their most sanguine admirers
claim to have been contemporary with
Solomon, must be reckoned as one OF
the historic treasures Of the world
Not only does their fame rest upon
traditional grounds; their beauty of
form and power Of growth have been
extolled in psalm and verse by the
owy groves in still earlier days were
the object of veneration.
The primitive nature worshippers
could not have chosen a finer ideal
than this giant tree-perfect in every
moment of its existence, an emblem OF
beauty, strength and vitality.
It is easy to understand the admira-
ton that the cedars evoked in their
native land To the inhabitants Of the |
otherwise barren Lebanon, to the wan
derers in the deserts beyond, and even
to the dwellers in the hill country Of
Palestine. these trees must have been |
miracles Of creation These people |
only knew the delicate palm, the |
gnarled olive and stunted scrub oak; |
compared with these the gigantic |
boles and spreading arms of the lordly |
cedar we're indeed a mystery. In any /
land it is a tree that attracts atten-
ton: but in such a naked, treeless |
country as Syria and Palestine it is
especially appreciated Small wonder
that it became the tree of the Lord
and a symbol Of power, The eastern
mind could find no better smile for
expressing greatness, grandeur ex
cellence of character or loftiness of
purpose The might Of the Assyrian
empire was likened to the cedar in
words too wonderful to be left un.
quoted:
Behold the Assyrian was a cedar
in Lebanon with fair branches, and
with a shadowing shroud, and Of an
high stature; and his top was among
the thick boughs.
The waters made him great
therefore his height was exalted above
all the trees Of the field and his
boughs were multiplied and his
branches became long because Of the
multitude of waters, when he shot
forth.
"All the fowls of heaven made their
nests in his boughs, and under his
branches did all the beasts of the field
bring forth their young, and under his
shadow dwelt all great nations.
Thus was he fair in his greatness,
in the length Of his branches: for his
root was by great waters.
The cedars in the garden of God
could not hide him. the fir trees were
not like his boughs, and the chestnut
trees were not like his branches, nor
any tree in the garden of God was like
him in his beauty
y have made him fair by the multi
tude of his branches: so that all the
trees of Eden, that were in the garden
of God, envied him"
Again: the success of the good man
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-12
Nv NAV Of Warnlnn.
ne minute to change the reel" "

zone minute to change the reel"
Thus read the customary sign.
why do you fash that sign2 in
quired friend Of the movie magnate.
Everybody knows that it takes a
minute to change the reel"
1T isn't that. It's to give loving
couples a chance to unlock hands.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-12
Fastening the Evil Day.

Willie-Pa says he wishes you'd
make haste and propose to sister.
Young Man (delightedly)--Then he
is willing to let her marry me?
Willie-'Tain't that. He says you're
not likely to keep comm here after
sis hands you the mitten.-Boston
Evening Transcript.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-12

The barn shown here is intended
largely for a dairy stable and is espe-
cially fitted to the farm that is near
a town where a market can be found
for the milk that will be produced by
a herd of high-grade cows. The stable
Is arranged 50 that 1G cows can be ac-
commodated which is a fair-sized
dairy equipment.
A double stall and two single stalls
are provided for, so that the work
horses can also be stabbed in this
economy barn.
Such a barn should be as carefully
built as the large plants handling hun
dreds of cows, such as are located
near the large cities. The same care
in sanitation and in the production of
milk of the highest quality will make
II possible for a dairyman to make a
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-12
Pigeons GO on a pebauch.

Residents of Dobbs Ferry, ~ j.,
were shocked recently at the sight of
intoxicated pigeons trying to stagger
home after an enforced absence.
During the week a hundred pigeons
belonging to various persons were
stolen. Two Boys were found with