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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02
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HAVE AFFECTION FOR TREES
Writer Tells How Lumberman Wept
Bitter Tears When Ordered to Cut
Down a Fine Hemloek.

That one should feel affection for
great trees is natural. In the Mime
sofa forests / met a lumberman who
told me he wept bitter tears when he
got orders to cut down a fine hem
lock. Every stroke Of the ak seemed
to him to be felt by the sturdy mon
arch whose life he was taking, writes
julius Chambers in the Brooklyn
Eagle.
When l have revisited the woods"
in which as a boy l gathered nuts, l
have fancied the trees l used to climb
recognized me. They looked the same.
They hadn't aged. The shellback
hickory trees seemed a trifle more
dangerous to climb than of yOre, and
the walnuts had gained nOticeably in
girth, so that my heightened arm had
barely kept pace with the expanding
bark. l could still encircle their
trunks and could have climbed them
if necessary, but the rewards of
winters store of nuts no longer ap-
peal to me. The walnuts and hickory
nuts one buys do not taste like those
gathered with ones own hands.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02
FOOD VERY SHORT, GERMANY ADMITS

have been added to the German rolling
stock.
AS the war has gone on the condi-
tlon OF this rolling stock has deterior-
ated steadily, and scarcely any of II
has been replaced. A shortage of oils
has not allowed the proper care Of
what cars there are hot boxes on both
passenger and freight cars are every
day occurrences. The engines have
now to draw such heavy loads that
they are going to pieces faster than
they used 10.
Feed and fodder conditions for Ger
man live stock improved somewhat
through last years harvests, but only
somewhat. The cattle are still thin
and scraggly. The mllch cattle give
less than ever, and there is little milk
that can be spared for cheese The cat
tie, when slaughtered, give less meat
than they used to, and so horse meat
has had TO be resOrted to in degree
that Is unprecedented.
The available supply Of swine has
never recovered from the original Ger
man mistake of 1914 and 1915, when
millions Of pigs were slaughtered to
save the food that they devoured, only
thereby reducing the supply OF fat to
n dangerous point. The Germans have
never forgiven themselves for that
shortsightedness.
The same in measure holds true
of sugar. There had been an oversup-
ply In 1914, and solemn warnings went
out not to plant so much land to sugar
beets and more to grain. The peas
antry followed the advice too literally.
and Germany awOke to find that she
had hardly more than enough sugar
for purposes other than food. So the
big cities are In part living on saccha-
rine now. and there isn't enough
of that
The coffee-stretching process began
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02

last spring, and has continued NO dlll.
gently that real coffee is an almost un-
obtainable rarity. and the average "cof-
fee" that Is available is so poor as 10
be undrinkable for the person used
to real coffee. Substitutes such as
chlcory, herbs, mixtures OF all kinds,
have taken coffee's place.
Regulates Food Affairs.
The most perfect organization and
system In the world has stepped In and
so regulated food affairs that every
adult I'm the empire Is pretty well as
sured OF half pound Of meat week.
But nearly every ounce Of that half
pound Is lean meat. The fat, rarely
reaches the purchaser, for It Is jealous
ly boarded by the government.
System likewise has provided that
there shall be no more butter riots, OF
bread riots, or meat lines. There In
now a sO-cnlled customers list"
whereby each resident of any large
city is registered with one dairy store,
and one baker, and one butcher. The
customer has n number, and on stated
days may purchase his or her quota
of food by number. Government
secret-service agents have been busy
ferreting cut cases of extortion and
overcharglng, and heavy fines and Inn
prisonments have been salutary In
their effect. Likewise the custom OF
boarding, which the Germans call
transferring" after the animal ham
ster" or grounding, has been discour-
aged to a great extent by fines ana
other punishments.
During the final months Of 1916 Ger
mans of the wealthier class helped out
their saanty larders with butter eggs,
cheese and the like which they procured
from convenient relatives" whom
they discovered In Holland and Dem
mark. Now that has been done away
with. From the first of January on.
the German government, through Its
central purchasing company, will buy
all the food In adjoining foreign coun-
tries that those countries will or may
sell, and will distribute 1t equally in
Germany.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02
sixty Millions for Furs.

Milady is spending $6OOO0,000 year
to crafty her fancy for furs. Practi-
cally all furs sold to the women Of this
country are of American manufacture.
Returns to the bureau of the census
show that only $3,0000OO worth Of furs
were imported during the past year.
The American fur industry is now rep
resented by 1,241 establishments en-
ploying 1927 wage earners with an
annual production worth more than
S5OOOO.0O0.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02
VIII Be Notable EcIlpse.

The solar eclipse of June 8, 1918,
with a total phase Of a minute and a
half, will be notable on account OF its
long path over region favorable for
observation. Striking the earth of,
the coast of Japan, the moons shadow
will arrive at Columbia river, Wash
ingtOn, at 2 80 p. m. Pacific time, and
will cross TO the Atlantic In south
easterly direction in AZ minutes, leav-
ing the coast of Florida at :42 east
ern time, and vanishing 400 miles at
sea three minutes later. A map pre-
pared by Washington college observa-
tory shows about 50 important towns
on the direct route. Prof. Il. Petit
points out that by cooperation sup
posed discovery may be telegraphed
ahead for verification.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02

would have been empty, The girls were
sent upstairs nt once, with the Allan
boy as guard-as guard, without re.
gard for the fact that he was probably
more frightened than any one Of them.
The chief officer raped brlskly on
the dungeon door. Then he clicked his
revolver.
"There are enough Of us TO over.
power three of you" he said curtly,
"And we have men outside the house,
too. If you put your firearms on the
floor, and hold both hands over your
head, yOu'll be we'll treated. If your
hands are not up, we fire on sight. Get
your revolvers ready, boys"
Then the officer opened the door.
Evidently the burglar was wise enough
to appreciate the futility Of fighting
against odds. His hands were above
his head, and In less than second he
was securely mannced.
The chief officer had been eying him
closely. SAY he exclaimed. "Aren't
you Limber-Limb Grant?" The burglar
grinned, but did not answer. "By
JOve" shouted the officer. "It is
Call the girls down here" he ordered
and when they appeared, gazing at the
burglar with mingled admiration, pity
and fear, he congratulated them with
considerable excitement.
ITS Llmber-Limb Grant" he ex-
planned. "There's a reward of FIVE
hundred dollars for him. You'll get
the money, as sure as you're born"
Then he turned again to the burglar.
"Say Grant, what's a fellow like you
doing on such a fifth-rate job as this?
A Methodist parsonage is not just in
your line, is it?"
Limber-Limb laughed sheepishy.
"Well," he explained good-naturedly
Chicago got too hot for me. had
to get out in a hurry, and l couldn't
get my hands on any money. / had a
fine lot Of jewels, but l was so pushed
l couldn't use them. l came here and
loafed around town for a while, be-
cause folks said Mount Mark was so
fast asleep it did not even wake up
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02
Lieutenant in Scout Machine
Dives Into Squadron, Firing
as He Flies.
DARING STUNTS IN WEST
Teuto1le and Allied AViators in Thrill
ing Sham Falls Out Of Control
Work Is Useful and
Vital

With the British Army in France
The announcement that improved
weather conditions permitted increased
aerial activity along the entire front"
is the laconic and prosaic way in
which the official cOmmunique dis
misses some of the most spectacular
episodes of the war.
To those who have once witnessed
this Increased aerial activity" such
an announcement cOnjures up at once
a picture Of countless airplanes in the
alr-scoudng, fighting, diving, spin
ming, lowering over enemy targets and
calmly sending wireless signals
through the fountains Of enemy fire,
photOgraphing the enemy lines, bomb
ing his ammunition dumps and sheds
and supply columns, and otherwise
carrying on" in the sky in a manner
wholly bewildering to the OnloOker, but
typifying in supreme degree the indis-
pensable part aviation is playing In
this war.
Work Is Useful and Vital.
In the aggregate the losses in the
flying corps are as nothing compared
with the useful and vital work the
'wings" accomplish. Without them
the big guns would have no far-seeing
eyes to correct their shells. Without
them and the hundreds of photographs
they daily take the map makers could
not trace each detail of the trench pO-
sitions. Without them the general
staff could not accurately know just
what is going on by day and night be-
hind the enemy lines. Without them
modern war would lose it's most fas-
cinating phase.
The "good flying" of a single day on
the British front alone may represent
day of a hundred fights, a day of
fOur-scOre airplanes in wing to wing
combat, a day of a thousand personal
incidents and deeds of daring in the
once strange strata Of high, thin air.
1t might tell, for instance, of how
Lieutenant A in a fast-lying scout
machine encountered q squadron of II
German Rolands. The odds were one
sided enough, but the young Britisher
decided to take a chance. He climbed
swiftly and surely until he got far
above and to the rear Of the hostile
craft. Evidently the Germans were in
tent upon some errand which they pro-
posed to carry out in force, for they
paid no heed to the khaki-clad airman
until he deliberately dived into them,
firing as he came. This threw the
12 into a panic, and their formation
was entirely broken up. Meanwhile
Lieutenant A got beneath the near
est machine and fred an entire drum
of cartridges into 1t at yards. The
hostile machine collapsed and
'"crashed."
After seeing his particular enemy
"crash" Lieutenant A drew off to
think things over. He was somewhat
amazed to see still more hostile ma
chimes coming up in formation. But
he dashed at the leader of the new
comers and sent him in spiral nose
dive to a "crash." This led to still
more complications, and the Intrepid
little pilot soon found himself engaged
with three machines. His fight with
these was indecisive.
"For," says the official record, "hav-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02

long enough to read the daily papers.
l heard about this parsonage bunch,
and knew the old man had gone OE to
get more religion. This afternoon at
the station saw a detective from Chi
cago get off the train, and knew what
that meant. But l needed some cash,
and so l wasn't above a little job Of
this kind. l never dreamed of getting
done up by bunch Of preachers kids.
went upstairs to get those family
jewels I've heard ab0at, and one Of
the little ones gave the alarm. al
ready had some of them, so 1 came
down at once. 1 stopped in the dun
geon to get that money, and first thing
knew the door banged shut. That's
all. You're welcome to the five hum
dred dollars, ladies. Someone was
bound to get it sooner or later, and
I'm partial to the ladies', every time"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02

have an eight pound baby girl. / know
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound saved me from an operation
which every woman breads. - Mrs.
NELLIE FIsHBAcK, 1921 Christy Ave,
Louisville, KY.
Everyone naturally breads the sur
geon's knife. Sometimes nothing else
will do, but many times Lydia +. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has saved
the patient and made an operation un-
necessary.
Ifyou have any symptom about when
you would like to know, write TO the
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co, Lynn.
Mass. for helpful advice given free.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02
Quickly She Flung II Shut.

the money, no doubt, and he didn't
hear you coming, and got locked in"
In a few minutes they heard foot
steps around the house and knew the
officers had arrived. Mr.. Allan let
them into the house, four Of them, and
led them out to the hall. There could
be no doubt whatever that the burglar
was in the dungeon. He had been
busy with his knife and the lock was
nearly removed. If the officers had
been two minutes later, the dungeon
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02
FRENCH USE GERMAN BOTTLE
Exported Through Holland, Cuba and
the United States They Finally
Reach France.
If the treasury

Paris.-A short time ago a wine
trade journal. the Vigneron Cham
penois, pointed out that champagne
bottles made in American glass works
were being offered to the French in
dustry. America had never before sup
piled champagne bottles, but as the
price was high enough to allow a profit
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02

were at iauIt, 50 I TOOK DOuu7s Kidney
Pills. They were the means Of saving
my life. / write to say that your
medicine restored me to perfect
health" Be sure and get "DoDD'S,"
the name with the three DIS for dis
eased, disOrdered, deranged kidneys;
Just as Rev. Warner did, no similarly
named article will dO.-Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02
BRITON Fights twelve GERMAN AIRMEN
TO PROTECT EYES
OF OHIO RABBITS

Columbus, O.-Representative
Baker of Ashland has introduced
in the Ohio legislature a bill
which makes it unlawful for the
hunter to shock unsuspecting
rabbits at night with the bright
glare Of a spotlight, and then
shoot them down.
Baby carriages are exempted
from the necessity of carrying
lights at night in a bill fathered
by Senator Terrell, which re-
quires lights on all vehicles, "ex-
cept those drawn by hand, and
hay wagons"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02

$50 you have been on a visit to your
bOyhOOd home"
"Yes," replied the prosperous-lOOking
citizen.
"'HOw dear to my heart are the
scenes of my childhood when fond rec
objection presents them to view"
"I know that's what the poet wrote,
but my principal object in going back
was to show the people there that that
dirty-faced good-for-nothing Johnson
boy has amounted to something in the
world"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02
Wear Cheap Watches.

Memphis, TenL.-Fearing highway
men will relieve them of valuable time
pieces, hundreds of men in Memphis
who are compelled to work at night are
wearing dollar watches and leaving
their good watches home. Holdupa
and robberies have been so commOn
as almost to cause q reign of terror.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02

on the double voyage from the United
States to Europe and back the new
departure was put down to the credit
Of the American manufacturers and
considered a proof of their qulckness
in realizing that the war had opened
up new market.
This journal, however, made further
investigations and now announces that
these bottles are Of German manufac-
ture, being made at Geresscheim, near
Dusseldorf, in the glass works Of #.
Heyes. They are shipped to the United
States or to Cuba, and return as Ameri-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02
EUROPEAN WAR IN PEKING
Austrian and italian Legation Guards
Meet In Streets and Battle
Ensues.

San Francisco.-The war in Europe
has been fought over on a reduced
though bloody scale in the streets of
Peking, according to G. A. Jauregui, q
young millionaire from the Argentine,
arriving here with his bride after a
wedding journey through the Orient
The conflict was staged, said Jauregui,
who obtained his information from the
Spanish ambassador at Peking, when
the legation guards of the Austrian
and Italian legations, marching
through the streets met.
The commands came to an abrupt
halt, and then, before their officers
could stop the men, battle occurred
in which rifles, swords and bayOnets
were used. The combatants were fin.
ally parted by their officers after
many had been wounded.
AS a result of the battle, the en-
bassies agreed to set apart certain
days of the week on which the troops
Of one of the belligerents may go out
into the streets, while the other side
stays within the embassy walls.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02

cramps in my mus
cles, pressure OF
sharp pain on the
top Of my head,
and nervous dizzy
spells. l had 9th
er symptoms show
ing my kidneys
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02

finished. The doc
tors said l would
have 10 be opera
ted on and / simply
broke down. A
friend advised me
TO try Lydia q.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound,
and the result is /
feel likeanew wom-
an. / am we'll and
strong, do all my
own house work and
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02
A FRIENDS
~ ADVICE
Woman Saved From a Seri'
GUS Surgical Operation.

Louisville, Ky.-''For four years ]
suffered from female troubles, head
aches, and nervousness. could not
sleep, had no appetite and It hurt me TO
walk. II | tried to do any work, /
would have TO lie down before Il was
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02
rrees Affected By Lluhtnlnu.

No particular species of tree is more
susceptible to lightning stroke than
any other except in so far as the spe-
cles determines the height of the tree.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02

ing expended all his ammunition, Lieu
tenant A. set off for home"
A few days later, it is related, he
took a running dive into a formation
of 20 hostile machines with all the
self-assurance an eagle might have in
the midst of flock of sparrows. Be
fore he was through he had sent three
adversaries crashing"
'This time" says the record, "he re-
turned to one of our aerodromes for
more ammunition and returned to the
scene of battle, where he engaged and
dispersed such enemy machines as re-
mained in the vicinity. One was seen
to crash upon a housetop."
Airmen shamming Falls.
The Germans lately have adopted
the ruse of ''stalling" and shamming
a fall out Of control. 1t is a thrilling
but not uncommon thing to see a Ger
man machine when closely pressed
turn It's tail straight up in the air and
dive toward the earth for a distance
of 1000 or 5000 feet, and just as the
uninitiated OnlOOker would expect a
"crash" it flattens out and starts pen
nell for It's own lines. One does not
always get away with this bit Of aerial
however, as is shown by the
Record of Captain B. After attack
ing three hostile machines he saw one
of them going down in a spinning nose
dive. He suspected the honesty Of
that dive and decided to do a little div
ing "On his own" This dramatic
downward duel continued for full 5000
feet, until the German was driven into
a spin land seen to crash"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02
Inquiry Shows Almost No Butter
and Sugar, With Short
Potato Crop.
LITTLE AID FROM ROUMANIA
Supply From That Country Almost
NeallglbIe-6lg cities Suffer the
Most-Perfeet Organization
Regulates Food Supply.

Berlin Correspondence Of The AS
sociated Press) "A summary Of the
German food situation today shows
very little butter with little II any
prospect that there will be more In the
immediate future. An equally small
amount of margarine or other substi-
tutes for butter. A supply of meat
that does not bid fair to increase be-
cause there is so little feed on which
the cattle can be nourlshed and fat
tened. A minimum amount Of sugar,
since less than the usual supply Of
sugar beets was raised in 1915, and a
part Of the supply has to go toward
making chemicals. An almost COM
plete failure Of the potato crop, so
that the bread ration Is to be
stretched" with barley instead Of po-
tato -four to the consequent diminish
ing of the beer production. An almost
negligible supply of coffee, and very
slender amount of tea.
On the credit side of the ledger
stand the vegetables that were raised
in great quantities during the last sum-
mer, and that with German thoughtful
ness and system have been dried in
great quantities, and will be available
for the winter. Likewise there are
great quantities of marmalade, or near
marmalade, which have been stored up
as n substitute for butter. The sub
stitute is very poor, but better than
nothing.
The average German will insist that
Roumania stands on the credit side
of the ledger, too, and that it is a
big item. But il is extremely probable
that the amount Of food found in ROu-
mania is far smaller than had been
anticipated. Turkey, Bulgaria, Hun
gary and Austria, all also have a claim
on whatever there may be. Although
Germany is running the military situ-
alton in ROumania, Germany is very
far away. Her authorities have
known for weeks that there was little
to expect from ROumania, and have
tried to break the evil news gently.
First came the announcement that the
size of the supplies captured was un-
known, then the word that whatever
might be found would not be used but
kept as a reserve.
German Cities Suffer.
1t is, of course, the big German cit
les that are suffering, and that are go
ing to suffer increasingly as the war
continues. Lack Of transportation IA
cilities is an increasingly important
factor.
Germany, which before the war had
more than ample freight
cars for its own needs, now has to
make the same number of cars, ap-
do for all Of the German
empire, nearly all of Belgium, north
ern France, all Poland, and a big
piece of Russia, in addition to Serbia,
and the biggest half Of
Only a relatively small
number of cars captured in Belgium
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02

William P. Malburn, formerly an as
sistant secretary of the treasury, has
left for New York to begin his duties
as chief National bank examiner for
the Second federal reserve district of
New York, succeeding Charles Starek.
Mr.. Malburn is a sOn-in-law of
Senator Thomas of Colorado. His
home is in Denver, where he was an
attorney and later banker. His new
job pays $4,000 a year instead Of the
$1,000 he drew as assistant secretary
IF the treasury.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02
A MINISTER'S CONFESSION

Rev. w. II. Warner, Myersville, Md,
writes: "Aly trouble was sciatica. My
back was affected and took the form
of lumbago. / also had neuralgia.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02

Alaska supplies the world with
$6O,OOO,OOO worth of salmon an
nually.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02

Mr.. Starr, widOwer Methodist
minister, is assigned to the con
gregation ut Mount Mark, la.
He has five charming daughters.
Prudence. the eldest, keeps
house for him. Fairy is a col
lege freshman. Carol and Lark,
twins, are in high school. Con
stance is the baby" The &C
tivities Of the Starr girls-Pru-
dence's work, Fairy's school af-
fairs, the pranks Of the young
sters-und the family perpleXi-
ties make the story; it is simply
a recital of glorified homely In
cidents. This installment de-
scribcs the capture Of u burglar
in the parsonage.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02

can goods. AS Holland has offered the
same kind Of bottles there is no diff
Guilty in telling how they leave Ger
many.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02

IT'S TRULY AN ILL WIND
THAT BLOWS NOBODY
GOOD AND THIS WIND
BRINGS LUCK TO THE
PARSONAGE.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02

Now what do you suppose the
girls will do with that five hun
dred dollars? How much will
they devote to church purposes
foreign missions, for instance?