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SHINER GAZETTE. SHINER, TEXAS
m COAST DEFENSE I m FAMINE IN
In these modern days of heavy arma
ment and scientific war equipment, much
thought has been given to our coast de-
fense, The question of preparedness is one
that concerns all patriotic Americans for it
is always the unexpected attack that causes
jonsternation. 9
This is also true in matters pertaining to
health. That great enemy of health—
Stomach trouble—may spring an unexpect-
ed attack at any time and it is well to be
prepared by always keeping a bottle of
Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters in the house.
It is your bulwark in time of distress.
Be on guard at all times, and as soon as
you notice the appetite failing, digestion
becoming impaired, the liver inactive and
the bowels refuse to perform their daily
functions, commence taking the Bitters.
Prompt action, together with the aid of
this medicine, has been the means of pre-
venting much suffering from Sick Head-
ache, Nausea, Poor Appetite, Indigestion,
Constipation and Biliousness.
Don’t trifle with your health, but rather
help Nature -when weakness is manifested.
Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters is Nature’s
ally, and these together, form a combina-
tion that is sure to result to your welfare.
Try it today, but be sure you get Hostet-
ter’s.
A Soluble Antiseptic Powder to
be dissolved in water as needed
For ©oucSaes
In the local treatment of woman’s ills,
such as leucorrhoea and inflammation, hot
douches of Paxtine are very efficacious.
No woman who has ever used medicated
douches will fail to appreciate the clean and
health,y condition Paxtine produces and the
prompt relief from soreness and discomfort
which follows its use.This is because Paxtine
possesses superior cleansing, disinfect"
lug and healing properties.
For ten years the Lydia E.
Pinkham Medicine Co. has rec-
ommended Paxtine in their
• private correspondence with wo-
men, which proves its superi-
ority- Women who have been
relieved say it is “ worth its
weight in gold.” At druggists.
60c. large box or by mail. Sample free.
The Paxton Toilet Co., Boston, Masa,
His First Sweetheart.
Her name is Milly. I haven’t said
anything about marrying her yet—not
to her or anybody—but I’ve carried
her books three or four times and I hit
her in the back of the head with a
soft snowball, and I guess sher likes
me, too. She threw a snowball hack
at me when I hit her and then, when I
washed her face for her with snow,
she just said: ‘‘Oh, George, you mean
thing!” as if she might be willing to
marry me sometime if I got nerve
enough to ask her when we’re grown
up. I wonder how a fellow gets nerve
to ask them. I don’t think I’ll ever
have.—Ellis Parker Butler, in the
American Magazine.
_ So Paw. Says.....
Little Lemuel—Say, pay, what is
the difference between an optimist and
a pessimist?
Paw—An optimist, son, is a man who
is happy when he is miserable, and a
pessimist is a man who is miserable
when he is happy.
No Uncertainty.
“The Eskimos have a very peaceful
life.”
“Yes. They know pretty well what
kind of weather it is going to be with-
out waiting for any tips from the
ground hog.”
Its Result.
“What do you think of this busi-
ness of the Germans taking a Frye?”
“They are apt to find themselves
in a broil.”
FOOD IS SAVED
Teuton Officials Expect Supplies
to Hold Out With Proper
Conservation.
LIMIT TO BE PUT ON BEER
Brewery Output Will Be Cut to Save
Barley—Prisoners Used on Farms
—Meat Is Plentiful—Cut Down
on Cake.
SOME HARD KNOCKS
Woman Gets Rid of “Coffee Habit."
F p —f
The injurious action of coffee on the
hearts of many persons is well known
by physicians to be caused by caffeine.
This is the drug found by chemists in
Coffee and tea.
A woman suffered a long time with
severe heart trouble and finally her
doctor told her she must give up cof-
fee, as that was the principal cause of
the trouble. She writes:
“My heart was so weak it could not
do its work properly. My husband
would sometimes have to carry me
from the table, and it would seem that
I would never breathe again.
‘‘The doctor told me that coffee was
causing the weakness of my heart. He
said I must stop it, hut it seemed I
could not give it up until I was down
in bed with nervous prostration.
“For eleven weeks I lay there and
suffered. Finally husband brought
home some Postum and I quit coffee
and started new and right. Slowly I
got well. Now I do not have any head-
aches, nor those spells with weak
heart. We know it is Postum that
helped me. The Dr. said, the other
day: ‘I never thought you would he
what you are.’ I used to weigh 92
pounds and now I weigh 158.
“Postum has done much for me and
I would not go hack to coffee again,
for I believe it would kill me if I kept
at it. Postum must he prepared ac-
cording to directions on pkg., then it
has a rich flavor and with cream is
fine.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read “The Road to Well-
ville,” in pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postum — must be well
boiled. 15c and 25c packages.
Instant Postum—is a soluble pow-
fler. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
in a cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious beverage
Instantly. 30o.and 50c tins.
Both kinda are equally delicious and
cost per cup about the same.
“There’s a Reason^ for Postum.
gold by Grocers.
——
MIMIC AIR FIGHT RESULTS FATALLY
nk to
Afco:
By OSWALD F. SCHUETTE.
Correspondent of the Chicago News.
Berlin.—Germany’s official conserva-
tion off her bread and grain supplies
is not regarded here as a promise of
famine. It is only an episode in the
all inclusive care with which the Ger-
man government controls the price of
eggs in Berlin with one hand and
with the other fights against eight na-
tions in arms. For Germany’s food
supply is, according to all available
statistics, more than large enough to
feed her 65,000,000 until the summer
harvest, even without importations.
It was only under the abnormal con-
ditions created by the war that the
government found any danger that the
grain supplies would run short. Of
every other item, practically, in the
national bill of fare there seems to be
a surplus, particularly of meat. But
bread is such an important item in the
life of this nation that its conservation
becomes necessary.
The allowance which has been made
of nine kilograms (approximately 20
pounds) to an individual each month
is certainly a most liberal one. There
are probably few families of five per-
sons in America that consume 100
pounds of bread or flour a month.
Meat Supply Is Abundant.
As far as the other food supplies are
concerned, the most important feature
lies in the abundance of meat, for
years the German empire has done all
in its power to encourage the increase
of animals on farms. The result is
that at this time the cattle total is,
approximately, 22,000,000, while the
number of hogs has reached a total of
25,000,000. In fact, it is this relative-
ly large number of farm animals that
has been the greatest peril to the suf-
ficiency of the grain supplies. There-
fore, the farmers are being ordered to
slaughter the hogs particularly, and
to convert them, as far as possible,
into smoked meat, which will be avail-
able for future use, without, in the
meantime, eating any deeper into the
national bread basket.
Two interesting items contributed
to making radical steps necessary at
this time. The first was the fact that
the government prohibition against
feeding grain to cattle and hogs has
proved., almost impossible of enforce-
ment. The government authorities de-
clared that the larger agriculturists
obeyed, but the small farmers insist-
ed on regarding their cattle as house-
hold pets. Against this even the iron
hand of the German government was
powerless.
The other item that contributed to
compelling action at this time was
the changed condition brought about
by the sending of millions of men
from the city to the front. This turned
the handling of the household treas-
ure completely over to the wives. It
must be stated parenthetically that in
Germany this is not as customary as
in America. The government author-
ities say that as a result there has
been a great increase in the consump-
tion of bread and other flour products
and a decrease in the consumption of
meat and similar food.
They say that this came because
the soldiers sent home virtually all
their meager pay. But to this was
added the additional subsistence pro-
vided by both government and mu-
nicipality. They found that with this
the housewife discovered it was pos-
sible to eat a meal or two a day in the
thousand and one cafes that dot every
big city until the consumption of flour
began to soar at a surprising rate.
Never So Much Cake Eaten.
The government officials tell you,
with seriousness which demonstrates
at least their conviction, that never in
the history of Germany has so much
cake been consumed as in this win-
ter. In fact, they refer to these cafes
and bakeries as the “internal ene-
mies” of the empire. When the war
broke out the pig that insisted on eat-
ing grain had this distinction, but
since then his slaughter has been de-
creed.
Another restriction is in immediate
prospect. This concerns the amount
of beer to "be produced by the brewer-
ies. For the breweries are great con-
sumers of barley. Barley is needed,
not for human consumption, but ta>
feed farm animals. And the govern-
ment has determined that food for
farm animals is far more important
than beer for human beings.
From a food standpoint Germany’s
salvation really lies in the enormous
supply of potatoes furnished by last
year's crip. Exact statistics are not
available, but the government consid-
ers the potato production as inex-
haustible. For this reason potatoes
are being used in bread and in every
possible form for human and animal
food. The surplus of sugar beet also
ill
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Unusual photograph of falling aeroplane in which Frank Stites was killed
at Universal City, Cal. At the time of the accident Stites was taking part in
the making of a moving picture play film and had just dropped a bomb on
an aeroplane that had been started across a canyon. The explosion of the
bomb and destruction of the aeroplane just below created an air pocket and
Stites’ machine was dashed to.the earth almost at the feet of some 2,000
spectators. The picture shows Stites’ machine as it headed for the earth.
Before it struck the ground it turned completely over. The photograph was
taken by U. K. Whipple, staff photographer of the Animated Weekly.
is being worked up in the same man-
ner.
Big Crops Expected This Year.
As far as the crops of 1915 are con-
cerned, the government looks forward
with confidence to a larger harvest
than that of 1913. The acreage sowed
to winter wheat and rye is up to last
year’s figures. There had been some
fear that sending millions of men to
the front would so denude the farms
that planting would he held bacl^fiut
nature was most generous, wit
fall weather, which lasted al;
til Christmas. This made
for the decreased farm p
finish its work.
In addition there is prj
creased acreage in
.The rights of way
throughout the em
planted, as far as pos
toes. These will be pi
cost of the railroads and
to the employees for their1
use.
Large areas of private tf
which have not been cultivated
used this year. On the famous Luene-
burger Heath extensive operations are
to be undertaken to make the land
arable.
Prisoners to Be Cultivators.
For this purpose prisoners of war
are to be used. In the same way Rus-
sian prisoners on the eastern frontier
will he pressed into service to in-
crease production there. They were
used to some extent last fall to
harvest the potato crop. In France
and Belgium the German soldiers
have been helping to plant crops.
Probably the most interesting fea-
tures of this problem of food conserva-
tion are the arrangements that have
been made with reference to the grain
supply. Last fall the imperial govern-
ment, the cities of the empire with
more than 100,000 population and
some of the larger industrial organi-
zations subscribed a capital of $13,-
000,000 to buy up grain supplies. It
was the intention of the government
to lay aside sufficient grain to carry
the nation from May 15 to the next
harvest.
By careful financiering in the way
of loans on grain bought to make pos-
sible further purchases, this organiza-
tion has accumulated approximately
3,000,000 tons of wheat and rye. This,
it is figured, would have carried the
nation to the harvest with a surplus of
10 per cent. However, when it was
found that the present consumption
increased too rapidly the government
decided on its order of January under
which all of the grain and flour sup-
plies of the empire are put into the
hands of this organization.
Communities Direct Distribution.
It will pay for supplies at the “max-
imum price” fixed by the government
last fall for grain transactions. It
will then allot to each community an
amount equivalent to 20 pounds a per-
son and the community government
will be intrusted with its individual
distribution. The communities must
pay in the internal organization the
cost price, plus interest and milling.
A special premium of 10 per cent re-
bate is provided on the amounts saved
by communities out of their allow-
ances.
Certain.important restrictions have
been imposed by the government up-
on the community distribution. All
wheat bread must contain at least 20
per cent of rye flour. All rye} bread
must contain at least 10 per cent of
potatoes. No cake is to be bakid that
contains more than 10 per cfent of
flour. I am not enough of a cjlinary
expert to say what kind of ca^e this
will make. \
In addition the communities! have
the authority entirely to forbid the
baking of cake or of wheat bread and
to fix standard prices for rye bread,
with even greater percentages of pota-
toes. They may also fix maximum
prices for the sale of bread.
The decrease in the bread produc-
tion as a result of the new restriction
is about 25 per cent. This, of course,
has meant a corresponding decrease
in the business of the bakers. There-
upon some of the latter raised the
price. It was to check this that power
was given the communities to set max-
imum prices.
Labor Unions Pledge Support.
All the labor unions of the empire
pledged theft support to the gov-
nt plan and are helping in its
ent. The same is true of the
ral organizations. Wherever
has been opposition the govern-
nt has made short work of it. In
emnitz, for instance, the mayor
called a meeting of the bakers for Sat-
urday night. Almost all of them sent
as an excuse for their absence the
fact that it was their cake-baking
night.
There will be no more cake In
Chemnitz,” said the mayor, and the
decree was issued.
Now the bakers can take Saturday
nights off and there will be no fur-
ther difficulty about attending the
mayor’s meetings.
Special appeals are being made to
housewives to help in the conserva-
tion of the food supplies. In Berlin
a series of classes has been arranged
by the government to instruct speak-
ers who are to lecture on this import-
ant problem.
Appeal Made to School Children.
Even the school children are being
urged to help. In Schoeneberg, for
instance, the following appeal was
made to the patriotism of the chil-
dren in all the schools:
“We ask your help in bringing this
terrible war, in which your fathers
and brothers are now fighting, to an
end. As our enemies are unable to
conquer us with the sword, it is their
evil intention to try to starve us out
and for this reason they have cut off
our supplies. We are going to frus-
trate their despicable intention and
you must help us by conscientiously
following this advice:
“1. Ask your parents to buy only
‘kriegsbrot’ (war bread). It tastes as
good and is just as digestible as the
other.
“2. Instead of white bread eat the
above mentioned ‘kriegsbrot.’ We may
possibly become short of wheat, and,
therefore, we wish to limit the use of
flour as much as possible.
Urged to Eat Little Cake.
“3. As long as the war lasts eat
very little or no cake. In making
these small sacrifices you are helping
ycur fatherland. You can cat as much
sugar and confectionery as your par-
ents allow.
“4. Ask your mother to cook pota-
toes in their jackets. As Berlin chil-
dren you will know that they are very
good cooked in this manner.
“5. Especially you must be very sav-
ing with all foodstuffs, old dry bread,
etc.
“6. Don’t take more lunch than you
can eat to school with you. If you
have too much, then give it to a friend
or take it home with you.”
All of which means that the civil
population of Germany is living prac-
tically on the same “kommisbrot”
which serves as the ration of the sol-
dier in the field. It seemed strange
at first to miss the delicious little
“brotchen” that formed such an im-
portant item in the German breakfast.
But in times like these you cannot
even dignify that by calling it a sacri-
fice.
CALOMEL MAKES YOU SICK, UGH!
IT’S MERCURY AND SALIVATES
Straighten Up! Don’t Lose a Day’s Work! Clean Your Sluggish
Liver and Bowels With “Dodson’s Liver Tone.”
Ugh! Calomel makes you sick. Take
a dose of the vile, dangerous drug to-
night and tomorrow you may lose a
day’s work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis of the hones.
Calomel, when it comes into contact
with sour bile crashes into it, break-
ing it up. This is ’tf’hen you feel that
awful nausea and cramping. If you
feel sluggish and “all knocked out,” if
your liver is torpid and bowels consti-
pated or you have headache, dizziness,
coated tongue, if breath is bad or
stomach sour, just try a spoonful of
harmless Dodson’s Liver Tone.
Here’s my guarantee—Go to any
drug store or dealer and get a 50-cent
bottle of Dodson’s Liver Tone. Take
a spoonful tonight and- if it doesn’t
straighten you right up and make you
feel fine and vigorous by morning I
want you to go back to the store and
get your money. Dodson’s Liver Tone
is destroying the sale of calomel be-
cause it is real liver medicine: entire-
ly vegetable, therefore it cannot sali-
vate or make you sick.
I guarantee that one spoonful of
Dodson’s Liver Tone will put your
sluggish liver to work and clean your
bowels of that sour bile and consti-
pated waste which is clogging your
system and making you feel miserable.
I guarantee that a bottle of Dodson’s
Liver Tone will keep your entire fam-
ily feeling fine for months. Give it to
your children. It is harmless; doesn’t
gripe and they like its pleasant taste.
HORSE SALE DISTEMPER
' You know what you sell or buy through the sales has about
one chance in fifty to escape SALE STABLE DISTEMPER.
“SPOHN’S” is your true protection, your only safeguard, for
as sure as you treat all your horses with it, you will soon
be rid of the disease. It acts as a sure preventive no mat-
ter how they are “exposed.” 60 cents and $1 a bottle; §5
and $10 dozen bottles, at all good druggists, horse goods
houses, or delivered by the manufacturers.
SPOHN MEDICAL CO., Chemists and Bacterioloaists, GOSHEN, IND., U. S. A,
BREAKING THE NEWS GENTLY
Liverpool Man Exceedingly Careful
That He Should Not Shock the
Nerves of His Friend.
In Liverpool there is a man, writes
a contributor to Pearson’s Weekly,
who is famous for his calmness on
every occasion. One day he strolled
leisurely into the office of a friend.
“I’ve just had a chat with your
wife,” he began.
“Why, I didn’t know she was in
town.”
“Oh,- she wasn’t in town,” replied
t^e other. “I called at your house.”
“I didn’t know she was receiving to-
day,” said the husband, with some sur-
prise. “I thought she had a head-
ache.”
“She didn’t mention it to me,” said
the calm man. “There was quite a
crowd at the house.”
“A crowd!” echoed the husband.
“Yes,” went on the calm man. “They
came with the fire engine.”
“The fire engine!” gasped the hus-
band.
“Oh, it’s all right,” went on the calm
man. “It’s all out now. It wasn’t
much of a fire, but I thought you’d
like to know of it.”
All Promised.
He—Can’t you spare me a kiss?
She—You’ll have to ask Fred; I’ve
promised them all to him.
It’s all right to put your best foot
forward, but let the other one catch
up with it.
Preventing Premature Burials.
The fear of being buried alive al-
ways has been, and is, so widespread
that the French Academy of Science
some years ago offered a prize equal
to $7,500 for the discovery of some
means by which even the inexperi-
enced might at once determine wheth-
er, in a given case, death had ensued
or not. A physician obtained the
prize. He had observed the following
well-known signs: If the hand of the
suspected dead person is held towards
a candle or other artificial light, with
Jihe fingers extended and pne touching
the other, and one looks through the
spaces between the fingers towards
the light, there appears a scarlet red
color where the fingers touch each
other, due to the blood still circulat-
ing; it shows itself through the tis-
. sues which have not yet congested.
When life is entirely extinct, the phe-
nomenon of scarlet spaces between
the fingers at once ceases. The most
extensive and thorough trials estab-
lished the truth of his observation.
Method In His Madness.
“Do you realize that your long ser-
mons are rather tiresome?” asked the
young parson who was new at the
game.
“I do,” replied the wise parson, who
was beginning to carry weight for age.
“That is why my congregation gives
me such long vacations." ' .
Congratulations.
“Congratulate me; I’m married.”
‘Sure—and congratulate me; I’m
single.”
The Empty Bowl
Tells the Story
The highest compliment you can pay a housewife
is to eat heartily of the food that she places before you.
It proves the merit of her cooking.
Thousands every morning receive complete satis-
faction, and enjoy to the last flake their bowl of
Post Toasties
These daily compliments encouraged the con-
* tinued bettering of these Superior Com Flakes. The
result was an improved Post Toasties—crisper and
better than ever.
Only the inner sweet meats of choicest Indian
Com are used in making Post Toasties. These meaty
bits of nourishment are cooked, rolled wafer thin,
seasoned “just right” and toasted to an appetizing
golden-brown.
The flakes come to you in dust-proof, germ-proof
wax wrappers ready to serve direct from the package—
crisp, fresh and delicious as when they leave the big
ovens.
Post Toasties
—the Superior Corn Flakes
Sold by Grocers everywhere.
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