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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-22
SYNOPSIS.

Ralph Van Vechten. young man OF
leisure, Is astonished to see a man enter
NO. 1913, a house across the street from
the Powhatan club. long unoccuped and
spoken of as the House of Mystery. Sew
eeral persons at regular intervals enter
NO; 1913. Van Vechten expresses concern
whereabouts of his cousin and fiancee.
Paige Carew. A man is forcibly elected
from the house. Van Vechten and Tom
follow the man and find him dead in the
street. Van Vechten Is attracted by the
race OF girl in the crowd of onlookers
surrounding the body. Detective Flint
calls on Van Vechten to get his version
or the tragedy. Tom Phinney goes alone
on yachting trip. He recognizes among
some persons In a passing motor boat two
men whom he had seen enter the House
Calls; on, shore later and follows him.
Tom Is seized, blindfolded and taken to a
house. A sweet-voiced girl later protests
Van yechten calls on his uncle. Theodore
Van Vechten. big man In Wall street
and known as the Man of Iron" in
search scar OF information regarding the
Flint shows Van Vechten gold mesh
purse found in the House OF Mystery.
Van recognizes 1t as belonging to Paige
Carew. The sweet-voiced girl helps Tom
Phinney escape. A message from Lon
don reports that two ladies resembling
Miss Carew and her companion. Mrs.
time previously. 1t develops that the
ladies visited the English home of Tenn
pie Bonner. owner of the House of Mys-
terry. 1t IL recalled that Temple Bonner
was In love with a daughter OF Compton
Schuyler who married Max Willard. The
other daughter married q man named
Devereaux. Bonner and Willard were in
innate friends A search is started for
Willard. Van Vechten enters the House
Of Mystery by the back door in time to
hear John Calls threaten girl. He in
terferes and helps the girl escape. but Is
rendered unconscious in the struggle
with Calls. Tom Phinney gets job
as master OF Brownlow's yacht Kohinur.
which has been chartered for some mys-
ferrous mission The charterer Max Will
lard. and his friends board the yacht at
night and Tom hears the voice of the I'M
known girl Van Vechten. recovering
from injuries received in his fight with
Calls. is visited by Jessie Willard in
whom he recognizes the girl who was the
cause of the fight. He declares his love
for her. She tells him that II his feelings
have not changed one week from that
day she will marry him. A coffin-shaped
box Is taken aboard the yacht at night.
Della tells Tom she really is Paige Carew
and that she has been interested in him
for wears through the glowing accounts
OF Van Vechten.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-22
MAKING HARBOR OF REFUGE
Congress Plans to Rob Cape Hatteras,
to Large Extent, Of Its
Perils.

Gale off Hatteras" is an entry made
by the captains of coastwise sailing
ships on almost every voyage. For
years Hatteras has been a place OF
terror, If not to the mariner. certainly
to the passengers under his charge.
The old storm cape. however, is soon
to lose a part Of its fear Man can
not stop the storms. but he is going
to provide for vessels to escape their
fury.
Sea captains VIGOROUSLY are reti-
cent when passengers ask them ques-
tons. No old sailor ever has been
willing to admit to any of his passen-
gers that Hatteras is any worse than
hundred other places on the coast,
and yet he knows that it Is about as
bad sea spot as can be found any
where in the whole broad expanse OF
ocean. So, while the questioners are
told that off Hatteras the water will
be as calm as anywhere else, captain
and crew always make things snug
for gale or worse when approaching
the sea off the -headland.
Congress has APPROPRIATED $1,400,-
900 for preliminary work on Hat
teras sea wall. which Is to be q mile
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and half long, 20 feet wide at the
top, and 45 feet high.
1t will be the guarding wall Of a
harbor Of refuge, into the lee Of which
vessels can run for shelter when the
storms rage. This wall will rob the
Hatteras seas of some of their terrors.
and with them will pass some Of the
Interesting excitement always felt
by seagoers when they approach the
water zone which always has been
one of tumult.
Little by little man is trying to
make safer the journeys Of those who
go down to the sea In ships. He never
entirely can conquer the ocean. and
he knows 1t. 1t Is perhaps the one
thing in nature which is absolutely
untamable.s
The shipwrecks off Cape Hatteras
have numbered thousands. The sea
wall will provide means to save lives
and property, but the winds off the
old storm cape still will rage and on
occasion work their will
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-22
(By w. NJ. KELLY.)

(By w. NJ. KELLY)
Stormy Day Work on the Farm
One point of economy on the farm that
is often overlooked Is that of making
profitable use of our hired labor dur
ing stormy weather.
The farm work shop is a necessity
on every farm and a place where an
intelligent hired man shows up to the
best advantage.
comfortable shop are comparatively
small. 1t Is a nice thing to have a
stove in it, and to have a cement floor.
1t makes a comfortable place for the
hired man to spend the day, and many
broken tools may be repaired at times
when work about the farm does not
press too heavily.
There are few farm investments
that will pay better returns than q
well equipped workshop.
Planting the Corn FieId.-On all
farms where the fields are of sufficient
size the check row corn planter is al.
most necessity.
II the seed is substantially of the
same size and shape the machine
will drop precisely the same number
Of kernels to the bill.
II, on the other hand, the grain from
the tips and butts Of the ears is in.
cluded, the number of kernels in the
hill will vary considerably.
The distance between hills and the
number of plants to the hill will vary
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more or less according to the variety
that is planted and the climate OF the
locality in which the field is being
believe in planting four kernels to the
hill, and planting the hills about three
feet six inches apart both ways
AS a general rule nothing Is gained
by planting the field until the cold
spring rains are over. None but good
seed that possesses strong germinat-
ing power should be planted.
Hoed Crop for "a Summer FaIIow.
The more / study the value Of in
tense culture and thorough cultivation
given some hoed crop the more have
come to appreciate its value in our
crop rotations.
No practical farmer who has given
during the whole Of a growing season
has failed to note the good effects up
on the succeeding crops In the rotation
that they are practising.
Years ago the old practise Of bars
summer following found favor in many
farming sections, but during recent
years the decreased price OF farm
products and the increased cost Of la
Dor have made its use absolutely pro-
hibitive; besides the practical farmers
have discovered that hoed crop will
accomplish all that bare fallow pos
sibly can and still pay better than any
other crop that Is raised in the rota-
ton.
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1t was an unspeakably bitter moment
for him; but by degrees he assumed a
certain dignity that was new to the
girl. and 1t promptly dampened her
merry humor.
Captain Phinney-Tom!" she ex-
claimed. What Is it? What have !
,dohe?"
He smiled bit wistfully.
You? Nothing. All that has hap
tpened Is that I've made a natural born
damned fool OF myself-as I usually
do where women are concerned"
She stared at him blankly, uncom-
'prehendingly.
Honor bright" she presently de-
sclared, II do not understand. l cannot
see why you should be so affected"
He reached forward with a quick,
impulsive motion and caught one OF
her wrists.
~ suppose It means nothing to you
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are none. 1t can't be Calls. because
he's getting well-saw him less than
an hour ago."
meditatively, that Willard Is expect
ing somebody to die-at a given time.
say"
Hang it ALL" Tom cut In. "You
don't think the man is plotting DELHI
crate murder, do your"
Cornelius did not say what he
thought. He sat considering.
WELL" he said at last, rising, IL
guess I'll have to take your word for 1t
that everything Is all right until l see
different. But q coff1n"-he shook his
head dubiously-"it don't look good to
me-" Whereupon he took his depar-
ture.
Shortly after nightfall Tom saw Will
lard and the man Cornelius board the
launch and go ashore, and he watched
them with quickened sense Of antici-
patton.
IF that sleuth is worth a darn" he
reflected, now is his chance to get
word to Flint"
He did not witness their return, but
about an hour later he had a glimpse
of Cornelius and one Of the other
young men, CARRIED in soiled and worn
overalls and jumpers, like a pair of
stevedores.
Somewhere around half-past nine,
the coffin-shaped box once more ap-
peared.
But now, instead of two men, all four
of Wizards retainers were carrying 1t.
Indeed, it would scarcely be too much
to say that they staggered with 1t, SO
heavy had 1t grown, and so marked
was the contrast between the ease and
Indifference with which 1t had been
brought aboard, and the extreme eau
ton with which 1t was being handled
now.
Wizards patent explosive 9ashed in.
to Toms mind. After all, was it not
possible that he was about to perpe-
trate some appalling disaster, and
that Paige and Jessie had been won
over to whatever extreme mistaken
principles he justified his conduct by,
so that they to believed them to be
right and high-minded? With an i'm
minent sense of the mans powerful in
dividuality strong upon him, the idea,
hideous as it was, was not altogether
impossible.
Willard was himself experimenting
the box's conveyance with such anx-
ious regard and solicitude that Toms
misgivings swept over him again, in
tensified a hundredfold.
With no clearly defined purpose In
mind, he involuntarily stepped up to
the gangway, as they began to nego-
tiate the difficult descent Of the &C
ommodation-steps.
"You need more help there, don't
you?" he demanded.
Willard barred his progress with a
suddenly extended arm.
mo, no." he returned quickly,
these men have been carefully in
structed; they know just what to do
and how to do it."
Nevertheless it was with disquiet-
ing feeling of apprehension that he
watched the long box lowered careful
ly into the launch, which was immedi-
ately cast off and allowed to drift with
the current into the darkness before
the motor was started. None of the
crew accompanied it on this trip, and
as once before, It went downstream
instead of across to the landing.
What was the meaning of it all, any
how? What strange operations were
going on in his very presence that he
should remain so ignorant of them?
CTO BE CONTINUED)
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-22
Comfort Of the Hoo,

For the best comfort of the hog dur
Ing warm weather, we should provide
some place where il can get into the
water often and cool itself of. This
can be done by building concrete
wallow. There are several reasons
why the concrete wallow is better
than the ordinary wallow. In the first
place, 1t is more sanitary. and can be
kept clean.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-22
Breeding for EGGS.

In breeding for eggs the chief re-
quirement is first-class, healthy,
vigorous stock. Such fowls, well man
aged and properly fed, cannot help
producing eggs. We must have vi
tality and constitutional vigor In fowls
that are to be any good as egg ma
chimes or as breeders. Only first
class stock should be kept for such
purposes.
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quarry was lOcateQ-nence the letter.
Tom was guided to a speedy de-
cision by several considerations. To
antagonize this man might mean the
upsetting of Willard'sS plans at the
very moment of their fulfillment; to
retain his good will would leave rep
the premises, who could Illustrate Will
lard if the latter's schemes really were
to interfere. 1t would be the detect
ives role to wait and watch, and as
John Calls substitute he would be
given excellent opportunities to learn
what was going on.
"Sit down." said Tom presently. AS
the man obeyed, he stood up and,
thrusting his hands into his jacket
pockets, coolly surveyed the other.
1T happens" he went on. that
know your uncle pretty we'll myself"
The man gave him quick, sharp
glance, but said nothing 81 would adj
wise you not to attempt to send that
letter ashore. It's my opinion that you
can serve Flint's ends better by doing
just what Willard has employed you to
do, and by trying not to excite Will
lards suspicious. You will earn a
thousand dollars, won't your"
$50 Willard promised" returned the
man.
you may depend on it," Tom as.
sured him. 81 have known for some
time that Flint was looking for VIII
lard-and more especially for John
Calls"
The detective sharply interjected:
Hes on this yacht right now-dis-
abled. That's why you happen to be
here; you were hired to take his place.
I'll see to it that he doesn't get away
from you. Strikes me you have oppor-
tunities that old Flint would appreci.
ate."
The man no longer tried to dissem-
BILE.
81 see that you have me spotted all
right. Cornelius Is my name. What's
the game? Phineas had no time to
put me WISE"
"He couldn't have told you so very
much" replied Tom-"little more than
l can myself. / am not in Willard
confidence, but have the best of rea.
sons for knowing that whatever it is
he's up to, it Is strictly on the level"
"H'm-m-m," Cornelius unused, that
makes my position bit difficult,
doesn't it,"
mot particularly so. All you have
to do is play fair. If anything crook.
ed shows up you can count on my as
sistance. But the orders are strict
about going and coming, and you
couldn't expect me to make an eXcep-
ton of you, Flint or anybody else. On
my side, l shall say nothing to Will
lard about YOU"
Cornelius picked up both bill and
letter, returning the first to his pocket
and tearing the second into tiny bits.
Flint will be all up in the air over
"but If | can't, l can't. You have the
dead-wood on me now. Have you any
idea what was in that box they
brought aboard last night?"
Not the slightest" returned Tom.
"It looked a whole lot like a coffin"
Tom filled and lighted his pipe,
while Mr.. Cornelius sat and watched
him intently. AS the same idea had
occurred to the first-named, he could
not disparage it now. Cornelius broke
the silence:
"Coffins, you know, are only used
when there are dead people to put in
them. Any cadavers around here that
you've noticed?"
You're nice cheerful chap, be-
lieve me-" retorted Tom. mo, there
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-22
Iendlnn a Name.

Waiter" asked the impatient Gus
toner, do you call this an oyster
stew"
"Yessuh," replied Erastus Pinkley.
why, the oyster in this stew isn't
big enough to flavor it,"
HE wasn't put in to flavor 1t, sub.
He Is jes' Supposed to cbristen it."
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-22
EXCELLENT for TranspIantlno.

Old berry boxes. tin cans and paper
pots are excellent for transplanting
cabbage, tomato and other cary vege-
tables
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-22
Floors Of Breeders.

Cover the floors OF the >broodcrs
with an inch OF dray sand and On
top put the litter Ct soale kind IN
as chopped straw
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09
How Bill Got Along

HTHEN Bill arrived at the
w branch house of the
firm out West the first thing
that impressed him was the an
tiquated system of doing bust
ness in the office. The man
ager, an old man, who had
been with the firm many years,
at first resented Bills coming
out there to wake things up or
to brighten up the infeld a
bit, as Bill called it.
The clerks all seemed dopey
and stood around talking
about most anything except
what they were being hired
for. When Bill asked to see
the advertising account, the
manager told him he would
find it very small, as he be-
heved a firm as old as this one
and as well known didn need
to advertise much.
Yes, said Bill. every one
knows a chicken lays am egg,
but if the hen didn't cackle at
the time she did it, they might
forget about it. So | think the
first thing we had better do is
to look into the best advertis-
ing mediums and let the PEG
pie know what we have to
sell.
Then Bill started on a sys-
tematic house cleaning, and at
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09

Stopping off at his home
town on his way East, he and
Emily were married.
Bill now lives in little sub
urb just outside of the great
city and his present salary
would allow him to belong
to any clubs he wanted, but
he prefers two little pudgy
hands and a wee nose press
ed against the window watch
ing for him when he comes
home in the evening, and if
You look close you can see
Emily standing just behind
that curly head, also watch
ing for the daddy that comes
swinging up the street.
jim? Oh, Jim is about the
same as he used to be-same
old job, no further along, and
when Bill asks him why he
doesn t cut out the booze he
answers the same as he did
years ago, I'm going to,
Bill. 1t doesn't do me any
good, and | never seem to
get anywhere.
Here you have a happy
home, good job and every
thing you want. Gee, You re
a lucky guy
"Oh, yes, Jim, l guess I'm
pretty LUCKY all right.
Come out and see us some
time. H. c.
(The End.)
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09
Bishop Butler and John Wesley 94s9:s
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY


lordship the staggering pro-
nOunCemCnt.
my commission is to preach
everywhere. am priest Of the
Church Universal
We are not told how that
bombshell affected the good bish-
op. but right there, from all ac-
counts. the dialogue abruptly
closed The bishop went back 20
his study to write a preface to
the second edition Of the AN
alogy," and Wesley strobe out TO
found the Methodist Church-au
institution that was 10 girdle the
globe with zone of fiery enthu-
sissm and reach the proportions
that should astoulsh mankind.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09
Good Conversation

tive words and adding them to
ones vocabulary may be a help.
There should not be an attempt
to use stilted expressions, long
words or high sounding phrases
A fatal habit is to use slang. The
practice of reading aloud every
day a few pages of the best Eng
lish prose is a help to the voice
as well as to the mind. X
TO talk well 1t is necessary to
learn to think, to remember, TO
observe and to keep informed or
the events Of the world.
People who talk well in society
are never dull, silent, taciturn at
home. The habit Of talking pleas
antly at home is not practiced
sufficiently Those who are cheer
full and communicative at home.
full of good will, who tell of their
experiences Of the day, who talk
lntelllgently or universal or per
sonal matters, who ha,
err to draw others o|eStment,
them to talk, are o month.
So caaa :" no converse !. .Onth.
give and take" ,. Owner
cal and is a dialogupe to look
S S.0s ior M In9 ann IS Will put
listen courteousiy arpmething
oere interest is chpropertr
versation. .d
Nothing is more RI. to
conversation than lectur or
laying down the law" va en- to
this is added an emphatic man
ner all pleasure for others is at
an end. Among cultured per
sons there is the charm Of de-
lightful discussions, without ar
gument and, Of course, without
contention
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09

bend Wesley had been preach
ing 10 the golfers Of Klngsw6od
in Buffers diocese. and, at the
lustigation of some Orthodox"
clergymen. was summoned TO the
episcopal palace to make his de-
Tense.
They talked Of Faith" and
works" of "sacraments" and
SUGGESTIONS" and lots Of other
things when the bishop accused
Wesley az the "pretension TO ex-
traord.nary revelations and gifts
Of the Holy spirit--a very hor-
MD thing" which pretension
Wesley denied with great heat
The net result of The "sct-to,1
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09
The Turning Points.

In view of these facts. we may
speak of the North and South
Poles as the tends of the earth"
They are the two turning points,
arrived at either one of which
there is no choice left but to start
toward the other.
Now, as everybody knows,
these ends of the earth have only
just been discovered. in the sense
of being actually visited by man,
but already they have provided
enough wonders to fill many
books. ] speak now not of the
mathematical points called the
poles, but of the regions imme-
diately surrounding them. In the
north the pole seems to occupy
the center of a deep oceanic ba-
sin, covered with movable floor
of floating ice, while in the south
the pole is surrounded by hith-
erto almost hidden continent,
which turns out to be the Hottest
in mean elevation of any on the
globe, and which is buried under
an enormous accumulation of ice
and solidified snow.
Yet both are the abode Of life.
Oceanic creatures dwell in the
waters around the edges of, and
underneath, the mighty ice floors,
and birds and four footed animals
inhabit the land areas Every
where where a glimpse Of ancient
conditions can be obtained evil
dence is seen that in former ages
both the polar circles included re-
gions in which temperate and
even tropical climates prevailed,
and which were inhabited by ami
mails and plants belonging to spe-
cies that now exist only in the
warmer parts of the globe Plain
ly a mighty revolution-one Of the
great mysteries of the past-has
occurred at each OF the ENDS Of
the earth"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09
The Social Club

By WILLIAM F. KIRK.

rTNHrN organized a Social Club the ladies' Of the town
Some of the ladies little known danes renown
The object Of this Social Club the charter said
Was good feeling where good feeling
They started iu promoting and endcayoring kind
a dozen sunny sisters in sunny frame of mind
Unfortunately the club, Miss jenkins
IaRt Mrs jackson couldn't joinhe husband
linen Mrs Jackson and said her husband dear
thought them always acted queer
Mrs. Iobon made reply that Miss
tawlcd Mrs. jackson tin her end
N,, necessarily got her bump
said that Mrs Jmson dowdy and a trump.
lc 5otoI, Mrs. JmSou. when this 10 her.
Replied that Mand, Hawkins low and o ~.uu
Amid breezy SANDER Of each good old maid Wife
Tine Social Club "a Uttered after brief of life
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09

u ISHOP BUTLER and John
ID Wesley! What a royal
pair the great thinker
and the mighty organizer, the
author OF the immortal Anal
ogy" and the founder Of the great
Methodist Church.
In 1889 somewhere around
this date. the good bishop and
tho unruly priest locked horns i'm
somewhat animated converse
ton.
Butler Who WAS the soul of ur-
ban.ty and hludnucss. met in
Wesley one Who was just as ur-
bane and just AS kind but who
had "a backbone that no one could
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09

so far as the bishop was con-
cerned, was the conviction on the
bishops part that Wesley was
IAN undesirable citizen or was,
at any rate, an undesirable priest
10 have roaming around preach
ing to the sinners Of his diocese
You must leave, Mr. Wesley
You have no commission to
preach here"
Wesley. Notwithstanding his
we'll known humility was never
lacking In the disposition to fight
for what he believed to be a good
cause. and when the bishop told
him that he had ono commission
to preach be threw back ar his