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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-12-03
"An' 'ow Yer Feeling Now, Sir?"

er Ghost, bound seal hunting to ia.
pam"
And who is the captain? l must
see him as soon as | am dressed"
Johnson looked puzzled and embar-
rassed He hesitated while he CROPPED
in his vocabulary and framed a COM
plete answer. "The cap'n is Wolf Lar
son, or SO men call him. never heard
his other name. But you better speak
soft with him. He is mad this morn
ing. The mate"
But he did not finish. The cook had
glided in.
Better sling yer 'ook out OF ere.
Yonson," he said. THE old man1l be
wantin' yer on deck, an this ayn't no
d'y to fall foul of i'm"
Johnson turned obediently to the
door, at the same time, over the cooks
shoulder, favoring me with an amaz.
ingly solemn and portentous wink, as
though to emphasize his interrupted
remark and the need for me to be
soft-spoken with the captain.
Hanging over the cooks arm was a
loose and crumpled array of evil-look
ing and sour-smelling garments.
They was put aw'y wet, sir" he
vouchsafed explanation. But you'll
ave to make them do till dry yours
out by the fire."
Clinging to the woodwork. stagger
ing with the roll OF the ship. and aid
ed by the cook. managed to slip into
a rough wooden undershirt. On the
instant my flesh was creeping ann
crawling from the harsh contact. He
noticed my involuntary twitching and
grimacing. and smirked:
Il only hope yer don't ever ave to
get 6sed to such as that In this life.
cos you've got a bloomin' soft skin.
that you ave, more like lydy's than
any know of. I was bloomin' well
sure you was q gentleman as soon as
4 set eyes on yer"
| had taken a dislike to him at first.
and as he helped to dress me this dis.
like increased. There was something
repulsive about his touch. shranb
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-12-03

having large and profitable produc-
ton of butterfat.
8. Raise well the heifer calves from
cows, which for one or more genera
tions have made large and profitable
productions of milk and butterfat.
8. Breed heifers to drop their first
calves at "a to 80 months Of age. Give
cow six to eight weeks rest between
lactation periods.
10. Join dairy cattle breeders as
gociation. 1t will help you to keep
posted and in touch with the best and
most modern ways Of managing your
dairy herd.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-12-03
IMPROVING THE DAIRY HERD
Sell All Animals Which Have Failed
to Pay for Their keep-Breed
Cows to Purebred Bull.

(By GEORGE HUMPHREY, University
OF wisconsin,
1. Treat cows gently and avoid ex-
element.
2. Be regular in time of milking.
3. Keep stables clean, well-lighted
and ventilated.
4. Weigh the milk of each cow at
milking time.
5. Get your neighbor to share with
you in owning a Babcock milk tester,
and test the product OF each COW.
6. Discard the animals which havo
failed at the end of the year to pay
for their keep.
z. Breed your cows to a purebred
registered dairy bull from a family
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-12-03
Wax Model Costs $1,000.

A wax model, more than a foot long.
of the insect that transmits typhus fe-
YER is one of the curious features in
the study of this disease by the health
authorities of the United States gov.
eminent. The model is about one mil
lion times the size of the insect in life.
More than a year was spent in making
t. at a cost of about $1,000. Typhus
fever is now ravaging the armies OF
Europe
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-12-03
saxina Her Voice.

The Impresario-Certainly, madam.
I can supply you with a second prima
donna to sing your children to sleep.
But you sing so perfectly yourself.
The Prima Donna Acsoluta-But my
singing is worth $1,000 a night. and I
couldn't think OF squandering that
amount on the children.-Houston
Chronicle.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-12-03
a Precaution,

What was your object in asking
Grimes for that ten he owes your
Don't you know he'll never pay it?'
"Oh, yes, know that, but thought
he looked as If he was getting ready
to touch me again."
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-12-03
She Gave u Up.

Heiny-"T've got conundrum for
you, Miss Hazel What's the DIFF
ference between me and donkey?"
Miss Hazel-"I'm sure I don't know.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-12-03

Occasionally girl remains in the
spinster class because she Is true to
her first love-herseh.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-12-03
Hard Work

PA, what is meant by literary en-
deavor?"
Trying to sell the stuff, son."
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-18
Soho Square, London.

Soho is perhaps the most curiously
derived place name in London. Ac-
cOrding to Samuel Pegge. the an
tiquary. Soho square. which has given
a name to the district. was first called
Monmouth square when the Ill fated
Duke of Monmouth had house there.
Upon the dukes defeat and execution
in 1886 the square was ordered to be
called Kings square. and statue of
King Charles III. was set up in the
middle Of 1t. But the partsans Of the
Duke Of Monmouth. wishing to pre-.
serve distant remembrance Of their
leader. called 1t Soho square. from
"SohO!" a hunting cry adopted by the
duke as his watchwOrd at the battle
where he was taken prisOner.-LOndOn
Saturday Review.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-18
ECHOES FROM
CHAMELEON
Cannelton Happenings Always
Interest Our Readers.

After reading OF so many people in
our town who have been cured by
Doau's Kidney Pills, the que 'tion
naturally arises: "ls this medicine
equally successful in our neig hooring
towns?' The generous statement of
this Capnelton resident leaves no room
for doubt on that point.
Mrs. Lotus Hoover, Eighth ST.,
Cannelton, Ind, says: MY kidney :
were disordered for long time, before
| knew exactly what was the matter
with me. My limbs we're stiff and sore
and often had sharp, shooting pains
across the small of my back. | suffer-
ed a great deal from headaches and
dizzy spells. finally used Doau's
Kidney Pills and after had finished
three boxes. | was entirely cured -
Statement given March Is, 19l0.)
Over two years later Mrs. Hoover
said: Il gladly confirm the public
statement | gave before in praise ct
Deans Kidney Pills. | always recon-
mend this medicine when | have tne
opportunity.
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Hoover had. Foster Milburn Co
Prop,., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-18
That Genius Whistler.

OF Whistler Lady st. Heller in
Memories of Fifty Years" writes
thus: HE was a genius and had all
the defects and qualities of one. To
him everything was joke. the subject
of a bOnmot. The lightest and dainti
est of persifage was what he excelled
In. and one never had dull moment
In his company. He was always late
for dinner, arranging the immortal
lock Of gray hair In Its proper place as
he came into the room. with apologies
and excuses. none Of them true. Of
which he was perfectly conscious and
also that they were not believed.
Wherever he was there would be a cir
Gle listening to him, and his ringing
laugh would be heard all over the
room as he sent his shafts right and
left into the joints Of the armor Of
those who were attacking him. 1t was
a great surprise and almost shock
when he appeared as a benedict"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-18
DO YOUR VERY BEST.
Be Earnest and Thorough and You Are
Bound TO Succeed.


There Is feature of Dickens char
acter which cannot be too often or too
seriously insisted upon, and that is his
intense earnestness and thoroughness
In everything he did. He said to me
more than once:
my dear boy, do everything Mt your
best. IL you do that neither | nor any
one else can find fault with you, even
IL you fail. For myself, I can honestly
say that I have taken as great pains
with the smallest thing | ever did as
with the biggest"
In giving advice to a young author he
said on one occasion:
"If you want your public to believe
in what you write you must believe in
it yourself. When | am describing a
scene | can as distinctly see what
am describing as can see you now. So
real are my characters to me that on
one occasion | had fixed upon the
course which one of them was to pur-
sue. The character. however. got hold
of me and made me do exactly the op
posite to what | had intended. but
was so sure that he was right and
was wrong that let him have his own
way
Whatever he did either in work ol
at play he always gave of his very best
! He hated slackness or half heartedness
| in any shape or form.-Harper's
! Weekly.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-18
A Garrick Incident.

David Garrick, where speaking was
concerned. was the pride of London.
Members of parliament envied him his
powers. Burke envied him. There is
that instance in parliament when. dur
ing heated debate, a member moved
that the gallery be cleared. This was
ordered to be done. and the strangers
withdrew. all save Garrick. Still the
member objected. Then up spake
Burke. Would 1t be fair to exclude
from their debate the master of elO-
quence. the genius who taught them
the art Of speaking? he demanded.
For himself he was proud to acknowl-
edge his Indebtedness to Garrick. Fox
followed in the same strain. and Town
shend. The house then voted that the
stranger should remain" And Gar
rick did not budge-St. James Gazette,
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-18
ODDITIES OF VISION.
Peculiar Optical Effects and the yellow
Spot In the Eye.

Peculiar Optical Effects and the yellow
Spot In the Eye.
If one places pinhead up close to
and directly in front of the eye the
head of the pin appears transparent
and things may be seen as easily
through it as through sheet of isin-
glass, the head appearing simply as a
large round cloud. If it is placed some
what closer no pin or head can be
seen at all.
If one goes into very dark room
and puts lighted candle near the side
of one eye very pretty and peculiar eff
fects are observed. A tracery. form
ing regular network. can be easily
detected. and this is merely the shadow
thrown by the candle on the retina of
the eye of the small capillary blood
vessels between the retina and the
candle.
If one looks to the side of dim star
in the heavens the star appears great
deal brighter than direct vision makes
it appear. This is because the light
i'm the direct view falls on what Is
known as the yellow spot" or point OF
keenest vision. AS this is not put di-
rectly behind the front of the eye the
side glance is necessary. Some people
can see stars that way that they can
not perceive ut all on direct VISION
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-18
PERFUME OF MUSK.
The Odor Is Penetrating Because the
Substance Is Radio active.

The Odor Is Penetrating Because the
Substance Is Radio active.
The extraordinarily penetrating pow
er of musk perfume is accounted for
by the fact that it is radioactive. The
United States consul at Chunking,
China, writes that this property causes
the odor to be carried through the air
in a way that would otherwise be i'm
possible And he adds that this radio.
active property affects most peculiarly
the natives who carry it. If it is held
close to the body for amy length OF
time it produces sores that are proba-
bly, similar i'm character to those caused
by pure radium."
Musk is a secretion of certain glands
or pouches of the male musk deer and
is secreted only during certain seasons
of the year. 1t is difficult to obtain
pure, and one of the largest French
manufacturers of perfume keeps rep
resentative ut Tachienlu, near the
Tibetan border. for the sole purpose of
buying it,
Three thousand pounds of musk on
an average are shipped every year
from Chunking. and fully half of this
has passed through Tachienlu, which
is one of the principal musk markets of
the world, though eighteen days jour
ney from Chunking, the nearest port.
The deer. which are seldom more
than three feet long and twenty to
twenty-five inches tall. are being
slaughtered in such numbers that they
are becoming more and more scarce
and will eventually be extinct.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-18
Poultry Parasites.

You keep the chicken house clean to
keep the parasites of the chickens.
You SPRAY to kill germs--but what do
you do to get the germs and parasites
inside the chicken. Hens especially
show it at moulting time and during
the wiLter How can you expect them
to layp Free them Of all Internal para,
sites by feeding them B A Thomas
Poultry Powder occasionally. II il
doe sn't make your hens happy. we will
return your money. For sale at Wed
ding's Drug Store. Cloverport. Ky.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-18
luatiea.

A Sunday school teacher had been
telling her class OF little boys about
crowns Of glory and heavenly rewards
for good people.
"Now. tell me-" she said al the close
Of the lesson. who will get the big
gest crown"
There was u silence for minute or
two. then bright little chap piped
out:
lin wOt's got I biggest 'ead."-LOn-
don Tit Bits.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-18
Futility Of Argument.

Plato defined man as n two legged
animal without feathers" Diogenes,
who heard this. plucked cock. This
is Plato's man." said he. But never
you think the old timer lacked come
back" He added to his original def
milton the words. with broad fiat
nails" Such Is the futility of argu-
ment.-Springfield Republican.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-18
The One Advantage.

Traded your motor boat for an aero
plane. Ell? What's the idea?"
well. there's this about an aero
Slane-even II the engine does break
Town. you're bound to land some
where. ST. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-18
Now He Has Millions.

See that fellow In the limousineT
said one man to another at Washing
ton and Illinois streets as big car
passed.
well, I can remember when he
didn't have but one pair Of socks; now
he has millions"
"Gee. be must have some washings,"
replied the friend whose mind does not
run to nnances.-In indiana polls Nswa
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-18
Chills, Fever and Malaria

Cured by taking Mendenhall's Chill
Tonic. the greatest substitute for qui
nine. Tastes good and children love to
take it Sold and guaranteed by Wee
ding's Drug Store.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-18

On his day or William Anderson. In
Los Angeles. Cal. blundered into a
stable. was bit by a Watchdog. kicked
by four horses. assaulted by twelve
Cinnamon. who thought him a thief;
fell, from n seven foot fence trying to
escape and was arrested as a plain
drunk
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-18
kentucky tair Dates

The Kentucky Fairs for 1915
as far as reported:
Shepherdsville, Aug. I'D days.
Hardinsburv. Aug. 1873 days.
Stanford, Aug. 1873 days.
Ewing, Aug. i9-3 DAYS.
Nicholasville. Aug. as days.
Elizabethtown, Aug. 24-3 days.
Florence, Aug. 26-3 days.
Alexandria, Aug. 3l-5 days.
London, Aug. "a days.
Shslbyvills. Aug. 25-4 days.
Germantown. Aug. 2S-4 days.
Barbourville, Sept. Is days.
Hodgenvills, Sept. 7-3 DAYS.
Henderson, Sept. TO days
Kentucky State Fair, Louisville
sept. 1876 days.
Horse Cave, Sept. 22-4 days.
Glasgow. Sept. 29-4 days.
Cave City. Oct. 4-6dsy@
Murray, Oct. g. days.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-18

Passionate people always deny their
anger. and towards often boast thsR
,gnoranes % ceaS.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-18

rhsnksd Fsr Their Kindness.
Two jail breakers bave post, carded
authorities Of MoEtciAis.'-N. IL thank.
ing them ferrfavege ,ahe~n :ap4 Anp,e'
using for Their suddsn leave taking.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-08-18

1.-TWO cleats against the side Of the
house, and two long posts support
this simple. open air sleeping
porch. 1t has u canvas top, and can
vas sides Oh rollers so that drafts may
be avoided. Inside there Is sufficient
room for bed aud chair. The window
was cut down to the floor and made
into door. This Ia good. cheap
sleeping porch for cOnsumptive,
Healthy people can make themselves
healthier by open air sleeping. Try It.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-04-24
How He Learned = Lesson.

In a murder case in Mississippi the
principal witness for the state was an
old negro man. an ex-slave- The at
torney for the defense attempted by a
severe and sarcastic cross examination
to break down his testimony or at
least make him angry. but failed ut
terly to do so. After the old fellow
left the witness stand the district at
torney said to him:
Uncle Bill. ! want TO compliment
you in that you did not get angry to-
day. but answered the attorney so
pleasantly"
"Marse Jimmie" said the old fel-
low. Il wus a-teamin' In dem woods
over yonder fore you wuz born, an ]
learnt den dat it's lots o. times jess
es easy an always more conf BILE ter
drive round er stump dan 1t Is ter
drive over hit. an jess 'membered
dat fact on de witness stan'."-LOs An
geles Times
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-04-24
Our Mineral Wealth.

The United States is not only the
worlds greatest producer Of mineral
wealth. but It possesses by far the
greatest known reserve OF any nation
In most of the important minerals
This Is one Of the things that has
made Us great and which is destined
to make US far greater as measured
by world standards. In some instances.
such as coal and oil and phosphate
rock and radium ore. the United States
possesses more than all the other
known deposits of the world. and the
only essential minerals Of the first
rank OF which the United States has
no known supply at all commensurate
with its needs are nitrates, potash,
salts, tin. nickel and platinum But
as II stands today no other nation in
the world so nearly approaches abso-
lutte Independence In respect TO mineral
resources Notwithstanding the vast
of our home consumption
Review OF Reviews.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-04-24
The cross on Sinai.

A simple cross marks the spot which
investigators Of Sinai have decided is
the place where Moses read out to the
children Of Israel the laws Of God.
The mountain itself must stand for the
monument. Rus Sufsafeh. the eleva-
ton on which the cross stands. Is wild.
barren and rocky. About 800 yards
from the base Of the mountain there
runs across the plain low, semicircu-
lar mound which forms a kind Of nat
ural theater, while farther distant. on
either side Of the plain, the slopes OF
the inclosing mountains would afford
seats to an almost unlimited number
OF spectators Not far or there is an
extensive recess which was probably
used as a camping ground No spot on
the whole peninsula is so well supplied
with water and pasturage. - London
Strand Magazine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-04-24

Europe Is the only continent which
has been completely explored A large
area in North America has never been
visited by civilized people. 1t Is In the
northwestern part Of Alaska, within a
short distance Of the coast There are,
besides, similar areas IN the extreme
northern section OF the North Ameri-
can continent. In the vicinity Of Hud-
son bay, and again In Labrador.
The interior OF Brazil has several large
unexpIored areas. and there are SIM
Ilar areas to the southwark Africa, as
might be expected. contains more uD-
explored territory than any other con-
tinent The largest lies In the Sahara.
while the central part Of the dark con-
tinent to the southwark offers many
opportunities for exploration.
Despite the antiquity Of civilization
In Asia. much remains to be done by
the geographer. There are several I'M
explored areas IN Arabia. as well as In
China, and especially IN northern ST.
IBERIA. Australia contains several dark
spaces In the northern section Through
out the south seas lie many islands,
some Of considerable area, which have
not yet been placed upon the map.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-04-24
Antiquity Of Wheat.

There is evidence that the Chinese
cultivated wheat nearly 5000 years
ago. regarding It as a direct gift from
heaven The Egyptians attributed 1t
to their god Isis and the Greeks to
Ceres. Concerning the latter it was
believed that when she had taught her
favorite, TriptoIemus. how to till the
soil and make bread she gave him her
chariot, and in that he traversed the
world. distributing corn to all nations
Wheat growing in Egypt can by the
evidence Of a grain found imbedded
In the brick Of a pyramid be traced
back to 1850 B. c. Varieties OF wheat
are legion. A French firm in its trial
Seed grounds had over COO varieties
growing. and since then crossing has
Increased the number
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-04-24
1880. shIp., FIaaa..


The British mercantile dag Is known
Familiarity as the red ensign. Strict
ly speaking. no inland person has any
right to fy the red ensign ashore. the
only dag permissible being the plain
union Jack. which the ordinary citizen
often files upside down. The red en-
sign has Its official status from the
edicts Of two queens. Queen Anne 10
1901 and Queen Victoria In 1885,
The merchantmen OF the colonies
generally use the red ensign also. but
BY permission OF the admiralty may
add the badge Of the colony in the
fy." Some nations have special mer-
camille marine fags. but not all The
United States flag. for instance. Is the
stars and stripes for all occasions.
The German mercantile Gag OF black,
white and RED dates only from 1867 and
symbolizes the union between the
HohenzoIlern black and white and the
red and white OF the Hanseatic league
The Russian mercantile dag, introduced
by Peter the Great. was originally the
Dutch flag. familiar 70 him from his
studies In Holland, reversed. Later the
arrangement OF the three colors was
yaried.-London Globe.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-04-24
Beauty of zamh..i EaII..

To realize fully the wondrous beauty
OF the Zambezi falls, Rhodesia, one
must have time to Hnger and watch
the ever changing scene. The depths
or the chasm below are yelled from
sight by the rising columns Of opales-
cent mist and above the yawning
abyss the sun glints and sparkles,
weaving the drops into a magnificent
rainbow. Three hundred feet below
roars and boils the swirling food as it
emerges from the Boiling Pot, rushing
on down the zigzag gorge between tow
ering cliffs Of rock. narrow. fierce and
Of unfathomable depth. - African
World.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-04-24
nu.t cIoud. Armisa Mako.

An army on the march along dry
roads naturally throws up very heavy
dust clouds 10 those who haven't
been trained one dust cloud looks very
much Ike another. but TO a soldier
these dust clouds tell q very clear
story.
; The dust clouds thrown up by IN
fantry, for example. hang In a low.
thick cloud. The longer the cloud the
more men underneath II, and a scout
can by this means make a fairly accu-
rate guess Of the number Of men on
the march.
Cavalry On the march sends up q
dust cloud that Is much higher and
thinner than that Of infantry. The
most distinctive Of these dust clouds,
however. Il that made by wagons and
heavy guns The dust rises In little
groups Of clouds, quite different from
the long clouds Of cavalry and infantry.
So even when unable to see the ac-
tual cIuse Of the dust, a scout can
tell many miles away what kind Of
force IL passing along a road.-Ex-
change.