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Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-09-09
HE WASN'T MAKING MONEY.
But Still He Had Good Reason For
Congratulating Himself.


He was a renter, and at least every
other season he was occupying a DIFF
ferent farm. By friends advice he
had moved the year before into an en-
tirely new field. a dozen miles from
his usual haunts. and had not been
seen for several months. When the
friend did see him at last it was quite
by accident, business taking him into
the old mans neighborhood. The farm.
er hailed him from the cornfield and
came out to the fence.
''Hello!' said the friend. SIS this
your farm?"
'Yes; and 1 jist come over to tell
you. sir, that I'll be ready to pay part
of that claim of yourn before long"
''You must be doing WELL"
Il think I'm doin' fust rate. and I'm
powerful obliged to you. sir. for head
in me this way"
Il am always glad to help If can"
81 knowed that, sir, and that's why
/ come away over here so far from
home. It's kinder strange to me, but
as long as am doin' as well as 1 am
am goin' to stand it"
'Are you making any money!"
The old mans face frightened per-
ceptibly. ''No, l amt sir" he replied
hopefully, but I'm losin' it slower'n
ever done In my life before."-Argo-
naut.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-09-09
BLUNDERs Or AUTHORS.
Some Queer Things of Which Fiction
Characters Are Guilty.

For many years il favorite pastiIue
Of the literary dileitante has been to
ferret out mistakes made 10y celebrau.
ed authors. Writers of the highest
standing have been guilty of absurd
"bloomers," such as Flaubert's asser-
ton that ''the two adversaries were
placed at an equal distance from each
other" Mistakes of this sort have
been excused ON the ground that the
authors were working under pressure
of inspiration and were therefore like
ly at any time to make minor errors.
Stories of today do not as a rule,
appear to be written under the stress
of temperamental excitement Yet, in
spite of their seemingly cool sophistica-
ton, they are not lacking in curious
mistakes. A short list of these errors
has been compiled by writer in the
Philadelphia Ledger:
l screamed in silent rage.
A girl tore her eyes from the stage,
but her ears still fingered.
Il will never speak to you again as
long as live" hissed Dolly. Just
try to hiss it,
Her feet were swollen from standing
In wet, salty water.
Like Adela. he had dark brown hair,
with enormous black eyebrows, a mus
tache and short beard.
What, therefore, was our surprise to
find Tish sitting by the fire in her
bath robe and slippers with a cup Of
tea in her lap and her feet in tub OF
water.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-09-09
Spanish SiIkworms.

-Four hundred years ago the silks Of
Seville, then the most famous in the
world. were exported to all countries,
for Spain was the first nation of west
ern Europe to take up silk culture;
The climate of Spain is excellent for
this industry, and fine silkworms, such
as were employed when silk cultiva-
ton was at its height, are available
in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada,
near Granada. This worm has a Life.
of fifty days, during the first thirty
of which it grows to about $500 times
its original weight. Ninety-six thou
sand small eggs Of the slkworm weigh
one ounce.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-09-09
Great Men Born In Wartime.

1t is pointed out that during the first
years of the last century. from 1900 or
1910 to 1915. when all Europe was suf.
fering from the Napoleonic wars, she
gave birth to almost every great man
who was to guide her better destinies
for 100 years to come. In that terrible
period of travail Britain gave birth to
Disraeli, Gladstone, Golden, Bright.
Browning, Tennyson, Shaftesbury and
many others. Italy had Cavour, Maz-
zini, Garibaldi and Victor Emmanuel,
the four men who secured the liberty
and unity of the Italian kingdom.
America gave us Wendell Phillips, VIII
liam Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Beecher
Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher and, most
glorious of all, Abraham Lincoln.
British Weekly.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-09-09
MAKING COFFEE.
There Are Thousand Ways, but Only
One Right Way, Says an Expert.

There Are Thousand Ways, but Only
One Right Way, Says an Expert.
'The right way OF thousand ways
to make coffee" says an expert, 'is to
take the fresh product and grind ik
very fine, but not pulyerized. Then
place 1t in an earthen jar in proper
tions Of a heaping tablespoonful for
every cupful required. After this pour
on boiling, bubbling water. let it stand
five minutes and then stir with q,
spoon. After five more minutes pour
off carefully. and it will then possess.
all Of the good that should be in coffee.
1t is then without the bitter which is
incidental to boiling and without the
metal taste which Is incidental to its
contact with the pot. The whole se--
cret lies in the waterit must be bub-
bling, boiling becarse the oil will not
fuse with water until it is bubbling.
boiling.
Here is where the cook most all
ways fails 900 times out of 1000
When the vapor is first observed COM
ing from the spout of the pot the
temperature of the water is about
130 degrees r., while at the bubbling-
point it should register PIP. And al
ways remember that in making coffee
1t is best always to let the spendthrift
deal out the coffee. and in making tea
let the miser deal out the tea"
The expert was asked why so many
people who write for living drink
bad coffee. He simply replied that the
secret in the making was the bubblinG
in the water.-New York World.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-09-09
A UNIQUE CLUBHOUSE
Maintained at Portsmouth For Enlisted
Men of the Navy.

pcn OF TIE
Portsmouth. n. H.. has what is.
claimed to be the only clubhouse In.
the country for the enlisted men Of
the navy. There are Y. NJ. e. 4. build
ings in Newport, Brooklyn. Norfolk.
and Philadelphia, but the Portsmouth;
clubhouse, known as the Reading
Room, is something quite different,
and its unique ideas and the extent OF
Its success have made it famous wher-
ever a ship of the American navy Is.
stationed.
There are no dues at this club and
no red tape. The only requirement is
that one must be an enlisted man Of
the navy. He then becomes a fun
hedged member of the club, with the
privilege of bowling ON the latest inn
proved alleys for III cents a string OF,
% cents an hour, or of playing pool or
billiards at the same rate. or having
all the privileges of an up to date GYM
nasium, with shower baths. soap
towels, etc, for 80 cents a month; or
of sitting in" at game of cards.
checkers or chess at any of the numers
GUS tables in the game and reading
room for nothing; or of reading, free
the news from home in the thirty
papers from all sections of the countrys
or Of passing the time in perusings
without cost, what he likes in thirty
magazines, scientific and popular; or
taking his pick in the mahogany fur
nished library of 1.500 volumes OF
books without cost or trouble.
All this Is in addition to big dance
hall. where he can hornpipe to his
hearts content = Cleveland Plain
Dealer
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-09-09

around tell the family
not his child that found
phonng and questioning of Famine
hours later the father
humbly had
count He had oaed the children
family the another and the sixteen
calculation discovered that solemn
n
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-09-09

dent Jewe entitled week. The clerks Office
to close each Saturday
license seekers either
noon or till Monday
They call on him time he's
bed what's the difference?
oowntownearly in the
ornng getting married
In fact k-fo them So N'
NOW Jewe has come out fatooed
declares
come tne once out OF hours to issue marriage
ana So II shooting
out TOT Jewets scalp,
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-09-09
The Extinct Codo.

The dodo, bird bigger than a turs
key and too heavy to iiy rs its wings,
were only rudimentary. was very conn.
mon in Mauritius when that island
was discovered In 1914. l5ut its fesh
was so good to eat and It was SO in.-
capable of self protection that withir.
forty years it became extinct.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-09-09
His Mental lncapaoitY.

The Court-So you ask divorce from
this man on the ground of mental In
capacity. What proof have you that
he's insane? The Woman-Who said
he was insane, your honor? The Court
Why, you say he is mentally incapa-
BILE. The Woman-Yes; incapable OF
understanding that I'm boss.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-09-09


methods
the state of affairs N = " " 80
application
mas so trimmed the branches of the old
dead
to deposit their n to for
consisting OF small provided with
strung from window convenient
an automatic feeder of the hopper
dali holders
for feeding nsectvorous BIRDS nthaches
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-09-09
An Unusual Case.

Stranger = Seventeen years ago I
landed here in your town broke.
struck you for dollar. You gave 1t
to me. saying you never turned re-
quest like that down. Citizen eager
ly)-Yes? Stranger-Well are you still
game?-Judge.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-09-09

which their fellowship
expenditure
Three furnishings
all around"
ado he tossed attractive tie
rof
fine blue Well don't know said
might
nanyal shapes plankd
the he said home to dinner folks
we have all around
And Liberty Treating soberly marched out x
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-09-09
Window Boxes.

Before putting earth in window boxes
not only keeps a wooden box from rot
ting. but prevents insects.-McCalps
Magazine.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-09-09
Results Wansni

"Who is that young r1an that CARS
on daughter?"
"A budding poet. fathc,.
well. tell him to conle around wheR
he has blossomed and Is able to show
the fruit of his labors>"-Kansas City
Journal.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-09-09
The Urea. smill.

The first use of the treadmill was In
China. where it did service in remOta
times in irrigating tSe land. 1t was in.
troduced into English prisons in 1S11
as means of punishment
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-09-09

N15 NIHudII sIreel. It taxes Time TOT
Mr.. Velucci to count. How, indeed,
may the father of sixteen children
know when one is not home without
taking the census?
Policeman Kain found little Pa
mine at Fifty-second and Market
street, far away from home. He took
the little fellow out to the Twenty
ninth street police district, and the
lad told where his home was. House
Sergeant Abrams telephoned down to
the Thirty-third district, telling them
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-09-09
A Woman,s Rinht.

"And how long have you votedT
Twelve years"
And how old are your
'.Twenty-two."-Life.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-09-09

exhibit of nesting and feeding boxes
In the Geological park, with sign
boards and labels advising the bird
lover where each model may be OBJ
tanned and what birds are most likely
to be attracted by it.
Lee S. Crandall, assistant curator
OF birds of the society, in a bulletin
makes 1t plain that If some remedial
action is not taken in the near future
the songbird is going to forsake New
York, probably never to return. Perse-
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-09-09

Wen, forgot; but If do I'm go
ing to buy collar buttons for the bunch.
Don't try to put anything over on me"
Four or five members of the East
Liberty Treating club. it might be ex-
planned, were lined up in front of the
counter of mems furnishing store.
There are fifteen members of the
club, all of whom several months ago
decided to cut out the allurement of
the saloon. They chose the furnish
ing stores of the big East Liberty dis
trict as being the most useful avenue
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-09-09

Failure after nssch perseverance iDs
better than never % have had strtv.
ing worth calling q. failure.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-09-09
Cupid Must Keep Regular Hours in INDIANAPOLIS

Jewet bachelor marriage clerk for
Marion county thrown
man who asks brides they are white
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-09-09

UIaCk, now tneIr gTandfathers wore
their boards, what sort of knots grand
mothers used to fasten their apron
strings and numerous other questions
almost as sensible that are required
by laws of the commonwealth. If no
legal hindrance exists and the appli.
cants have the necessary $3.50 Jewett
grants licenses-dozens, scores, reams
of them daily-for seven days a week.
That's what makes him sore-the
seven-days-a-week shift.
According to custom and nrece-
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-09-09
This Philadelphia Father Has Some Household

HIADELPHA-The father of
other night for not knowing that
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-09-09
Pittsburgh Treaters Have Evolved Novel Plan

d Observation-Disclosures pair of black sox"
Have these Bill"
NO. Joe bought last time a pair on me-"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-09-09
New York City Trying to Lure Back It's Birds

NEW YoRAs the inaugural campaign
little sngbrds rapidly
suburbs of the CITY, the New York
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-10-01

New York.-(SpeciaI.) -"The new
land that Stefansson has discovered
is about n hundred miles to the north
of Prince Patrick Island" writes Cy-
rus G. Adams, president Of the Asso-
citation of American Geographers.
THE most sOutherly part of the land
which he visited is considerably to the
east of the most eastward extension
of Prince Patrick Island The island.
as far as he saw it. seems to be nearly
bisected by the 115th meridian west
of Greenwich. The lands nearest to
it, as far as we know, are the Polynia
islands. Il little group to the north of
Prince Patrick Island, discovered by
McClintock in 1853. They appear to
be about seventy-five or eighty miles
from the new land.
1.-THE island is over 100 miles due
west of the northern part of Ellef
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-10-01
1N~s-~tf-ss-''l
Home Under PO1Uer
Hints on Ho,U to Make Temporary Repairs
AUay from Home


how to keep the back axle in q rigid
position, secure from partially re-
volving. More than once this has
been accomplished, with the assis-
lance of local blacksmith, by fitting
cross bar to the two sides of the
chassis Immediately over the front of
the back axle and having two drop
pieces fitted, one to each side of the
casing. These held the latter abso-
lutely immune from any movement,
and the car was driven home, care
fully, it is true, under its own power.
The same object can be accomplish
ed by securing stay to both the top
and bottom arms of the torque rod
and continuing same to the bolt holes
of the axle casing. In one instance,
which caused certain amount of
amusement at the repair shop to
which the car ultimately went, it
was found that two long tire levers,
with holes drilled at one end and Sc
curely dashed at the other to the stay
rod, had performed this, to them,
novel duty
Whenever executing temporary
repair of this description it must al
ways be borne in mind that the or
ignal strength has gone, not only
from the affected part, but very often
other parts surrounding have been
weakened during the onslaught of ac-
cident; consequently high degree of
care must be exercised in driving
home, especially, in the above in
stance, in the operation of the clutch
and also the brakes, as a sudden TAX
ing up of the drive obviously tends to
twist the back axle round, as also is
the effect when the brakes are used.
1t is possible, of course, that a steep
hill might prove too much for the
Temporary expedient employed, but, in
motoring, any sort of towing assis-
lance is Objectionable, and way
out of the difficulty, no matter how
bizarre, is worth trying.
Punctures, we know, belong to the
category of "things which are sent to
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-10-01

RoaG side repairs that have been
executed in the past serve to
show what can be done with bolts,
bars and brains. If your steering
column gets bent or the steering box
breaks up, must you get towed home?
Oh dear, no. At any rate not if a
piece of fiat iron about Aft. long is
obtainable.
This actually happened to car af-
ter very severe strain on the steer
ing gear. Negotiating hill and APP
preaching what appeared merely an
ordinary corner the driver in question
was surprised to be faced with a
rather severe S bend, the second turn
of which was occupied by a truck.
The resultant swerve smashed the
steering arm coming from the box to
the connecting rod and threatened an
enforced and somewhat lengthy de-
lay. This motorist happened to be
possessed of some experience, howev-
er, and got home to his garage in a
very creditable manner. Taking
out one of the bolts securing the
steering box to the chassis he attach
ed thereto bar of iron A fit. Gins. long
pivoting on the. hole therin which had
been drilled about Is ms. from its
lower end, which latter had in turn
been secured to the steering connect
ing rod by means of some cable. The
control of the front wheels was not
such an easy matter as before, and
was possibly reminiscent of prehis-
toric motoring, but proved sufficient
iy reliable to reach home.
Many an old car with bevel drive
and dlfferential stay rod fixed upon
the casing has been towed or rallied
home on account of the latter parting
company with its casing, so allow
ing the whole back axle casing to
swivel round and the cardan shaft to
drop out. This might at first appear
an insuperable difficulty, but closer
examination would show the problem
to resolve itself into question as to
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-10-01
TAKE It IN Time
just as Scores of People Have

Waiting doesn't pay.
If you neglect kidney backache.
Urinary troubles often follow
Act in time by curing the kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills are especially
for weakened kidneys.
Many people recommend them.
Here's one case:
Harry Kempf. carpenter, Kilbuck
ST.. Tecumseh. Mich. says: "My kid
neys were not doing their work rs
they should and ! was suffering from
a lame and aching back. l used
Boal's Kidney Pills and it did moi
take them long to correct the trouble
Price zoe. ut all dealers. DOM
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills--the same that
Mr.. Kempf had. Foster Milburn Co.
Props, Buffalo. \. Y.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-10-01
WHERE TO GET FORTUNE.
Huge Treasure Is Buried on Island on
Northern France.

Stories OF sunken treasure are le-
zion. Some have foundation of fact;
others are pure legend, and have
sometimes resulted in thousands OF
pounds being spent in an attempt to
recover the mythical millions. There
does not seem to be much doubt, how
ever, that beneath the waves of La
Hogue, the roadstead on the east side
of the island OF Cotentin in the north
Of France, huge fortune lies buried.
It was there is 1892 that the great ma
val battle of La Hogue was fought be-
tween the French and Dutch fleets,
when sixteen French men-of-war were
entirely destroyed, thirteen OF the lat
ter being sunk.
These ships included the flower of
the French navy. Three of the
French vessels, including the flag
said to be the finest men-of-war in
the world. In addition to many men
they carried much bullion, most of
which had been obtained from cap
tured prizes.
That the exact spot where some Of
these vessels were sunk has been hit
upon is evident from the fact that in
1912, while an engineer of Cher
bourg was engaged in dredging, he
brought up two bars OF silver
stamped with the date 1892. Most
of the vessels, it is presumed, are
buried in the sand, for they have never
been a source of danger to navigation.
An exception to this, however, is one
Terrible, whose wreck sailors avoid
with care. Another, the Magniflque,
also constitutes a danger to trawiers,
while about eighteen years ago an un-
Usually low tide disclosed the hulk
o. one of the sunk"n vessels, cannon
balls and pieces of artillery being TAX
en- OUTFIT Bits.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-10-01
NO MORE CONSTIPATION

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price. Samples sent upon request.
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Toledo, Ohio.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-10-01

Ringnes Island. discovered by Sver-
drup. but its most northern part, as
StefanssOn saw it, appears To be
farther north than any other land in
the great Parry archipelago to the
north of our continent. 1t probably
marks the extension thus far to the
north of the comparatively shallow
waters that surround the islands of
the Parry archipelago. In other
words. rises from the continental
shelf i'm shallow water.
THE view is now generally held
that all the lands of the arctic rise
from shallow water excepting few
volcanic islands. Stefanssons dis
covery. therefore. seems to shaw that
in this part Of the Arctic Ocean the
sea is comparatively shallow, though
Manson found abysmal depths in
about the same latitude to the north
of the New Siberian Islands.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-10-01
ARMOR-pLATED BANKS.
Steel Fortresses With Coming Towers
forthe Tellers

for.the Tellers.
The first National Bank of Lander
is little steel fortress. The counter
is faced with solid metal, and the tell
er does business from within a con-
ming tower. When you go into the
bank you cannot see any one, and it
is so arranged that a band of hold
ups could be riddled from front and
flank. One of the worst bandits that
ever disturbed Wyoming bankers used
to be small ranchman. A big cattle
outfit had mortgage on his herd.
They claimed his cattle were irregu-
larry obtained, and on a roundup they
'vended his brand" that is, put
mark through it, TO indicate that it
no longer represented ownership.
Then there was trouble about a horse.
Discrepancies of brand are the begin
ming of danger out there, and this
man served three years. When he
came out he robbed good many
banks in broad daylight at the point
of pistol. Yet for some reason half
the sheriffs and most Of the people
were his friends. AS one cowboy said
to me, THE same companies that
make war on the small owners are
the ones that used to pay IS for every
maverick we could get under their
branding irons. They taught us how
to steal, and then prosecuted every
man who did any of it on his own ac-
count" Anyway they never got this
particular bandit again, and the banks
of the West are acquiring the armor
plate habit.-The Century.