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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-01

NEW ORLEANS. Feb pa yer
sion of tho rumOred plot for Nicar-
aguan revolution. in circulation in
Latin-Americau quarters here today
was that arms and ammunition to
supply az army OF 80. 600 already had
been assembled on Nicaragua bOrd-
ers. and that operations were 10 begin
early IN March The plan. according
10 the story. was fOmented here by
followers Of Rodolfo Espinoza and
backed by New York interests 40
confirmation came from any source.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-01
WILSON CALLS OE>CONGRESS FOR SHOWDOWN
Fifteen Ilen Killed and Five Seriously Injured
nExplosion in Davis Mine at Kempton W. Va.

O.
eandTh
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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-21

CARE OF CREAM IN SUMMER
Few Simple Rules Given Which
Should Be Followed-Dirt Always
Carries Bad Flavors.

(By w. b. COMBS. Missouri College of
Agriculture.)
During the hot days OF summer the
farmer who is selling cream to the
creamery finds 1t problem to keep
his cream in the proper condition.
However, there are but a few simple
rules which should be followed, that
would result in better cream. First
of all these Is cleanliness. Dirt, re-
member, carries bad flavors. If the
barn or it's surroundings and cows are
dirty 1t will result in poor milk; poor
milk results in poor cream; poor
cream results in poor butter.
Immediately after separating, the
cream should be cooled down to at
least so degrees Fahrenheit. Warm
cream should never be poured upon
cold as the temperature of the lot is
raised and bad flavors may result. 1t
is essential that the cream be stirred
frequently to insure uniform ripening.
If the cream is left undisturbed, the
fat rises the same way as it does in
milk. AS result the cream is full Of
curd particles or 1t becomes "lumpy."
Never put cream in rusty or bat
tered can and always remember that
milk and cream have that property of
absorbing bad flavors.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-21
| CHAPTER XVII
The Abyss

1t was at early candle-lighting In
the evening of the day of renewed and
unbridled speculation In Mirapolis
front feet" that Brouillard, riding the
piebald range pony on which he had
been making an inspection round OF
the nearer Buckskin ditchers' camps,
topped the hill in the new, high-pitched
road over the Chigringo shoulder and
looked down upon the valley electrics
Brouillard let the pony set it's own
pace on the dcwn-hill lap to the finish,
freshened himself at his rooms in the
Niquoia building, and went to the
Metropole to eat his dinner with Muir
zing throngs in the Metropole cafe and
lobby annoyed him, and even Grislow's
quiet sarcasm as applied to the days
bubble-blowing failed to clear the air.
At the club there was the same atmos-
phere Of unrest; an exacerbating over
charge OF the suppressed activities i'm
patiently waiting for another day of
excitement and opportunity. Corner
lots and the astounding prices they
had commanded filled the air in the
lounge, the billiard room and the buff
fet, and after few minutes Brouillard
turned his back on the hubbub and
sought the quiet of the darkened build
ing on the opposite side of the street.
He was alone in his Office on the
sixth floor and was trying, half absent
ly, to submerge himself In a sea Of
desk work when as distinctly as If she
were present and at his elbow, he
heard, or seemed to hear, Amy Mas
singale say: Victor, you said you
would come II ] needed you. / need
you now" Without moments heslta.
ton he got up and made ready to go
out.
The Massingale town house was one
OF a row IT succeed villas fronting on
the main residence street, which be-
yond the city limits became the high
road to the Quadjenai bend and the
upper valley. Brouillard took a cab at
the Metropole, dismissed 1t at the viva
gate, and walked briskly up the path
to the house, which was dark save for
one lighted room on the second floor
the room in which Stephen Massingale
was recovering from the effects OF Van
Bruce Cortwright's pis,o. shot
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-21
Wa CHAPTER XVIII Es<,
The Setting of the Ebb

Contrary to the most sanguine ex'
trary, perhaps, even to those of Mr.. ].
Wesley Cortwright--the upward surge
in Mirapolis values, following the visit
of the distinguished citizens" proved
to be more than a tidal wave; 1t was
q series Of them. Day after day the
"curb" markets were reopened, with
prices mounting skyward; and when
the news of how fortunes could be
made in day in the Miracle city Of
the Niquoia got abroad in the press dis
patches there was fresh influx of mad
money hunters from the East.
Now, IL never before, the croaker
was wrathfully shouted down and 81.
fenced. No one admitted, or seemed to
admit, the possible impermanence Of
the city.
To the observer, anxious or casual,
there appeared to be reasonable
grounds for the optimistic assertion. Il
was an indubitable fact that Brouil
lard's force had been cut down, first to
one-half, and later to barely enough
men to keep the crushers and mixers
moving and to add fresh layers Of con.
crete to the huge wall of sufficient
quantities to prevent the material-ir
technical phrase-from dying" The
Navajos had been sent home to their
reservation, the tepees were gone, ant
two-thirds of the camp shacks were
empty.
Past these material facts It was
known to everybody in the frenzied
market place that Brouillard himself
was, according to his means. one of
the most reckless of the plungers, buy
ing, borrowing, and buying again as IL
the future held no threat of possible
debacle. 1t was ar object lesson for
the timid Those who did not them.
selves know certainly argued that
there must be few who did know,
and among these few the chief OK the
reclamation service must be in the
very foremost ranv
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-21
CHAPTER xvI-Continued.

There's one thing-and I've got to
spit it out before it's everlastingly too
late. See here, Victor Br'uillard-Amy
likes you-thinks a heap of you; a
plumb blind man could see that. But
say, that little girl O. mine has just
natchurly got to have free hand when
1t comes to pairin' up, and she won't
never have If she finds out about this.
You amt allowin' to use it on her,
Victor?"
Brouillard laughed.
''Ill make a hedging bet and break
even with you, Mr. Massingale," he
said. THAT check Is drawn to my or
der, and ! have Endorsed it. Let me
have 1t again and I'll get the cash fol-
you. In that way only the two of us
need know anything about the trans
action; and II / promise to keep the
secret from Miss Amy, you must prom
Use to keep 1t from Mr.. J. Wesley Cort
wright. Will you saw it off with me
that way?-until you've made the turn
on the ore sales?"
David Massingale shook hands on IL
with more gratitude, colored this time
with hearty imprecation. Dad burn
you, Victor Br'uillard, you're a man
ever single mill-run Of you!" he burst
out. But Brouillard shook his head
yravely.
mo, Mr. Massingale, I'm the little
yellow dog you mentioned a while
back" he asserted, and then he went
to get the money.
Left alone in the small retiring room
Of the bank where the business had
been transacted, David Massingale
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-21

to me at times. Lydia T.. Pinknam
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills re-
stored me to health and / want to thank
you for the good they have done me. !
have had quite a bit OF trouble and
worry but it does not affect my youth
full looks. My friends say why do you
look 80 young and well?' I owe it all
to the Lydia E. Pinkham remedies.
Mrs RoBT. SToPIEL, Moore Avenue,
Washington Park, Illinois.
We wish every woman who suffers
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backache or the blues could see the let
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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-21
Practical Diplomacy.

papa" inquired a young hopeful of
some seven summers as he looked up
from a book he was reading, there's
word here which puzzles me-dlplo-
macy?"
Diplomacy. my SON. and the old
man smiled paternally rs he said it,
means this: Doing or saying precise
ly the right thing ut precisely the
right time"
"Ah" retorted the young hopeful.
"then | guess l exercised diplomacy
last night"
'How, my son?" inquired the fond
parent.
"Why, / rolled Johnny over into my
place just before ma came in with
the castor oil and then back again
just before she came to the other
side"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-21
SYNOPSIS.

Brouillard, chief engineer of the Eiquoia
irrigation dam. meets j. Wesley Cort-
wright and explains the reclamation work
to him. Cartwright organizes company
and obtains government contracts 10 fur
nish power and material. Steve Massin-
gale threatens TO start gold rush II
Brouillard does not use his influence 10
bring q railroad branch TO the place, thus
opening an easy market for the Little
Susan" mine ore. Brouillard tells Amy
Massingale OF his need for money TO pay
of HE dead fathers debts. She tells him
TO be true TO himself. He decides for the
extension. Mirapolls, the city of num-
bered days, booms. Cartwright persuades
Brouillard to become consulting engineer
OF the power company in return for $780,
900 stock. Stoppage OF work on the rail-
road threatens a panic Brouillard spreads
the Massingale story of placer gold in
the river bed and starts gold rush,
which promises TO stop the reclamation
project Amy tells Broullard that her
father is in Cortwrights financial
clutches He tells her he has made $780,
900 and declares his love. She loves him,
but shows him that he has become demon
allied. A real gold find is made. Brouil-
lard sells his stock but does not pay his
fathers debts. Cortwright's son shoots
Dave Massingale. Brouillard threatens
Cartwright with exposure II he pushes
Massingale to the wall The magnate
promises to give the old man free field.
Stories of the dams abandonment revive.
Foreclosure on the Little Susan" Is i'm
pending and Brouillard loans Dave Mas
singale his 500 900 TO clear him.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-21

migny happen. But nosking happehsu.
Dissipation OF the western variety SCI
dom sinks below the level OF q certain
rude gallantry quick to recognize the
good and pure in womankiud Instant.
ly hush fell upon the place. The
quartets at the card tables held their
hands, and group OF men drinking at
the bar put down their glasses. One, a
Tri'-Circ' cowboy with his back turned,
let slip an oath. and in single swift
motion his nearest comrade garroted
him with hairy arm, strangling him
to silence.
AS IL guided by the same unerring
instinct which had made her choose
Haley's cvt OF the dozen similar bells,
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-21
FEEDING SIlAGE IN SUMMER
Farmer Must Decide for Himself
Whether Practice Is Cheaper Than
Letting Cows on Pasture.

Every farmer must decide for him
self whether it is cheaper or more
profitable to feed silage during the
summer or let the cows get most Of
their feed from the pastures. II you
have land suitable for no other pur-
pose than raising grass it would not
pay to let 1t lie idle, but II your farm
consists largely of tillable land the
situation is quite different. II costs
time and money to raise corn and put
IL in the silo and feed 1t out, but on
many farms 1t will pay to rely mainly
on the summer silo for the dairy herd.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-21
By Francis Lynde

Copyright BY
Charles Scibner's Sons

made the admission and regretted it in
one and the same breath.
you've borrowed to meet these
notes?" queried the president. look
ing up quickly. THAT won't do, Mr..
Massingale; that won't do at all. We
can't afford to lose an old customer
that way. What's the matter with our
money? Doesn't 1t look good to you
any more?"
Massingale stammered out some
thing about Cashier Hardwick's per-
emptory demand OF few hours earlier,
but he was not permitted to finish.
"Of course, that is all right from
Hardwick's point Of view. He was
merely looking out for the maturing
paper. How much more time will you
need to enable you to get returns from
your shipments? Sixty days? All
right. you needn't make out new notes:
I'll indorse the extension on the back
of these, and I'll undertake TO get
Cortwright's approval myself. No; not
a word, Mr.. Massingale. AS long as
you're borrowing. you must be loyal
and borrow OF us. Good afternoon.
Come again when we can help you
out"
David Massingale turned away,
dazed and confused beyond the power
Of speech. When the mists Of astound-
ment cleared he found himself in the
street with the thick wad Of bank
notes still in his pocket. Suddenly,
out Of the limbo into which two years
of laborious discipline and self-denial
had pushed 1t stalked the demon OF
the ruling passion, mighty, overpower-
ing, unconquerable. The familiar
street sights danced before Mas
singale's eyes, and there was a drum
ming in his ears like the fall of many
waters. But above the clamor rose
the insistent voice of the tempter, and
the voice was at once a command and
an entreaty, a gnawing hunger and a
parching thirst.
"By cash! I'd like to try that old
system o mine jest one more time!"
he muttered. "All it takes is money
enough to foller it up and stay. And
I've got the money. Besides, didn't
Br'uillard say I was to get an extern
sion II could?"
He grabbed at his coat to be sure
that the packet was still there, took
two steps toward the bank. stopped
turned as IL in the grasp of an invisible
but irresistible captor, and moved
away, like man walking in his sleep,
toward the lower avenue.
1t was the doorway Of Haley's place,
the Monte Carlo of the Niquoia, that
finally halted him. Here the struggle
was so fierce that the bartender, who
knew him, named it sickness and led
the stricken one to card table in the
public bar-room and fetched him q
drink. A single swallow of whisky
turned the scale. Massingale rose,
tossed a coin to the bar, and passed
quickly to the rear, where a pair of
baize doors opened silently and en-
quilted him.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-21
CAREFUL ATTENTION TO cow
Animal Brings In Regular Returns In
Dairy Products-No Farmer Can
Afford to Neglect Her.

Cows require regular and careful
attention. There is work in keeping
cows and giving them proper attention.
But they bring in regular returns in
dairy products and cash and no farmer
can afford to neglect cows.
What would it mean to individual
farmers and the country If every home
had as many cows as it requires to
supply the table with milk and butter?
Perhaps none Of us realize what it
would mean. 1t would certainly give
more cash from the animals and crops
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-21

took the sheaf OF bank notes from his
pocket with trembling hands, fondling
It as a miser might. Twice the old
man made as IL he would turn toward
the door Of egress, and the light in his
gray-blue eyes was the reminding
fame OF a passion long denied. But
In the end he thrust the tempting
sheaf back INTO the inner pocket and
went resolutely 10 tho cashiers ccun.
ter window, finding Schermerhorn, the
president, sitting at the cashiers desk
I've come to take up them notes o.
mine with John Was name on EN-"
Massingale began, polling out the thick
sheaf OF redemption money.
HIM, yes, here ther are. Brought
the cash. did you? The Little Susan
has begun to pan out, has It? didn't
know you had commenced shipping ore
ystf"
wa kavar't- David Massinsals
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-21

Amy Massingale led Brouillard swiftly
to the green baize doors at the rear
Of the bar-room. At her touch the
swinging doors gave inward, and her
goal was reached.
Three faro games, each with it's in.
laid table, its impassive dealer, its
armed lookout" and its ring Of silent
players, lay beyond the baize DOORS At
the nearest Of the tables there was a
stir, and the dealer stopped running
the cards. Somebody said, Let him
get out" and then an old man, beard.
ed, white-haired, wild-eyed, and bag.
gard almost beyond recognition,
pushed his chair away from the table
and stumbled to his feet, his hands
clutching the air like those of swim
mer sinking for the last time.
With low cry the girl darted across
the intervening space to clasp the stag
gering old man in her arms and draw
him away. Brouillard stood aside as
they came slowly toward the doors
which he was holding open for them.
He saw the distorted face-mask Of q
soul in torment and heard the mum
bling repetition Of the despairins
words, ITS all gone, little girl; it's all
gone!" and then he removed himself
quickly beyond the range Of the star
ing, unseeing eyes.
For in the lightning fash of reveal
ment he realized that once again the
good he would have done had turned
to hideous evil in the doing, and that
this time the sword thrust Of the blind
passion impulse had gone straight to
the heart of love itself.
Wa CHAPTER XVIII INV
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-21
DEVICES SUPPORT MILK PAIL
Curved Side Arms, Resting on Knees
of Mixer, Keep Receptacle In
Its Proper Place.

The curved side arms of this pail,
when in use, rest on the knees Of the
mixer and help support the pail.
When not in use they are folded down
out of the way or are removed entirely
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-21

fered with female
trouble, backache,
nervous spells and
the blues. My chill
dren's loud talking
and romping would
make me SO nervous
l could just tear
everything to pieces
and l would ache all
over and feel so sick
that / would OF
want anyone to talk
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-21

A goslng never attempts to teach a
goose, yet there are children who inn
agine they are wiser than their pa
rents.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-21

Honor compels us to tell man his
faults to his face. But, safety first"
Use the telephone!
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-21
Supports for Milk Pail.

by simply springing them out OF their
bearings. 1t Is claimed that these
arms are simpler than similar devices
previously Wisconsin Agri-
culturist.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-21

Old Man Massingale is loath
to put himself under financial
obligations that will involve
Amy's marriage. Do you think
that BrouiIlard will trick the IA
ther and salve his conscience
with the saying, "Ails fair in
love and war;"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-21
If YOU OR ANY FRIEND

Suffer with Rheumatism Neuritis acute or
chronic, write for my FREE BOOK on Rheuma-
tism-Its Cause and Cure. Most wonderful book
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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-21
| owe
MY HEALTH
To Lydia E. Pinkharn's Veg
etable Compound.

Washington Park, ILL.," l am the
mother of four children and have suf-
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-21
Head of a Purebred Jersey.

Htdu OF FurtpTeu JtTSey.
raised and be the means of greater
profits.
Doubtless it would mean more than
this. 1t would give more wholesome,
nutritious foods and enable parents
to rear healthier, stronger, more eff
cient children. Isn't this worth striv-
ing for?
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28

San Diego, Cal-What Is said to be
an important advances In the field
Of asronautical autobiography was
achieved here when a wireless message
was sent from one aeroplane In flight
to another.
Captain O. O. Culver In an army ma
chine piloted by Lieutenant Herbert
Darsus received the message, which
was transmitted q distance Of several
miles BY Lieutenant w. A. Robertson.
who was In another machine guided by
A. D. Smith The message, which read,
National aviation field sets new
worlds records" was received distinct
~ by Captain Culver.
According to Captain Culver, this is
the first time on record In this country
and perhaps In the world that a wire
less message has been received by one
aeroplans from another while both ma
chimes were In fight
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
Quite Common

"It's strange what interest small
boys and girls take in Boosting about
the possessions Of themselves and their
families.
Mollie, aged nine. and Nancy, a year
younger, were trying to outmatch each
other at this game, and Mollie was
several points ahead In the contest
"Oh. you should see my mothers
FAM she boosted, thinking to make
her victory complete. "It's lovely-an
hand paintedp
Nancy tossed scornful head.
'Poohw she retorted. That's moth
ing. Sos our garden fence"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28

The cause then of tuberculosis is
manifold. The principal cause is i'm
proper living and improper living in
the final analysis is applied ignorance.
1t is impossible to enumerate all the
errors against provident Nature but
the mention of a few will suffice to
stimulate hunt for others. The fear
of a draught, resulting in improper
ventilation of dwelling houses, bed
rooms, sitting rooms, theatres, lodge
halls and assembly apartments, is
common error. Another common error
is living in dark, dirty and windowless
quarters The smoke laden atmos-
phere that we breathe, willy nilly, is
a source of infection second to none as
a producer of the low vitality upon
which the germ grows rapidly. Short
hours of sleep and long hours of dissi-
patton have sent many to an early and
terrible death. Over work and low
wages are causes that invite all of US
to consider them as of very great I'M
portance. In fact tuberculosis is con-
sidered as a poverty disease. There is
much to support the theory that pow
erty plays a major part in its causa-
ton. Poverty and ignorance are boon
companions; they are both the most
undesirable states with the exception
of certain diseases, compound igno-
rance.
To remove the causes Of tuberculosis
is not to try to exterminate the tu-
bercle bacillus but the thing to do is
to improve the social, economic, by
gienic and sanitary conditions leading
to the normal physiological standard of
health.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
WHAT CAUSES TUBERCULOSIS?

The tubercle bacillus is a germ too
small to be seen by the unaided eye
1t is invariably associated with the dis
ease. But the presence of the micro
organism is not conclusive evidence
that the disease has taken hold. 1t is
a well known fact that the tuberele
bacillus must obey the laws of omni-
potent Nature and find a suitable en-
vironment in order to play dominant
role. The germ is widely distributed
and may be found in the air passages
of persons who are normal. The rea-
son for their presence there is easily
explained when we realize that sweep
ing the places where the germs have
been deposited in expectoration of tu-
berculosis victims forces the bacilli in
to the air. From such air any person
is liable to breathe into the air pas
sages the germ of tuberculosis; but the
germ will not terminate except in
suitable environment. The person
must be below the standard of normal
health and therefore present a suitable
environment for the growth of the
germ. The germ of tuberculosis is to
be found in all centers of population
but the person who is subnormal can
not escape the ravages of the universal
parasite. The person who is above
the normal cannot escape coming in
contact with the tubercle bacillus but
in the inevitable battle of life he DEM
onstrates the law of the survival of the
fittest. He overcomes the germ by the
resistance afforded by his robust
health, the natural result of proper
living.