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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-10-13
Exceptional Days Work.

There was lull in the conversa-
ton of the little group gathered round
the stove in the center grocery as
Hank Parsons concluded his tale Of
the great results he had accomplished
in fence building. 1t was clear tina,
everyone was deeply impressed by the
story, for silence is to the soap-box
orator what applause is 70 the poll
tician.
Then en- old man, known as "Old
Charlie" broke the silence,
"Wal, that thar was soLle fencin'--
leastwise for these days." he re-
marked. 'But let me tell re that if
We want to know anythin' about fence
maxim, We want to ask some Of us cid
foliers. Why. back in 81 when me
and Bill Potter was a-wprkin' fer
the railroad, the boss sent US out one
morning to build four-bSard fence
along both sides of the right-er-way,
and, sir by quittin' time that night
we had made so much fence that it
took us three whole days to walk back
where we started from youths
Companion.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-10-13
RAISING FRUITS FOR FAMILY
One Of Most Important Factors Of
Home-Much Waste Land Could Be
Used for That Purpose.

One of the most important features
OF home, from the standpoint Of
health, IL for nothing else, is fruit
garden maintained for the purpose Of
supplying the family fruits. Yet 1t is
amazing that many persons, who have
suitable situations and facilities for
raising fruit, and who cannot purchase
because of remoteness from markets,
have not established home fruit gar
dens.
The inhabitants of this country are
notably fr'uit-loving and fruit-eating
people. Notwithstanding this, how
ever, fruit culture has grown to be
classed among spccialties, and few per-
sons who consume fruit are actually
growers. The possibilities in fruit
culture upon restricted areas have
been generally overlooked, with the re-
suit that many persons who own SUI
burban home or farm look upon fruit
as luxury. A great deal of the land
which is now practically wasted and
entirely unremuncrative can be made
to produce fruits in sufficient quantity
to give them place upon the family
bill of fare, and, at the same time,
add greatly to the attractiveness of the
table and the healthfulness of the diet.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-10-13
TRAINING TODAYS
BOYS AND GIRLS
Mystery of ChiIdren's Friend
ships Can't Be SUlved.
USUALLY COME BY ACCIDENT
They Are the Source of Grave Con-
Germ to Many Parents and Some
times Should Be Tactfully
Broken Up.
By slpoNiE M. GUTENBERG.

GGWHAr Margaret sees IN that glrl l
w can't understand" Mrs. Calkins
was saying, when tie talk was OF the
difficulty OF getting suitable compan-
ions for the children. And Mrs. Cal
kins was quite right. Nobody can UNI
derstand exactly. It's just us great Il
mystery as the one that keeps your
friend guessing why you married your
husband, or wife, as the case may be.
Johnny and his friend were chums
for many years because they had the
same birthday; and Grace ard Ger
trude found each other through writ
ing the initial G in the same way. But
another little girl with flaXen hair and
pale eyes selected her friend because
the latter had such lice dark hair and
skin and eyes. You may not be SC SEN
sitiye to color yet it was the wearing
of red apron that gave Mabel Hen
derson lifelong friend. Not that she
wore the red apron all her life-that
only started the friendship. The fact
is that Margaret herself could not
have told why she was so attached to
her friend.
1t takes only trifle to start an as
sociation-a casual meeting on the
street corner waiting for a favorable
opportunity to cross, being admitted
to school on the same day, or being
fascinated by gap in another's row
of teeth. But after the beginning is
made almost any two children can
learn to like each other fairly well, and
the longer they associate the better
they come to understand each other,
the more accustomed they become to
each others ways, the harder will 1t be
for them to give each other up. Chill
dren's friendships are not deliberate,
calculated selections; they are haphaz-
ard growths. They can therefore not
be reasoned about to any purpose by
the parents, and much less by the chill
dren themselves.
If they are accidental In their begin
nings and habitual In their continuance,
these childhood friendships are never
theless a source of grave concern to
many parents. Margaret's mother could
see in the girls friend many things
that Margaret herself could not see,
and many Of them were of a kind that
she would rather not have in her
daughters immediate neighborhood.
Mrs. Calkins remembered the story
that they used to tell the children years
ago, about the barrel of good apples
with the single rotten apple, and the
sad fate Of all those good apples. And
she feared that Margaret would
"catch" all the faults of her friend.
That is why she made heroic efforts to
discredit that young lady in Margaret's
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-10-13
Homemade Soap.

Homemade hard soap that you know
Is sweet and clean is easily made,
costs but a few cents and saves several
dollars worth of the purchased article.
Put into crock one can Of lye, pour
on it n quart of water. Let cool. Add
u half cupful of borax in water to dis
solve, mix together half cupful each
of ammonia and kerosene. Have five
pounds OF clean grease warmed in q
granite pan, pour in the cold I've, then
the ammonia and oil and the borax,
stirring with clean stick until all
is we'll blended. Pour into a strong
box and in "a hours cut in bars.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-10-13
MANY WAYS OF USING CIDER
There Is No Need Of consigning It to
the Vinegar Barrel Just Because
II Is Getting "Hard."

When your sweet cider begins to get
"hard" don't consign 1t to the vinegar
barrel, but try using it in the follow
Ing ways:
To bake apples or pears, use cider
instead Of water to cover half the
fruit. Sweeten with brown sugar in.
stead of white, add few cloves, a
stick Of cinnamon, pinch of ground
ginger, and the result will be dish
of deliciously favored fruit covered
with rich, spicy lot Of juice.
Or use cider as the foundation Of a
gelatin or minute tapioca dessert in
place Of water. Sweeten to taste, add
bit of lemon juice, and when begin.
ming to set add some chopped dates
and English walnuts. Or it can be
served perfectly plain and rather tart
with the meat course.
1t seems to fit right in with a tur.
key or chicken dinner, just as much
so as cranberry jelly, and is a de-
lightful change.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-10-13
USING LEFT-OVERS
THEY CAN BE UTILIZED TO AID.
VANTAGE AND MEAN ECONOMY.
How to Keep Them II They Are No,
20 Be Used the Same Day-Soms
Recipes for Use of Leftover
Bread.

or all the leftover remnants Of food
from the kitchen bread is the most
common, perhaps, and many pieces
are daily thrown away which a little
thought would turn to excellent use.
If the leftover pieces are not utilized
the same day, an excellent plan is to
wrap them in pieces of waXed paper
and store them in stone jar. They
will keep well for week in this way.
Dried Crumbs for Stuffng and Meat
Frying.-Put the crusts and small
pieces in a baking pan and dry in the
oven without burning. They may then
be put through the food chopper and
stored in clean mason jars until want.
ed. They may be used as n basis for
meat croquettes, poultry stufling and
other things.
French toast may be made from the
whole slices of leftover bread. 1t is
an excellent luncheon pickup dish.
Beat an egg and add little milk. Dip
the slices of bread in this and fry n
nice brown in hot drippings. Serve
with butter, jelly or marmalade.
Bread Custard Puddng.-Cut the
bread in dainty shapes and butter lib
orally. Make plain custard OF eggs,
milk and sugar. Put in baking dish
and float the buttered bread on top.
Sprinkle with grated nutmeg and bake
in a quick oven until brown. This is
excellent.
To make croutons for the various
soups so much relished in summer, cut
the bread in cubes and fry in butter
or dripping just before serving with
the soup. Add five or six to each plate
of soup. These are delicious with al
most any soup.
Bread Jelly for InvaIids.-Scald the
stale bread freed from crusts. Mash to
paste until Of mushlilSe consistency.
Add little sugar and flavoring, mold,
chill and serve with cream.
Sterilized bread crumbs are especial
ly valuable for the young children in
the household. A jar should be kept
filed with these. They may be heated
when wanted and sprinkled in soft
eggs, soups, milk, fruit juices and, In
deed, anything eaten by very young
children where fresh bread is often
positively dangerous.
Dried bread Is also valuable for mix
Ing with various other foods for feed
ing the household pets.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-10-13
Cherry Core.

Half dozen apples, half pint water
one cupful canned cherries, one cupful
sugar, six candied cherries. Pare the
apples and remove the cores; put into
n deep pan with sugar and water
cover tightly and boil until the apple!
are tender. Turn often, as the siruI
will not cover the fruit. Put each ap
pie into an individual serving dish
about the edges place the jelly formed
Iby the strip, and let cool. Fill TIT
center of each apple with cherries ant
serve with whipped cream topped witt
n candied cherry.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-10-13
English Pudding.

One.half cupful chopped salt pork.
Fill cup with boiling water, let stand
n few minutes to dissolve, two-thirds
cupful molasses, finish filling cup with
sour milk, one teaspoonful each of
soda, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg,
one cupful chopped raisins, three and
one-half or four cupfuls flour. Steam
two hours.
Sauce for Pudding.--One cupful
sugar, two cupfuls boiling water, one
half teaspoonful each of salt and nut
meg. Thicker with two teaspoonfuls
flour. Remove from stove, add la
blespoonful Of good sharp vinegar and
piece of butter.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-10-13
Horticultural
Points,
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CARE FOR YOUNG PLUM TREE
Much Of Its Future Depends upon
Spraying and Pruning-Shoots
Must Be Watched Closely.

The future of the young pear tree
depends upon its pruning and spray
ing. The tree should never be en-
trusted to careless individuals, indif-
ferent hands, those who take no pride
in trying to do the thing right.
All nursery trees succeed better, are
more sure to live, are more vigorous,
and make handsomer trees when set
out when quite young, or at not more
than two years from the bud or graft.
Three or four side-shoots on the I'M
formed tree should be selected to form
the main branches, and to constitute
the foundation or framework of the
future top. These shoots must be fire.
quently watched through the first
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-10-13

estimation. That is why she said things
about her daughters friend that she
would not permit anyone to say about
her own friends-true or not true. And
that is why she failed to wean Mar
garet from her friend.
For the child of normal sentiments
will resent bitterly any aspersions on
those he likes. He will not have any
one tell him of his mothers faults, nor
will he listen to adverse criticism Of
his friends. He is not concerned with
the truthfulness of your criticism nor
with your good intention in telling him.
Every attack upon those he likes is a
challenge To his loyalty. And the more
you rail against his chum the closer
grows the attachment
A four-year-old boy, recently moved
into new neighborhood, made the ac-
quaintance of lad of his own age but
of Il very different set of manners. The
mother Of the first boy seriously
warned him not to associate with Bob,
because he would be sure to SPOIL nis
speech and his manners. Bob used such
language! And from time to tire he
would even spit! Hector listened re-
tiecively, very much Impressed. At
last he caught the idea. "Well, moth
err lie said, that will be all right. l
won't let him make me bad, and I'll
make him good instead"
While we all know that one child can
spoil" another, we must admit that
there was some reason ia Hector's
reply. Children do influence one at
other and the influence for good is
lust as real and just as effective as
he influence for evil. If we fear that
IN the whole the evil influences pre-
I'll, our remedy must not be sought
the isoln nu of the child, for such
'.ulatioH ~ "a least as bad rs anything
mt cap Je acquired from unsolicited
mpHn fl'e remedy lies In two
rrlion,. "a the one hand. the child
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-10-13
VITA an undesirable rr1end murr he


encouraged to extend his circle OF ac-
quaintances; OH the other hand, the in
fluence of the home must be strength
ened in the hope of counteracting any
evil influences that may emanate from
the bad" friend. One need not be on
the lookout for trouble; but if the Ian
guage used at home is above reproach
the careless speech JG lie outside may
extend the vocabulary without mach
danger of permanent harm.
There are extreme cases in which Ii
seems desirable to separate boy or
girl from an undesirable companion. In
such cases the surest way of strength
ening the affinity is usually to make
some show of opposing it. Every Mt.
tempt to arouse antagonisms only slim
ulates the mutual interest. These facts
must not be taken to Indicate that the
proper course lies in series of eulo-
gies in honor of the undesirable one
The first step is to ignore the friend.
ship as completely as POSSIBLE. Then
an effort must be made to substitute
new interests for the old friendship
and to reduce the locations for inter-
course as much us circumstances will
permit. If the parents will find or
make opportunity to take the child out
of his usual surroundings in their own
company they will generally find that
the new Interests will develop stimuli.
taneously with the fading of the at.
tachment for the person to be divorced
The other side of the problem Is the
encouragement of young people that
you consider worthy companions for
your children to come into more fire
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-10-13
Brother wauqh,s Grievance Real.

''Yassah Use done piled for n
divc'ce fun muh wife count o her
dad-blaned stravagance," said dis
gruntled Brother Waugh. "Lemme
tell yo': We had spute bout a
potion o. &c Scripters, 'twuz and l
dess simply slapped her down to press
muh ahgymunt on her. 'Stidder
knowledgin' de Gavin she riz and
saturated me on de head wild a
skillet. Smacked ne so hahd, sab,
dat muh skull popped right th'oo de
bottom of it, and L halter pay de
blacksmith Eaffer dollah to file de in
st'ument off'n muh neck. What kinder
way am dat to waste mans money 2"
Judge.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-10-13
PLANT FRUIT TREES IN FALL
So That Transplanting Will Be
Most Successful.

Fruit trees and other hardy trees
are better planted in the fall than in
the spring. Nurserymen dig them at
the proper time and under proper con-
dltions so that transplanting will be
the most successful, but if Il person
intends to transplant Il tree on his
own place it is well to wait until after
one or more hard frosts have &C.
Cured.
Trees planted in the fall are much
more certain to live through the next
summer, and besides they usually
make much better growth the first
year. Transplantlng can be done any
time before the ground freezes up.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-10-13

summer of growth, and II any of them
are disposed to take the lead Of the
others, they should be pinched and
checked, to maintain an equality.
Two buds will be enough to grow on
each Of these shoots, making eight at
the end of the season, taking care that
all are distributed at equal distances.
All other shoots should be rubbed off
with the thumb and finger as soon as
they appear. The second year the
same process is repeated on the new
shoots.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-10-13
AVOID DAMAGE BY TERMlTES
Rotation Of Crops VIII Prevent Seri-
Gus Injury by Insect-Use Con-
crete and Iron.

Because the termites are found
chiefly In recently cleared ground, this
should be avoided In planting nursery
stock. Rotation Of crops will prevent
serious damage on the farm.
In greenhouses, iron frames and con-
crete work should replace wood as
much as possible, and what woodwork
Is used should be impregnated with
bichloride OF mercury
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-10-13
Unusual.

THAT man Thompson Is one of the
best friends I've got in the world.
Why, ten years ago he borrowed FIVE
dollars from me-" "And paid it back?"
"Oh, no. But when 4 meet him on
the street he's Just as cordial as ever"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-10-13

Roumanian troops have withdrawn
from their positions in the region of
Fogaras, Pennsylvania, before attacks
of superior forces says the official
statement sisued at Bucharest by the
Roumanian war office. Violent engage
ments continue in other sections of
Pennsylvania.
The British forces which recently
crossed to the eastern bank of the
Struma river on the Macedonian
front have occupied the village OF
Nevolyen, it was announced officially
by the British war Office ut London.
The 25,000-ton transatlantic liner
Francona of the Cunard line, one OF
the finest vessels ON the Atlantic, has
been sunk by Il German submarine,
according to Lloyds announcement
at London. Twelve of the crew OF oO2
are unaccounted for.
Sixteen Roumanian battalions
(about 10000 men) that crossed the
Danube between Turtukai and Silis-
tria into Bulgaria have been de-
stroyed. according to an official state
ment issued by the Sofia war office.
A fresh Russian defeat in Volhynia
Tuesday, west of Lutsk, was announced
by the German war office at Berlin.
thousands of dead were left on the
battlefield" the statement said.
Serbians have crossed the Toherna
river and defeated the adversary on
the Nize mountain in Serbia, and also
captured the Kessali railroad station,
according to advices received at Paris.
The Serbian territory recaptured now
embraces 50 square miles including
seven towns.
German submarines between Sep
TENDER 20 and 20 sank in the North
sea, and the English channel 80 hos
tile vessels with total tonnage OF
1900, the Overseas News agency an
nounced at Berlin.
"As the result of an encircling at
tack" the German war office announced
alta Berlin, "Roumanian forces which
had crossed the Danube near Rjshove,
south Of Bucharest, withdrew III a
hasty flight"
Between July /, the opening of the
Somme battle, and the end of Septein-
Der, the British forces on that front
took 26,735 prisoners. They engaged
in that period 80 German divisions
and forced 20 of them to withdraw
from the battle exhausted or shattered.
These results were announced In u
summary of the Somme operations by
Sir Douglas Haig, given out by the
Official Press bureau in London.
The Bulgarians have abandoned sew
eral positions in the Starkov, Grob and
Brod river regions. says Paris dis
patch The entente allies occupied
Sovich, Petorak, Verveni and Jenikoi,
northeast of Florina.
The capture of 5000 soldiers, GOO of
them Germans, during fighting in Cali
cia WAS reported by the war office ut
Petrograd.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-10-13

The safe In the Peoples Savings
bank at Ottawa Lake, Mich, was
blown. Bank officers report that $1,000
was stolen.
Nearly 1000 persons participated in
riot at Chicago when Benjamin Reit-
man and other l. w. w. leaders at
tempted to hold "soap-box" meeting.
James Couzens, new multi-mil-
lionaire police commissioner of Detroit,
Mich, who draws $4,000 salary, an
nounced the establishment of bonus
system for members of the Detroit po-
lice force. The bonus, provided per-
sonally by Mr.. Couzens, will amount to
about $4,000 annually.
Henry Rider of Howell, Mich, was
shot and killed A. j. Rider, his broth
er, of Hammonton, president of the
New Jersey Cranberry Growers asso-
citation, and Mrs. Elsie Smathers, also
of Hammonton, were wounded serious
~ by band of Italians at Atsion, n.
de-,
tempt to rob the party of an $4,000
pay roll.
Spurred on by the eXhortations of
Mother" Jones, labor agitator, 800
wives and women relatives of striking
streetcar men battled with the police
in New York in the most serious riot
since the walkout on the traction lines
began Il month ago. Scores of women
were injured.
Ellis f. Shookman, cashier of the
Burrows bank at Burrows, Carroll
county, Indiana, came to indianapolis
and surrendered himself to the au-
thoritieS following the discovery of a
shortage of $4,000.
A plot to aSsaSSinate Theodore Il.
Shonts, president of the marlborough
Rapid Transit company in New York
and that Shonts' life was imperiled
first became known when the police
announced that two men who are de-
tanned at police headquarters will be
charged with conspiring to kill Shonts.
Nine men are dead in n fire which
destroyed the central portion Of the
main building of Christian Brothers
college at st. Louis. Two of the
known dead were aged members Of
the Christian Brothers order. All Of
the students escaped from the build
ing. Five known to be dead were fire.
men. The loss is 100000.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-10-13

quent association with the members of
the household. But there is danger in
OVERRIDING this also, unless we have ex-
ceptional tact and insight. We NEEDLE
with fate In any case at our own risk.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-10-13
Politics

Charles +. Hughes spent an hour
visiting his boyhood home in Newark,
n. j.. where his father was minister Of
Il Baptist church from 1869 to 1874.
"Td no more debate with Gompers
than with a tramp on the street cor
ner." This is the answer of Senator
Sherman to the proposal that he meet
in public debate Samuel Gompers, pres
ident of the American Federation Of
Labor, whom Senator Sherman re-
Gently attacked i'm the senate.
President Wilson discussed the Eu-
ropean war, peace and American bust
ness in three speeches at Omaha. He
declared America is rs ready to fight
us any nation in the world, but that
its cause must be just. After the war,
lie said, this nation must join q
league Of nations TO preserve the
peace OF the world.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-10-13

Three men were killed and several
were injured seriously when three
cars of dynamite exploded at the mill
of the Illinois Powder company ut
Grafton. I'll. The dead are: Superin-
fendent Peterson and two workmen.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-10-13
Mexican War Nezrs

The Mexican government prepared a
decree at Mexico City providing for
the death penalty for robbers, band
it's and those convicted of holdups.
The decree is similar To the one is
sued by Benito JuareZ.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-10-13
Washington

Acting Secretary Of State Polk an
nounced at Washington that he did not
believe there was any truth In the story
published by the New York Evening
Post. that Germany has decided to re-
quest President Wilson to use his influ-
ence to bring about peace.
The special war department board
at Washington which investigated mil
itary aeronautics reported that its in
quiry not only failed entirely to sub
stantiate allegations Of inefficiency on
the part of army officers but clearly
established that development of this
branch of the service lis being con.
Quoted with energy and foresight"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-10-13

The Pittsburgh and Allegheny Tele-
phone company has granted its cen
trail Office operating force "a wage In
crease of 40 per cent, according to an
announcement made at Pittsburgh.
Nearly 250 persons are affected.