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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-04-14
PROSPERITY IN
WESTERN CANADA
900 Million Dollars in New Wealth
Added in 1915.

Canada as whole has enjoyed won
derful prosperity in 1915. from the
products of the farm, the orchard and
the centres of industry. No country
wrote brighter page OF history in
agricultural and industrial develop
ment during 1915 than Canada. Nearly
a billion bushels OF grain produced.
Taxes in Western Canada average s2f
and will not exceed $50 per quarter
section, which includes all taxes. No
taxes on improvements.
When Western Canada was faced
with her enormous harvest last fall
the military authorities decided that
soldiers in Canada could give the EN-
pire no better service for the time
being than to assist in harvesting the
crops. For that reason leave of abb
seYce was given to soldiers who
wished to work in the harvest fields,
and their labor was an important fac
Tor in harvesting the big crops success
fully.
The necessity for increasing the az
ricultural production is commanding
even more attention in 1916, and 1t Is
now announced that soldiers In Can
ada may obtain leave OF absence from
their military duties in the spring for
a certain length Of time to enable
them to plant the seed for the crops
In every Province Of the Dominion.
The fact that the Government rec
ognizes the seeding and harvesting OF
Canada's crops as being of the first
importance is perhaps the best evil
dence that CONSUMPTION or any in
crease of taxes which would reduce
the agricultural activity of Canada
will never be considered by the author
tiles
Owing to the number who have en-
listed for overseas service 1t has been
found necessary to secure farm labor
In the United States. 1t is hoped that
fifty thousand can be secured.-Adver'
tisement
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-04-14
CHAPTER XVII.

We waited all day for Wolf Larsen
to come ashore. 1t was an intolerable
Iperiod of anxiety. Each moment one
,or the other of us cast expectant
Iglances toward the Ghost. But he did
not come. He did not even appear
Ion deck.
Perhaps It is his headache" | said.
Il left him lying on the poop. He may
lie there all night. I think I'll 60
and see."
Maud looked entreaty at me.
1T is all right" assured her. II
shall take the revolvers. You know
i collected every weapon on board"
But there are his arms, his hands,
his terrible, terrible hands!" she OBJ
jected. And then she cried, "Oh, Hum.
lphrey, am afraid Of him! Don't 60
please don't go!"
She rested her hand appealingly on
mine, and sent my pulse futtering.
MY heart was surely in my eyes for a
moment. The dear and lovely woman!
And she was so much the woman,
Iclinging and appealing, sunshine and
and sending through 1t the sap of a
new strength. I was for putting my
arm around her, as when in the door
of the hut; but / considered, and re-
Trained.
IL shall not take any risks" | said.
'Ill merely peep over the bow aud
see."
Che y,roocad my bopd oorno,tJv o,a
let me go. But the space on deck
where / had left him lying was va
cant. He had evidently gone below.
That night we stood alternate watches,
one of us sleeping at time for there
was no telling what Wolf Larsen
might do. He was certainly capable
of anything.
The next day we waited, and the
next, and still he madc no sign.
These headaches of his. these at.
tacks," Maud said, on the afternoon
OF the fourth day; perhaps he is Ill.
very Ill. He may be dead"
waited. smiling inwardly at the
woman OF her which compelled a solic-
itude for Wolf Larsen, of all creatures.
thought--for me whom she had been
afraid to have merely peep aboard?
She was too subtle not to follow the
trend of my silence. And she was as
direct as she was subtle.
"You must go aboard. Humphrey,
and find out" she said. And II you
want to laugh at me, you have my
consent and forgiveness"
arose obediently and went down
the beach.
DO be careful" she called after me.
waved my arm from the forecastle
head and dropped down to the deck.
took OF my shoes and went noise
lessly aft In my stocking feet. eau
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-04-14
Horrors at Home.
tTo BE CONTINUED.

"The football tournament between
the teams Of Harvard and Yale. re-
Gently held in America, had terrible
results. 1t turned into an awful butch
cry. OF twenty-five participants. seven
were so severely injured that they had
to be carried from the field in a dying
condition. One player had his back
broken, another lost an eye, and a
third lost leg. Both teams appeared
upon the field with a crowd Of ambu'
lances. surgeons. and nurses. Many
ladies tainted at the awful cries of the
injured players. The indignation o.
the spectators was powerful, but they
were so terrorized that they were
afraid to leave the field"
One wonders whether the Munchen
er Nachrichten. which printed the fore
going in its columns in the year 1898.
would have had room for II last fall
New York Tribune.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-04-14

still In the companionway. His atli
tude was OF one looking forward the
length of the schooner. or staring
rather, for his eyes were fixed and
unblinking. l was only five feet away
and directly In what should have been
his line of vision. 1t was uncanny.
felt myself ghost, what of my invis'
Utility. waved my hand back and
forth, OF course without effect; but
when the moving shadow fell across
his face ! saw at once that he was
susceptible to the impression. His
face became more expectant and tense
as he tried to analyze and identify
the impression.
Giving over his attempt to deter
mine the shadow. he stepped on deck
and started forward. walking with a
swiftness and confidence which sur
prised me. And still there was that
hint of the feebleness of the blind In
his walk. l knew 1t now for what II
was.
To my amused chagrin, he discov'
cred my shoes on the forecastle head
and brought them back with him into
the galley. | watched him build the
fire and set about cooking food for
himself; then l stole into the cabin
for my marmalade and. underclothes
slipped back past the galley. and
climbed down to the beach to deliver
my barefoot report.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-04-14
CHAPTER xxvl-ContInued.


A peep at Wolf Larsen showed me
that he had not moved. A bright
thought struck me. l stole into his
state room and possessed myself Of
his revolvers. There were no other
weapons, though / thoroughly ran
sacked the three remaining state
rooms. To make sure, returned and
went through the steerage and fore
castle, and in the galley gathered up
all the sharp meat and vegetable
knives. Then l bethought me of the
great yachtman's knife he always car
ried, and came to him and spoke to
him, first softly. then loudly. He did
not move. l bent over and took 1t
from his pocket. ! breathed more
freely. He had no arms with which
to attack me from distance; while /.
armed. could always forestall him
should he attempt to grapple me with
his terrible gorilla arms.
Filling coffee pot and frying pan
with part Of my plumber, and taking
some chinaware from the cabin pam
try. / left Wolf Larsen lying in the
Sun anu went ashore.
Maud was still asleep. | blew up
the embers 1--WE had not yet arranged
a winter kitchen) and quite feverish-
ly cooked the breakfast. Toward the
end, heard her moving about within
the hut, making her toilet. Just as all
was ready and the coffee poured. the
door opened and she came forth.
ITS not fair Of you," was her greet
ing. You are usurping one OF my
prerogatives. You know you agreed
that the cooking should be mine,
and"
But just this once, pleaded.
If you promise not to do it again"
she smiled. Unless, OF course, you
have grown tired Of my poor efforts"
To my delight she never once looked
toward the beach, and l maintained
the banter with such success that all
unconsciously she slipped coffee from
the china cup, ate fried evaporated
potatoes, and spread marmalade on
her biscuit. But it could not last. |
saw the surprise that came over her.
She had discovered the china plate
from which she was eating. She
looked over the breakfast, noting de-
tail after detail. Then she looked at
me, and her face turned slowly to-
ward the beach.
Humphrey" she cried.
The old unnamable error mounted
into her eyes.
he.
] nodded my head.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-04-14
Fine Resin From Desert Cactus.

A high-grade resin, golden yellow
and firm, and in solubility resembling
Dammar resin, has been extracted
from samples of dried desert cactus
sent to the University of Washington
chemistry department from the South
west.
1t was there that the discovery or
how to extract resin from wood by
using ammonia as a solvent was dis.
covered. Ammonia, however, would
not dissolve the resin in cactus, so
Prof. H. X. Benson started search
for another solvent and found that
denatured alcohol was the best.
The yield is about 20 per cent, ard
the cost will be less than that of ex-
tracing it from wood, as nearly all
the alcohol can be recovered.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-04-14

| missed the solid flooring and felt va.
Larsen and the tiger muscles that
made the falling body spring across
the opening, even as 1t fell, so that
he struck on his chest and stomach,
with arms outstretched, on tho floor
Of the opposite side. The next in
slant he had drawn up his legs and
rolled clear. But he rolled into my
marmalade and underclothes and
against the trapdoor
The expression on his face was one
OF complete comprehension. But be-
fore I could guess what he had com.
pretended, he had dropped the trap
door into place, closing the lazaretto ,.
Then understood. He thought he had
me inside. Also. he was blind, blind
as a bat. watched him, breathing
carefully so that he should not hear
me. He stepped quickly to his stat O.
room. I saw his hand miss the door
knob by an inch. quickly tumble for
Il, and find It. This was my chance.
I tiptoed across the cabin and to the
top of the stairs. He came bach.
dragging a heavy sea chest, which he
deposited on top of the trap. Not
content with this. he fetched q second
chest and placed II on top OF the first.
Then he gathered up the marmaIade
and undercIothes and put them on the
table When he started up the com.
panionway, l retreated. silently roll
Ing over on top OF the cabin.
He showed the slide part way back
and rested his arms on 1t. his body
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-04-14
HANDY HUSBAND
Knew How to Get Part Of the Break
fast.

81 know one dish can prepare for
breakfast as we'll as any cook on
EARTH said my husband one morning
when the cook was I'll and he had vol
unteered to help get breakfast. He
appeared with his dish and discov-
cred it was Grape.Nuts which. of
course, was easy to prepare for it was
perfectly cooked at the factory, but 1t
was q good illustration of the conven.
fence of having Grape-Nuts about.
I'VE took up Grape-Nuts immedi.
ately after returning from five years
sojourn in q hot country. Our stom
achs were in bad condition and we
were in poor health generally.
I'm day or two we liked Grape
Nuts better than any other kind of
food on the table. We both gained
steadily in health and strength, and
this was caused by Grape-Nuts ana
Postum.
"A friend of ours had a similar ex-
perience. She was seriously i'll with
Indigestion and could find nothing to
eat that would not give her heartburn
and palpitation, especially at night.
She found that a small dish OF
Grape-Nuts with cream made her
satisfactory supper and gave her
comfortable nights rest. In short
time she gained several pounds In
weight" NH,
There's Reason" Name given By
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Ever read the above lcttcrs A new
one appears from time TO time. Thov
are genuane, true, sad fall Of human
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-04-14
hnaehropiep.

Nearly all of the prominent business
men of America have some connec-
ton with the church; many OF them
are conspicuous leaders OF Christian
enterprise. Industrially they are Doc
tor Jekyll; enthusiastically they are
Mr.. Hyde. What use is there in gloss
ing the matter? They are proud OF
being just and fair where II IL an
economic necessity; they are brutally
callous where it is a religious grace.
The employer who dare not rip
faithful but gray-haired mechanic from
his lathe and throw him upon the
mercy of the community will tear .
faithful but gray-haired preacher from
his pulpit and drop him upon the lean.
cold bosom of charity.-Joseph II.
Odell in Atlantic.
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sacrifice on our
behalf, and his
glorious triumph
over death. There
is a fitness be-
tween the time
and the event that
impresses you the
moment you think
about it. Both
speak Of hope,
and both breathe
gladnes5 in the
heart OF man.
"IIe was deliv-
cred for our CT
fen s G S." How
pregnant is every
word of that great
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-04-14
Family Pride.

Our ancestors came over in the
Mayflower," proudly announced little
Miss Uppson of Boston.
"Pshaw, that's nothing" retorted the
little miss from indianapolis. Our
ancestors were the original settlers in
the Garden OF Eden"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-04-14
A Mature Apprehension.

When / was boy my father for
babe me to read dime novels"
You saved great deal Of time"
Maybe. And yet I sometimes fear
1t resulted in saving up my appetite
for sensational fiction till my time was
rather more valuable
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-04-14
Varieties Of slamese Rice.

More than forty varieties of rice
are cultivated in Siam, one OF which
ripens in 70 days from planting and
others In six months.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-04-14
Christ's Death
and Resurrection
BY REV. JAMES M. GRAY, ID.
Dean OF the Moody Bible Institute
Of Chicago

TEXT-Who was delivered for cur Of
lenses. and was raised again for our jus.
observation-disclosures 4:25.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-04-14

One is so glad that the Son Of God
chose the budding springtime for his
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-04-14

TITS too bad the Ghost has lost her
masts. Why, we could sail away In
her. Don't you think we could.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-12-15
FOR THOSE FOND OF SALADS
Here Are Six Recipes, Affordins vari.
ETY. That ls Needed in These
Preparations.

Plain Caulifiower Salad.-Boil a nice
caulifower and break up into flower
cts; serve very cold with French dress
ing.
Beet Salad-Boil some beets and cut
into dice, add salt, pepper, little oil
and vinegar, and let them stand an
hour; then arrange in piles on plates
and add q tablespoonful of capers and
as many cut-up olives and serve with
mayonnaise.
Fish Salad-Pick up any cold cooked
fish or use canned salmon, arrange 1t
in a pile in dish with quarters of
hard-boiled eggs, alternating with lem
on quarters around the edge and mask
the fish. with mayonnaise.
Orange Salad-Take large, seedless
oranges and cut into slices; arrange
in a circle, the edges overlapping, and
put walnut half in the middle of each
piece. Watercress may be arranged In
the center Of the dish or not, and put
French dressing over oil.
Banana Salad-Cut bananas In
halves crocswise and lay on lettuce or
by themselves on a fiat dish. Sprinkle
well with chopped peanuts and serve
with mayonnaise dressing.
Peach Salad-Drain canned peaches
and wipe dry; put spoonful Of may
onnaise made with cream into the mid
die Of each one. Apricots may be used
instead Of peaches.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-12-15
BELIEVED VICTIMS OF INDIANS.

A tragedy Of early pioneer days in the West
has been discovered in North Dakota by party
Of hunters. While pursuing bear they made their
way into a secluded cave and by accident removed
q large bowlder which concealed the entrance to
a second cave. in which they found the skeletons
Of man, a woman, and child. So cleverly had
the entrance to this second cave been closed that
the owner Of the property had no knowledge of
Its existence Those who have followed the case
are Of the opinion that the three persons whose
remains have been found were locked In the cave
nv I"'ia~s and starved t. deeth
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-12-15
cinuer Puff PUDDING.

Cream one-half cupful of butter, add
two tablespoonful of sugar, two eggs
well beaten, one cupful milk, two and
one-half cupfuls of flour mixed and
sifted with three teaspoonfuls of bak-
ing powder, one-fourth cupful of GIN
ger cut in small pieces and one table
spoonful of ginger strip. Turn into a
buttered mold and steam one and
three-quarters hours. Serve with
whipped cream sweetened and fla.
vored with ginger strip and a speck OF
salt.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-12-15
Bananas Filled with Cream.

Remove one section of the peel from
as many bananas as you wish to serve.
Take out the pulp with teaspoon and
force through vegetable ricer. For six
bananas allow one cupful powdered
sugar, one cupful of thick cream, one
third cupful Of sweet milk beaten to-
gether, and one teaspoonful of lemon
Juice. Fill the banana skins and put
on the section that was removed. Set
the stuffed fruit into lard pail, put
on cover and pack in equal parts salt
and ice. After being packed one and
one-half hours they will be ready to
serve.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-12-15
Goldfish croquettes.

Soak one-half pound Goldfish over
night and in morning drain and cook
until soft. This is for salt cod. Chop
fine, add q little seasoning, an egg. a
very little milk and teaspoonful of
flour; shape, brush with egg, roll with
bread crumbs and fry brown in hot
lard. The same rule may be used with
any cold fresh fish. Separate from
bone and chop fine. Proceed as above.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-12-15
TO PREVENT OLD AGE
COMING TOO SOON 4!

"Toxic poisons in the blood a1e
thrown out by the kidneys. The kid
neys act as filters for such poisons.
II we wish to prevent old age coming
too soon and increase our chances for
a long life, we should drink plenty of
pure water and take little Anuric,"
saws the famous DR.. Pierce of Buffalo.
N. 7.
When suffering from backache, fire.
quent or scanty urine, rheumatic pains
here or there. or that constant tired,
WORKOUT feeling. the simple way to-
overcome these disorders is merely to
obtain little Anuric from your near
est druggist and you will quickly no
tice the grand results. You will find
it many times more potent than
lithia. and that it dissolves uric acid
ss hot water does sugar.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-12-15
Green's
AUGUST Flower
She Knew q MindfaIl.

She Knew q Windfall.
'why, these apples are dirty" COM
planned the young housekeeper.
"Well, yes. they are" admitted the
farmer. "You see they are windfalls,
and that is why I can sell them 50
cheap"
"You mean they've fallen from the
trees on to the ground. but they: are
otherwise all rightY' the customer in
Quired; then, proud Of her ready un-
Outstanding, she bought them.
Several days later she called the
farmers wife on the telephone.
II ordered the best cucumbeys for
picking" she said sharply, "and
you've sent me windfalls!"
. "Sent what?" gasped the farmers
wife.
"Windfall eucumbersl can tell;
you needn't think can't. There's dlt
on them l"-Youth's Companion.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-12-15
Arithmetic Of Mixing Bowl.

There are number of fixed proper.
lions used in all recipes, and the fol-
lowing are standard:
One-half as much liquid as flour for
much liquid as flour for soft doughs
as for biscuit.
One-fourth as much liquid as flour
for stiff doughs as for bread.
One-third to one-half as much but
ter as sugar for all butter cakes.
One to one and half teaspoonfuls
Of baking powder to cppful Of flour
for batter dOughs.
One-third as much shortening az
dour for pastry.
One teaspoonful Of soda to one pint
Of sour milk.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-12-15
Nicaraoua GETTING Up.to.Date.

Work has been commenced on an au-
tomobile road to connect Bluefields
with the rest of the Republic of Mica
ragua, at an estimated cost of $4,000
gold, according to "Centro-America."
A new line of tramways is proposed
for the capital.
An ice factory has been established
at Leon, another is being constructed
at Matagalpa, and soap factory Is
being installed in Boaco.
Four new elementary schools have
been established in the capital, school
of arts and trades in Granada and a
private school for young women in
Matagalpa.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-12-15
Re,luned 10 the lnexltabIe,

Resigned 70 the Inevitable.
II hate soap" said Kitty. "why
do they put soap on you, should like
to known
"Why,; you don't want to be dirty
GIRL" said the nurse. 'sYou have to
put soap on you to get Clean"
swell. the birds and the horses and
other things don't have soap, and they
are always clean"
Nurse was stumped for few min
utes, and then Kitty answered her own
question. "Of course" she said, II
haven't bill or a tongue long enough
to lick myself clean, so suppose I'll
have to put up with soap"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-12-15
Mixed Fruit Ice Cream.

Take the juice of three oranges.
three lemons, three bananas, and
cupful of cooked apricots, three cup
fuls of sugar and three cupfuls Of
rich milk; put the apri0ts and ba-
nanas through sieve and mix the
other ingredients until tho sugar is
dissolved. Freeze as usual.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-12-15
BuIL7-In BOX FOR KITCHEN
Takes Up Little Room, and Is Most
Handy Receptacle for Necessary
Wood or Coal.

I am sending a simple plan for
wood or coal box in the kitchen-one
that Will save many steps, as well as
muddy trucks across a freshly
scrubbed floor.
Leave an opening In the kitchen wall
3 feet square. Then make a box inside
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-12-15
Made a Mess Of It.

During a social evening a woman
sang for the guests. One Of the
guests turned to a meek-looking little
man sitting at his side and said:
'How awful! Who can she BET"
THAT" replied the man addressed,
els my wife,"
''Oh, l b-b-beg your pardon" slut
tered the other. "She's really al
know she'd sing beautifully IL she
made a better selection Of her music.
Who do you suppose wrote that song7"
II am the author Of that song" re-
piled the meek-looking little man.
Argonaut.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-12-15

8 feet high, 8 feet long, 2 feet wide.
Six inches from the back make q COW
er. or door 10 inches wide. Put to-
gether with hinges.
Now, for the outside: Top, 20
inches wide; length, 3 feet; diagonal
height, 40 inches, and inches from
the back make door IA inches wide.
Paint or varnish to match the wood
work. Paint the outside like the
h0use.-Mrs. Ruth Crawford in Farm
Progress.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-12-15
why the croans.

"See here" said the policeman,
"what were those groans and means
I heard from your upstairs window
just now? You been beatin' your
wife?"
81 should say not" replied Mr.. Van
Quentin. "Do you think I'd try to beat
a two hundred and forty-pound wom-
an? Those were her groans all right,
but had nothing to do with 1t. She
was merely w. Earl Flynning in her
bedroom in place of eating breakfast"
kansas City Star.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-12-15
coconut Pumpkin Pie.

One pint pumpkin pulp, one pint
good milk, three eggs, one-half cupful
grated coconut, one tablespoonful
butter, one-fourth teaspoonful salt,
one-half teaspoonful ginger, one tea.
spoonful mace. Mix the ingredients
together thoroughly. The white and
yolks of the eggs should be beaten
separately. Pour into pastry-lined
tins and hake.-M. NJ. Wright, in
Mothers Magazine.