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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-12-22
An AGED PuppY.

The old farmer had been hailed be-
fore the magistrate to show cause why
he hadn't taken out license for a
pet terrier.
"WhOy, he's nobbut puppy" he
exclaimed in defense.
"Yes, yes, so you say" said the
clerk. "But how old is he?"
81 couldn't tell to a bit" was the
reply. 81 never was much good at
dates, but he's nobbut puppy"
On the other hand, evidence proved
that the dog was long past puppyhood,
and the bench inflicted the usual fine.
Talking it over afterward, the farm
er exclaimed:
"'Ang me If can Understand 1t Last
year and year afore that, tole
the same tale bout the same dog, an
1t wor allus good enough afore. Who's
bin meddlin' witt law since last year?"
London Tit-Bits.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-12-22
WHERE FLOOD BEAT A KING
Termonde, Belgium, Routed Army Of
the Grand Monarque by Cutting
the Dykes.

Termonde, prosperous town Of
10000 inhabitants at the beginning of
the war, spreads over both banks Of
the Bender river and the right bank
of the Scheldt, the Bender forming n
juncture with the larger waterway ut
this point, says war geography bull
letin of the National Geographic So
Situated only 16 miles east of Client
the great heart of Flemish history,
Termonde itself has past of which
its citizens may well feel proud. 1t
was here that Louis XIV suffered an
ignominious defeat at the very be-
ginning of his War of Devolution, or
Queens War, in which he set about
to upset political customs and substi-
tute civil usage In the matter of royal
inheritance. Louis defeat was due
son but to the self-sacrifice of her peo-
pie, who employed the irresistible wa
tiers of the North sea to fight their
battle for them, as has been the case
so many times in the history of the
Low Countries. The dykes were cut
and the investing army of the Grand
Monarque fled before the flood.
During the War of the Spanish Sue
cession Termonde bravely resisted the
great English general, Marlborough,
but after a ten days bombardment
was forced to yield.
On many maps Termonde goes by
its Flemish name of Dendermonde. AT
the outbreak of the war 1t was one
of the five fortified towns of Belgium,
but its defenses were not of modern
design. The city is % miles by rail
southwest of Antwerp. The most in
teresting buildings in Termonde are
the Hotel de Vile formerly the Cloth
haO, fourteenth century structure,
and the Gothic church of NOtre Dame,
which contains two valuable pictures
by Van Dyck.
Termonde is only 20 feet above sea-
level, Il fact which accounts for the
ease with which the surrounding coun-
try was flooded when besieged in 1867.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-12-22
"curinq" Married Couples.

If every wife who is trying to cure
her husband and every husband who
is trying to cure his wife would stop
the operation, and all the husbands
would devote their energies to curing
themselves and all wives devote their
energies to curing themselves, the
homes would be great deal happier
than they are today. There are scold-
ing wives who are bending all their en-
ergies to the task of curing their hus-
bands of habits far less detrimental
to the happiness of the home than the
habit of scolding. There are husbands
who have set themselves the task Of
curing their wives of imperfections of
much less consequence than the in
firmities Of character and temper pos
sessed by the husband himself.-Edin-
burgh Scotsman.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-12-22
Good BREEDING.

Civility is the essential article to-
ward pleasing and Is the result of good
nature and good sense, but good breed
ing is the decoration, the luster of
civility, and only to be acquired by a
minute attention to, and experience of
good company. A good-natured plow-
man or fox hunter may be Intentionally
as civil as the politest courtier, but
their manner often degrades and Will
fies their matter; whereas In good
breeding the manner always adorns
and dignifies the matter to such q
degree that have very often known II
to give currency to base coin.-Lord
Chesterfield.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-12-22

soil in May 1866, and was hailed by the
populace as the successor to their first
prince, Colonel Cuza, who, as Alexan-
dru John |. had been forced to abdicate
Il short time previously. Charles was
the second son of Prince Charles An
tony of HohenZollern-S igmaringen. and
ut the time his name was submitted to
the people of Roumania (he was chosen
by vote of GS5,969 to 224) was an
officer in the Prussian army. AS the
king of Prussia was pledged to support
native noble for the Roumanian prin-
cipality, Charles could not be espoused
openly, but upon the advice of Bis
the Prussian army and, under an as
sumed name and with a forged pass
port, made his way down the Danube
into the country over which he was to
rule most successfully, first as prince
and later as king, for more than half u
century.
A short distance below Turnu
SEVERN is the little village of Kladova,
which in Roman times was known as
Egota, the station from which Trajan's
two roads of conquest diverged, one up
the banks of the Danube and the other
striking north into Dacia. 1t was the
latter road which necessitated the con-
struction of the famous Trajan bridge
across the Danube at this point, the
largest in the Roman empire. How
well the great Damascus architect,
Apollodorus, designed this structure is
indicated by the fact that after more
than 1,S00 years portions of some Of
it's 20 stone piles described by the his
torian Gibbon are still to be seen, and
perhaps it would have done service
! for centuries had it not been destroyed
to prevent the invasion of the terri
tory south of the river by the GOths.
The remains of this famous work We're
not discovered until 1884, the honor of
the find being credited to Michael Jo-
seph Quin, who made systematic
search for the piers while accompany
ing the Hungarian road-builder, Count
Szechenyi, on one of his journeys down
the Danube. The stones which are
now disclosed at low water are the
ruins of piers 145 feet HIGH SO feet
broad and 1853 feet apart. When the
Roman sappers overthrow them to
check the march of the barbarian en-
envy the masonry damned the waters.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-12-22

Is worth while; In so far, however, as
1t Is merely mass of words about ex-
perience, 1t Is worse than useless.
There Is another danger in the con.
centrated learning theory of bringing
up children. The most valuable part
of the child's education during the
early years, so far as the school
is concerned, has to do with
learning how to get along with
other children-with other people,
that is. And this is the chief adj
vantage Of the kindergarten or school
during these years. The problem of
the adjustment of the individual to the
group, and from this the individuals
discovery of his own personality, is
the most significant part of education.
We are likely to have the choice be-
tween more individual instruction and
rapid progress of n kind, and more
group activities with slower "learn-
ing" When we are confronted with
this. choice, il is well for US to realize
that the child needs more experience
with the external world, including
other people. This he needs not only
as foundation for the concepts and
distractions and the lofty ideals we
usually value in learning" but he
needs it quite as much asa means of
getting outside himself. Richard gets
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-12-22
Lived in Historic Era.

Marie de Rabutin Chantal, known
to the world as Nine. Sevigne is sup.
posed to have been born in Burgundy,
at the chateau of Boubilly, in 1926,
though both date and place are some
what obscure. In 1914 she married
Marquis de Sevigne. Her unhappy
marriage was terminated by the death
of the marquis seven years afterward
in duel. The young widow then de-
voted herself entirely to her children.
When her daughter was married to
Marquis de Grignan, the consequent
separation caused the correspondence,
which although not intended for pub
LEGATION, made her name celebrated
for she associated with the principal
actors in the Civil war Of the Frond6.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-12-22
We Have the Monstrous Sight Of s
Three-Year.OId Girl Reading.

and they even offer you good imita-
tion of expression" 1t is not difficult
to teach ordinary children to read at a
very early age. 1t is not difficult to
have them read great deal and to
reproduce much of what they read. But
what Is the use of all this? The as
sumption Is that the more the child
reads the more he will remember, and
the more he remembers the better off
he Is.
The facts Of the child's development,
however, are against the forcing sys-
TEN of education. We can make a
child reproduce beautiful passages
from our "best authors" long before
I'VE can give him an inkling of what
the authors are talking about. The
child may read about passions and in
ltrigue, but he gets only words and
high-sounding phrases. We may keep
the child at our side and fill him up
with thousand facts of history and
enough other words to qualify him for
three or four grades ahead of his
years. But this learning does not add
to the child's power, because it has no
real meaning to hint is not con-
nected with his emotions and expert
ence.
There is real danger in the at
tempt to shorten the child's develop
ing period by forcing him to an early
completion of the school work. The
fact that the child is capable of pass
ing the school tests in fewer years
than are ordinarily required may not
be real gain. If 1t were possible
to make the child condense his valu-
able experience so that he would at
ten years of age be where most chill
dren are ut fourteen, that would be
worth considering. In so far as learn
ing" represents condensed experience Ii
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-12-22
OpaIized Woods of Montana.

While people everywhere have
heard of the wonderful petrified for
ests of Arizona, few Of them are aware
Of the existence Of another petrified
forest in Montana of equal extent.
The latter is held to be much more re-
markable in many ways than the Ari-
IONA forests.
The petrified forests in the South
west are chiefly extraordinary by rea-
son of the fact that entire trees have
by the action of the elements under
gone transformation into agate. The
Montana forest is more extraordinary
because the trees have been changed
into opal, instead of agate, thus max
ing very peculiar aud beautiful or
namental stone.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-12-22
Hospitals for Animals.

There is in India sect called jams
one of the articles Of whose creed is
that men should not only do no harm
to animals, but should protect Their
lives and cure their ills. The Jains
have many hospitals where sick and
MANNED animals are tenderly cared
for.
The pious Jain who meets on the
road wounded animal stops to take
care Of It or receives It into his dwell
ing. The hospital at Bombay is stu
ated i'm the center Of the most densely
populated quarter of the "Blacl
Town" and all visitors are freely ad
mitted.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-12-22

from his few months of kindergarten
an enlarged vocabulary and an en-
richment of his knowledge about
things. But most noticeable and most
valuable is the fact that he has lost
self-consciousness and has gained in
control of self in relation to others.
1t has been found that where chill
dren are given an abundance of con-
crete experience with things of nature
and of the shop and studies, and with
each other, while the reading and
writing was postponed, they soon
caught up on the learning side, and
were healthier and happier than the
book-fed children. There are other
ways of learning than the RS system,
and there are more important things
for the child to get than any book can
give him. But most important of all,
the book learning serves at it's best on
a foundation of genuine experience
with life's realities.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-12-22
TRAINING TODAYS
BOYS AND GIRLS
What the Little Ones Should
Learn, and How.
FORCING SYSTEM is WRONG
Differences Between Information,
knowledge and Wisdom, and the
Value Of Experience as
Teacher of Children.
By sIDoNIE M. GUTENBERG.

rs IT not true that every parent
i wishes to give his children the full
benefit of all the accumulated wisdom
of the past? And it is quite natural
for parents to do so, since they are
old enough to realize how wasteful it
is for the child to get all his expert
ence at first hand. To learn, and learn,
and learn, while children are still
young and capable of learning; to
learn while they are still young and
quite incapable of doing anything
else worth while-that would seem to
be the ideal life for children. Yes,
by all means, have the children learn.
But learn what? And learn how?
These questions do not seem to have
they really deserve. We have been
so Overawed by the vastness of the
worlds learning, and we have been so
conscious of the fact that the heap is
constantly growing, that we have al
lowed ourselves to look upon the
knowledge of the ancients as a sacred
treasury that must be preserved ut all
cost, and that must be injected into
children to the limit of their capaci-
ties.
Without In any way disparaging the
value of accumulated experience, 1T is
fair to ask whether we have been al
together wise in our pursuit of learn
ing-for the children's sake. Is it
not true that we have too readily ac-
cepted the written word as something
worth while in itself? Have we not
too commonly confused information
with knowledge, and knowledge with
wisdom?
In recent years there seems to have
been q wave Of frantic fear among
many conscientious parents that the
prevailing methods of instruction are
too slow to give the children all of the
needed learning. Or perhaps it has
been keen realization of the tremen-
dous store that has to be gathered in
a few short years. At any rate there
has been an eager searching for
method of filling the childrens knowl-
edge reservoirs more expeditiously
and more compactly. So we have the
mOnstrous sight of three-year-old girl
reading and of a six-year-old COM
posing poetry.
1t is not 70 be denied that the world
is quite full of a number of things,
many of which are worth understand
ing. 1t is also true that if you catch
a child young you may get more into
him before he escapes than you could
If you delayed your capture. But just
what good does 1t do child of eight
to tread Shakespeare"-as many chill
dren of eight have done? OF course,
they pronounce all the words correctly
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-12-22

of the Canaanite5
in the land in or
der to prove Is
rael by them, to
see whether she
would be faithful
to Jehovah or not.
These nat on S
were assigned to
different tribes of
Israel, and Grad
promised that Re
would drive them
out on certain
conditions.
These condi-
- -. - ~ a
lions were that
Israel was not to
associate wi t h
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-12-22
Patriotism.

Myrtle-Why don't you .,ilnt the sky
blue?
Mary-'Cos I've only got russian
blue, and I'm not going to use that till
The war is over London Opinion.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-12-22
What God Can Do
With Humble
Instruments
By REV. HOWARD w. POPE
Moody Bible Institute.
Chicago

TEXT-And after him was Shamgar
which slew six hundred Philistnes with
an OK goad.-Judges 1891
When the chosen people entered the
promised land, God left certain nations
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-12-22

And many a L...a fails to make gool
because lie loyns ~ take things easy.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-10-13
SUBMARINES ACTIVE.
England Believes u-noat Campaign In
srsases---ints<est In Bremen.

England Believes u-aoat Campaign In
srsases--ints<est In Bremen
London. The naval authorities here
are manifesting great interest in the
fate OF the German submarine Bremen
which some ume ago was reported to
have sailed for the United States and
which they say N now long overdue. In
discussing the possible fate Of the sub.
marine liner the naval authorities ask
II II Is likely that she put into SOME OBJ.
scure American port. II ~ known that
the Bremen was reported while on her
way TO the United States. but tho last
report OF her showed her 10 be n con.
siderable distance from the American
coast.
In naval circles Il Is generally felt
that the German submarine campaign
has again assumed serious proper
lions In these circles the opinion Ia
expressed that Germany has atter.war
AS well as present conditions In view
In her destruction OF tonnage and the
feeling Is growing that Great Britain
soon will be compelled publicly to an.
nounce 3 ton forton policy as one Of
the clauses In the peace treaty uuiess
Germany desists in sinking merchant
tonnage
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-10-13
Health Of inmates Good.

From recent report made on the
condition OF state institutions we find
that In the three insane Asylums In
Tennessee there are Ut present over
1000 inmates, Only within the last
few years. according 20 reports. has
any special attention been given 10
the probable cure Of the unfnrtnnatas,
Measer arrangements had been made
to separate che tuberculsr and other
contagious infected patients from the
others and late reports show that Of.
forts are being made now to separate
and give special attention 10 all Need.
| ed improvements. such as sanitation.
filtration and food preparation. proper
medical attention and care OF the pa.
tlents. is being installed In the pen.
itentiaries we are informed, there are
1885 prisoners The report Gays that
the prisoners are well fed, that the
buildings have been recently recon.
structed until now ventilation and San
itary conditions are good
The deaf and dumb school has been
| furnished with an outfit Of printing
equipment Many OF the inmates &c,
practical training here for future In
dependence and usefulness. A new
domestic science department has been
installed for the girls. and also pic.
! ture show for the purpose OF instruo.
ton and entertainment, This school
II receiving all the support and en-
couragement possible.
The financial condition OF all the
| institutions OF the state 10 shown AZ
being In a very satisfactory condition.
with the penal institutions being prac.
tlcally on selisupporting basis.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-10-13
IRISH CRISIS IS IMPENDING
England Plans CONSUMPTION n ireland
To Recruit the Regiments Nc~
at the Front

London. When parliament assem-
bles next week the government will
be confronted with new embarrassing
proposals for the application OF con.
scriptlon 10 ireland. The Times and
other newspapers recently hsvs been
conducting a strong campaign with
this object in view and the decisions
announced by the distribution board
and by Gen. Sir William Robertson.
chief OF the imperial staff. tkN more
men are urgently needed, will, II Is
believed, strengthen the hands OF the
ngitators. who have been Joined by Sir
Edwerd Carson '.a '.a--..', - '.' y.
I Sir Edward asserts that the situa.
jtion Is such that without CONSUMPTION
In Ireland II viii BE- impossible 10 even
maintain the Irish regiments at the
front In their proper strength He con.
tends that Ireland could provide anoth-
or hah million men OF military age.
and asks what the colonies, which
have made such sacrifices for the en-
pire. will think OF the Sinking OF Ire
land
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-10-13
EXPECT ULT|NtTUM
FROM CARRANzA
SPANISH PAPERS PusllsA RE-.
PORT Aeovr ANOTHER uLTL
MATuM FRoM cARRAhxA.
FIRST CHIEF" GETS sAucY
carrama Demands instant Withdrawal
o. u. @. Soldiers, In --latest 'No<s"
70 Wsshinsssr. AeeeediaSl
70 the Rspsrts.

III Pase.--Andres Gascis. Inspector
general Of CArTansa consais.ss In the
United States. tentatively admits that
AZ xitimatum had been prepared hy
Gen. Carranxa for presentation 70 the
United States for the immediate with.
drawai Of the punitive expedition
The report that such an ultimatum
would be forthcoming within the next
"a hours was published In Spanish
newspapers here. The report adds that
should the demand be refused By the
United States the delegates to the AT
lantic City peace conference would be
Withdrawn. The report also states that
Eliseo Arredondo. smbAsssdor-desig'
nate, Is In Mexico at this time TO re-
ceiye the ustimatum for delivery 70
Secretary OF State Lansing.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-10-13
OCEAN LINER RACES 70 PIaRT
RsaeAes phliadclpIa with Fire "
/ iseId---Passsncsrs eafslS raksn
t Ashore.

New york-RaetnE 10 port frCui mic
ocean wAan tlAnNs were discovered In
the hold underneath the s,eerage GUAR
tsrs. The steamship Philadelphia. OF
the 4nerieaa Lima. arrived here Sun
day, with the fra STILL smpaldertng
tho patches hsttenea down and steam
being poured IN over the cargo IN al
effort 20 pssvsat tAs tirs from gaisllng
heaAway.
Although tLs lhFs ,Vas not discov'
erred unsfi THURSDAY Aternooa. Il v
believed n hAA been snouidsriaE STAGE
tho rhslsAsapAAa LAft Liverpool five
days ssteF&
TAs YAiiaAslpAia carried Gee pas.
s>Asers. 81 wAsm go were I. the
stssr~ss. n was feared tAas . panic
might rsssat IA the s,esrags II the pas
senssrs rhsrs learned Of the firs. and
accordingly. wAea the situation seemed
ser!ouA thay we're moved " another
part Of the vesssl
At times the heat vas 40 great that
the pitch In the seams OF the deck
melted.
The fire burned briskly until just
before the vessel reached port
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-10-13
BULGARIA. Is INVADED.
after Fighting On Danube Results In
Victory Of RoumanIsns.

after Fighting On Danube Results In
Victory Of Roumsnlsns.
Bucharest (via London RoumAn-
Gan troops have crossed the Danube
river and Invaded bulgarian territory,
according TO an official communication
The river was crossed between Rust.
chRk and Turtukai, tina lattnr place be,
ing where the river leaves Bulgarian
territory and flows northwest through
Roumania The statement says:
''On the north and northwestern
fronts fighting continues, In the noun
tains Al Ghurgill and Ierghitzei We cap
tered four machine guns and made
prisoner II officers and 500 men
Southern front. Our troops crossed
The Danube between Rustchuk and
Turtukai.
I'm Dorbrudja we attacked along tho
whole front and repuised the enemy
On his center and right flank"
Petrograd tvis Londonl The Aus.
trians are making heavy counter,at.
tAcks IN an attempt to regain ground
sost In the new Russian drive on Lem.
berg. The war office announces that
cha attacks were repulsed and that / ).
600 more prisoners taken.
This fighting occurred on the front
southeast OF I-emberg. where heavy en-.
Gagemen,s are still in progress, The
announcement follows:
"Oh the western front IN the region
Of tho River Narayuvka and on the
heights on the right bank OF the River
Xlota lipa gtubborn fighting Is con.
tinuing. The enemy initiated counter
attacks which were repulsed by our
fire, He suffered great losses and left
On our hands 1000 OF the rank and file.
with the Austrian prisoners were
also Turks and Germans. On the
River Bystritza. In the region OF Bo.
gorodchan, our patrols removed two
field sentries and defeated the enemy
advance guards, taking also a number
of prisoners.
-The total number OF prisoners tax.
IN by This section OF Gen. Letehitaky's
army during the battle from Sept 10
% 2s, inclusive, In the Carpathians, on
the front extending 10 the Roumanian
frontier, Ia IL officers and 1896 OF the
ssnk and file, The war booty captured
during the same period amounts to
tour cannon. Is machine guns, two
milne throwers. one trench mortar, rs
cases OF shells and hand grcnades, 100
cases OF machine gun belts, several
thousand rifles and q large number Of
cartridges