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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23

AnOtneT U1iA~
lure well liked Is mixture Of almond
paste. walnut and hickory nuts, to
winch has been added enough cream
or orange juice to hold the mixture to-
gether. A portion of the soft meat of
the hg Is removed using a pointed
spoon or knife, and the fig Is filled
with the paste. Press the opening to-
gether and roll In granulated sugar.
This combination will be found espe-
cially delicious.
Figs cooked tender In boiling water
or fruit juice, little sugar added just
Mt the end Of the cooking. are good
served cold with cream. Figs with
lemon or orange Jelly and whipped
cream make more elaborate dessert.
Fig WhIp.-Cook four or FIVE figs
until soft. then cut In small pieces.
Beat the whites Of five eggs until dry:
gradually beat In three tablespOonfuls
Of sugar and half teaspoonful of
salt. then fold In the whites of the
eggs and the prepared figs. Turn the
mixture into buttered pudding dish
and bake rs minutes. Bake In dish
OF hot water with several folds of
paper under the baking dish. Two Of
the yolks may be used with sugar and
a pint of milk. To make custard to
eat with the pudding, leaving three
yolks to use in some other dish.
Fig Paste.-Chop very fine one
pound of figs and half pound of nut
meats or mixture Of equal parts of
dates. figs and nuts, mix thoroughly,
dredge a board with powdered sugar
and roll the mixture into sheet. cut
in squares and roll In the sugar. These
may be dipped in chocolate, making a
may be packed In layers, In powdered
sugar, In tin box, kept In a cool
place for weeks.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23
Custer Men Cost U. s. $1s Each.

1t is costing the federal government
considerably less money to obtain re-
cruits for Camp Custer under the Sc
lective draft system than under the
former scheme of operations.
Formerly men were obtained for the
regular army by recruiting parties sta
toned in various cities throughout the
state.
According to Federal Disbursing or.
ficer w. J. Baker, the expense Of regis
tering a selected man, giving him his
physical examination and allowing for
exemption claims. is approximately
tl3. This includes all expenses OF of.
Ace rent. clerk hire. etc.. and covers
everything up to the time the con-
script boards the train for Camp Gus.
ter.
Under the old system Of obtaining
recruits the expense of recruiting sta
lions, officers. advertising and all other
items, made the initial cost approx
mately 500 per man. In some in
stances it ran higher, as recruiting
parties in peace times were often sta
toned in places for weeks at a time
without sending single man to Co.
lumbus barracks.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
has asked for detailed information con-
corning the cost of the draft in Mich.
igan.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23
Artillery Firing BEING rauuht.

A school OF fire for artillery officers
and non-commissioned officers, based
on the work given to officers at the
government school of fire at Fort Sill,
started last week at Camp Custer. AS
instructors, there are the experienced
artillerymen Of the brigade, some of
whom have been instructors at Fort
Sill. and the foreign artillery officers
and non-commissioned officers who
have been through the mill in Europe.
Several commissioned officers and non
CONS from each of the field artillery
companies are the students, they will
take a months course and then give
way to q new bunch.
The instruction given at first Is en-
tirely theoretical with daily lectures at
brigade headquarters. Later actual
work will be done on the new artillery
range. 5000 yards long, stretching
south from Detroit Hill, paralleling the
rifle range. Here practical instruc-
ton in the sheltering and hiding Of
guns, in observation and communica-
ton will be had.
Shots will fall in the swamp, will
be observed from posts in trees, on
ridges, in heath, all concealed after
the best manner Of Europe. All this
is for indirect fire. as shorter range
will be established for fire at visible
objects.
For the range, two roads. the Terri
torial and the Reese, will be closed
and guarded SO that the shells which
will fly next month may injure no
one.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23
Pere Marquette Service Under Fire.


Complaints are pouring into the state
railroad commissions Offices regarding
abandoned service on the Pere Mar.
quette.
Several villages and towns aver
they are practically without communi
cation to the outside world, except
by motor routes, and ask relief The
Pere Marquette has abandoned service
on many OF its lines, due to lack of
coal
One letter received by the railroad
commission from Elk Rapids reads In
part as follows:
when we were given notice that
train service was to be discontinued,
we were told II was because OF q
shortage of coal, and we believed the
partial service we had would be re-
stored, but we find that 1t Is not the
intention.
Our village is ruined.
Our mail service has been taken
from US. One day last week our mail
went out OF here In the afternoon car
rying $4,000 Of registered matter and
that pouch lay in the freight house
at Williamsport unmatched until 10
o'clock the next forenoon"
Numerous other complaints by wire,
mail and delegations are received
daily from towns where the service
has been curtailed.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23

We spend our days and dollars on
the clothes
Our homes and bodies wear.
And then we pick up any sort Of shah
by vulgar thing
To ciothe our thoughts-although we
know
That matter Ia inferior to mind
Although we know that peace ana
Joy
Depend upon our thoughts and their
expression.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23

when 1t goes into the oven, giving 1t
more opportunity for expansion. In
making pastry use six tablespoonfuls.
Of lard to a cupful and half Of -four,
half teaspoonful of salt, and just
enough cold water to handle and roll.
If the fat Is cut In with two case.
knives instead of being rubbed In with
the fingers, the pastry will be more
flaky.
Sour Cream Pie.-Mix together one
cupful Of sugar, one cupful Of chopped
raisins, one cupful Of sour cream, and
one egg well beaten, one-half tea
spoonful each Of cinnamon, nutmeg,
and salt, one-fourth Of teaspoonful
of cloves and teaspoonful Of vine
gar. Bake this filling In two crusts.
Pecan Pie.-Cook In double boiler
one cupful Of milk, and cupful Of
sugar. Thicker with one tablespoon
full of -four and the yolks Of two.
eggs, add the Juice Of lemon. Bake
crust as for lemon pie, and when
done All with custard, adding half
cupful of pecan nut meats. Cover with 4.
meringue, using the whites Of the
eggs and brown In moderate oven.
Apple Custard Pie.-Add cupful
of sugar to a cupful of grated apple.
two well-beaten eggs, one cupful of
sweet cream, and the grated rind of
a lemon. Pour into pastry-lined tin
and bake.
Date and Apple Pie.-Llne n pie
plate with pastry and fiji II with a
mixture of chopped dates and tart
apples. Sprinkle over the fruit three
fourths of cupful of sugar. tea
spoonful Of grated nutmeg. dot with !.
bits Of butter and cover with an up-
per crust. Bake 30 minutes and serve.
cold with cream.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23
War Hurts M. A. c. Attendance.

Some tangible evidence of the ex.
tent to which the call to arms is being
responded to by farm boys Of the state
Is reported by Ashley M. Berridge, di.
rector Of short courses at the Michi.
gan Agricultural college. A few days
ago. when the term for the twoyear
short course opened, only 25 of the SO
Young men who were members OF the
,econd.year class returned. The So alb
,entees, letters explained, are almost
all in military service. The reduction
In the freshman 2-year class was small.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23

EHS Po o.
ing without breakfast
has much to recommend
1t, 1t saves trouble, saves
food, and often saves a
few more minutes in bed,
which few Of us need. AS
the breakfast habit is
fairly well established in
most homes 1t behooves
us to start the family
cheerily on its way well
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23

lie the variations
which may be car
ried out with 1t.
The custom of
packing hasty pud-
ding In granite for
holding, cutting in
slices, and frying
1t, Is so well known
and Dracticed that
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23

There Is no earthly ailment but
somewhere God hath an herb for It's
healing" says a quaint writer. The
trouble is that we think the herb has
a hard. foreign name. We seek IT In
far lands. but at last. find II in our
own garden plot.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23

Should often find a place
on our tables. AS a con-
lection those who are
not distressed by the
seeds, they are excellent,
especially so for people
of sedentary habits.
Stuffed Figs.-Cut a
small slit In the stem
end Of each fig and work
In two or more blanched
Amanda Anothar uniY.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23
No Wonder.

Henry, how old are your"
surely you have not forgotten how
old your husband is"
"weIl. I've been fibbing about m
age so long that I cnu'- ,irseif
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23

Observation more than books, expert
ence rather than persons. are the prize
educators.-A. Bronson Alcott.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23

"Nih6 ~
an art and must
never be made
wit h n heavy
hand. Lard or
shortening u S e d
should be cold,
flour as well as.
water, so that the
crust will be cold
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23
WHAT SHALL WE HAVE FOR
BREAKFAST

To most housekeepers the first meal
of the day presents the most perplex-
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23
FOR THE WHEATLESS DAY.

There are many ways Of serving the
ordinary cornmeal mush, but few real
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23
PIES AND PASTRY.

Good pastry should be flaky, deli
cate and rich enough to hold Its shape.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23
FIGS FOR DESSERT.

Figs are one of our most valuable'
fruits and when reasonable In price
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23
e k z!;! FA? 8
CABlNETE

II he has plenty of money and all the
modern conveniences.-R. w. Helms.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23

omelet are popular as breakfast
dishes, are quickly prepared, and
when the price is not prohibtive, most
commonly served.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23

the age when retirement would have
been compulsory under the sixty-four
years clause.
Some Of these officers were retired
because Of wounds received In the
early Indian wars. Some of them
so far recovered from the effects of
their wounds that IL the law had al
lowed they would have been able to
return TO active service In days of
peace, but the law makes no such pro-
vision. When war comes the services
of oil men are needed, and these an
cient ones of the cavalry and infantry
who fought the Arapahoes, the Kiowas,
the Apaches and the Sioux on the
plains and In the mountains In the
days long gone by are undergoing
training in what to an old campaigner
are actually new duties. those of desk
work at headquarters.
1t seems curious to meet In full uni
form on the street q second lieutenant
who has reached the Psalmist's al
lotted span of life, three score years
and ten, and yet there are several
such here. The younger men OK the
active service. even though they rank
the older ones, always salute them
first. for they are quick to recognize
the veteran regular, even though he
wears no insignia higher than that of
lieutenant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-12
TURN AGAINST SULTAN
NTohanlmedan Priest of n. China
Writes Wilson His People for Allies.

Picking, Oct IL (By the Associated
Press) .-Abu Bekr, the leading Mo
hammedan priest in North China, has
prepared a letter to President Wilson
on behalf of the Chinese Mohamme-
dams, assuring him of the loyalty of
the Chinese Mohammedans to the
cause of the allies and denouncing the
action of the German emperor, the
sultan of Turkey and other leaders
The Mohammedan priest urges
President Wilson to advise China
wisely in it's weakness and enable it
to settle its domestic difficulties and
bring harmony and comfort to the
masses. He also urges the president
to exercise his influence in Fastening
the end of the war, which is costing
so many lives. The position of the
Chinese Mohammedans in the present
war is of special interest because of
the persistent campaign German agi-
tators have kept up in China to preju-
dice the Mohammedans against the
allies. Many of the western districts
of China where Mohammedans pre-
dominate, the German propagandists
are reported to have been successful
in persuading the natives that this is
a religious war. The German cam
paign unquestionably has been a fail
ure in the less remote sections, where
the public is reached by the foreign
and Chinese press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-12
Hosiery

Women's Iisle-finisAled cotton Hose;
the seamless style in white and
black-slight seconds" of To-
csc ones on sale. ...... 4 OO
Women's silk plated Boot Hose;
the seamless, fashioned; in a
good weight for Fall-neatly
mended seconds" of soc 90
ones Saturday for. ....,.. OOO
ChiIdren's mercerized black cot
ton Stockings; extra fine ribbed
slight seconds" of reg Or
ular 35c ones. ........... GOO
HosIery-Main FIoor-PeIIetIer's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-12

85c Paror Brooms the heavy, 4-seamed CSC
$1.5O Floor Brushes of bristles- Saturday
$1.00 O'Cedar Oil Mops with bottle of oil sec
25c bottles of Wizard Polishing Oil-Saturday
SOC Floor Mops with large cotton heads ........
25c Dust Pans extra good, extra heavy
Furnace Shoves solid steel Saturday for. sec
$500 perfect" Oil Heaters-on sale Saturday. $475
jefferson Toilet Paper; 1,OO0-sheet rolls Acc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-12
Plenty of kid gloves at Pelletier's

SOVEREIGN French Kid
Gloves: the 2-clasp. overseam in
white. black, brown and mode $500
PERRIN'S-the finest of all
French Kid Gloves; black, navy,
mode, gray and
white S225 and So so
Gloves and HandIssrchie
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-12
ELECT w. CT. U. HEADS
Present Officers a Fixed Institution
In State Association.

Present Officers E1xed IhStILulioH
In State Association.
TOday's Program.
MORNING.
8 Observation-Disclosures conference.
Executive meeting.
8 :0O-Convention called to order.
Devotions.
Flag salute.
Report of board of directors.
Reports Of committees
Resolutions
Plan of work.
Noontide prayer.
Adjournment
AFTERNOON
Devotions, Mrs. ]. P. Hicks
The Best Thing Accomplished by
Your Union the Past Year
minute reports by delegates,
in charge of Mrs, Sadie E. Lewis.
Unfinished business.
Reading of minutes.
Adjournment
EVENING.
Program in charge of branch secretaries,
Miss J. Zoe Atehison and Mrs. Edna
Canfat hli a saloonless Nation by $50 chill
dren and young people IN costume
The present officers of the w. c.
T. U. have become fixed institution
in the organization, according TO the
indications of Thursday afternoon $
election. Every present incumbent was
reelected by a unanimous ballot
None of the state officers have held
their posts less than five years, and
two or three have been in office more
than ten years
The state officers are:
President, Lillian M. Mitchner of
Beloit.
Vice-president, Mrs. Emma W. Gro
yer, Winfield.
Corresponding secretary, MISS MARY
| E. Dobbs, Wichita.
Recording secretary. Mrs. Eva Nor
| ley Murphy, Goodland.
Treasurer, Mrs. Sadie E. Lewis,
Hutchinson.
Mrs Mitchner has been in offlce
| seven wears She is superintendent of
| the Girls Industrial School at Beloit,
and will handle both positions from
| her Beloit office. She told the con-
vention Friday that when attending
! the state legislature last year lobbying
| for the Beloit appropriation she had
valuable opportunities to forward the
! interests of the Union.
| Mrs Mitchner was given the w. e.
| T. U. White Ribbon salute. 1t is a
sort of college yeIl-like this-"White
Ribboni White Ribboni White Rib
bon! Hurrah. Hurrah! Hurrah!"
The name White Ribbon, it may be
said for the benefit of those who are
not familiar with W. c. T. U. work,
does not refer to a familiar brand of
| temperance beverage.
Mrs. Murphy was formerly candi-
| date for congress from her district.
Mrs Grover is an English woman, and
a leading worker in the Union. Mrs
Lewis has been treasurer for twelve
years Miss Dobbs has been CORE
| spending secretary for over a decade.
That there is any inner circle" in the
w c. T. U. is holly denied by mem
bers and officers alike.
The state chairmen of standing
committees will be nominated this
morning at the meeting of the Off
cial board, for ratification by the con-
yention The editor of the ''Messen-
GER and the state secretaries, lectur-
ers and organizers will be chosen in
| the same manner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-12

The calendar it the the wonderful
offered il. the BEST!
this evening" Silk
Plush Coats the Underwear the Hour Specials the misce
all the special lots
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-12

viousy advertised will be sale until closing Saturday
Comet to this wonderful Harvest Sale of standard
staple merchandise at special prices Come buy
things you'll need for yourself and your family this
the special lots you SAVE everything you buy!
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-19
FEWER NEWSPAPERS
[Fort Madison Democrat

The
little
good
companies handled
mostly
cities where field
only
r,
the daily fed business,
daily
advertising
local conditions
state affairs
the
In
consultations buying
the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-19
Keokuk Fare Refunding Association
P|MPLY? WELL, DON'T Be!
People Notice It. Drive Them OF
with DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets

A pinply face will not embarrass you
much longer if you get package of DR.
Edwards Olive Tablets. The skin should
begin to clear after you have taken the
tablets few nights.
Cleanse the BLOOD, the bowels and the liver
with DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the sue.
cessful substitute for calomel; there's never
any sickness or pain after taking them.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets do that
which calomel does, and Just as effectively,
but their action is gentle and safe instead
of severe and irritating.
No one who takes Olive Tablets Is
ever cursed with "a dark brown taste, +"
bad breath, dull, istless, mo good"
feeling, constipation, torpid liver. bad
disposition or piInply face.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are
a purely vegetable compound mixed
with olive oil; you viii know them
by their olive color.
DR.. Edwards spent years among pa
tents afflicted with liver and bowel
complaints, and Olive Tablets are the
immensely effective result.
Take one or two nightly for week.
See how much better you feel and look.
10c and Csc per box. All druggists.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-19
RAILWAY SIDE
is PRESENTED
CONSUMPTION of Labor and Maximum
Wages Alone Can Halt Increas.
ing Demands Of
tie,.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19..-Labor
CONSUMPTION and maximum wages
alone can halt the increasing demands
upon the railroads, George Stuart
Patterson indicated to the interstate
commerce commission today, In cl',s-
ing argument for the eastern freight
advance. The wage increases to be
laid before President Wilson on Thurs
day by the brotherhoods were fore
Swallowed by Patterson, the railways
chief counsel.
While the commission heard the car
riers' pleas for more revenue as a
national defense measure" Judge
Chambers, federal med .c-, conferred
with the railroads war board today
He sought their final attitude toward
thu en- gloves wage demands, In or
der to present the president COM
plete report Thursday.
Unless the government is prepared
nor only tc conscript labor, for the
railroads, but also to limit its wage,
the present cost Of labor will not dc
crease" said Patterson. me
He said the eastern roads have al
ready added $100,000,000' to their pay
rolls, the Pennsylvania system 81
100000 in the past month.
Patterson estimated that in 1917
the eastern roads would earn $S1 ,0O0-
900 less than last year. despite $780,
100000 increase in total operating
revenues. He admitted this would re-
turn 90 per cent on the investment,
but said the Baltimore and Ohio with.
out further relie1 in rates, would not
earn dividends, the Pennsylvania
would only have 1.6 per cent surplus
and the New York Central only 1.3
after paying dividends.
The $5S,00O,O00 the rates under con-
sideration would add to gross revenue,
Patterson said, would still be INSULT
cient and he reiterated that further
rate increases would be asked later.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-19
n.puty Warden ReIchmann Offers
Reward Out Of His Own Pocket
for Men Who Shot Car
dlnai Pair.
NEAR THE DEs MONIES
warden Was Out to Investigate Any
Irregularities, But Found Every
thing Right other
wise.

reward of five dollars is being Of
Tered by Deputy Warden H. F. Reich
man for information which will lead
Ia the conviction Of the hunter or
hunters who shot and killed a pair OF
cardinal birds yesterday. The reward
IS being offered by the game warden
out of his own pocket, as he is anxious
TO pick up the violators Of the law.
TIE male bird and it's mate were found
IN ravine mile north of the Des
Moines river bridge. near spring.
where they evidently had been drink.
Ing The male birds body was in the
water. the females short distance
away.
Deputy Reichman thinks that some
smart aleck hunter who was having
no luck, or who wanted to try out
gun picked out the brilliant plumage
q the cardinal for target, and in all
probability boosted that he could Kill
roth with one shot. In any event the
hunter violated a state law. and a
law of conscience in firing at one OF
The birds which has become winter
resident even in this cold climate, and
which is one, OF the best friends OF
man among the feathered neighbors.
Mr. Richmann was out making an
Investigation for any irregularities
when he came across the birds. He
had cut through the/ Human far1a
from the Hilton road, and had gone
some distance down through the brush
and ravine. He thinks the land where
he found the birds was about a mile
north of the Des Moines river bridge.
He found number of hunting parties
BIZ through this section of the country;
they were all carrying proper licenses,
hnWaYer
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-19
OIL BARGE is
TAKEN SOUTH
New Boat for Carrying This Conn
modify Passed Keokuk In
Tow Of Steamer
Oronoco.

The steamer Oronoco passed Keo
kuk yesterday morning just after
noon with new steel barge which
will be used in carrying oil in south
ern waters in tow. The barge was
built at the Dubuque Boat and Boiler
works, and is an odd looking affair,
with openings along the side, into
which the Oil can be pumped. The
barges are being used by the Stand
ard Oil company and for the present
will be confined to traffic in southern
rivers Later the barges may be used
In the northern waters.
The barge has pointed nose and
stands well out of the water when
empty. 1t is about three times the
length Of the boat towing it, and
when it went into the lock yesterday
all of it's upper works were plainly
visible above the lock walls. The
boat and it's tow went into the lock
about 11:15 o'clock.