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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-06-28
TELLS OF THE CATASTROPHE
Reformed Druggist Explains How
Customers Head Was Blown Of
When Gun Cotton Exploded.

The Reformed Druggist was talking
to the Man With the Cracked Lin.
Now, cOllodion," he said, relates -
writer, "collodion is just the thing TO
put on that lip of yours. 1t is q great
thing to promote the growth of new
skin. Just brush that lip with COLO
dion. and Ii will be well In no time.
But" he continued warningly, you
want to be very careful. Ono of the
worst accidents ever saw was the d.
rect result Of collodion,"
The Man With the Cracked Lin sbiv-
cred apprehensively. How was that p,
he asked.
The Reformed Druggist lighted a
fresh cigar and stuck his feet upon the
radiator. YES" he continued, refiec-
lively, shat was a bad accident, and
the worst Of the whole thing was that
was responsible for 1t in a way"
"But what was it?" insisted the Man
With the Cracked Lip.
1T was just like this: One day be-
fore reformed and while I was keep
ing drug store, man came into the
store with the worst pair of lips I
ever saw. Why, that f1ssure In that lin
Of yours wasn't mark to the gully that
was In his lower lip. I saw In a min
ute that he must be suffering a good
deal. He was a great, big man, and
his teeth were rather prot iberant. !
asked him II he wanted something for
those lips, and he told me that I had
guessed right. Then told him Just
what I have been telling you. ex-
planned to him the action Of collodion,
and he told me to put some on his lips,
I got the bottle and picked out a cam.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-06-28
Took a Flying Shot at Yellow Fang.

fled. The Indian boy had tripped and
fallen. BEETLES stopped long enough to
grip him by the slack of his furs, then
headed for pile of cordwood already
occupied by number Of his comrades
Yellow Fang, doubling after one Of the
dogs, came leaping back. The fleeing
animal free of the rabies, but crazed
with fright, whipped BEETLES of his
feet and flashed on up the street,
Malemute Kid took flying shot at
Yellow Fang The mad dog whirled a
half air spring, came down on his back,
then, with single leap, covered half,
the distance between himself and Bet
ties.
But the fatal spring was intercepted,
Lon McFane leaped from the woodpile.,
countering him in midair. Over they
rolled, Lon holding him by the throat
at arms length, blinking under thel
fetid SLAYER which sprayed his face,
Then BEETLES, revolver in hand and
coolly waiting a chance, settled the,
combat.
Twas a square game, Kid" LON
remarked, rising to his feet and shak-'
Ing the snow from out his sleeves
with fair percentage to meself that
bucked it."
That night while Lon McFane sought
the forgiying arms of the church, in the
direction of Father Roubeau's cabin.
Malemute Kid and Scruff Mackenzie
talked long to little purpose.
But would YOU" persisted Macken-
zie, "supposlng they had fought?"
Have l ever broken my wordY'
mo, but that isn't the point. An,
swer the question. Would your"
Malemute Md Strengthened up
"Scruf. I've been asking myself that
question ever since, and
"WellY
We'll, as yet haven't found the an
swer."
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-06-28

same as so many gardens under the
sea. There il was, the anchor ice,
clingin' an clusterin' to ivery rock,
after the manner of the white coral
but the best of the sight was to
come. Just after clearin' the tail of
the rifle the water turns quick the
color of milk, an the top Of 1t in wee
circles, as when the graylin' rise in the
spring or there's a splatter of wet
from the sky. Twas the anchor ice
comm up. To the right, to the lift,
as far as liver man cud see, the water
was covered with the same. An like
so much porridge it was. slickin' along
the bark of the canoe, stickin' like
glue to the paddles. It's many's the
time l shot the selfsame rifle before,
an it's many's the time after, but niv-
er a wink of the same have l seen.
Twas the sight Of lifetime"
do tell" dryly commented BEETLES.
3D. We think I'd b'lieve such yarn?
I'd ruther say the glister Of light'd
gone to your eyes an the snap of the
air to your tongue"
Twas me own eyes that beheld 1t,
an If Sitka Charley was here he'd be
the lad to back me-"
But facts is facts, an they amt no
gittin' round 'em. 1t amt In the ma
ture OF things for the water furtherest
away from the air to freeze first
But me own eyes
Don't git het up over It," admon-
ished BEETLES as the quick Celtic anger
began to mount.
Then yer not after belavin' me?"
"Sence you're so blamed forehanded
about II, no. I'd b'lieve nature first
an facts"
us 1t the lie ye'd be givin' me-"
threatened Lon. "Ye'd better be ask
In that Siwash wife of yours. I'll lave
it to her, for the truth i spake.'
BEETLES fiared up In sudden wrath.
The Irishman had unwittingly wound
ed him, for his wife was the half
breed daughter Of Russian fur trad
err, married to him in the Greek mis-
sion of Nulato, thousand miles or so
down the Yukon. thus being Of much
higher caste than the common Siwash,
or native, wife. 1t was n mere north
land nuance, which none but the north
land adventurer may understand.
al reckon you kin take it that way"
was his deliberate affirmation.
The next instant Lon McFane had
stretched him on the floor. the circle
was broken up, and half dozen men
had stepped between.
BEETLES came to his feet, wiping the
blood from his mouth. 1T hain't new.
this takin' an payin' Of blows, an
don't you never think that this viii be
squared"
"An' i1iver in me life did take the
lie from mortal man." was the retort
courteous. AN it's an avil day I'll
not be to hand waitin' an willin' to
help We lift yer debts, barrin' no man
ner of way"
''Still got that 3S-55"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-06-28

"An' pwhis b is the one ye'd name by
that?"
Listen, Lon, and you. too, BEETLES.
We've been talking this trouble Of
yours over, and we've come to one
conclusion. We know we have no
right to stop your fighting"-
True for We. me lad"
land we're not going to, but this
much we can do and shall do-make
this the only duel in the history Of
Forty Mile, set an example for every
che-cha-qua that comes up or down
the Yukon. The man who escapes
killing shall be hanged to the nearest
tree. Now, go ahead"
Lon smiled dubiously; then his face
lighted up. pace her Off, David-fifty
paces-wheel an niver a cease firm
till lads down for good. 'Tis their
hearts III niver let them do the deed,
an it's well We should know 1t for
true Yankee bluff"
He started OF with a pleased grin on
his face, but Malemute Kid halted him.
Lion, it's long while since you first
knew me.
"Many's the day."
, And you, Bettlesw
Five year next June high water"
And have you once In all that time
known me to break my word or heard
of me breaking itY'
Both men shook their heads, striving
to fathom what lay beyond.
"Well, then, what do you think Of a
promise made by mer'
"As good as your bond" from Bet
ties.
1.-THE thing to safely sling yer hopes
Of heaven by" promptly Endorsed Lon
McFane.
Listen. I, Malemute Kid, give You
my woodland you know what that
means-that the man who Is not shot
stretches rope within ten minutes aft
err the shooting" He stepped back as
Plate might have done after washing
his hands.
A pause and q silence came over the
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-06-28

mN/ the apparently innocuous
WMW proposition that much Ice
yIQllM was rather pecooliar" he lit
ks@-s\ tie dreamed Of what it would
WWu lead to. Neither did Lon
McFane when he affirmed that an
Choir ice was even more so, nor did Bet
ties as he instantly disagreed, declar-
ing the very existence of such form
to be bugaboo.
San ye'd be tellin' me this" cried
Lon, after the years we've spint in
the land An we eatin' out the same
pot this many's the dayr'
'But the things agin reason" in
sisted BEETLES. Look you, waters
warmer than Ice
AN little the difference once We
break through
''Still it's warmer, because II amt
froze. An you say it freezes on the
bottom?'
"Only the anchor ice, David; only
the anchor ice. An have We niver
drifted along, the water clear as glass,
whin suddin, belize a cloud over the
sun, the mushy ice comes bubblin' up
an up till from bank to bank an bind
to bind it's drapin' the river like a
first snowfallT
"Unh hunh, more'n once when took
a doze at the steerin' oar. But 1t allus
come out the highest side channel an
not bubblip' up an up"
But with niver wink at the helm ?"
''No. nor you. It's agin reason. I'll
leave it to any man.;
BEETLES appealed to the circle about
the stove, but the fight was on be-
tween himself and Lon McFane.
Reason or no reason, it's the truth
I'm tellin' We. Last fall a year gone
twas Sitka Charley an meself saw the
sight, droppin' down the rifle ye'll re-
member below Fort Reliance. An reg
ular fall weather 1t was-the CLINT o.
the sun on the golden larch an the
4uakin aspens, an the glister Of light
on livery ripple, an beyand the winter
an the blue haze o. the north comm
down hand in hand. It's well We know
the same, with a fringe to the river
an the ice formin' thick in the eddies,
an snap an sparkle to the air, an
ye a-feelin' it through all yer blood,
a-takin' new lease Of life with livery
suck Of 1t. IT'S then, me boy. the
world grows small an the wandther-
lust lays We by the heels.
But it's meself as wandthers. AS l
was sayin', We a-paddlin', with niver
a sign of ice, barrin' that by the ed
dies, when the Injin lifts his paddle
an sings out: Lon McFane, look We
below! SO have l heard. but niver
thought to see! AS We know, Sitka
Charley, like meself, niver drew first
breath in the land. So the sight was
new. Then we drifted. with a head
over ayther side, perrin down through
the sparkly water, for the world like
the days / spint with the pearlers,
watchin' the coral banks a-growin' the
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-06-28

els hair brush. Then I painted those
ups In way that no mans lips were
ever painted before. just dabbed the
coiiodion on by the spoonful Pretty
son had them all fixed out, and them
the accident occurred. Holy Moses u
what an accident that was. Why, the
mans head was just blown clear afr
ms shoulders and instead Of getting a.
haif-dollar for my job I was out 10
cents Tor telephoning for the ambulance
10 come and take him away"
Il don't think / catch the drift OF
your remarks" said the Man With.
the cracked Lip. did I understand
you TO say that the mans head was
blown Off"
lou did," replied the Reformed
druggist. His head was blown clean
from his shoulders"
But how; did he have a dynamite
cartridge in his mouth or something OF
that kind?"
oh, no." The Reformed Druggist
laughed bit. you remember I said
mat he had protuberant teeth and that
! also said put great deal Of COLO
dion on his lips7 Well. collodion 10
made OF gun-cotton and ether. and
when 1t got In the sore he kinder
Drought his teeth together with a snap
some way or other those teeth struch
spark. that set of the gun-cotton~
ana there was big report and the
mans head was blown into bits"
The Man With the Chapped Lip sat
ior a moment In silence. Then he said.
slowly: Il don't wonder that you got
OUT or the drug business. Your proper
pace Is press agent for q fishinQ
club"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-06-28

. canadian press statements repore
the acquisition by American interests
OK copper-bearing lands In New Brunr
wick.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-02
 GRIM lNAl.

A committee of white men who took the law into their own hands and punished negro idlers at Vieksburg, Miss, are to be indicted and tried.
 Twenty-one persons were indicted in New York for stealing and selling meat from the Army.
 Ira Williams, said to be a St. Louis salesman, is under arrest at OKmul- gee. Ok, charged with attacking a girl.
 Miss Bernice Jennings, r, night op- trator at Eureka, Mo, shot and killed James MeGraw, IS. another operator, to protect herself.
 A rumor from Amsterdam says an assassin made an attempt on the lives of Emperor Wilhelm and Von Hinden- burg.
 The contingent of St Louis soldiers on the way to Camp Pike who raided the saloons at Poplar Bluff are to be courtmartialed.
 Mrs. Marie Kessler. 22, of St Louis, whose husband is in the army. was arrested at her home for making un- authorized collections for Red Cross.
 A graft plot on raincoats has been discovered by army officials and F big business men are held.
 Fred Warning. missing treasurer of St. Clair county, H.. has been located. arrested and returned to East St. Louis for trial
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-02
PERSONAL

Maj. B. H Gitehell of Detroit has been appointed chief of the industrial section of the ordnance department.
 An official communication from Amsterdam says that Field Marshal Hindenburg's health is very good in- deed
 Lieut.. Gafford of the French army has broken all air fight records with 10 victories in 15 days
 Arthur Guy Empey, lately promoted to captaincy, has been discharged from the army
 William R. Hearst, New York pub lisheR will run for governor of that state, whether he is nominated by the Democrats or not.
 Stefanssen, Arctic explorer. has agreed to return to the United States and lecture for the Red Cross next winter
 Maj. Theodore Roosevelt. wounded last week in the offensive, is being nursed back to health in Paris hos pital by his wife
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-02
AUSTRIA FAVORS
 IMMEDIATE PEACE
CZECH LEAGUE DEPUTY INTRO DUcES RESOLUTION IN THE
 LOWER HOUSE.
VAS NOT PUT TO VOTE
1t Was Asserted That All Persons Should Have the Right To Self Determination-Wili Oppose lm-
 periaiism of German.

Amsterdam. - A resolution deelar- ing in favor of an immediate peace without annexations and indemnities was offered in the Austrian lower house by Deputy Stanek in behalf of the Czech League. The resolution declared that continuation of the war is useless from the standpoint of both humanity and political utility.
 It asserts that all persons should have the fight of self-determination and asked that the House demand that Austria oppose the annexationist and imperalistic policy which had gained the upper hand in Germany and try itself to find way to demo cratic peace.
 The House, says Vienna dispatch to the Vossische Zeitung of Berlin, which reports the incident, rejected the resolution as inadmissible for submission to vote.
 Deputy Stanek said the Czechs peo- pie would become great and strong despite the prosecutions of a narrow minded government. The CZechs never before were so united, so ready to fight, so certain of victory They are united in firm will, he added, and never again will bear foreign yoke. The Czecho- Slovak state was a fact which could not be averted.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-02
TANKS MAKE SLOW
 BUT SURE ADVANCE
ENEMY IS OFFERING DESPERATE RESISTANCE IN HILLS AND
 WOODS.

With the American Army on the Aisne-Marne Front.-Franco-Ameri- can troops on the front northeast of Chateau Thierry have moved their lines further forward. The allies along the front to the east likewise made progress at places, the Amerl- cans at one point attaining an objec- tive d kilometer distant.
 Clinging desperately to the hills and the woods, the Germans are us ing their machine guns, their artillery and their air forces d quantities ot gas in an effort t dmper the ad- vance.
 The Germans are using high expio- sive mixed with gas shells. Ameri- cans estimate that forty per cent of the German shells which fell oil Thursday night contained gas. The German machine gun nests are nufn- erous in Che forest but the allies are gradually tearing them to pieces with heavy shells. The bombardment of the German lines continues mercl- lessly
 There is little change in the opera tions on the southern are of the sa- lient south of Soissons. To the west, Ouichy-le-C Chateau has been taken Farther south the Germans have been driven out of the positions they had taken on the north bank of the Marne.
 The French and American troops are advancing farther in LaFere for est The Germans keep up heavy fire, especially from their heavy guns, against the French and American lines but their efforts are intellectual
 The indications are that the enemy was making preparations for furth CT withdrawal. He has been strug- gling to hold the northern half of the forest of Fere and of the forest of Ris but the allies are making progress in the work of outsing him from the remainder of these woods.
 The allies have moved up their ! heaviest artillery and were throwing i shells into the German lines as faI as Sapony 6 1-2 miles northeast of Ouiehy-le- Chateau) and beyond Fere en-Tardenois e miles southeast ol Saponay). The districts to the south were also being peppered by allied shells.
 The Germans have been using much blue cross" or "sneeze" gas, but in effectively.
 The poplar and oak forests of Fere and Ris are filled with underbrush and the allied forces are having stiT1 job to get through them, but are con tinuing the push night and day The German machine gunners and artii- lery are desperately contending foI every inch of ground.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-02
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
 CROSS 0URCQ RIVER
FERE-EN-TRADENoI PENETRAT. ED BY ERANco-AMER ERICAN
 TROOPS.

With the American Army Near Soissons. - Franco-American troops continuing their pressure on the Ger mans in retreat from the Marne, have reached and crossed the Ourcq river and penetrated the town of Fere-en- Tardenois, one of the great German supply bases for the enemy troops in side the Soissons-Rheims salient.
 Meantime on the center of the all lied right wing southwest of Rheims violent attacks by the French have forced the enemy to give further ground and enabled the French to capture several towns of strategic value and to draw their front appre- ciably nearer the high road which runs northeastward from Dormans 10 Rheims.
 On the extreme wings of the grad- ually decreasing pocket-near Sois- sons and Rheims-the enemy, heavily reinforced, is holding tenaciously to his ground, realizing that successes there would result in general crumbling of his plans of defense against the locking up of his entire armies inside the big bag. In addi- ,tion to the large number of troops for reinforcement that have been thrown on these two sectors, the Ger man long-range guns from the region north of Soissons and north and northeast of Rheims are keepig both wings of the salient under heavy enfilading fire.
 Under the battering tactics of the Americans and French the German line on the south has now been driv- en back more than 12 miles from the point south of Chateau Thierry, where the allied troops locked the door to Paris against the enemy July Is, and themselves became the az. gressors in what has turned out to be one of the greatest battles of the war
 Where the Germans are in retreat from the south the cavalry has been brought into the fighting and numer- ous tanks and machine guns in profu- sion are everywhere marrying the enc my, whose losses are heavy Mean time airplanes are flying over the re- trating hordes dropping bombs, while the big allied guns from the sides of the salient are keeping up their in- tensiye firing from all angles into the densely congested area.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-02
FOREIGN.

A writer in German paper is talk ing the emperor to task for his care in the safety of his sons. Germany IS said to have asked Spain to sound the allies on the subject of peace, and has named her terms.
 The French parliament has passed A bill to punish army commanders who lail to accomplish tasks set for them.
 Lieut.. Rene Foneh, French flier. now has credit tor o6 victories over Hun alrmen.
 German manufacturers are becom- ing frightened over the prospect tor theT trade when the war Is over.
 A peace resolution introduced in the Austrian diet was voted down by the self-deceiyed politicians.
 Great Britain built I,43l, ,150 tons of new shipping during the last fiscal year.
 Japan announces she is willing to intervene ln Russia and follow plans laid down by President Wilson. A Zeppelin raider en route 10 Paris fell in flames before it cleared the frontier ot It's own land.
 Berlin war critics are urging the Kaiser to administer the coup de grace to the Allies before America gets well started.
 French and American troops in their recent advance discovered the base where the Ger1Ean super-canon had been mounted.
 Italy reports the sinking of two transports in the Adrlauc near Cat taro.
 It is announced from Amsterdam that the plan of rauonIng tobacco to the German army has been a failure.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-02
DOM TIC.

President Wilson. much disturbed by the growth of mob spirit in this country, will make an appeal to all civil authorities to suppress lawless- ness
 Fourth Liberty Loan campaign is to start on Sept. 28 and continue until Oct. IS.
 Mathematicians figure out that the war is now costing the United States $50,000,000 per day or over s2,000, 900 an hour.
 Henry R. Crawford, embezzler. church worker and convict, was pa roled from Chester Qll) prison with out knowledge of his victims.
 Negro registrants are being called to. the service to the number of 50,000. of which number Missouri will furnish S39.
 Word comes from Washington that all recent registrants will probably be in uniform by Labor day.
 military order has forbidden sol diers writing letters to any stranger whatsoever.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-02
Condensed News Items of Interest From All Over the World Tragedies and Comedies of Life Assembled for
 Busy Readers
MISCELLANEOUS.

Late as il may seem. German banks operating in London have just been closed by the House of Commons.
 A German burgomaster announces that 292 persons were killed in mu- hilton plant in his town by an explo- sion
 Three German banks doing business in Brazil have been taken over to stop the spread Of Hun propaganda.
 Judge J. & Ruskin of the juvenile court in New York, has decided to send no more boys to the reform school, but will whip future offenders,
 Belfort, beautiful town in France. has named it's most beautiful street for President Wilson.
 Italians living in Russia have joined the forces now in rebellion against the German treaty.
 Alexis, son of the former ezar of Russia, and heir to the throne. is re- ported dead at Moscow.
 Truman Elmore, 55. Kansas City banker, committed suicide, but left a note asking the government to stop gambling in grain.
 German losses since July 15=-about the time the Tanks got started-have totaled 1S0.000 men.
 A German Paper says that the French used 800 tanks in their latest offensive.