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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-12-22
THE VAMPIRE WITH AN ANGELS
FACE.

MAYHEM Catherine Of Russia still
" was servant in an East Prus-
sian inn, early in the Eighteenth CEN
tury girl named Marie appeared and
asked for her help. She was a blonde
Swede, named Marie. and told a pa
thetlc story of running away with a
young man, who had deserted her when
their child was born. She had no
money was weak and haggard. Woulc
Catherine take her in?
Catherine sat the girl down to the
best dinner she could find, and watched
her eat. "You have the face of an
angel she said, and persuaded her
master to let the girl stay. Then the
russians captured the town, and Marie
and Catherine fell into the hands Of
officers.
Marie did not fare so well as Cath
crime. But she exchanged an officer
for a prince. 1t may be said here that
Marie's child had not died, for she
murdered 1t. The father, who had be-
come an officer in the cars service.
met her when she was living with the
prince and warned her to spare sec
Jnd child of which the prince was the
father. But Marie fell into lake with
the child, and when rescued it was
dead.
few years later Marie appeared
In Petrograd. Catherine had become
the czarna, and Marie had powerful
prOtp Tho TWO ,vnD,an mot and
knew each other, but it is said that
they never mentioned the days at the
inn. Instead. Marie set herself to win
the attention of Peter the Great. Fail
ing in this, she waited for him when
he was walking in a garden. and threw
herself into his arms.
Catherine and Marie, the former
friends, now crossed swords for Pc
ter's affection. Both were beauties.
and writer's of that time bear testi-
mony TO Marie's angelic" face. But
unfortunately for her that same Off
Ger who had warned her, appeared
in Petrograd. And about this time
Marie became the mother of q third
child, said to have been that of Peter.
She killed this child and threw 1t into
an old well. A servant told the news
of her deed to the officer. who In turn
passed it on to the ear.
Peter ordered a great revel held, and
piled Marie with wine until her wits
were not her own. Then he took her
in his arms, before the whole company,
and by the mastery of his will made
her confess her crimes. Peter was
a devil incaInate to whom the murder
of child would have meant little IL
it had not been his own. He flung
Marie from him. and ordered her exc
cution.
When the headsman had severed
the vampires slended neck, Peter
picked up the head and kissed the
dead lips.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-12-22

I recommend your medicine to anyone
who is ailing. You may publish my testi-
monial ifyou think it will help others. =
Mrs. CARRIE WILLIAMS, Overpeck, Ohio.
For more than forty years Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
been restoring women to health who
suffered from Irregularities, displace-
ments, backaches, headaches, bearing
down pains, nervousness or ''the blues.
Today there is hardly town or hamlet
in the United States wherein some
woman does not reside who has been
made well by it. That is why Lydia +.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is now
recognized as the standard remedy for
such ailments.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-12-22
HIGH QUALITIES
OF FANCY FOWLS
Ornamental Varieties May Pro-
vide Attractive Revenue When
Properly Developed.
HAMBURG IS PROLIFIC LAYER
Principal Characteristic of Frizzes Is
Peculiar Feathering-Have No
Particular Qualities to Recon-
mend Them.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agricultural
Eggs and meat for home uses or for
marketing are not the only possibilities
of the poultry industry. In addition
to the fowls kept primarily FOR their
economic value or utility there are
many throughout the country whose
owners breed them merely for pleasure
and secondly for the profits more than
likely to result In supplying others
whose fancy takes the same channel.
Ornamental breeds and varieties
may and often do possess considerable
economic value. and some of them I'M
doubtedly could be developed, ac-
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-12-22

broody. The legs and toes are slate
blue I'm all varieties except the White,
Crested Black in which they are a
darker blue, approaching black. The
skin Is gray or grayish white, which
does not recommend the birds for table
purposes In this country where the de-
mand is for yellow-skinned fowls. The
crest which all Polish carry Is charac-
teristic Of the breed and adds much
to its beauty. The contrast between
the white crest and the black body Of
the Whlte-Crested Black makes this
variety very beautiftf. AMI rather DIFF
ficult to breed In perfection.
The color scheme of the BEARDED
Golden Polish is very beautiful, the
plumage being a golden bay laced with
black throughout except for tho nuff.
which Is light bay with some black
mixture OF tinge. and for the primary
feathers VIII IN are hay with a black
end. The color schemes Of the male
and female are Identical
The Bearded White Polish Is pure
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-12-22
Mo Money in That.

Professor Diggs seems to be upset
about something" Hes had another
grievous disappointment" what was
It'll" "He thought an official looking
envelope that came in the morning
mail contained a lecture contract, but
II was only notification that he was
going to be awarded another honorary
degree. r-BlrmIngham Age.EeraId
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-12-22
FEED FOR PIGS AND POULTRY
Nothing Better Than Buttermilk for
Supply Of Protein in Most
Dipestible Form.

There is nothing so good for an all
round feed for pigs and poultry as
buttermiIk. 1t furnishes protein in the
most digestlble form, and contains the
vitamines that are now known to be
absolutely essential for the growth Of
the young and the health Of all ami
mails. s
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-12-22

DclOIC dilu Oh ICh NY
baby was born. !
suffered with back
ache, headache, was
generally run down
and weak. l saw
Lydia E. Pinkham's
We g e t a b lie Com
pound advertised in
the newspapers and
decided to try it.
Now | feel fine, take
care of my two boys
md III NV own work
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-12-22

breathed" I'm every
syllable-that set
forth the condi-
ton and the doom
of the rejecter OF
the Lord Jesus
Christ. He is lost.
He is under SEN
tence Of judg-
ment. He shall be
punished accord
ing to his works.
These three texts
reveal Gods esti-
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-12-22
Consider Thvsnlf.

Brethren, II a man be overtaken n,
a fault, We which are spiritual. restore
such one in the spirit of meekness !:
considering myself, lest thou also be
tempted.---Gal. 6:1.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-12-22

of their unusual appearance. They
have no particular qualities to recon-
mend them over normally feathered
fowls.
The bulletin referred TO above. No.
1921, contains complete descriptions
of many of these interesting and pc
culiar breeds and varieties of orna-
mental poultry.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-12-22

Then Henry was assassinated by Ra-
vaillac and suspicion turned to Henri
cite. But nothing could be found to
involve her. Apparently the former
beauty cared for nought but feasts
and drink.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-12-22
BEFORE AND after
CHILDBIRTH
Mrs. Williams Tells How
Lydia E. Pinkham'sV Vegetable
Compound Kept Her
in Health

Overpeck, o." Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound helped me both
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-12-22
Lost! Judged!
Punished!
BY REV. GEORGE Z. GUILE
Extension Department. Moody
Bible Institute. Chicago.

TEXT.-For the Son of Man is come TO
seek and save that which was lost.-Luke
1910. He that believeth not Is judged al
ready.-John 3:lS. Who shall be punished
with everlasting destruction.-Il Thess'
lie.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-12-22

Solemn, solemn, solemn words
words of Holy Scripture aid God
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-12-22
"VAMPS" WHO MADE HISTORY
BY JAMES c. YOUNG
BY JAMES c. YOUNG.
THE QUEEN WHO BECAME
KING"

10 by Mcciu News paper syndioat
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-12-22

HlNDERCORNS Removes corns. Cal
ouses etc., stops all pain. ensures comfort TO tie
feet. makes walking easy. f5c. by mail at Drug
gists Hiscox Chemical Works. Patchogue, N. Y.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-13
Japan's Women Have
Started.

What would the women of the United
States do if forbidden to attend political
meetings, to discuss political questions or
to be caught with any knowledge of poIit-
ical affairs concealed about their persons?
Such condition never was here and can
not be conceived as to this country
Yet much has been made of the recent
release of the women of Japan from ex-
actly this condition. The Japanese Parlia-
ment has just passed law releasing the
women from this state of compulsory igno-
rance and complete nonpartic;pation IN po-
litical affairs. 1t is hailed as quite revolu-
tionary.
Maybe it is. Maybe, however, it is
only as much so as when the Gar freed
the serfs without adequate provision for
their economic advancement. II was this,
as much as anything, that provided the first
step to the final revolution. Maybe the rev.
olufion in Japan is to follow, if she does
not provide for her women's continuing
political advancement.
But of this much our Japanese friends
may, be assured by not only American cx-
perience. but that OF all other countries
for even the United States Jagged behind
many others-that, when the women start
to a definite objective, it is easier and
safer to get out of the way.
In no other supposedly civilized coun-
try are the women so entirely deprived OF
even serblarce of equa:'y with men as
in Japan. In this start thsy rave ove--
come the:r greatest obstacle while their way
will be rIade easier by tine example of ac-
complishment in all other countries.
Japan. is sensitive of having the appear
ance of backwardness. In this field of the
rights of women she has more than the
appearance. She is it. In fact Japan
should not be referred to as "she," but as
'he" as sort of distinctive badge of po-
litcal degradation.
1t was the women themselves who got
this first concession. They presented an
address signed by many thousands, which
indicates organization, and so far advance
insindependent action. Having been given
an inch and they are apt to take an ell, un-
til it, too, is granted, and then they will
absorb mile.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-13
Popular Superstitions in Japan.

Many popular, other than religious, SUI
perstitions prevail among the people Of the
rural and mountain districts of Japan. They
originally sprang from moral preccpts and
are quite harmless, but often very useful
in controlling the behavior Of children and
the uneducated, says the East and West
News which gives the following as some
of the more widely prevalent superstitions:
4 + =
AT marriage ceremony a dress of pur-
plc color is taboocd, lest the mutual love
OF the bride and bridegroom be soon lost.
as purple is color which is most liable to
fade.
If cup of medicine Is upset by accident
while person is very I'll, IT IS sure sign
Of recovery; he needs medicine no longer
Japanese babies and children are not al
lowed 10 look in mirrors, for if they do,
when they grow up and marry, they will
have twins.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-13
Dissatisfied With
PLainnessofTaLe
Criticises Recent Best
Sellers Because
Of" "ReaIism"

Is the American author incapable of fan
tasy, Ii We look at the work Of dead
authors this seems a fact; when we turn
to living writers, We bring ourselves up
with a convulsive jerk, and look away in
despair, pity-perhaps, contempt. The eye
sees only a display Of shop-worn tinsel,
alongside of paste jewelry and forbidding
crepe. That may well represent the quail
ity of the various sorts of reading matter
served to US now-"Moon Calves" Main
Streets" and Lulu Belts"
But they are good books" you warmly
declare. Yes, they are good-as good as
they are being made now; but we need not
be contented with them. The trilogy
named here is selling heavy and fast, 10
the greater honor and glory OF its rcspcc-
tive publishers, and to the swollen sstisfac-
ton of the collective handbook OF its re-
spective authors.
Each OF the component parts Of this
trilogy has beauty-material, moral or both
as its theme; and the fact that Americans
are storming the bookstalls for these works
augurs well for the progress of our ns-
tive literature. Our quarrel, however, is
with the trend of the plots OF these books,
and American fiction in general
As inspirstionsl works the three novels
mentioned are excellent. Their character
delineations are all that could be desired
But, shades OF Ananias and Munchsusen!
What happens to the characters in the
books might happen to anyone.
Much as America may dislike IL, IT
needs hearty dose OF Nells-Chesterton
tonic, TO act as a stimulsnt on its pre-
cipitate story-tellers, who grab a pretty
plot and sprinkle pretty words over it and
hand II to the readers OF this country as the
freshest and most delectable OF literary
cream-puffs
Is there any reason in the world-cxcept
a dearth of brains-why We should not
have something out OF the ordinary 10
| read, Have we any writers capable of
/ skidding off from the idea that they arc
writing the Great American Novel, and de-
voting their attention to stories which re-
quire slightly more than minimum OF
| imagination:
Be it clearly understood, we do not de-
sire the bombastic, sun-bursting style OF
| G. X. C., or the "Oh, its strange story,
but it's true and convincing" manner OF
the playmate of the Martisns; although We
like both. Everything in its own place, you
know But what VIC do want arc writer.
who are ready and willing to disprove the
| agreeable fallacy that the depletion OF the
ordinary is the depletion OF real life. and
the depletion of real life is the mission o
American fiction. Can't somebody pleas,
tell some nice lies about people who dc
things which no commonplace person
would do? Can't somebody please invent
character? Or plot; ]. r.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-13
French Refuse to Grovel
Show Girl is Powe less

Long ago in Paris, ! used to know a
brszen unblushing baron VINO was also a
student of art. He was man OF con-
siderable talent who might have done
great things il his ambitions and prin-
ciple had been equal to his ability. He
was perfectly conscious OF his power and
some day he meant to do "somsing for
myself" meaning that he would paint
real picture seriously and without consider
ing the demand of the public. But in the
meanwhile he was making money, paint
ing nudes of pretty girls. which he de-
spised. They were the nakedest, pinkest
nudes | ever saw; indeed were not nudes
at all, but just nakednesses.
Don't look at them" he would say,
they are not serious; but mon ami, next
week l shall do something for myself
for the salon. These, ah bah, they are to
sell. Pour les Vieux, vous savez; some
old men are coming this very day to the
atelier and they will buy them"
And these things do not happen only
in France Every book stall has an array
of pretty girl covers, one exactly like
the next The psychologist knows just
what those simpering bellies mean. The
innocent expression leaves nothing to be
desired BY the censor, but some of them
are the most hagrantly indecent pictures
that ever hung in mans smoking den
The pretty girl incubus is upon the artists
and editors alike and in our generation
no one is strong enough to shake it off
Character stuff" by which is meant any,
thing that looks like anybody in particular,
is at once turned down by the astute editor,
and prettiness is rapidly becoming stand
ardized to meet the demand of what the
average man thinks he loves and admires.
The thoroughbred with any signs of intel
ligence in her face does not sit for the
popular print; it is the chronic type which
produces letters to the editor and sells the
magazine.
Nor is it only in the ephemeral press
that we see the dreadful damsels. The
painting and sculpture in the great pub
lie buildings is often just as bad in this
respect-and in some others also. Shall
public library .or congressional hall be
decorated? The man chosen is almost
invariably he who paints pretty girls and
is the type of man who admires them
The Sunday supplement delights in him
and he proceeds to cover the walls with
stenographers and "saleslades" representing
science, mathematics, physics and the alb.
stract ideals of mankind-all holding or
waving things. The lady at the ribbon
counter is shown naked and embracing a
The Washington herald., 1921-03-13

distaff The Junior ladys underwear as
sistaut holds red. red rose and seems to
be writhering under the mantle OF Elijah
Our little friend Miss BinkS. Shorn OF her
Remington. usually represents art with
diminutivc oval palette and metal thing
which, | believe Was once used to hold
stumps OF charcoal.
There is nothing in the faces OF any
OF these goddc>>c> and muses. to indicate
that tficv ever lived, loved. suffered or
were exposed TO an idea OF any sort. They
dwell in the great pink outdoors dear to
the decorator and their polished toes sug
gest that the, 1T their stone or throne
awaiting the pcdcure with resignment.
= + +
Alone among European nations. France
is not grovoling before the show girl"
beauty The French idol must have some
thing more to offer besides inflated pink
ness, regular features and well upholstered
legs. Franco admires women like Sarah
Bernhard Rcjane, Lane dc Pougy and
Yvette Guilbert, who have beauty. tempera-
ment wit and fascination. but are not
strictly pretty at all Before that type OF
woman the popular chorus girl falls as flat
as fashion plate. She hurries off to the
manicure and conjures up gilded purveyor
OF good times" The first rate man doesn't
want her. the artist doesn't admire her.
and her rounded seductions are thorn
in the side of Art of our time. Childlikc
faith. which we have supposed almost dead
in a Missourian age, persists in the belief
that because man has canned something
with success. his opinion must be the best
upon every topic from government to mural
decoration. 1t is painfully alive.
Stephen Haweis in La France (N. II
The Washington herald., 1921-03-13

The north pole OF this old earth OF ours
has been travelling in circules more or
less and out at the United States Naval
Observatory Prof. F. B. Littell, L. S n.
has been following and recording its wan
derings
The poles journey around in irregular
circles that had their largest diameter of
forty-hve feet in 1916 does not seem very
important in these days OF airplanes that
can fly 200 or more miles per hour, but the
same data that give this information aid
in the steering of the navy's ships and the
establishment of the surveyors base line.
Corrections to the star locations that de-
pend on latitude variation are obtained by
the same observations and will result in
the perfection OF the predicted places of
stars as given in the ephemerides and
nautical almanacs issued by the Nautical
Almanac Office.
Astronomers and sea-going men, who
guide their ships by the stars, rely on the
celestial bodies as located by these
almanacs.
Through long hours OF many nights OF
the past four years, Prof. Littell has been
following the course OF stars with an in
strument known as the Photographic zenith
tube. Pointed vertically upward into the
heavens this telescope device Captures and
records on Photographic plates the slow
movements OF the stars that are being OBJ
served. Unlike any other in the world,
this instrument was devised by DIR. F. T..
Ross and used by him at Gaithersburg,
Nd from 1911 to 1914, under the auspices
of the International Geodetic Association,
but was removed to the Naval Observatory
in 1915.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-13

The actual path OF the north pole has
been chartered by Prof. Littell, after COM
pairing his data with similar data from
Greenwich While the greatest variation
was a diameter OF forty-hve feet in 1910,
the extent of the wandering OF the top OF
the earth had decreased to a path only
fifteen feet in diameter in 1919. This
variation occurs because the motion Is
composed OF several components, two OF
which often act together and then con-
trarily oppose each other.
There is a third mystery" component
in the variation OF latitude that is called
the Kimura term, after its discoverer, a
Japanese astronomer. While many have
seeked to explain it. none have succeeded
to the satisfaction OF all tests.
AS a by-product OF these observations
a value OF the important astronomical
constant of alteration has been determined
by Prof Littell Alteration is the dis
placement OF the apparent place OF star
due TO the combined effect OF the OBJ
servers motion, that is, the earth's motion
in its orbit about the sun, and the velocity
OF light"
Back in Iz2s the alteration OF light was
discovered by the eminent English as
tronomer, Bradley, and yet the constant
uncertainty Prof. Littelrs observations
give value OF eo"454. which is in good
agreement with other recent Photographic
determinations but is considerably smaller
than the values recently obtained from or
binary visual observations This differ
ence is probably due 10 some kind OF sys-
tcmatic errors affecting either or both OF
these classes OF work, ii is believed
w ID.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-13

the rest of the Bible was lost, a religion
could be based upon this one paragraph
and that it contained all of his religion
in practice. Yet newspaper man, TAX.
ing Mr.. Roosevelt's practice as his living
text, would state as the expression of his
religion that, before man can get, he
must first give.
He was one of the greatest of the mil
lions OF examples of the truth of this
statement His whole life consisted in
all its multiform activities in giving him
self. All he got of honor or enrolment
came directly from this giving. Nor does
the man who is miserly of himself, or who
first demands that he shall get before he
gives, ever get anything worth while. any
thing permanent, anything that contributes
to his everlasting life
There is no man In history who has
gained anything but execration, who still
lives in human thankfulness, who in any
sense marked a period of advancement,
who did not gain his place by giving. In
truth, all greatness is based on this. 1t
develops greatness; it embodies in itself,
progress; it marks human advancement.
On the other hand. the wrecks along the
way are marked by the one word: "Creed."
Every man who has inherited unusual re-
sponsibility, every city and state that by
giving has reached the apex, has gone down
to ruin through apostasy Of this guiding
principle that before man can get, he must
first give.