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Chlorine, Used in Water, Kills the
Germs of Disease, Yet Leaves
the Drinker Untouched

In the trenches of Europe there
must be pure water, lest epidemic DIS
ease sweep over them, destroying more
than the shells, shrapneI and machine
guns of the enemy; and Niagara comes
forward with chlorine, Or an allied
product, which kills the germs of dis
ease, yet leaves the drinker IN
touched.
In the simplest forms, the process of
breaking up salt and getting command
of the qualities of the two elements in
it consists of dissOlving about one part
of common salt in eight parts of water
and passing given current of cleo
tricity through it. The resultant fluid
is 4 great bleacher and disinfectant.
a gallon of it will kill all the germs in
a days drinking water of a city like
Washington.
A thousand American cities steriliZe
their water with these products of
Niagara, which have done more than
any other agency in the hands of the
sanitarians to wipe out water-bOrne
epidemics. In the hospitals of France
and England they form the active part
of mixtures used to sterilize the
wounds of the soldiers.-National
Geographic Magazine.
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THE DEEP SEA PERIL, |
By VICTOR ROUSSEAU
Copyrights y


and from this end, therefore. he must
start on the ascent of Fair islands
subterranean base.
And this discovery renewed his cour-
age. OF course, the others were en-
deavoring to make the ascent, while
he had gone floundering in the wrong
direction, downward toward the heart
of the crater.
He made his way parallel with the
submarines bow, keeping well within
sight of the elusive craft, which would
disappear mOmentarily before his eyes
and suddenly appear again, almost
within arms reach. Suddenly ne
stopped. He stared at the oozy floor.
His light had cast his shadow in front
of him.
But that was impossible.
1t was no shadow. 1t was a fiat
tened man, a dwarfish figure, ridicu-
lousy misprOpOrtiOned, resembling an
image seen in a curved mirror. 1t ap-
preached slowly and uncertainty. For
a moment Donald felt his heart stand
still with fear. 1t was a nightmare
figure, terror incarnate A little glow
flashed from its arm. They drew to-
gether.
They stood looking at each other,
peering through their thick masks
But in that vague medium recognition
was impossible.
Donald saw only the blurred fea-
lures behind the thick glass that COW
cred the face, distorted and twisted
by the refraction. He surmised that
it was not Davies. Davies could have
made himself known by any of a num-
Der of symbols of the seaman's free
masonry. But then, it could not be
ClOutS either.
He caught at the figures hand and
raised it to his sleeve-light 1t was
a wOman's hand-it was Ida'S.
They knew each other Donald took
her fingers in his, and together they
started on the ascent.
To his horror, Donald perceived that
the water was becoming Opaque
1t presaged the appearance of the
sea monsters. They were in this lair,
and this substance was no food, no
planktOn that those devils pushed
forth before them like a veil, but a
material designed to shield them from
the filtering sunlight.
Donald grasped Ida's hand and
fought his way through the clinging
mass. AS he swung his free arm,
appraised, it struck against a rocky
barrier overhead. The ooze underfoot
had yielded to solid rock.
He thrust out his arms on either
side, and still found rock. He realized
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Bully Incident

In these times, when our men are de
parting for the front and there are
flag presentations and SwOrd-givings
galore, and speech-makings in like pro-
portions, some simple form of address
and response might come in very
handy for those who must act as par
ties OF the first part in such
functions. suggests an exchange. 1t
may be that the words spoken at the
presentation of sword to Col Viii
liam Sirwell OF the Seventy-eighth
Pennsylvania regiment. as he was
starting off to the Civil war, with
few modifying touches, be made TO
serve in the present emergencies. Cap
tain Gillespie, who made the presenta-
ton speech, said:
Here WE are, and here IT is. This
is Il bully sword, and comes from
bully boys; take it, and use it in
bully manner"
Colonel SirweIl replied
Captain. that was a bully speech.
Let's have u bully drink"
Time was when Colonel Roosevelt
would have said that was u bully Incl
dent.
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THE NEW METHOD
CBy L. ". Bower, II ID

Backache Of any kind is often caused
by kidney disorder. which means that the
kidneys are not working properly Poison
Gus matter and uric acid accumulate
within the body in great abundance.
OverwOrking the sick Kidneys hence the
congestion Of blood causes backache in
the same manner as a similar congestion
in the head causes headache You be
come nervous. respondent, sick. feverish.
irritable. have spots appearing before the
eyes, bags under the lids. and lack ambi-
ton to do things.
The latest and most effective means
Of overcoming this trouble, is to eat spar
ingly OF meat. drink plenty OF water be
tween meals and take q single An-u-ric
tablet before each meal for while
Simply ask your favorite druggist for
Anuric, double strength II you have
lumbago. rheumatism. govt. dropsy. be-
gin Immediately with this newest discov-
cry of Dr. Pierce. who is Chief Medical
Director of InvalidS' Hotel and Surgical
Institute in Buffalo n. Y Send 10 cents
for trial pkg Large package 60c-
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that they were no longer ascending
the mountain, but had struck a cave.
Donald stood still, rejecting. Did
Ida understand? There was no way
in which to tell her.
He was about to retrace his steps
when he perceived, a long distance in
front of him, tiny glimmer of light.
At first he hoped that it was daylight
But that was impossible.
Ida raised her hand and pointed
She, too, had seen it, and had placed
the same Interpretation upon it.
At every step the light grew clearer.
1t was not stationary, but swung to
and fro slowly from side to side, ris-
ing and falling, yet seeming to retreat
slowly as they advanced. Donald
strained his eyes through the mask,
expecting every moment to see the
form of one of his comrades.
The light stood still Immediately in
front of them, upon a level with Don
aids eyes. He leaned forward, put
out his hand toward it
Suddenly Ida leaped backward.
dragging him violently with her. There
was q sense of sound, or vibration,
rather, like the closing of a traps
jaws. They seemed to snap together
hardly q foot from DOnald's head.
And he saw suddenly, as If it had at
that moment only become visible, the
shadowy form of some vast monster
lurking within the receSses Of the cave.
1t was one Of the giant forms Of
deep-sea life, perhaps holding the same
relationship toward the sea beasts as
tigers do toward men. It might have
followed the swarm when they as
sembled in the submarine crater, pre-
paratory TO their emigration south
ward
It was not one of the monsters that.
had attacked the boat, for Donald
could discern a fshlike body and q
huge head with cleaning eyes, and
pair OF hinged jaws that gaped wide
as if to search for the prey that had
eluded them.
The light was phosphorescent lure
used by the creature to draw its vic
inns within the cavern in which it
Iurked. The sluggish monster re-
NAMED Quiescent, end again the lure
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Dragging Road in Fall.

being puddled by the horses hoofs
and wagon wheels, can be smoothed
out and properly shaped before dry
ing then the ideal is attained, and
this smoothing and shaping is the
work accomplished by the road drag.
The water standing in pools and pud-
dies is spread out over a larger sur
face, so that it dries quickly, the min
ute holes or pores in the clay are
Smeared over and closed, making the
surface more nearly waterproof; the
rutS and holes are gradually filed
up and made smooth. and just enough
earth is moved toward the middle to
give the proper crown. The result is
smooth, hard, well-shaped road
which will shed water and never be-
comes very muddy in wet weather
or very dusty in dry weather.
From the above discussion it can
readily be seen that dragging should
be done when the road is wet, or at
least when it is moist. The exact
time to drag any given road will de-
pend upon the character of the road
material, and no exact rule can be
given which will fit all cases. If traf-
fic can be kept off from the dragged
portion for awhile then the road may
be dragged when it is very wet and
sloppy, but If wagons are going to
follow right behind the drag, making
deep ruts as soon as the old ones
are filled up, the dragging must be
deferred until the road has partly
dried out. Good judgment and expert
ence on the part Of the operator will
soon tell him what is the best time to
drag any given road. Roads which
dry out quickly must be dragged i'm
mediately after a rain, while others
may be allowed to dry for several
days before being dragged. Dragging
a dry road simply makes it dusty.
Dragging should be done, if possible,
after every rain. and as soon there
after as conditions are right
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appeared, dangling between the jaws
from the snout above them.
Donald pushed Ida before him and
fed out Of the cave until he trod upon
the ocean Ooze again. And they con-
tinued to crawl at the bottom OF the
sea, two helpless human creatures. I'M
/ believably helpless, while around them
the fierce. predatory swarms sought
their diurnal food.
Donald had found the slope of the
island when the water began to grow
I thick again.
Presently a phOsphorescent patch
appeared in the distance 1t became
less haZy, 1t seemed to concentrate.
The ocean suddenly became like trans
parent jelly.
And, facing him, Donald saw the
outline of one of the sea monsters.
visible now and horribly magnified.
The eyes opened upon his own. They
were not currantlike in that medium,
but expanded to the full, great orbs
like sunfiowers that gIOwered on their
prospective prey, larger than the eyes
OF any beast created since Ieviathan
and behemoth.
However, the creature made no move
toward him as Donald almost para
lyzed, remained confronting it. He
saw the gorilla form, with its short,
budding limbs, the trunk of goriIla's
thickness, the narrow flfppers, and the
triangular head.
He felt as some primevaI man might
have done when he looked into the
face of the mastodOn.
The creature did not pursue him,
but stood, swaying gently, dreadfully
human. Donald Snatched at Ida and
tried to run. He tripped and fell.
He dragged himself to his feet again.
He became aware of q barrier between
the monster and himself, which had,
perhaps, saved them. He had stumbled
upon Spiny substance, q coraIloid
growth that proved to be the outpost
of a submarine forest. 1t was field
of crinoids. the yellow lilies of the sea.
Beautiful plants with branching
arms, they bent and swayed before
DOnald's eyes as they drew in the mi
mute forms of life on which they sub
sisted. They were vegetable Octopods,
carnivOrOuS ScavengerS of the deep,
they entangled in their waving
branches, and drew by the ciliary
movements of the lining of their ten
tacles toward the central stomach
Donald saw one of the waving arms
sweep down toward him. He tore at
it with his fingers. To his surprise,
the brittle branch broke loose and
settled slowly in the OOze, there to be-
come the embryo of a plant. From
every quarter the tentacles, as if ap-
priced of their presence, came swoop-
ing slowly toward them.
Donald saw Ida grasped in their
clinging clutch. AIadly he tore at the
graceful, shrinking forms, until he had
clOven a wide swath before him, and
the arms, baked and baff1ed of their
prey, withdrew.
CTO BE CONTINUED)
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Aruentlne,s wheat cron.

that weather conditions are ideal for
the growth of wheat. The official pre-.
liminary estimate is for crop of 24O,-
100000 bushels. The large crop Of
1876 was 173,O0O,OOO bushels, and
the average for the five preceding
years was 149, 100000 bushels. Domes-
tic requirements are about 10000, 600
bushels. The large crop now growing
will be available some time after Janu-
airy 1 if transportation is furnished.
The Argentine oats crops is estimat-
ed at 100000 bushels, or 1900, 600
bushels more than the crop Of 1915, Of
which 81 200, 600 bushels were exported.
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B0SCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

Why use ordinary cough remedies,
when Boschee's German Syrup has
been used so successfully for ffty-one
years in all parts of the United
States for coughs, bronchitis, colds
settled in the throat, especially lung
troubles. 1t gives the patient n good
nights rest, free from coughing, with
easy expectoratiOn in the morning,
gives nature a chance to soothe the
inf1amed parts, throw off the disease,
helping the patient TO regain his
health. Sold in all civilized countries.
80 and 90 cent bottles.-Adv.
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NEW AUTOMATIC LIGHT BUOY
Produces Its Own Electric Current and
Requires Only Casual Attention
Being Operated at Small Cost

Because an automatic light buoy
designed by an inventor of marine ap-
paratus produces its own electric cur
rent and demands only casual atten-
ton. the cost OF maintaining IL amounts
10 practically nothing. says Popular Me-
chanics Magazine Its mechanism is
not complicated A vertical shaft
mounted on bali bearings is actuated
by a weighted horizontal arm that
swings back and forth as the buoy is
rocked by the waves The motion is
transmitted through gears to a high
tension magnetic. Each time the
weights swing either TO the left or the
right, the generator makes few quick
turns and develops a strong spark that
passes through a gas-fiIIed glass tube
and produces a bright flash OF light
Obviously the strength and fire.
quency OF the flashes increase as the
sea grows rOugher.
The primatic outer cylinder of the
lamp is red, blue. or any desired color.
There is no filament in the gas-filled
tube
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sURFACING THE FARM ROADS
Materials Ordinarily Used in Building
Roads Are Too ExpensiVe-Few
Good Suggestions.

Many OF the materials ordinarily
employed in road construction will be
found too expensive for use in imprOv-
ing the farm roads, One or more Of
the following will, however, usually
be found available and within the
means of the farmer for surfacing his
roads and paths: gravel, mixtures of
sand and clay, cinders, brickbats from
old buildings, brickyard waste and
quarry waste. The material selected
should, however, be hard enough to
withstand crushing under heavy loads
and possess sufficient binding power
to compact well and maintain a firm,
hard surface under all ordinary wealth
er conditions.
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BUILDING
TIME FOR DRAGGING ROADS
Much Depends on Character of Road
MateriaI-No Exact Rule VIII
Fit All Cases.

If clay is mixed with water and
''puddled" and then allowed to dry
hard, almost waterproof, and nearly
dustlesS material Is formed. If a
smooth, well shaped road could be con-
strUcted Of this material it would
never become very muddy or very
dusty, and would be an ideal earth
road. Under ordinary conditions this
ideal is not realized, because, after
being puddled the earth dries in ruts
and holes which are rough while dry
and which hold water like dishes when
it rains. If the muddy road, after
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CHAPTER TX.
On the Sea Floor.

On IHe sea FlOoF.
He struggled for balance as the sea
depths enveloped him. He CROPPED
in the water as in a fog. The swirl of
bubbling air from the oxygen appara-
tus in the lock carried him some dis
lance from the submarine, and then
he felt himself sinking.
He sank very slowly, and as he sank
he CROPPED for Ida. He could not find
her. The submarine had disappeared
completely.
He waded TO and fro cIumsily. He
was like dead man who wakes in an
uninhabited purgatory of desolation.
There was nothing anywhere
ing. Only the yielding water. at which
his fingers clutched fruitlessly.
He began to walk for six PAGES in
every direction, calculating that in this
way he could bound a paraIlelogram
and return to his starting point But
he saw nothing, and he did not know
that he had returned to the place from
which ne had set out.
He started wildly backward, believ-
ing that the submarine lay behind him.
an he walked. dragging his weight like
convict's chain and ball, suddenly
the outlines of the F55 appeared he
fore him.
he realized that she was lying with
her bow higher than her stern. At
once he grasped the situation. She
1ad sunk with her bow toward land.
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Made Garden by Electric Lioh,

Gardeners who had only evenings in
which to care for their vegetable
patches, were handicapped by the lit
tie daylight allowed them With this
difficulty In view. a New Orleans cleo
trieal company has put on the market
light which readily lights a fair-sized
garden This light is mounted on a
pole, and its glow intensified by a re-
fiectOE- The lower end of the pole is
pointed, and set firmly in the soft soil.
The plug may be attached TO u socket
within the house.
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It's Too Bad.

He was young and handsome.
She was younger and beautiful.
She seemed to hang over every word
he spoke.
Suddenly his handsome face dark
ened with repugnance
Its too bad - he exclaimed
The beautiful girl paled.
Nevertheless, her sensitive nOstriIs
quivered- She knew he was right.
So she took the egg away and
brought him another. And she didn't
charge it on the checkI
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IMPROVE ROADS AND DRIVES
Where Any Considerable Amount Of
Hauling Is Necessary Surface
Improvement Is Needed.

Roads and drives Immediately
around the farmyard and barns which
are used very frequently are usually
of sufficient importance to warrant
some surface Improvement. Very light
or extremely sandy soils cut up badly
in dry weather, while certain heavy
and absorbent soils become very sticky
and soft during the rainy season.
Where any considerable amount Of
hauling is necessary, roads over soils
or this character may require to be
surfaced.
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No Time for Debate.

"Jibbes is the kind Of fellow who
never makes a move without first ask
ing himself whether or not it will be
good for his health" st saw him jump
six feet In the air yesterday to dodge
an automobile. Instinct probably told
him what was good for his health,
without his stopping to debate the mat
ter"
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Have you anything that you can
recommend to cure a coId!" rasped
the would-be customer.
mo. sir" wheezingIy replied the
honest druggist Last night I had
in stock nearly forty infalIibIe rem
edies. but this morning. as you OBJ
serve, have cold myself"
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$500. 900. 600 Los. Yearly,

The farmers of the United States
have been allowing S3OO.OOO.OOO in real
money to escape from their pockets
each year because OF poor roads, &C
cording TO the testimony Of experts
who made a survey OF the effect OF bad
roads upon markets for the depart
ment OF agriculture.
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Smart Bows.

The schOOlmaster was giving the
boys Il lecture on thrift, and pointed
out that even animals exercised that
quality, instancing how squirrels al
ways stored up nuts for the winter.
Then he asked for another illustra-
ton of thrift in animals, and one boy
cried out:
"a dog"
"a dog. In what way does a dog
practice ecOnOmy?'
please, sir, when he runs after his
tail he makes both ends meet"
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His Last Thpuoht.

Bob-SO you fell from thuh win
dow. Jim? How far did yuh fall?
JiM-Ten stories
Bo5-Wen, that was a great fall
Whas did you think of on your way
down:
JIM didn't think OF nothing IN
til passed thuh fifth story. Then I
remembered left me pipe on the
window sill.
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Venice Was Prepared.

In each OF the 30 or more air raids
made by Austria on Venice, that city
was prepared. The electrical micro
phones at the Venice observation sta
ton are said to have been able TO de-
tect the sound made by the planes as
they left Trieste. so miles away.
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Keen Machinery at Work.

Maybe your neighbor could make
good use of some farm implement that
you have stored away In a shed, or
you could use an improved machine OF
his part OF the time. Keep ali avail
able machinery at work during day
light hours.
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Work in California.

The state Of California has voted
$15.O00,O00 to be spent in perfect
ing the state highway system, and not
a single county failed to give the en-
towering measure a majority.
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To Keep Pipes Of Furnace Clean.

In order to recover small articles
dropped through the floor register
grating of a hot-air heating system
without the necessity Of removing a
section Of the pipe, mesh gratings may
be fitted into place. No. 6 gauge wire
mesh may be used in pieces just large
enough to 1T into the metal box be-
low the register.
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I started TO take it-could hardly keep
up at all I was much improved in
health by using this medicine; il did
me a world Of gOOd---AIRS- z. G.
BELL. 81 w Markham St.
Get FavOrite Prescription today
either in liquid or tablet form-from
your druggist; or send Dr. V. n
Pierce, Buffalo. y. Y. ten cents for
trial package Of tabletS.-Adv.
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Pierce'S FaYOrit5
Prescription =
physician in Mon
roe gave me the
Prescr i ptiOD'
when other rene
dies failed ! took
seven bottles, US
ing it for three
months / was IN
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FIERY RED PIMPLEs
That Itch and Burn Are Usually
cutieurz Quickly Heals.

1t needs but a single hot bath with
Cuticura Soap followed by a gentle
application Of Cuticura Ointment to
the most distressing, disfguring
eczemas, itchings and burnings to
prove their wonderful properties. They
are also ideal for everyday toilet use.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-AdT.
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RuiIdInn PLANK Road

For the sake Of economy and con-
venience, a plank road constructed in
portable parts is being laid across the
California desert.
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An inventor is a genius who discov-
ers a lot OF things that are already
patented.
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When Your Eyes Need Care
Try murine Eye Remedy

10 snzrting inst Bye ConforE 50 cents -
D-uEstSta OF maiI write Tor FREE Eys Book
AE1zIEB zKz RzzLEDx co.. CHICAGO
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As II Used to Be-

when we drank from the same can
teen" rOared the old veteran
Grandpa" interPoSed his grand
daughter. the sentiments OF that song
are praisewOrthy, but 1 fear they may
tend TO cOunteract certain health rules
I have been trying 10 teach little Wal
do Don't you know any songs abOuG
sanitary drinking cupS2"
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A PROMINENT ARKANSAS
WOMAN

Little Rock. Ark--'When I Iived
in Louisiana 1 had occasion 10 use Dr..
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Cleveland claims 1.O9S.OOO popula-
ton, based on city directory estimate.
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The man who doesn't know right
from wrong almost invariably does
wrong.