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He had discovered that the search
for food was the one purpose Of the
creatures existence. 1t had assumed
a religious aspect. Their god, their
altar stone, sthe sacrificial rite were
all the souls instructive cropping up
ward, based upon the dominating ami
NAL impulse.
The tune that ClOuts had played,
with its discOrds, had been the deep
sea equivalent of an artillery salvo.
The terrified monsters had dispersed
in all directions, letting down the cur
tain of condensed hydrogen. FOrtu-
nately for the professor, the main Dor
ton of the herd had kept together, and
this afforded him a medium in which
he could, with difficulty, breathe. But
their rapid movement kept the hydro
gen stirred up, and he was nearly as
phyxiated before he reached his refuge
within the cave. He did not like in
haling carbonated jelly.
Seeing Donald and Davies upon the
island. he had attempted to open nego-
tiatiOns with them. Repulsed, he fed
in terror, and on rounding the point
saw Ida alone at the caves mouth. At
once his scheme was born in his mind.
Pushing ashore. he entered the cave
by the narrow way toward the rear.
He came upon Ida suddenly, and
grasping her in his arms. he placed
one hand over her mouth, preventing
her from crying for aid. Then, drag
ging her to the top of the precipice, he
sounded the assembly call
Instantly the water beneath began
TO dissolve. Thick clouds of steaming
hydrogen rolled up to the caves roof.
Soon there was a natural passage,
three hundred feet deep. from the in
terror of the cave to the crater below
He carried Ida down the descent.
The girl, who had contrived to drop
her handkerchief, was no match for
the professor. She screamed once or
twice, but the echoes of the cavern alb
sOrbed the sound of her voice. And so
she found herself again within the sub
marine temple.
MacBeard released her and stood in
front of her, devOuring her with his
gaze. He could not understand whence
this novel emotion in his heart derived
its pOwer; and. now that she was his
captive, he did not know what to do.
Geometry, physics. mathematics and
the calculus all failed to help solve his
problem.
Overcome by the presence of the
woman he loved, the professor stam-
mered like a youth with his first sweet
heart.
''Why have you brought me here?'
asked Ida
Because I-erI love
you" answered MacBeard.
Ida burst into ironical laughter. The
situation was SO impossible that there
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MONEY, NECESSITY OF LIFE
Cash Only Can Provide the Things
That Are Needed for Content
ment and Progress of People.

Money is no more the root Of evil"
than are the good things that it repre-
sents, whether these take the form OK
personal service. labor, or the material
products. IT means the things that have
been made by mems brains and hands.
asserts Physical Culture 1t not only
stands for the things we eat, the
clothes we wear and the houses we live
in but il stands for works OF art and
for the services OF artists II means
the services OF the entertaining writer
in the form OF books Ii means the
pleasure giving efforts OF the mUsi-
clan in the opera or concert It means
musical instruments for the home. eCfu-
catiOnal opportunities in the schools.
publicity in the press, inspiration in
the church, fun and emotional relaxa-
ton in the theater, police protection
on our streets and justice In our
courts.
Money means cleanliness, good ap-
pearance. Self-respect- Money Is the
source Of good just as 1t may be the
source of evil, but in either case only
because of what il stands for And so,
as somebody's great-grandfather used
to say, If money is the root OF all evil,
give us plenty Of the root :"
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FEED PROBLEM NOT SERIOUS
Those Who Have Plentiful Supply Of
HOMEGROWN Feeds for Fowls
Need Not Worry.

The feeding problem will not be
serious one for those who have plenty
Of homegrown feeds for the fowls.
But where grain. as we'll as other
poultry feeds, must be bought. hens
will be considered expensive luxuries.
especially when not laying. And no
reasonable poultry raiser expects hens
TO lay all seasons There must be
time for mott. when the hens must
rest and prepare to lay the next clutch
Of eggs.
There is generally considerable
waste in grain around the barn.
granary and siIO. If given a chance,
poultry will eat grain and other feeds
that might be wasted In this way
they are an asset instead of q liza
bility, even though there are times
when the hens will not be laying.
But hens should not be allowed to
pre-empt their feed in the troughs. al
the granary or where Silage is scat
tered, but should be fed generously,
or allowed the scattered grain, where
they will not interfere with feeding
animals.
When judiciOusly fed fowls should
be profitable as any of the animals
when the value of the animals and the
equipment needed are considered. If
they art not, then it must be that
the fowls are the Improbable kind
If this is the caSe-and doubtless it
often is-then get rid of the unprofit-
able fowls.
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Haio for Satan

Certainly most OF Us would be sur
prised to see a picture of the devil
with a halo above his head. We have
become accustomed to recognize the
halo as a perquisite of sacred persons.
most of whom are painted with this
aura around their head, states n writ
er. But in the Olden times the devil
also was painted with halo of his
Own, as medieval pictures viii bear
witness, and long before his satantic
majesty came to be a figure in Chris
tan religion, other men were repre-
scented by painters and mosaic work
erS as having a halo over their heads
In fact, this custom antedates ChT1s-
tianity itself. The halo, sacred now,
was n pagan invention Roman EN-
perOrS and other persOnages were al
ways accorded a halo by painters. Il
was a symbol OF power. And what
more natural than to invest satan with
a halo when Christianity took hold Of
mems souls? For he was the supreme
embodiment Of wickedness, OF power
diverted to bad ends
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Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF the ear There 81
only one way 10 cure Catarrhal Deafness,
and that is by a constitutional remedy
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE Acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
Of the System Catarrhal Deafness Il
caused by an infiamed condition of the
mucous lining OF the Eustachian Tube
When this tube IS infiamed you have 2
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when II is entirely closed, Deafness IS the
result Unless the Inflammation can be re-
duced and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing may be destroyed
forever Many cases OF Deafness are
caused by Catarrh. which is an iBfameo
condition OF the Mucous Surfaces
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any
case OF Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
Be CURED by HALLS CATARRB
AN Druggists &c Circulars free
T. ] Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio-
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hen they must be confined in a COOP
or box so closely that they cannot es-
cape and run away for few days
until they learn the hens call.
After they are a few days old they
are better if allowed to run at large
to gather their own food. They may
be fed mornings anu evenings, but will
gather most of their food. The guinea
hen has rather bad reputation as a
mother, but it is according to nature
for every species of animal life to
know how to care for its own young.
and our experience is that under or
binary conditions tie guinea hen
knows better how to care for her
young than any foster mother. Of
course a guinea hen, or any other hen.
for that matter, cannot succeed in rear
ing a flock OF young keats if they are
Matched late in the fall.
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was room for no emotion but amuse-
ment. And in that laugh the professor
felt a thousand arrows Of jealousy
rend him.
Listen to mel" he exclaimed pas
siOnately. you don't know who am
or what am trying to do. 1 am going
to Obliterate the earth. as it is known
to you. I command the Man of the
Future. The Man who is to come. The
new race of the sea, which is to sweep
away the puny monkey-man. And I
want you to share my power with me-"
Ida laughed Historically. She could
not help herself. MacBeard glared at
her. He did not know what to do.
''You shall see!" he cried, beside
himself with anger. 'You don't be-
heve what tell you? I'll prove it."
at doesn't make any difference, pro-
fessor. am not a blackboard" an
swered Ida. ''WilI you kindly take me
back to the place you brought me
from?'
mol" shouted MacBeard. You'll
stay here until you learn to love me.
Why can't you love me?"
Ida's look was touched with pity.
She did not answer him.
MacBeard sounded his tuning fork,
and Immediately the monsters gath
cred about them. The hydrogen haze
rolled higher, disclosing the entire in
terror Of the cave, and the idol Mac
Beard sounded another fork, and the
creatures began edging Ida toward the
recesses of the cave.
IF sound the sacrificial note you
die" snorted MacBeard.
Ida, perfectly passive, waited. The
monsters guarded the entrance. She
was alone. Outside MacBeard paced
up and down beneath the sea in fury.
He had encountered a problem which
seemed inSoluble
AS Ida waited. ali at once q most
remarkable object broke upon her
gaze. Advancing through the midst of
the luminous, vague monsters outside
the entrance there came a perfectly
human figure, a man with a square
beard.
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He passed through the monsters
without the slightest difficulty and en-
tered the cave. He was walking ex-
actly as a boy walks when he drives
a flock of geese or a herd of pigs; that
is to say, there was a straddle in his
step quite different from the rolling
gait of a sailor, and he had his arms
extended. With his lips he made a
kissing sound which resembled
'ShoOP'
And in front of him. retiring back
ward, Ida thought she saw a phantom
woman's form. But it must have been
a delusiOn, because it was only by
straining her eyes that she could dis
Germ anything at all; and now and
again the figure seemed to vanish into
the air.
The man was C1outs. As he passed
her, Ida called to him. Clouts jumped
He looked at her with a comicaI ex-
preston of fear on his face.
"ClOuts! Where is Donald? Can
you get me out of here? Take me to
him at Oncel''
j., Clouts looked terrified
Certainly, marm," he said. "But
that isn't nobody. There's all sorts OF
shapes and things here. but it isn't a
real person, marin. I'm telling you
this so you'll understand, marm.''
He fastened past her, and far ahead
of him, Ida discerned the shadOwy
shape of the queen.
"Clouts! Help mel You aren't go
ing to leave me?" cried Ida pitifully.
She heard CIouts' muttering tones
come back to her, and he was lost in
the hydrogen haze. She was astound
ed at his abandonment. Hadn't he IN
derstoOd?
To do the sailor justice, Clouts had
one of those minds which are open to
only a single impression at a time.
just then his mind was open to the
necessity of keeping Donald's elusive
sweetheart from Ida's knowledge.
He could see only the faintest lumI-
Mostly now, and he stood with his arms
stretched out to prevent her slipping
past him. Suddenly he heard singu-
larry melodious sound proceeding from
her throat.
1t was a note unknown even to Mac
Beard. 1t was, in fact, the demi-semi
tone between @ sharp and a. which is
unknown to the Bach scale, though the
bagpipes and Oriental music in general
are acquainted with these subdivisions.
1t was the swarming note. The queen
was ready to lead the brood forth upon
its adventures. The spirit, emaRating
from her, made itself felt simultane-
OuSly throughout the herd.
Instantly, from all quarters of the
crater, the monsters rushed together.
The hydrogen haze rolled far away.
The ocean opened to its summit. Ida
could see the sky above her, and the
daylight. The air became surcharged
with oxygen.
MacBeard, amazed by this develop
ment, rushed in. He sounded the dis
persaI. But the swarming note took
precedence of the dispersal, and the
monsters, gathering into gigantic cir
Gle, ignoring the professors call, began
to scurry wildly about the crater, seek
ing their leader.
MacBeard saw that the creatures
were beyond his control. For the first
time his tuning forks had failed him.
He was afraid OF being torn in pieces.
And up in the cave Sam Clouts
found himself engaged in the most fu-
rious tussle that he had ever known.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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COLDS AMONG YOUNG STOCK
Trouble Is Usually Caused by Poor
Ventilation and OVercrowded
Sleeping Quarters.

Fall colds among young stock are
usually caused by unvendIated or over
crowded sleeping apartments. In this
climate all houses should have the
open front See that the young birds
roost- Never permit them to bunch up
on the floor at night Sometimes q
sudden change in the weather Will
start the young birds to sneezfng in
spite Of every precaution- When this
happens a heavy cold may sometimes
be averted by the following treatment:
Nix half a teaspOOnfuI OF spirits of
camphor with tablespoonful OF sugar
and dissolve the whole in two gallons
OF water, giving the birds no other
drink for a few days. Camphorated
oil or petrOlatum rubbed into the nos
uils is also recommended
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CARE FOR FLOCK OF GUINEAS
Nervous, ExcitabIe Fowls Can Be
Overcome by Gentle Treatment
Tender While Young.

Although the nervous, excitable dis
position of the guinea cannot be over
come by gentle treatment and petting,
the guinea is easily taught to return
home from its wanderings at night. if
it is so taught while young, and for
this reason it is usually better to buy
eggs and hatch them under a chicken
hen rather than buy old birds and
remove them to a strange place.
The guinea is very tender while
young, and it is best to have them
Matched during the warmer part of
the season. They must have dry quar-
tiers and if Matched under a chicken
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ACTUAL COST OF SHEEP CARE
Hard to Figure in Dollars and Cents
Labor Required-Much Depends
on Equipment.

The actual value in dollars and cents
of the labor required in the care of a
flock OF sheep and lambs for any given
period is hard to figure Much de
ponds on ones equipment and its
adaptability to sheep. The value of
the manure must be taken into con-
sideratiOn, as also must the use of
farm work during the month just be-
fore pasture comes in.
Summer pasture for sheep is worth
about % cents per head per month.
Two lambs are considered to average
the equal Of one sheep during the pas
ture season One-fifth OF the wool and
One-ffth of the lambs would be rea-
sOnable pay for the care Of the flock
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Teaching for Future Endesvor.

If the teacher knew what field Of
endeavOr each pupil would seek in Ia
ter life, he would be greatly helped in
making school plans. In the case of
boys he can rarely know, for the en-
Payments Of men are, many and unlike
and unforeseen circumstances often
determine what their vocation is to be.
In the case Of girls, however, the diff
Guilty is not so great, for of a hundred
girls more than eighty will become
hOmemakers they constitute so large
d group with a common life business
that special studies and methods
adapted to their needs may fairly be
required OF all.-YOuth's Companion.
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COLTS PAY FOR HORSE WORK
Fine Points of Farm Management illus
trated by South Dakota Farmer
Uses Mares.
Ry W. A. OsTRANDER, South Dakota
State CoIIege)

CBy w. A. OSTRANDER, South Dakota
State CoIIege.)
A farmer in Sphinx county, South Da-
kOta, was shown last spring that he
should get his horse work done cheap
er in order TO make his farm pay bet
ter. So he sold two geldings, aged
seven years old, for $3.50, and bought
two mares of about the same age and
quality for 1925, which raised two
colts. On Analysing his business, we
found that his horse work cost him
practically nothing for 1916. The colts
paid the bill. This fact is convincing
his neighbors that there is something
in the finer points of farm manage
ment.
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CHAPTER XIII.
The swarmina of the Herd.

Davies had correctly OWNED the Sc
cret of the air under the sea. Nature,
who does nothing in haste, had pre-
pared the sea monsters for their
change of environment by bestowing
upon them the property of condensing
the hydrogen in the water in such
manner as to separate it from the
other constituent of water-oxygen.
But, being too unstable to exist as q
separate gas, except under high pres
sure, the oxygen combined with the
nitrogen that sustained the crinoids
and other plant life at the bottom of
the sea. The resulting combination
was oxygen and nitrogen in place of
oxygen and hydrogen, or air in lieu OF
water.
Masterman, who overlooked nothing,
had explained all this in his letter to
Donald. He had also told him of the
means of controlling the sea monsters
Their auditory apparatus being still in
its most rudimentary stage, they heard
sounds only as vibrations.
Masterman had discovered, during
those weeks of exploration and immi-
nent danger. that G was the signal for
dispersal A. on the contrary, was the
assembly call. The sacrif1cial bone
knife vibrated to the sound OF A, and
it was this which had given the herd
the key-tone of their language.
Unfortunately for MacBeard. he had
been unable to learn much more than
this. The last page Of the manuscript,
as well as the first, was missing Mac
Beard was sure that Donald had kept
possession of Them
Had he possessed them, he would
have learned that the power of utter
ing these calls rested with the queen
of the swarm alone, a human organ
ism, the type of the race toward which
the monsters tended, differentiating
from them as the queen bee differs
from the worker or the drone.
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GOOD AND INFERIOR HORSES
Careful Consideration Should Be Given
to Sires at Present Time-Differ-
ence in Price.

There has never been a time when
the sires to which mares are to be
bred should be more carefully con-
sidered than the present year. The
last five years have seen q gradually
increasing difference between the
price, Of good and of inferior horses.
During the last year those horses
and mules which were good enough
to do some job well have found ready
sale, while others have been a drug
on the market, and have lost money
for the men who produced them.
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BIG PHILIPPINE SUGAR CROP
Modern Machinery, SuppIanting Hand
Labor, Results in Planting of
Immense Acreage.

The Philippines are like most of the
sugar cane growing regions in that the
available labor supply is comparatively
limited. To overcome this, the tractor
and modern power machinery is being
introduced. AS this does not pay on
the small plantations, the custom is
for one organization to operate sew
eral hundred or thousand acres, and
well-organized system is involved
throughout the year. Labor-saving de-
vices are employed wherever possible.
The first process in harvesting sugar
cane is stripping the leaves from the
stalks, an operation requiring much
time and labor, as this must be done
by hand A cane knife or bOlO is used
by the native labOrer. who passes the
knife down each side of the cane,
knocking off and throwing them into
the middle of the row, where other Ia
bOrers pick them up and load them
to be hauled to the mill.
Sugar cane milling under modern
methods may be divided into four es-
Sential processes, namely. the extrac-
ton of the juice from the cane, the
Qualification of the juice by boiling, the
evaporation of the juice so as to re-
duce the sugar to the crystalline form,
and the freeing of the sugar from
impurities. The most modern ma
chinery for all operations is fast being
installed throughout the Philippine is
lands, and American consumers may
look forward to securing the bulk Of
their sugar from these distant dots
on the Pacific, which owe their de-
velOpment to American capital and
American leadership.
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PROPER EXERCISE FOR BULL
Keep Him in Separate Paddock Where
He viii Always Be Under Con-
troll, Is Safe Plan.

When you have made your pur-
chase of a good baby beef sire, don't
keep him shut up without exercise,
and by all means do not underfeed
him. More bulls are spoiled by IN
derfeeding and lack of exercise than
by overlooking, but in seeking to have
your bull get plenty of exercise don't
let him run with the COWS. Keep him
In a separate paddock where you will
always have him under proper control.
It's the safe and the economical plan
to follow.
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That DISCOURAGED Him

An exchange asks: what has be-
come OF the old-fashioned doctor who
used to write, Take a heaping dime
full of this powder three times a day?''
We fancy, brother, he was knocked out
by the old Irishman who, not having a
dime handy, loaded up a nickel twice
and nearly croaked.-Boston Tran
script.
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CORRECT COLLAR FOR HORSE
Styles Are Created Mostly by Use of
Different MateriaIs-MetaI Is
Not Much Used.

The styles OF horse collars are ere
ated mostly by the use of different
kinds of materials in their construc-
ton. Such materials as heavy duck,
ticking and leather are used either
alone or in various combinations. All
metal collars may also be bought, but
are not so much used.
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hfty-four thousand bushels OF wheat
from a thousand acres While this II
rather the exception than the rule,
these yields serve 10 illustrate the fer
dlity OF the soil and the possibilities
OF the country, when good farming
methods are adopted. Western Can
ada can surely lay undisputed claim to
being The Worlds natural bread bas-
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Make Every Move Count

"Plan your work and work yoEr
plans" Get a reasonable days work,
full ten hours. out Of your horses, ma
chinery and employees Make every
minute and move count. Feed literally
and wei.
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a sIioht MIstake

Freeman had just returned from the
eighth visit TO the punch bowl.
Take a look across tn room. my
dear Did you ever see a homeIieT
manT"
Don't disgrace yourself, Henry
That's a mirror" returned his wife, in
a tragic whisper.
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The JUDGE Was Wronn

81 understand" says Mr. JOhnslng,
dat de jedge done sent Ephrain over
to de wukhouse, cause he didn't have
no visible means Of support"
'1as, indeedy, scandlous, ali calls
It, scand1ous," responded his friend
'Why, All seen dat man mahse'f
a'walkin' out with his wife two, three
times lately. No visible means Of sup
port, huh -
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Wool Growers co-onerste

Wool growers should cooperate In
order to obtain the full market value
OF their product; enough growers
should unite 50 that several thousand
pounds OF each grade OF wool can be
marketed at a time
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40. Indeed.

Don't worry. parents. The fact that
your little Willie is doing pretty well
in his 'joggerfy" is not necessarily an
indication that he is becoming worldly
wise.-IndianaDolfs Star.
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Separate Fowls for M.-L..

Separate the fowls that are to be
sold and feed them a fattening ration
so they will be fat and plump when
selling time comes.
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Keen Best Pui,et.

When culling out pullets for sale,
keep those that are either laying when
six months old or that give promise
OF laying sOOn-