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sIaeksIidIna Organ.

An appeal now being made on behalf
Of a poor country church for a new
organ has been REINFORCED by a coin
cidenceAthe old organ happened TO
cipher, or produce of its own accord,
q long-drawn, wailing sound Just as
the words were being read from Job,
'aThey rejoice at the sound OF the
organ" This has been interpreted as
q good omen, and it reminds a CORE
spOndent of what happened in the Sus-
sex village OF lexington. A new organ
was bought Of the kind which could
be played by turning a handle. The
church was crowded TO hear its open
ing recital. All went well till the end
of the first psalm; the singing then
ceased, but the organ went on playing.
It seemed that the man In charge had
failed to discover how to put on the
brake. From the psalm tune the organ
went on TO give a lively secular catch
called Drops OF Brandy" and then
started on a merry air entitled go to
the Devil and Shake Yourself.
don Morning Post.
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SIMPLE FORM OF ORGANIZING
Ne Capital Is Required, Farmers OF
Community Meeting and Sc
Letting Oficers.

The simple form Of organization
that sufhces for cooperative livestock
shipping associations is one of their
leading features. In the first place.
practically no capital is required.
since payment Is not made to men,
bers for stock shipped until the re-
turns are received from the market
To organize, it is necessary only that
the farmers of a community meet to
gether, adopt q simple constitution
and bylaws, and elect officers and
board Of directors, who in turn appoint
manager
Although in order to transact bust
ness it is not necessary for an asSocia-
ton of this nature to incorporate IN
der the state laws, it is advisable to
do so as a protection to the members.
If not Incorporated. the organization,
as such, can not sue or be sued, and
in case Of the loss of stock from rail
road wrecks or other cause the man
ager could not enforce claims for the
association, but each shipper would be
compelled to present claims for his
own losses The cost OF Incorporating
is comparatively small-uSualIy not
more than SO.
The United States department of
agriculture will furnish, on request,
the essentials of a model constitution
and bylaws.
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Robbed and left to perish
in the desert sands.
GO BE CONTINUED
EXPLAINS ACTION OF NoDDING
Indication of ayes" and 'No" a Trait
Common in Humans and the
Lower Animals.

Before a child learns to say ''yes''
or mo-" he instinctively mods his head
"a naughty, condescending up-and-
dOwn-tO show that he approves, or
a vigorous shaking from side to side
when the imperious will has been
crossed. Later on. as he seems
to show a preference for this way of
expressing himself, it is often neces-
sary TO remind him that he can speak.
Many of US may sympathize with
the man who said to Darwin, 'FYour
ancestors may have been apes,'' but it
cannot be denied that we have many
things in common with the other
species.
Watch a young animal ready to re
ceive food. With eager eyes and
mouth open it makes quick. forward
movements of the head. When the
food is not acceptable a tightly
clenched jaw and sideBard motion of
the head serve to keep the mother ami
NAL from forcing food upon it.
So after all these centuries mans
mouth is still relaxed when he mods
yes" but there is a strong tendency
to clench his teeth and even close his
eyes when he shakes "nO."-Exchange.
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within him. Something had come al
last to steady him The underworld
had always trusted something
not granted TO many-but now he was
honOred by the government. Authori-
ty believed In him, tested him, and
sent him to unravel a poisonous web.
He recalled certain things he had
told Andrew March, almost amounting
to confessions. Now that he knew
his friend to be a federal officer, he
wondered what March must have
thought Of those recountings. 1t made
Con smile. He was more keenly
aware now Of the intimate ways In
which the elder man had studied him
before trying him In the present task.
He planned to wait a week, If need
be, In the hope that Chez Ming would
come. He specuIated that the Chinese
had probably returned to Tien-tsin to
regain his troublesome trunks, SO &C
counting for delay in reaching Shan
sung. If the week passed and brought
no traveller, Lexington meant to enter
the Cobb without a map.
Having given orders that his servant
should have the day TO himself, he
turned over and mapped again. For
the remainder Of the day there were
pleasant matter, to think over, until
he discovered that his hoy" had gone,
taking the two fresh beasts. Doubt
less with the aid of the villagers. the
oil devil had fed back eastward, away
from the devils of the unknown.
The fact that the village was against
him did not depress Lexington, as 1t
must formerly have done. Now he
had to sustain him the assurance of
his own country that he had been
chosen, that men OF power trusted
him. The second day he found himself
quite generally ignored in the stony
ghost of a city, although the old woman
and her two sons continued to accept
his silver for food and a roof.
Late inn the afternoon Of the third
day, when his patience was waning,
a camel outfit appeared to eastward.
1t could not be his prOdigal driver.
Con went forth to show himself. He
was done with subterfuge, and the
village offered no cOncealment, had he
wished to hide. There were half a
dozen men in the approaching party,
or, on a closer look, two men and
their servants, all bobbing nearer on
camelS.
Chez Ming was heading the outfit.
He sat under a Tapping sunshade.
His dry face was unchanged, al
though his soul became curse
against the western youth who had
persisted. He hated the steadiness of
LevingtOn's eyes and the half-smile,
remembering the brutality of his mus
cular equipment, but most of all he
longed to blight the power and pene-
tratiOn of Cons brain. Yet, SO far as
the countenance indicated, when he
regarded his white enemy below him,
Chez Ming might have been in the
act of serving coffee at Cecil Wedger's
elbow, instead Of riding a shaggy
beast in these outlands of Mongolia.
But the master of the other outfit
was a white man. Beneath a sloping
Chinese straw hat, the face was gray
and strong and touched with sadness
Con answered the greeting of Andrew
March.
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FORAGE SUPERIOR FOR HOGS
Extremely High Prices Make It Profit
able to Substitute Grass
Crops for Grain.

With the present extremely high
prices OF grain it is profitable to sub
stitute, as far as possible. forage
crops for grain feeds. A saving Of
Is to % per cent Of the total amount
Of grain and supplements may back
pected through the use of forage. Pas
ture crops. when combined with grain
feeds. viii produce the cheapest "a
lions for both breeding and fattsning
hogs, and the cost OF gains will range
from one-sixth to one-fourth cheaper
than when the grain is fed in a dry
lot.
It may be possible, In some cases.
with an abundance OF good forage,
TO obtain fairly satisfactory gains for
q time on such forage alone, but the
greatest returns have been obtained
when grain was fed In addition to
the forage at the rate Of two to three
per cent OF the weight Of the hogs
per day.
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eighteen years ago, Andrew March
had Travelled into this bOrder-land with
his Eithna, and that in some such IN
holy quarters OFF to the southwest her
child had been born. These Mongoloid
youngsters did not seem human.
They stared at him without uttering
sound, and flung mud. Con felt no
triumph In his arrival
No traveller had passed this way for
sixteen moons. Lexington spent the
afternoon In learning this fag-end of
information. The last had gone the
other way. eastward, probably Chez
Ming on his way to America, but by
no possible combination Of sound and
sign could Con make sure of this.
Eagerly, now, he opened the envelop
given him in the March house. He
never knew how much pure fiber ne
had gained by his difficult honesty in
this matter. The document was:
'You have passed all the places in
which the truth might have burdened
you, and, as the prime uncertainties
are just ahead, you will burn this as
soon as you have read.
"YOu share a federal commission
with me, and our country does not
lightly choose her agents.
"Chee Ming brought large quantities
OF the drug koresh to San Francisco
and sold it. He is to be traced, and
your findings reported, so that our
chief can make arrangements to check
this evil at its source. He can do very
little until you have something definite
20 report, its actual starting-po ETC.,
| and that means the startlng-point OF
Chez Ming. Upon your success will
rest the honor of Kidding the world of
deep gray curse. wish you God
speed. "a. NJ"
Lexington knew that his hands were
trembling. He read this final instruc-
ton again and again, until every
phrase was unforgetable. Much of his
friend came to him from the page, the
worldwide Significance OF his eExand
In this treacherouS land Con was
humble before the trust OF Great
america. He burned to do well. The
| matter OK kOresh. the deep gray curse,
was not at all clear to him. He had
an uncomfortable suspicion that he
knew the stuff
Afternoon was frightful with dust
and sun-glare. Night came cold, yet
not in the nature OF q relief. Con
drank bowl OF brownish goats milk,
and cracked Ike a chip between his
teeth a native biscuit. He brushed
the ashes from his lips. and found
himself staring at nothing, while the
meaning Of his mission grew larger
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YOU'RE MAKING eooDl"

Synopsis. John Lexington, a
poet. visionary and impractical,
and Mary Martin, the daughter of
rich and worldly parents, hear the
call of love and unite their lives.
They go to a small Michigan city,
where John finds work in stove
factory and On Sundays writes
verses The Martins try in vain to
get the happy wife to leave her
husband. Mary begins to breathe
for two. John loses his job. He
appeals in vain to the Martins.
Mary goes to the hospital and
never returns. Thus comes into the
story Cornelius Lexington. The
father leaves town and the city
farms out the child. After two
years the father returns and takes
his little son with him on his world
Wanderfngs. The father becomes
the slave of mysterious drug,
koresh. with odors of wine and
cinnamon, and returns with little
Con to die on his Wife's grave. Con
is again farmed out, grows up in
the underworld and is saved for
better things by Andrew March,
So much by way of introduction to
the hero of the strange adventures
Of yellow Men Sleep" These be-
gin when Con takes by force a
small leather sack from Chez Ming,
the Chinese cook Of an acQuaint-
ance. This sack contains a Chi
nese map of the Cobb desert, which
is precious beyond price to Andrew
March Eighteen years before
armed men in the Cobb had taken
March's wife and infant daughter
from him. Now he sends Con in
search of them. On the voyage
Con finds Chez Ming a fellow pas
senger. Chez Ming drugs Con and
steals his map, but Con presses on
toward Shan-sung.
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THINGS TO MAKE FOR THE PoRct

The tray for lemonade tumblers,
shown in Fig. I. is made of a muffin
tin Gig. p with tree branch handle
"a. Fig. 81. The handle ends run
through a pair OF holes Gig. p. One
hole is generally provided for hang
ing up the tin; the second hole can be
punched with nail and hammer. The
ends of the handle must be fastened,
and the best way to fasten them is by
mailing them to the ends of a strip Of
wood (B, Fig. 81 cut Of the right width
and thickness to fit the center space
between the two tiers of pans Gig.
~. Fasten this strip to the tin with
small nails. Two coats of white en-
ameI will complete the tray.
There should be holders for incense
sticks used for keeping away mos
Quitoes. They may be made of thread
spoOls Gig. 81. Roll a strip of paper
into a tube and stick it In the spool
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In KOriku were two fresh dromeda-
ries, which Lexington purchased, along
with provision f0r man and beast, and
carbine for better luck. He was
impatient to reach Shan-sung. He was
not sure how long he could hold out,
for the condition of his body kept
him from gaining strength. It was a
slight matter, he told himself, COM
pared to the possibility that Chez Ming
had written into Shan-sung ahead Of
him., and passed on. He felt a grave
necessity for an interview with that
Chinese, if only for a moment. There
would need be a quicker hand than
his own, if Chez Ming were to go on
without him.
A land that hattened into emptiness,
dun and gray, with vacant sky, per-
mitted the settlement named Shan
sung to exist upon its dry bosom. In
past age an independent state, it
was now a Iordless and unwalled
hundred of human beings, whose
emaciated progency moved soIemnIy
in play with the starving days. Days
were hot, and nights cold, and the air
a sucking invisible thing that blOtted
the moisture from ones bones Lev
ingtOn was stiff. His camels struggled
In from their own particular direction,
since there was no street or path by
which to enter the ''state" Many
houses had long ago crumbled down
into so much gray rubbish, but there
was score of huts made habitable
by mud-patches and reeds from the
water-hole, which was a spring of sui
phitic ooze in the center of the village
Dust had wiped out every color.
Sand flew in the air, but the wind was
steady and silent. The seven women
who emerged from their dwellings to
look upon Lexington, were wasted of
body and blank of face. 1t was dis
tressing to remember that once, about
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hole to make the hole Of the right
size for the incense stick. Glue a cir
cular piece of cardboard, IL inches
In diameter, to the spool.
A small table with one shelf for
books, and another shelf for maya
zines, is quite essential for the SUM-
mer porch, and Fig. g shows a home
made table easily built out Of groc-
Gerry box and box boards.
Remove one side from the box Gig.
y, then nail the cover boards to the
box top. The legs are strips 1 inch
thick, 2 inches wide, and . inches
long a. Fig. g. Nail one strip to
each box corner as shown In Fig. 8.
Set IN and fasten a crosspiece Of the
same width and thickness as the legs
between each end pair OF legs (B, Fig.
81 and cut the lower shelf (C) to ut
between crosspieces B.
A fancy-work case viii be handy for
holding work and materials, and for
Carrying them to and from the porch.
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how to mark the positions for the pad
dies upon the inside face OF ends A.
Nail one end piece to the ends OF all
the paddles Gig. -. then the other
end piece.
Figures 2 and show details of the
wheel supports. Uprights z and z
should measure about 1 inch by 8
inches by or feet long. the length
to be determined by the depth OF the
water at the point OF erecting the
wheel. At least "a inches ef the
length OF the uprights should be .2riven
into the river-bed. to make a firm
anchorage.
Upright E must have a hole bored
through it to receive one end of the
waterwheeI shaft, uprights f must
have the crOsspiece G fastened across
them to support the other end Of the
shaft. Notch the sides Of uprights f
to receive the ends Of crosspiece G,
and bore the shaft hole through the
center Of G.
Fasten pulley II Gig. ~ upon that
end of the shaft that runs through
piece G. This pulley is made of two
disks I inches in diameter, and one
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enter secretly the bliss and the agony
of IT."
Con felt agLin the Importance of his
mission But he occupied his hands in
attending to the smaller personal lug
gage Of his friend.
''T'ye been staying in that. VIII you
come iaT'
He indicated a hut, and the sight of
the low misshapen structure seemed
to bring back to him the taste and
smell of that tan-colOred goats milk
which they had given him there, In
their mistaken idea of nourishment.
Chez Ming and servants spread
their camp just beyond the group of
kennels, and there was no further
communication between them and the
white men.
March made a desert veterans final
preparations for a journey OF many
weeks. He included with the usual
stores several lunches of dried meat,
hard as bone; also leather sacks to
go over the head when the hail Of
gravel in the wind should cut too keen
~ across their faces. At present he
filled these bags with cheese. His wea-
pons were ofdhe finest, and this seem
ed odd to Lexington, who knew his
mild ways. Andrew March seemed
changed, older, more stern, in these
preparations. The dart that had drug
ged Lexington on seabOard seemed to
have struck an unhealed spot in
MARGINS soul. This border-land held
bitter memories. His eyes had mar
rOwed, as Though he felt from a dis
lance the biting dust He resisted the
emotions that preyed upon him, and
the only sign was an eagerness to be
near Lexington, to have Con talk to
him. The old magnetism by which he
held the younger man was uncOnsci-
Ously renewed, a vital current of more
than friendship.
Next morning the two servants of
Chez Ming wei > seen to ride eastward
upon single camel, taking leave Of
a master who needed them no further.
At noon the Chinese, with pack-beasts
in tow, set forth alone into the west.
He wants US to follow him." said
March, ''and if we did, all the maps in
the world wouldn't help. Time enough
for us this evening"
So when the western sky was spat-
tered with flame, and long violet shad-
Ows stretched out upon the sands,
Commissioner March and Commission
er Con Lexington laid their course
according to map. and proceeded into
the sunset. The camels had taken
their last long gurgle at the water
hole in the village, trampling the
rushes and all was well.
The two drivers muttered, or held
silence, with none of the usual talk
The broken city fell into the distance
behind them, and the shadow Of the
camels extended out through the dust.
The purple shafts were melting into
twilight, and the Sha Mo became an
indefinite number Of sandy knobs, still
bright, seeming to rise up from the
desert floor
Lexington heard the story of the
subtle drug, how it fired and gripped
and soothed its devotees, unlike opium
or hashish or betel, and more difficult
to trace than heroin of the "snow-
birds" Science had not thus far de-
fined kOresh. The trade often handled
it unwittingly. It's effect was in part
{, drOwsy joy. a pleasantly complete
madness, a lasting devastation and
curse. It was in form a blush oil, to
be rubbed on the eyelfds and sensitive
tissue. 1t rotted the veins and the
heart
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disk 3 inches in diameter Gig. 81.
Bore the shaft hole through each, then
nail together. Prepare a small block
with a setscrew, and nail it to one
side Of the pulley-wheel.
Shaft I should be mounted upon
screweye bearings near the tops of up
rights T, and upon this shaft pulleys
of different sizes should be mounted
Figure L shows how to belt pulley H
to pulley ] also how to mount pulIeys
of different sizes from which TO run
belts to whatever toys.
The watermelon in Fig. 10 requires
a paddle wheel similar to the one just
described, with ends of the size shown
in Fig. IL, and paddles of the size
marked in Fig. u. Figure 13 shows
the parts assembled.
The paddlewheeI Of the Watermelon
should be enclosed in a case built Of
the form shown in Fig. 10. Bore a
hole through opposite sides for the
axle, and fasten a spool pulley upon
one axle end. The water inlet should
come over a point about two-thiris
Of distance out from wheel center.
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slseIetons e AneIsnt Raea.

Rscusse-ROusSe, at Aeatone, France
e an ancient dwelling place where
bones OF people OF the PaIeoEithIc. or
Stone age, were found. In the muse
UNI at Monaco there are skeletons Of
this ancient people, which give an i'm
preston that they were british crsa-
lures, apelike and uncOuth. The Red
Cliff skeletons, as they are called by
the English. after the English name
for the dwelling place, show, however.
the Characteristic features Of the bones
CT modern men and women
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CHAPTER v
On the Rinht Font

| 1t was impossible to guess what
Chez Ming thought. If he had been
holding any suspicion against the
white man who had ridden with him
from the Yang-gun gate, it was now
insured by March's hand-clasp with
Lexington.
i've been waiting for our friend
Ming, but I hardly expected to see
you" said Con.
$50 should judge" replied March,
smiling. "But why waiting?'
HE was on the ship coming over"
said Con. "He put me under with a
bIow-needle, and got my map. 1 beat
him this far by two days, just to have
talk with him about it."
"Ah, yes" said March.
"Or figured might ride on with
him." added Lexington.
"That was all right. But you will
not need the map, and we can allow
him TO go his way alone. did not
expect to pick you up so soon" There
was shadow over Lexington, and the
elder man felt It quickly. He hasten
ed to add: Nothing wrong boy. Only
I could not tell you that 1 should be
just few days behind you all the way.
It was planned. 1t would be just plain
murder to send one man alone out
into-that. But we wanted you to
think you were going alone. You're
all right. I wanted you to lead out,
to draw all the attention. Oh, I guess
you've learned by now that your
travels are not so private as you'd
like, perhaps"
Con was relieved. He smiled and
offered his hand again. 81 never had
a real job Before. I like IT. Thanks"
The old pride came into Andrew
MARGINS eyes. But he merely said, in
the businesslike tone of United
States Investigator. you're making
good"
It appeared that March had arrived
In Picking about fourteen hours after
Levington's departure by the Western
gate. Con asked: Glow did you find
Chez Ming?"
'T saw him In Tien-tsin, at the bag
gage rooms. I am sure he did not no
tice me, for 1 believe he never had q
glimpse OF me In America when I was
shadOWing him, but it's never wise to
be too sure OF anything about 8
Chinese. kept out Of his sight until
we had come as far as the Yang-gun
gate, and there met him openly, Ike
a stranger. It was natural to talk,
after finding that he knew English.
He told me he was wOol-merchant
q never gave you the details, but
my acquaintance with Chez Ming
really began one evening In Dory
street, several weeks before met you
In Cincinnati. You know the Dory
street district IN San Francisco I
had found that Il was the distributing
point for kOresh. I managed to con-
meet with Chez Bling the night he re-
cetved his money for all he had brought
In. fresh from somewhere"
81 am honored by your confidence"
said the younger man. sAt one time
my father and lived on Dory street.
'aThen you know koresh."
81 can't say that do. I was very
young then"
There are twelve thousand recorded
users OF it IN the United States, and
that Is but q fraction OF those who
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SILAGE LACKING IN PROTEIN
When Fed without Some Supplement-
ary Feed Less Satisfactory Re
suits Are Obtained.

Silage is lacking In protein ana
should be supplemented by some con-
centrate high IN protein When fed
without this supplementary feed. less
satisfactory results can be expected
than when II is properly supplemented
The most economical and most salts
factory proportion In which to feed
cottOnseed meal TO fattening cattle r.
ceiving siiage is approximately 25
pounds daily a thousand pounds OF
live weight.
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LIBERIA

Liberia, which name signifies Land
OF the Free" YVES founded In 1921 by
Rev. Jshudi Ashmun. Within a decade
Of Ashmun's arrival the American pop
uIation had risen to LOO, a daily
newspaper had been started and q
code OF laws was In practical oper-
alton. The colonists declared LibeEia
an independent republic In 1917, and
It was recognized within a few years
by nearly an the countries except ths
United States.