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"Would be free to report all that
/ saw ! asked.
Quite free, SO far as your own peo-
| pie are concerned, but death comes to
one of our own tribe should lie be-
come acquainted with the mysteries
without first being prepared and in
itiated," they said.
When returned 10 the station that
evening | was member of the Manua
! tribe, having been formally Initiated
Into the most sacred institution of Il
| this:
Preparing the Youths.
Before boys and girls are qualified
to take their places as adult members
of the tribe they are required to pass
through certain grades. The priv
ileges of each grade are conferred dur
ing ceremonies which take place after
the candidate has undergone course
of preparation. The first distinction
is the right to wear the nose bone.
When the child Is about six years of
age IL person appointed for the pur-
pose squeezes the septum of the can
dates nose with finger-nails which
have been heated over n fire, and then
pierces it with bone. A piece Of
wood is placed in position to keep the
hole distended until the wound has
healed, and after the operation the
child, heavily decorated and ornament
ed, remains seated in the house of
the operator until the gift of a pig and
some food by the parents confirms the
right of the child to wear the nose
bone to distinguish 1t from children
of lower grade. In this state the
child advances to puberty. and then
tho process of serious training begins
the preparation for its life rs an
adult.
Nothing much is known of the treat
ment of the girls, but the boys are
placed in an inclosure and for some
months are secluded from all except
ing the elders who train them. Every
possible method is devised to Instruct
the youths In mode of behavior cal
culated to promote the Interests of
the tribe.
Supreme Test Is Rough.
At last the time comes for the SUI
preme fest. All through this period
of seclusion the voices of devils
(bullroarers) have been heard outside
the houses Of learning, and whenever
tbe '.yoice" has come TO their ears the
candidates nave been forced to per-
form certain movements lest they
should be struck dead by unseen hands.
Now they are required to enter the
very midst of the "devfls."
A high scaffolding is erected In me
village and all the women and chill
dren other than the mothers OF can
fIidates ore sent to some other locality.
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because 1t is the accurate timepiece
of Great Britain. 1t is also the larg-
est clock In the world. 1t Is wound
nv machinery which looks powerful
enough to drive steamship, and 1t
takes two men several hours three
times a week to wind 1t up and keep
II in order. The hour figures are
two feet long on the dial of Big Ben.
Its hour hand Is made of gun-metal
and its minute hand. which Is II feet
long. Is of copper. The pendulum Of
Big Ben weighs 700 pounds ana 10 10
feet long.
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Needed to Prevent Waste of Corn.
gases which are almost as dangerous
as the poisonous mustard gases used
during the recent war. In this in,
stance, one of the farm workmen
entered 50-foot silo which had been
half filled the previous day. Some
time elapsed and when he did not
come out, another Of the hands as
cended into the silo. Neither re-
appeared, though the other workers
shouted to them repeatedly to come
down.
Fearing an accident, the farm owner
finally climbed into the silo. He also
was Immediately overcome by the
poisonous fumes and only the fact
that others followed him. forced open
the extra silo doors and carried him
into the open air saved his life. The
two other men were suffocated i'm
mediately.
Each year, n number of accidents Of
this kind occur. due largely to care
lessness and ignorance of the proper
methods of eradicating the dangerous
gases. The preventive measures are
simple and efficient and, where they
are followed. there is no danger.
No workman should ever enter a
partly filled silo, after the ensiled
corn has had an opportunity to de-
velop poisonous carbon monoxide
gases overnight. until the machine
blower has been started. The fresh
air dilutes and scatters the obnoxious
gases to the extent that they are
rendered harmless. After the blower
has been operated for two minutes,
it is perfectly safe for the workmen
to enter. Another precaution which
should be practiced religiously is not
to wedge the silo doors into place un-
til they are needed to prevent the
waste Of the ensiled corn. Many.
farmers follow the practice of plac-
ing most of the doors before any great
amount of corn is cut and deposited
in the silo. This prevents free cir
culation Of air through the silo which.
in turn, operates to favor the accumu-
lation of carbon monoxide and other
deadly silO gases.
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SHELTER TURKEYS IN WINTER
Good Plan to Keep Fowls in Same
House They Are Expected to Use
in Laying Season.

1t Is good plan to house the tur-
keys during the winter months where
they are expected to lay during the
laying season. A straw barn makes q
Merry desirable shelter for turkeys dur
ing the winter season and, being little
used In the spring and early summer.
makes very suitable place for the
turkeys; to lay and brood in. A little
fofethought may prevent the turkey
hen fran stealing her nest away n
the spring.
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pne Point Ahead.

'ocai office there is new
bachelor and much sought
a'' the girls who work there.
mas been more successful in
n's attentions than the others
.uraiiy they are extremely
Oue particularly who started to
popular one the other morn
y came In. her face wearing
.aat'c smile. Il just bet Mr..
going to get married. = sl,e be-
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as Good Habit. Good Habit made it
lowers.
For example, Good Habit made 1t
so nice for those who were in the
habit of keeping their rooms In or
der. He saved them so much time.
They always knew where everything
was, because Good Habit had helped
them to make 1t habit to be tidy,
and it was simple thing to be so.
In this way Good Habit was
friend of Alice's. Alice's toys were
always in just such a place-her dolls
house was in perfect order-her dolls
clothes were always TO be found just
where she had put them. She never
forgot these things because Good
Habit had helped her In forming this
habit.
But alas, Good Habit wasn't around
with Alice at many other times. The
brother or cousin was. Yes, and both
Of them were equally strong-Only 1t
depended which you made friend
of. to be sure.
lie tEOuulC WIN ALICE WIS tildt Sile
tried to be friendly with both.
Yes, Bad Habit was the one who
laughed when he was absent minded,
and who really didn't like it because
Good Habit was Il friend of hers in
some ways. Bad Habit didn't like
Good Habit to have anything to do
with his friends. Bad Habit and Good
Kabit had started of with the same
ideas and the same ways-but they
had both chosen different paths after
they had been adventuring through
life only little distance. And they
had continued along their own ways.
ITS so silly a thing to be-" said
Alice to herself. Il have to spend a
lot more time doing things, because
am absent minded and making up for
what I've forgotten to do. Oh dear,
I'm just not going to let that bad lit
tie Habit creature control me any
longer"
Perhaps the hy-paper on the side
table heard her. Fly-paper has new
er been known to have ears, but in
this case Fly-paper certainly did seem
10 uAueTStduu III II TctUaEkhDle way
what was going OH.
At any rate Alice had walked over
to the Fly-paper and, In trying to
see something out of the window be-
yOnd the side table, she had put both
her hands on the Fly-paper.
"Oh dear, oh dear" Alice said, as
she worked and worked TO get the
horrible sickness off, "if 1 hadn't
been absent minded l would have no.
ticed that fiy-paper. simply won't
be absent minded again, ever, ever,
ever!"
Without doubt Good Habit over.
heard that speech. He is great
admirer Of strength of character. But
the Fly-paper also deserves great
deal of credit.
Alice was never absent minded
again. And whenever she spoke Of
the earlier days in which she had
been SO absent minded she always
gave the Fly-paper the credit for hay-
ing cured her.
There was something about the
Ely-paper." she would laugh, "that
stuck to the lesson It taught long
enough to make an lmpreasion!s
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6pOnQenC, n8o QlZZy
spells and at my
monthly periods IL
was almost irnpos-
sible to keep around
at my work. Since
my last baby came
two years ago my
back has been worse
and no position I
could get in would
relieve it, and doc
tors medicine did
NOT bo1ppno AfriouHi
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turtles and settled by Eu-
ropeGns along its sea
ID edges, remains one of the
"a ~ few real fields for the
daring explorer. The
I'D isonI on the globe, if Aus
ID be considered n continent, its
!ror is sdll To Il considerable eX-
Ia region Of mystery. Extreme
1lcal hHr1Shlps hamper the ndven-
)us traveller there. and many of the
|Ses are Stlll 4lead-hunters and can
y.
= British, who since the World
possess the entire eastern half of
Stand, have been the most per-
explorers of Papua and some
em have had remarkable and
hg experiences there. One Of
Intrepid Englishmen, Il. w. Pear
hlnnery, Is the only white man
yer witnessed the ceremony with
the Manua tribesmen initiate
youths into manhood. And not
that-he was himself initiated
he tribe. Here is the way he
b:
PAS at Kokoda, $500 feet above
vel, on the slopes of Mount Vic
that first heard the ''bullroar-
alled the Voice of the Jungle
by natives of Papua. l had
returned from n long, nrduous
tlon In the mountains. Tired
carried by the excessive strain, l
esting on the veranda of the
made bungalow which served as
sidency, when there came sud-
to my ears n succession of
y shrleks followed by long
sobs, strangely human yet OBJ
not human. Then came a Sc
Pr indescribable blood-curdllng
which eliminated in a pitiful
Ihe sounds came from the d.
OF the Manua villages to which
pali cook boy belonged. "Mam-
cried to him, whatever is
But he fled from me In terror
Is hands over his ears.
could | obtain any information
ne other natives on the station.
fhe voice of the demon which
In the bush," they said. but
that | could learn nothing.
invited to the Ceremony.
villages We're only a few mo-
walk, so thither 1 went for EN-
meht, for 1t is good that an
snould know what is happen
MS district. l was met on the
oy three of the chiefs who,
'y enough, were about to call
10 discuss the very matter 1
me to investigate.
ster," the spokesman began,
years have passed since the
'oeht came to our district, and
an 'hat time our tribe has not
p,e TO prepare its young men for
~, Tor the needs of the gov
nave required them to be ever
since you have been here
ple have served you Loyalty and
oh'idehce. Now we come to
permission to hold our sacred
nes that our young men may
enter manhood. In three
.hey will be men, May they
IRON service for that period?"
nave permission to do any
nat is for the welfare Of the |
'ohg as 1t does not conflict |
aws of the government" I
h1e man has ever witnessed
ea ceremonies, but 1t would
= 10 nave our master one who
Uur customs. Would you be.
F they asked.
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gnn. 81 had dream about him last
night which means marriage. He had
some flowers and
"why, he did have flowers last
night" Interrupted the pretty one.
"Hc was taking them to me. They're
on my desk now and-- :,
And there was absolute silence III
that office while the other girls new
~ their work. News.
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Common Barberry. .

border were completed; in Indiana u
counties; in Michigan five counties !;
in Illinois three counties; in Wiscon-
sin four; In Iowa II, In the northwest
portion of the state; in Minnesota
the equivalent of 15 counties in the
southwest portion of the state; in
Nebraska the equivalent of 16 in the
eastern part of the state; in South
Dakota nine along the eastern border;
in North Dakota ten in the eastern
portion of the state.
Many Bushes Removed.
In the entire campaign Of three field
seasons total of 5.444,OOO bushes
have been found and 4.23O,OOO re-
moved. Included with these, in SO far
as estimates were furnished, are hun
dreds Of thousands of bushes removed
from commercial nurseries during the
early part Of the campaign. The
larger numbers were about 600, 900 for
Minnesota, 100000 for Iowa, 100000
for Wisconsin. and $4,000 for Ohio.
OF the 1,214,OOO remaining bushes
about 100000 are Seeding bushes
less than 1s inches In height In a
single area In southern Wisconsin.
The work for the field season of 1921
Is to continue the farm-to-farm sur
vey in as many counties as possible
adjacent to those already completed.
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Times for Gratitude.

There is much greatness of mind in
the owning of good turn as in the
doing of 1t; and we must no more
force requital out of season than be
wanting in it.-Senecn
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TAKES CARE !
OF 5 CHILDREN
Mrs. Taylor's Sickness Ended
by Lydia E. Pinkham,s
Vegetable Compound

Roxbury. Mass.-'I suffered contin-
ually with backache and was often de-
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A Big Ticker. !.
London people like to keep their
clocks and watches with n's ne'
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[NDL1A1SJ ARR Ro1G2NY kAnZID By
6DHJ ar -lEIIONS"

Aqua. or New Guinea. rs
we have usually been ac-
customed to call 1t,
though known to the
Western world for cen
turtles and settled by Eu-
ropeans along its sea
edges, remains one of the
few real fields for the
daring explorer. The
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saIesmanshlp.

Elmer Bates was sitting ip a hotel
lobby, and overheard bond salesman
talking to prospect. He jotted down
this much Of It:
Listen. | got sister, sect Would
/ double-cross my sister? Now listen.
I'll tell you what done, and It's
gawdstruth. / went out to sisters
house and says: How much ready
money you gotr and she says Six
teen hundred dollars Listen. That's
all that stands between my sister and
the bread line. What did dot Her
own brother. understand. says to
her. You 90 and draw fifteen hun
dred dollars and buy fifteen Of these
here bonds That's what says to my
own sister. sect Now do you think I
believe these bonds are good or don't
your"
But Elmer's suspicious because the
fellow got his sister to hold out .
hundred.--Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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SPANISH By f fAs555A
DOUBLOONS . :..'..

at the end and reading backward
Aunt James letters are usually most
ineligible that way-you managed to
piece together some explanation Of
this Miss Higglesby-Browne and her
place In the scheme Of things. 1t was
through Miss Browne, whom she had
met at lecture upon Soul-Develop-
ment. that Aunt Jane had come to
realize her claims as an Individual
upon the Cosmos, also to discover that
she was by nature a woman Of af-
fairs with a talent for directing large
enterprises, although adverse innu-
ences had hitherto kept her from rec
ognizing her powers. There was
dark significance In these adverse In
fiuences," though whether they meant
me or the family lawyer was not sure.
Miss Higglesby- Browne, however,
had assisted Aunt Jane to find herself,
and as consequence Aunt Jane, for
the comparatively trifllng outlay need
full to finance the Harding Browne ex-
petition. would shortly be the richer
by one-fourth of a vast treasure Of
Spanish doublOons. The knowledge of
this hoard was Miss Hlggesby-
Brownies alone. 1t had been revealed
to her by a dying sailor in London
hospital, whittier she had gone on u
mission of klndness-tyou gathered
that Miss Browne was precisely the
sort TO take advantage when people
we're helpless and unable to fly from
her. Why the dying sailor chose to
make Miss Browne the repository OF
his secret. I don't know--this still re-
mains for me the unsolved mystery.
But when the sailor closed his eyes
the secret and the map-of course
there was a map-had become Miss
Higglesby-B Brownies. =
Miss Browne now had clear before
her the road to fortune, but unfortu-
nately Ii led across the sea and quite
out of the route Of steamer travel.
Capital In excess of Miss Brownies re-
sources was required. London prov
Ing cold before its great opportunity,
Miss>Browne had shaken off its dust
and come to New York, where a mys-
teriously potent influence had guided
her to Aunt Jane. Through Miss
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Brownies great organizing abilities,
not to speak Of those newly brought
to light In Aunt Jane. party Of
stanch comrades had been assembled,
a steamer engaged to meet them at
Panama. and 1t was no, for the island
In the blue Pacific mainl
With this lyrical outburst Aunt
Jane concluded the body OF her letter.
A small cramped postscript Informed
me that II was against Miss H.-B.' s
wishes that she revealed their plans
to anyone, but that she did want to
hear from me before they sailed from
Panama. where a letter might reach
her II I was prompt.
"And Of course" | explained to Bess
as I hurled things into my bags, If a
letter can reach her so can I. At least
/ must take the chance Of IT. What
those people are up to don't know
probably. they mean to hold her for
ransom and murder her outright II Ii
is not Forthcoming. Or perhaps some
of them will marry her and share the
spells with Miss Higglesby-Browne.
Anyway. I must get to Panama In
time to save her."
-0r you might 20 along to the
island" suggested Bess.
I paused TO glare az her.
"Bessl And let them murder me.
toor'
a0r marry you cooed Bess.
One month later Twas climbing out
Of numbering hack before the Tivoli
hotel. which rises square and white
and imposing on the low green height
above the old Spanish city OF Pan
ANA. In spite OF the melting trop-
ical heat there was a chill fear at my
heart. the fear that Aunt Jane and
her band Of treasure-seekers had al
ready departed on their quest.
crossed the broad gallery and
Tlunged into the COIL dlmness Of the
lobby In the wake Of the beIlbOys who.
discerning q helpless prey. had
swooped en- niasse upon my hays.
Miss Jane HardlngT" repeated the
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Condensation by
Henry 7. Schnlttklnd, Ph. D

The majority Of SIR Walter SCOTS
a0vels were published anonymously
HwaverIeyS appeared in 1914, and not
until 1927 was II formally acknOwl-
edged that Scott was the author OF
The Waverley Novels. A few Bdin-
burgh friends were always In the
secret end year by year the circle OF
those who knew was widened. But to
thousands and thousands of rapt
readers, the author remained ssThe
Great Unknown" Even those who
hctually knew Scott to be the author
eial law duties which he did net shirk
he appeared I'm society more than many
busy mem each year his name was
signed TO so many articles and reviews
that II seemed incredible that he could
and time for anything else.
The explanation lay In scott's ability
TO concentrate. He knew what he
wanted to say and he spent little time
hunting for phrases or polishing his
sentences. There IL familiar anecdote
Of visitor to Edinburgh, dining with
eOnvivial friends and looking out of a
window at a hand which went back
and forth, back and forth. across sheets
Of paper. att never st0ps,D said his
host. att Ii the same every
night." The visitor suggested that
II was perhaps q diligent clerk. @No,
boys" his friend replied, 81 well know
whose hand IL is-'tis Walter scott's.,
Sometimes Scott was so raeked by
pain that he could not write. aThe
Bride of Lammermoor. and "Ivanhoe,
were dictated while the author was
suffering 30 intensely from cramps that
between sentences he screamed aloud
I'm agony. But when he was begged TO
Itop and rest, he answered, "Nay,
willie, only see that the doors are
last"
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TREASURE ISLAND.


Well, here's a new kind Of
Treasure Island'-a kind that
Stevenson himself would
ehuekle over, could he come
back to read Il. And by = wo-
man, tool So, as you may easily
imagine, it's different from the
rank and 6le of the many
stories about treasure islands.
just the same, tie = real
treasure island story-an unin-
habitsd island, adventurers who
havs adventures, mystery,
treaehery, violence and Spanish
doubloons. And this time, for
good measure, love and ro-
nance and humor are thrown
in.
The author, Camilla Kenyon,
was born in San Francisco, with
q legend Of a buecanesr anees-
tor in the family. She says she
sometimes thinks the old rover's
soul may have got by mistake
into her earthly frame. Any
way, she always has dotted on
sea tales Of adventure-and
now she has written one of her
own that's better reading than
most of those she has read.
Yes, it's sure different-the
red.headed heroine tells the
story herselfl An interesting
young person with a yarn that
will keep you reading far be-
yond bedtime.
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A small portion Of quicksilver In
serted In the gullet Of duck has the
same effect upon the. bird as a Maxim
sIlencer upon gun. according to
Chow Lowe. Chinese. Of Berkeley. Cal.
loves discovery follows that Of
scientists In effectually quleting mules
used on the war front In France.
This was explained to the Berke.
ley police by Lowe. following a COM
plant that the Chinese kept a brace
81 ducks at his home. which disturbed
the neighbors By theif quacking. Lowe
explained his Invention" to the police.
and promised to apply Il to bis ducks
II they would allow him to keep them.
Action was postponed ten days to give
him an opportunity 20 demonstrate.
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Kitchen God . spy.

The Chinese have a kitchen god
which Is supposed to. go to the Chinese
heaven at the beginning Of each year
to report upon the private life Of the
families under his care.
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Mako the sun Work.

Sea water win be pumped By elsc-
tricity and evaporated By the sun a. ,
new plant that Is expected 10 supply
New Zealand with almost It's entire re
guIremenfs ~ self
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llo "a eoH4lNuLDl
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-16

liam Herset, Jesse Lee Hensley, Vera
King, zelda Luster, Hazel Lawson
Hazel Long, Roberta Myuck. Mary
Francis Nunley, Mary Byrd Pickens
Iuanita Pickcns, Anna Lilly Stroup,
Bcrnice Smith. Berta Marie Thorn
ton, Mamie Williams. NanOn Welty,
Dorothy Wolffarth
Second Grade
BOys-Orvil Aldrich, Clifford Ais,
Desmon Abbott, Felix Ballenger,
Jack Copeland. Harrou Dow, Champ
Duncan, J. T. Ellison, Roland Farris,
Melvin Grigg, Alfred Greer, Ralph
Hanna, Thomas Hutchinson, Calvin
Hyatt, B0wlden Johnson, Sylvan Lus-
ter. d. v Matheny, j. d. Mullins,
Troy McEwen, Allen McCrummen,
Ben Roy Oates. Joseph Pond, K T.
Russell, Marion Royalty, Sam Shell
ly, Jot, Jr Smith, John T. Sears, Eu-
gene Seitz, G. p. Thomas, Bill Thorn
ton, Carl Thorp, Robert Lee Vaught.
Williams, J. b. Wilson, Blu
rem Marlborough.
Girls Willie Albright, Ruby An
derson, Deloice Allen, Thelma Mae
Anstead, Dorothy Bumgarden, Ele-
nor Baker, Nina Bell Bertrand, Elz-
lbeth Conner, Grace Chase, Vina Lee
Evoline Gather, Sammie Hit
Mary Hopper, Burnice Hooker, Kath-
eon Jennings, Evolin Jones, Mary
Knox. Johnnie Mae Lair, Kathryn
Lee. Martha Moss, Lucille McCrum-
men, Evolyn McCrummen, Leila Al
ma Osborne, Logs Pollard. Charles
Marie Robbins, Silvia Stroup, Oyilla
Ovilla Sroppings. Fern Sow
on, Martha Spencer, Mary Louise
Shropshire. Nina Slower, Edith Smy-
ar, Geraldine Turner, Gwendolyn