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got away, CrusOe, wno reareu the and then turn tail and run?
 Speaking of Crusoe, where was he1 I realized that a moment ago he had plunged into the passage. l heard the batter of his feet-a pause. A queer, dismal little whine echoed along the passage. I heard CrusOe returning but before his nose appeared around the angle of the tunnel his mistress had reached the top of the cliff at a bound and was vanishing at brisk pace into the woods.
 With bitterness, as I pursued my way to camp, I realized that I was not heroine. Here was a mystery it was the business of a heroine to solve it. Now that was safely away from the cave, began to feel the itch of tOrturing curiosity. How, with out going into the terrifying place alone, should l find out what was there? Should l pretend to have ac- cidentally discovered the grave, lead the party to 1t, and then-again acci- dentally-discover the tunnel2 This plan had its merits-but discarded 1t, for fear that something would be found in the cave to direct attention to the Island Queen. Then I reflect ed that very likely the explorers would work round the island far enough to find the sea-mouth of the cave. This would take matters en- tirely out of my hands. I should per haps be enlightened as to the fate of Peter and the last remaining bags of doubloons, but might also have to share the secret of the derelict with the rest. And then all my dreams of playing fairy godmother and shower ing down on certain heads-like coals of fire-torrents of beautiful golden dOubloons, would be over.
 On the whole could not tell wheth- CT I burned with impatience to have the cave discovered, or was cold with the fear of it.
 And then, so vigorous is the instinct to see ones self in heroic pastures, I found l was trying to cheat myself with the pretense that I meant pres ently to abstract Aunt Jane's electric torch and, returning to the tunnel mouth, plunge in dauntlessly.
 CTo BE CONTINUED
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 These letters recommending Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ought to convince women of the great worth of this medicine in the treatment of ail- ments to which they are often subject.
 Mrs. Baker calls it Ca wonderful med icine." If you are suffering from troubles women often have, or feel all run down, without any ambition or en- ergy for your regular work, take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. 1t is a natural restorative and should help you as it has Mrs. Baker and many, many other women.
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where IU IOUK for the Cave-anO n order to bid defiance to a certain chill sense of reluctance which beset me at the thought of the cave, 1 started out at once, skirting the clearing with much circumspection, for it seemed to me that even the sight of my vanish ing back must shout of mystery to Cookie droning hymns among his pots and pans. Crusoe, of course, came with me, happily unconscious of his own strange relation to our quest.
 Somewhere in the angle between the ragged margin of the cliffs and the abrupt rise of the craggy mountainside, according to Peters journal, lay the grave. l began systematically to poke with a stick carried into every low growing mass of vines or bushes. Quite suddenly found 1t. My prod dings had displaced matted mass of grOund-creeper. Beneath, looking raw and naked without its leafy covering, was the cautiously regular little patch of ground, outlined at intervals with small stones."
 At the head of the grave lay a large, smoothly rounded stone. I knelt and brushed away some obstinate vine tendrils, and the letters "B. B." re- vealed themselves, cut deeply and IT, regularly into the sloping face of the stone. Below was the half-intelligi ble symbol of the crossed bones.
 There was something in the utter loneliness of the place that caught my breath sharply. At once I had the feeling of a marauder. Here slept the guardian of the treasure-and yet in defiance of him I meant to have it. So, too, had Peter-and I didn't know yet what he had managed to do to Peter.
 With an impatient shiver I got up quickly from my knees. I whistled to Crusoe, who was trotting busily about on mysterious intelligence conveyed to him by his nose. He ran to me joy fully, and I stopped and patted his warm vigorous body.
 "Let Bill walk, Crusoe," remarked 'let himl He needn't be dog in the manager about the treasure, anyhow"
 Now came the moment which had been trying not to think about. 1 had to find the entrance to the cave, and then go into 1t or part with my own esteem forever. l went and peered
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UNIQUE IN ANIMAL WORLD
Elephant Has Survived Because He Has Been Able to Adapt Him.
 self to Conditions.

These Is nothing else like the ele- plant. He has come down to us through the ages, surviving the con- ditions which killed of his earlier con- temporaries, and he now adapts him. self perfectly to more different con- ditions than any other animal in Af- rica, Carl Akeley of the American Mu- scum of Natural History writes in the Worlds Work.
 He can eat anything that Is green or even has been green, just so long as there is enough of 1t. He can get his water from the aloe plants on the arid plains or dig a we'll in the sand of a dry river with his trunk and fore feet, and drink there, or he Is equally at home living half in the swamps of better watered regions. He is at home on the low, hot plains of the seacOast at the equator or on the cool slopes of Kenia and Elgon. So far as I know he suffers from no con- tagiOus diseases and has no enemies except man. There are elephants on Kenia that have never lain down for a hundred years. Some of the plains elephants do rest lying down, but no one ever saw a Kenia elephant lying down or any evidence that they do lie down at rest. The elephant is a good traveller. On good ground a good horse can outrun him, but on bad ground the horse would have no chance and there are few animals that can cover more ground in a day than an elephant. And in spite of his appearance he can turn with sur prising agility and move through the forest as quietly as a rabbit.
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EmuIatinc Ostrich.

The children were playing hide and seek. Three of them, Jane. Robert, and Helen-were huddled together in a hall clothes press in front of which hung a curtain.
 Margaret was tiptOeing about in the next room looking for them.
 Dead silence for a mOment-then from behind the curtain in a voice like steam calliope: "WObert, shut yer eyes! Don't cha know if va don't shut yer eyes Margaret will see va"
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Effective In Ancient Warfare.

Among types of sword famous in the past must be mentioned the great two-handed affair swung by the Ger mans in lansQuenets, who were much mixed up in the French religious wars. So large was 1t, 1t could not be car ried at the side in a scabbard, but had to be swung across the back. When the lansquenets went into ac- tion they had to be stationed a good distance apart, in order to conflne the casualties to the enemy. Each took his stand, started the old scythe going and developed quite a sphere of influence.
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| Began at Once the Work of RemoV
 ing the Bags.

over the cliff. The ledge was there not an inviting ledge, nor one on which the unacrobatically inclined would have any impulse to saunter, but a perfectly good ledge, on which had not the slightest excuse for de- clining to venture.
 There was truly nothing dangerous about the ledge. It was nearly three feet wide, and had an easy downward trend. Yet you heard the hungry roar of the surf below, and try as you would not to, caught glimpses of the white swirl of it. I moved cautious ly, keeping close to the face of the cliff. Crusoe, to my annoyance, sprang down upon the ledge after me. had a feeling that he must certainly trip me as picked my way gingerly along
 An angle in the rock-a low dark entrance-way-it was all as Peter had described it. peered in-nothing but impenetrable blackness. l took a hes itating step. The passage veered sharply, as the diary had recorded. Once around the corner, there would be nothing but darkness anywhere. Suddenly portentous and overwhelm- ing, there rose before me the Onan- swered question of what had become of Peter on that last visit to the cave. Unanswered-and unanswerable ex- cept in one way: by going in to see.
 Whereas had so far thought prin- cipally of the treasure, now began to think with intensity of Peter. What ironic stroke of fate had cut him down in the very moment of his triumph? Had he ever reached the cave to bring away the last of the doubloons2 Were they still waiting there unclaimed? Had a storm come up on that last night, and the weakened cable parted, and the Island Queen gone on the rocks. drowning Peter in the cabin with his gold. Then how had Crusoe
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but 1 noticed a worn stretch in the cable holding the sloop end stopped to repair it. can't have the slOOp go- ing on the rocks in case a blow comes up tonight. There are only about a load and a half of bags left in the cave.
 "A queer notion seized me today about the crucifix, when I was bring ing 1t from the cave. It seemed to float into my brain-I can't say from what quarter-that had better leave the crucif1x for Bill. It wasn't more than he had a right to, really-and there is no virtue In cross-bones to make man sleep we'll.
 "Of course I put the absurd idea from me, and brought the crucif1x aboard along with the rest of the gold. shall be glad when know that the vines have again covered that lonely looking gravestone from sight. I can't help feeling my own glorious good for tune to be somehow an affront to poor unlucky Bill.
 Tomorrow one last trip to the cave, and then hey, for home and Helen!"
 The diary ended here.
 l closed the book, and stared with unseeing eyes into the green shadows of the encOmpassing woods. What happened to the writer of the diary on that last trip to the cave2 For he had never left the island. Crusoe was here to prove it, as we'll as the wreck of the Island Queen. And, in all hu- man probability, under the sand which chOked the cabin of the derelict was the long-sought chest of Spanish doubloons.
 But what was the mysterious fate of Peter? Had he fallen overheard from the sloop and been drowned? Had he returned to the cave-and was he there still? It was all a mys- tery-but a mystery which I burned to solve.
 - Of course might have solved 1t, very quickly, merely by communicat- ing the extraordinary knowledge which had come to me to my companions. But for the present at least I meant to keep this astounding secret for my own. Somehow or other, by guile or lucky circumstance, l must bring it about that the document I had signed at Miss Browne's behest was cancelled. Was I, who all unaided had discOv- cred, or as good as discovered, the vainly sought for treasure, to disclose its whereabouts to those who would deny me the smallest claim upon its contents? Was to see all those flair, shining golden coins," parceled out between Miss Browne and MT. Tubbs and Captain Magnus (the three who loomed large in my indignant thoughts), and not possess a single one myself? Or perhaps accept little stingy present of a few? really wasn't very covetous about the money taken just as money; but considered as buried treasure it made my mouth water.
 And then there was Dugald Shaw, who had saved my life, and who seemed to have forgotten it, and that I had ever had my arms about his neck-and who was poor-and brave
 Yes, decidedly, I should keep my secret yet while, till I saw how the cards were going to fall.
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Hardly That,

"And avoid all sweet things"
 ''Hey, doc, do you mean to say can't go to see my best girl?"
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stomach trouble ana
 for a long time was hardly able to do my work. 1 had some
 friends " ho h ad taken Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound, and they
 told me about it. l know what it has done for me and l recommend it to others, as l am sure if will be A great
The St. Johns herald., 1922-05-04
Find Silica of Value.

Silica is claimed to have produced remarkable effects in many cases of arteriosclerosis. French physicians report that sodium silicate, applied by mouth or injections into veins, has brought some bedridden patients back to active life, and relieved others of headache and dizziness, and lessened their insomnia.
The St. Johns herald., 1922-05-04
Rats in the Cellar, Mice in the Pantry, C0ckroacheS
 in the Kitchen

What can be more disagreeable than a home infested with pests1 Destroy them with Steams' Electric Paste, the standard exterminator for more than 43 years.
 Kill rats, mice, cockroaches, waterbugs or ants in a single night. Does not blow away like powders; ready for use: better than traps. Directions in IS languages in every box. Money back if it fails.
 2 oz. size 35c. IS oz. size $50.
The St. Johns herald., 1922-05-04
Their Business.

'T read about a meeting of deaf and dumb painters. How do you think they got alongT
 'sIt ought to be easy for painters ts get along with the sign language"
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SURE TO HELP
 SICK WOMEN
Mrs. Baker, So Much Benefited by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
 pound, Anxious to Help Others

Lebanon, Indiana.-'Twasco complete ly run down from women's troubles and
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-12-08
Mrs Cartoons Recital.

A beautiful program was given on
Wednesday afternoon by the thirteen
young ladies composing Mrs. Carl
tons voice class. Much Improvement
was shown since their last musical
in August. The meeting was in the
Carlton home.
A musical contest added a note of
fun to an otherwise dignified after
noon. During the salad course Miss
Beck graciously presided at the pi-
ano.
The numbers follow:
"Dreamland" (Burleigh), Miss vir-
ginia Davis.
Dear Heart" (Adams), Mrs. Verna
Pierce.
zone Fine Day" (from Madame
Butterfly, Misc Lola Harper.
ga Rose a kiss and You" (San
SoucD, Miss GLADYS Hallum.
Philosophy" (EpameD, Miss Eliza
beth Scates.
Absent" (Mctcalfe), Miss Lillian
Ncblett.
81 Know a Lovely Garden" Cd'Har-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-12-08
COMMUNITY PRIDE.

Mrs. w. H. Latimer visited in
Hickman Sunday.
Rev. r. E. White filled his regular
appointment at Beech last Sunday.
Miss Daisy Freeman spent Thanks
giving holidays with her sister at
Obion.
The basket ball boys and girls, &C
companied by the faculty and Messrs.
Wallace and w. 7. Latimer went to
Hornbeak last Wednesday. The girls
won by a score of 20-4. The boys
lost, 3S-9. The outing was greatly
enjoyed by all.
Community day in observance or
Educational Week will be held Fri
day (to-day). An interesting pro-
gram is being prepared and every
one is cordially invited to be present.
There Will be a basket dinner.
We are preparing play to be CIV
en- Friday before Christmas.
Several of our community witness.
ed the splendid play at Dixie last Fri
day evening.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-12-08
$25 REWARD.

Twenty-Five dollars reward for an
old-line insurance policy that is as
good financially or from plain com
mon sense as the Guaranty Fund
Life of Omaha, Nebr., offered because
some one told a little crooked joke
on the company. AS no one found
that policy we are better now than
ever. An accumulation policy, 20
year plan, and if you pay the thir-
teenth premium the surrender value
is $278, which is added to the face
of the policy, the beneficiary receiv-
ing $125S. All old-line policies the
value reverts back to the company.
If you die this new policy pays up
in thirteen years.
See Dorrel Harris, both phones.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-12-08
THINGS TO 10 CIT TIE
FARM IN DECEMBER

Specialists of the Extension Serv-
ice, University of Tennessee, offer the
following timely suggestions OF
things to do on the farm in Deem
Der:
DAIRYING.
Begin breeding COWS for fall fresh
ening. Cows bred in December will
freshen in September. Fall fresh
cows are the greatest proaucers and
at time of highest prices. See your
county agent for blank forms for
keeping herd records next year. Save
all manure and haul to field dairy
when weather will permit.
POULTRY.
Provide good scratch feed for
fowls. Exercise insures health. Green
feed must be given for best results.
If the winter cold has spoiled the out
side greens, furnish them cabbage,
mangels or sprouted oats.
LIVESTOCK.
Steers in preparation for spring
market should receive 80 to 35
pounds silage and three to six pounds
of cottonseed meal. Utilize straw and
other cheap roughage. Provide plen.
ty of clean bedding. Feed fall pigs
for spring market. Provide ration
of corn and tankage in self feeder.
Write for Extension Publication "a,
Practical Farm Manual for Sue
cessful Livestock Feeding"
THE SUCCESSFUL FARM.
1t gradually increases it's fertil-
ity and crop yields until more per
acre than neighboring farms is
grown. 1t has it's man and horse la
Dor distributed throughout the sea-
son in such way that more crops
and more livestock can be handled
than on other farms. A man and
team to fifty acres of cultivated
crops. 1t steadily keeps growing a
diversity of suitable crops and good
animals.
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HENS NEED PLENTY OF
WATER AND GREEN FEED

eve have quite the ideal climate
for poultry here in Tennessee, and
every poultry raiser should take adj
vantage of it by giving his hens the
run of field or small patch of wheat,
oats, rye, alfalfa or clover through
out the winter" says Kate M. Wells,
poultry specialist, Extension Service,
University of Tennessee. every one
would do this" che says, 'if they
would only remember that about
three-fourths of an egg is water and
fresh green feed. The hens need this
kind of feed if they are to give a
good yield and if the green field is
not there we must sprout oats or
grow crops of mangels or cabbage
and store for winter use.
"Many hens fail to lay because
they cannot get enough water or
they only lay portion of the eggs
they are capable of because of the
lack of water. One hundred hens
will drink about five gallons of wa
ter day-do you furnish it to
them? Many of the water vessels in
our poultry pens hold two or three
quarts and they are very often dry
when we visit the fioeks. Remem Der
that you are wasting expensive feeds
if you fail to give the hens all the
water they need. A barrel turned on
its side with a faucet in one end
that can be turned so as to slowly
drip into a pan below will give your
flock constant supply of water and
will need refilling only two or three
times a week.
"a hen needs about two pounds
of oyster shell and one pound of grit
year. Be sure she gets them if
you expect the best returns from your
flock.
"In tho western section of the
State l have found fiocks suffering
from lack of grit. If gravel is not
to be found nearby or near enough to
be hauled to the poultry yard, COM
mercial grit should be bought be-
cause indigestion is sure to follow
the absence of stones in the gizzard.
Oyster shell will not take the place
of grit entirely"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-12-08
Tennessee's Champion Jersey Cow.

Miss Triune, Jersey hcifer owned
by A. d. Jordan, Franklin, Tennessee,
has become the champion junior two
year old in the State. She started
test at two years of age and in a
year produced 9S02 pounds of milk
and 539.61 pounds of butterfat.
Two of the months while on test
this COW produced over SO pounds of
butterfat which is rather a good
achievement for heifer on her first
test. She was sired by Prince of
Triune 16501S and was out of Lily's
Little Pet Extension News
Service, University of Tennessee.
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From the Sequatchee Valley News

w. A. Floyd and j. S. Griffith were
out buggy riding Sunday afternoon.
Miss Alvin Powell is sporting a
new winter hat.
Oscar Layne was ccen at the store
Friday.
There was large crowd at sing
ing Sunday night.
]. S. Griffith and w. A. Floyd made
a flying trip % Morganville last Sun
day evening to see their best girls
and returned very early Monday
morning.
A. ]. Bailey passed through this
burg Sunday.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-12-08

For ice and coal call $50.
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Parent Teachers.

The Parent Teachers Association
of the Central School will meet
Thursday, December IA, at 2:45
o'clock, with the following program:
Song by the children.
The New Freedom and Education,
Mrs. Henry Head.
Solo by Mrs. Lee.
The Children's Book and Shelf,
Miss Pearl Floyd.
Everybody come.
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An Expert Authority,

Birmingham Age-Herald: who's
the editor of your advice to lovers
column"
That fat man over there at the
corner desk, who is smoking a pipe.
"Upmh! What does he know about
love affairs?"
ga great deal He was a divorce
lawyer before he entered the profess
sion of journalism"
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Whims and Fancies.

The more a nan loves argument
the less he loves work.
If jazz keeps on dying out at the
present rate, soon it will De univer-
sal.
Well, why should the world revere
leaders? 1t can go to the dogs with
out leaders.
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Notice.

I will test COWS in the vicinity of
Gibbs in District One and Thirteen.
Cost of each COW is rs cents. Please
notify me of the number of COWS you
have.
E. W. YoUNGBLOoD, OWN.
Deputy State Veterinarian.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-12-08
U, D. C.

The U. D. C.s enjoyed the hospi
tality of Mrs Claude Allen last week
with Mrs Bonner, of Rives, as leader
of history class.
On December 10 at 2:30 O'Clock
pm. Mrs. Geo. Gibbs, ST., will be
hostess of the chapter, with the fol-
lowing pregnant:
British Take Savannah-1778-
Mrs. Henry Hassler.
Attempt to Retake It-1779-Mrs.
Whitson.
Charleston Surrender-17SO-M
Bonner.
Gates Defeated at Camden-17SO
Mrs. Caldwell.
Sumner and Marion Keep UP Re-
sistance-17S0-Mrs. Guy Miles.
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deIot), Miss Rachel Burrows.

uelOIJ, MISS ldSuCI 6IFEOWS.
"An ImpromCtu" (Reinholdt), Miss
Vivian Woodrow.
Just Longing" (Johnson), Miss
Ruth Harper
"a Muletcer" (Dinogero), Miss
Minnie Beck.
"a Meadow Lark" (Jones), Mrs.
Thad Lee.
Because Love You Dear" claw
ley), Mrs. Emery Owen.
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Girls

Mills
We are now on the "homeward
stretch" but we need your energy
and mind to finish up. Come and
help us out. You will enjoy it and
it will help you.
Yours for making better women,
AMONA BIBLE CLASS.
First Baptist Church, $3.50 Sunday.
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Three Golden Gates.

If you are tempted to reveal
A tale some one to you has told
About another, make it pass
Before you speak, three gates OF
gold.
Three narrow gates. First, SIS it
true?"
Then, SIS it needful?" in your
mind
Give truthful answer. And the next
Is last and narrowest, rs it kind?'
And if, to reach your lips at last,
1t passes through these gateways
three,
Then you may tell the tale, and know
That only good the result will be.
Unity Magazine.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-12-08

The Blue Bell Dry Cleaning Co..
wishes to announce to the public THAI
when bills are not paid when pre-
sented the first time at your place of
business or elsewhere we will be
forced to collect at the door when
clothes are delivered.-Blue Bell Dry
Cleaning Co.