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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-09

"chongHcel Como herel Go down
and sec who's prowling around out.
side"
Ito stopped aud picked up the
card, IL was rs long as his middle
fingce-a narrow. flexible thing with
rounded corners. lie turned il over
curiously between his fingers then
started back IN Mortified amaze.
mcnt.
The yellow Severn
A second later no was turning
over a jumbled heap OF moist doou.
mcnts. searching Tor the circular
he had received only two days be.
fore from Capt John Hewitt com.
missioner OF police at Jesscl,on "A
kind OF formal warning that this
yellow seven was the sign employed
by powerful secret organization
that its receipt signified warning
of deathl
He hooked forward chair and.
pouring himself OUT "a generous
helping from tho square bottle. ex,
amncd the document and the card
in turn.
Presently he folded the document
carefully over the pastcboara and.
hrusilng both into tunic pocket.
lcant hack IN his cnair.
Il was fully 10 minutes before
Chong Hec returned. iIo stood on
the threshold. shivering like a man
with the ague and Varney beck.
oned him n approach.
Il saw nobody. great tuan. but l
heard the voice OF spirit"
The trader started.
THE voice OF splritY' no echoed.
Yah. tuan II was powerful
spirit for It's words rose above the
wind in the trees and the flowing
Of the river
"Ahr Tho trader set his back
firmly against the wall and stuck
both hands into his pockets And
tho spirit saidf"
Il have come with a message for
the white man who lives on the
hill and who-up TO a point Is
good"
Extremely kind of him. I'm
SURE Go on
lie spoke also Of another white
man. tuan. ono whom tho natives
have called He Who Sees in the
Dark. who Is eva aud the spirit
wouln seek TO destroy This is the
message tho spirit gave 70 me. tell
tho white lord that should he con.
tinue 10 live as he has lived all
viii be- well. but should no receive
this other white man into his house
or seek to help him an win be
IN"
Il Sec" said varnsy. IN other
words. your friend has pretty
good notion in his head that this
white man intends coming hero
and hopes. II agree to chase him
back into the open. TO have pro.
Ionged opportunity OF Sitting his
throat Was that nll7"
IAN. tuan"
"Bi-la. chong Heci You can
clear out"
The dog growled again. then
dashed into the night, barking. For
reasons best known to himself Var
ney did not attempt 70 stop e. He
turned in order 20 gauge more
easily wha, was going on outside
and Chong.Hee waited fcarfuily.
a quick step was audible along
baying had turned insu a. joyous
greeting. a tail, slim man took the
steps in n couple Of strides and halt
cd on the threshold. his solar topee
set at jaunty angle over eyer that
might have belonged 70 n Celestial
had not the remainder Of the new
comer's appearance been so obvi.
ously British.
yarney hurried forward.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-09
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This unusual series Of stories deals cih the exploits of
"Chnese Termination, detective sent on his government
to British North Boraeo TO run to earth The Yeiow Scpen
a gang OF Chinese bandits
James Varneys bungalow was landmark. It stood on
the summit of hill at the foot of which the turbd Temba-
kut rver-sweepng from mysterious point of origin
in the Borneo Northumberland abruptly and leaving in
It's onward cnnrNe 10 the sea
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-09
THE STARS
Daily Short Story
"A LUCKY ESCAPE"
BY Jane Organ
ANOTHER COMPLETE SHORT STORY TOMORROW

what do you suppose would
happen II "A burglar came now7'
hob sperry laughed. a. hc looked
"a his pretty aud Enthusiastically
frightened little bride. Happen"
lie said, why. there'd be- dead
man, that's an"
with a scream OF terror. she
flung herself into his arms NO,
no" sho protested II wouldn't let
him KIM you. never"
Her husband smiled into her
tragic face You haven't Il quite
right. darling Tho burglar would
be tho dead man"
hut she showed no sign Of relief,
How could You tell she within,
pcrcd, Terrible things happen with
pistols"
But. he explained. gently. II
would hold him up. not myself
aud I'm supposed to bo good
shot
Lenoro shook her head. dolofully,
Supposed 60 be. she said with u
sigh What good would suppod,
ton do II you we're killed" Her
voice broke, then controlling her,
SELF she continued with severity,
The only thing to do would DO to
let him take everything. I'd rather
loHe all than YOU"
iie bowed 20 her. smlunEly.
Thanks dearest felt sure OF
that: but what would you think or
IN. n ! stayed upstairs like a worm
and let a man rob u.s. You would
lose respect for me"
Il never would" she protested
what good would dead hero do
met Could he pay tho rents run
the car that hope we arc going 20
buy; cut tho lawn. buy me pretty
drcsscsJ' Then. with big sob
Love mer'
His arms went about her again
There. there. darling" he said, ten.
derry. as he smiled unseen over her
head. why are you distressing
yourself so9 Hero we arc. snug
and happy. in our new little house. :"
He glanced az tho clock on the
dresser and preparing for n good
long nights results only i0-and
you disturb cur comfort by killing
me Off"
Lennre broke into wall OF pro.
test. ~ 'kining sou Off oh. Bob.
how can yuu talk soI I've been
alone all afternoon. while you were
Ia town surrounded by people and
could feel perfectly tafe and com
Portable with your friends and &c.
quaintances WIS 80 lonesome
How could help but think or bur,
FlnrsT 4, would have been an easy
matter for ans Of them 20 rob us"
She tremblcd visibly.
Bob peited her. laughed 81 her
fears and finally her sobs ceased
and color came to her checks.
Il have been foolish aho admit.
ted. as she ~. upon his knee with
her bright head resting against hls
shoulder and an arm about his
neck.
He kissed her you have. dear.
est" he agreed, "and you must prom.
ise never TO be foolish again why
sou arc aa safe here ns well
Hc could not think % any com
pariaon. 70 had 10 discontinue his
porsunsions. but only for mo.
mcnt. then with laugh ha con.
finued Who would want 70 rob
usr Why there's"
He was interrupted BY a De.
ciied noise downstairs. M tho
someone had stumbled in the dark.
Tenoro stared In alarm at her
husband. "Ho has come. she whis-
pcrcd ia choking voice
hob nodded So Il seems" Then.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-09

Narney knew that river and had
charted Il as accurately as IL was
possible 20 chart anything In the
lesser known regions OF n perplcxing
Orient. lie Understood the habits
and customs OF the pyak villagers
whose dwellings clustered along the
palm.girt banks. IL was possibly Tor
these reasons that a discriminating
syndicate in London that exploited
the eocoanut from is outer husk 10
the oil that lurkcd beneath its hard
cNterior-had seen ~ 60 entrust
him with their interests
Narney was 81. he was short.
moreover. and stockily built, with a
rugged, kindly eountenanee upon
which the tropical sun had set lts
unmislaSable sign and supcrscrip.
ton He had a dog-a stumbling.
friendly animal os unknown breed
an extensive library OF faded. cloth.
bound books, and a marked prefer,
encc for Dutch tobacco Narncy
who despised all other forms OF
personal adorument--had from time
10 time solicited tho aid % the
most skilled tatoocr on the island
lone Zara.khan-and. excepting
for space tho size u a dinner,
plate on his broad chest with a
corresponding vacancy between his
shoulders. his body was covered
with the grim masterpieces OF Zara.
Khan.
Before the cyclone came. Varney
had been worrying over those two
blank spaces. Zara.Khan- tail.
slim. brown.sklnned scoundrei. with
an ingratiating smile. a gaudy tur.
ban. and a suit OF white ducks
had looked IN on one OF his period.
leal visits 10 varney's area. He had
passed on TO a neighhoring rubber
estate. hoping on the return Jour,
ney to find his lucrative client less
exercised IN mind. Coming swiftly
on the heels OF a perfect trople
afternoon. tho storm-pend had
spread its cloak over the entire
heavens
4, seemed that nothing short OF
a miracle could have spared Var.
ney's house. bur. as luck would
have K. the frenzy Of the gale had
merely lifted the sago-thateh until
Il stood on end. allowing the cnsu.
Ing deluge TO pour in: had deposited
Narney's dog in the river n couple
OF hundred yards away. and left
half the erockery In the bungalow
intact. The more sheltered build.
ings-offices. clerks quarters. store
houses. and the like. had crumpled
Ike pack OF cards
Chang-the dog--had crawlei
back to the veranda and crouched
tn a corner over q chunk OF raw
meat pillaged from ruined store.
Narney. returning from prellmln.
airy Investigation OF damage. was
greeting the imminent fall Of dark.
ness thru a tumbler OF amber fluid
wherein countless silver bubbles
scurried merriIy upward A half.
dazed Chinese boy-bare 10 the
endsavored from complete
packet Of matches 10 discover one
that would serve TO ignite the wick
Of the oillamp. Something sput.
tered feebIy. then leap, into flame
and the servant emitted a grunt Of
satisfaction.
The Chinaman shuffled beyond
the rays OF the lamp: the dog
growled with sudden fierccuesa and
bounded toward the entrance. where
the trader intercepted It skilifully-
and, as II tossed BY an unseen hand
over the vcrauda.rail q piece Of
pasteboard nuttered thru the crowd
Of hummlng insects that encircled
the lamp and came to rest on the
soddeu boards almost at varneys
feet.
Varney raised his voice.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-09

A home close to school Is so
convenient for the children. Perhaps
you can find one IN the Want Ais.
Turn TO them NOW.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-09

The Startling Story
of Twelve Toothbrushes
What Bacteriologist Found
on the Toothbrushes of
H. Dozen Business Men,
G9MdOME time ago twelve business all thirty years
S ormoreofage agreed to submit the toothbrushesthey
Aaaaz&1 then using to psychological examination
The brushes collected and of the leading
bacterioogssofhec country with request
them pyorrhea germs His report just received
1t shows that pyohea germs bstles of
ten of the oothbrushes examined
1t must be borne in mind that the men whose tooth
brushes submitted not picked likely victims
of pyorrhea They taken at random. The report
full too long for publication We will simply quote from
the letter which accompanied it.
"zonte Company, New City. Il 81
Gentlemen: We enclose herewith our report on the cultures
made from the twelve toohbuhes submitted to for
meteorological examination On ten of the twelve tooth
brushes bacteia prevalent in
o pyorrhea"
Now what does the above letter indicate? It indicates
that the mouths of about eight Americans
longer in the bloom of youth pyorraea germs
work slowly reducing them toothless old age filling
systems with pus poison and undermining their health
Disinfect the Mouth
Ponha IS condition hmesh the gcmcidd omld
l
ean h con and
ZEE bacteria SUBJ
o tetohhy
baaera cann place.
oem then is to
Sadme at kD onea
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Zonten nonpo sonoua dnon niahn en proved
sgeaerg enicdd in theFsen By ahy adden
Of saliva than caE acid has
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-09
Disinfect the Mouth

Pyonhea is a condition produced by bac-
terial infection. The human mouth constantly
harbors millions of bacteria seeking an accessi-
bic retreat in which to colonize and multiply.
If the mouth is thoroughly disinfccted once or
twice day, this colonization and growth Of
bacteria cannot take place.
The problem then is to find an anhseptic
powerful enough to really kill bacteria that can
be used freely and safely as mouth wash.
A perfected form of famous world-war dis
covery at last places such an antiseptc in the
hands of the public. 1t is called Zonite.
Zonite is non-polsonous and non-irritahng.
It has greater germicidal power in the presence
of saliva than pure carbolic acid It has
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
Potatoes Foremost
Among Vegetables
Government Reports Show
Farmer How to Sell.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
The potato is foremost in value
among our vegetables. 1t is the chief
money crop of large areas, an impor-
tGnt staple in many others, and is
grown for home supply and local mar
kets in almost every farming district.
The wise or unwise marketing Of the
potato crop may easily mean differ
ence of millions of dollars in the farm
ers' income in a year, according to
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture. This is particularly true
Of the late or main crop of potatoes,
which comprises about four-ffths of
the total production.
Potato crop and market news sup
piled by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture includes crop and
market reports and summaries of many
kinds published at eight field stations
located in the prominent shipping sec
tons and at about a dozen market
stations, including the Washington Of
fee. These reports contain the nee
essary facts of production, condition,
shipment, prices, demand, and quail
ity. By persistently using and COM
pairing reports from day to day and
season after season, they become more
and more useful in showing the potato
holder when, how, and where to sell.
The general condition and course of
the market is best indicated by the
leading grades Of the most important
commercial varieties in the largest
and most active markets Among the
regular price developments to be
looked for in average seasons is
comparatively low price at digging
time with some gain as shipments de-.
crease or when winter conditions be-
gin, then several months Of moderate
ups and downs, and then another
swing, upward or downward, with the
opening Of spring activity. The pro-
portion of stocks held by dealers on
January / has often proved an indica-
ton of the course Of the late winter
and spring markets.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
Interesting Figures on
Agricultural Products

The farmer still has use for the null
duplication table, despite the ups and
downs in the agricultural situation,
according to some figures just issued
by the United States Department of
Agriculture. For example, the out
put of skim milk powder has doubled
in the last five years; the number Of
cow-testing associations has been
doubled in the last six years; the
quantity OF ice cream produced has
doubled in the last twelve years; and
creamery butter in fifteen years. If
whole-milk production continues at the
same rate as during the last five years,
1t will double In twenty-three and a
half years and pure bred cattle, If
they continue to increase as in the
last two decades, will double in thirty
years The population of the United
States comes next, having doubled in
the last thirty-nine years; the number
of milk cows on farms has doubled
in the last forty-four years; factory
cheese production has doubled in for
ty-six years; and the average yield Of
milk per COW, If continued as in the
last five years, will double in sixty
years
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
Hard Spring Wheat
Resistant to Stem Rust
Variety Known as Kota Has
Been Developed.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
hard red spring wheat that is re-
Sistant to the principal forms of black
stem rust has been developed in North
Dakota by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture and the North
Dakota agricultural experiment sta
ton. This wheat was first INTRODUCED
from Russia in 1903 by Prof. Fl. l..
Bolley, and is now known as Kota.
About 5000 acres Of Kota wheat were
grown in 1922, and much more this
year.
The particular virtue Of Kota wheat
is its resistance to the black stem rust
which is general throughout the hard
red spring wheat region. Its rust re-
sistance was not determined until af-
ter the great rust epidemic of 1916.
1t is also fairly resistant to drought
and outyields Marquis in North Da-
kota, averaging nearly three bush
els more per acre during the past five
years. 1t is a bearded wheat which
ripens about as early as Marquis. In
milling and baking experiments con-
Quoted independently by the Depart
ment of Agriculture and the North
Dakota experiment station, Kota wheat
has shown results nearly equal to
those obtained with Marquis
Experiments with Kota wheat have
been carried on in number Of other
states as well as in North Dakota,
and the wheat was found best adapt
ed to the district where durum wheat
is extensively grown, Kota wheat could
replace much Of the durum wheat now
grown in eastern North Dakota and
South Dakota with profit to both the
hard red spring and the durum wheat
industries, department workers believe.
This variety is recommended for
North Dakota and adjacent portions
Of neighboring states.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
Every Dairyman Should
Know Profitable Cows

Every owner Of dairy cows should
know if his cows are giving enough
milk or butterfat to make profit over
the cost Of feed says A. G. Baer,
professor of dairying at Oklahoma A.
and M. college. "A scale to weigh the
milk in the barn can be bought for 81.
1t takes only a few minutes day
extra time to weigh the milk from
each COW and write the weight on a
milk sheet tackled up In the barn.
Once a month sample of milk can
be tested. Any creamery, Ice cream
factory, or cream station will usually
be glad to do this testing. Every
school house can be equipped with q
tester at very little expense and the
boys at school can do the testing.
"A profitable COW should produce
5000 pounds of milk or 200 pounds Of
butterfat in 300 days. Are your cows
All profitable? Why not find out7 Is
milking dairy cows a business propo-
sition with you? If so, why not APP
ply business methodist? Write the
dairy department, Oklahoma A. and NJ
college for information"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
Good Sires Increase
Herd Production Rapidly


Further proof Of the manner in
which producing dairy herd may be
built up by using pure bred dairy bulls
on common cows is afforded by the
results of a several years breeding
experiment conducted at the South
Dakota experiment station. The foun-
dation cows Of the experiment repre-
scented a blending of Hereford and
Shorthorn blood, each COW being sired
by a pure bred beef bull and out Of
grade COW. Each Of the foundation
cows was bred repeatedly to the dairy
herd bulls in the station herd and the
heifers were retained and bred to the
dairy bulls, thus producing second gem
Grafton crosses which had rs per cent
dairy blood. Milk and butterfat rec
ords were kept for each lactation peri
Cd Of the grade foundation cows and
their graded-up offspring.
The average yearly production Of
the grade beef cows was found to be
4,155 pounds of milk and ITO pounds of
butterfat The first generation heif-
ers produced by these cows to the
service of pure bred dairy sires made
records averaging 6,107 pounds of milk
and 200 pounds OF fat. The first cross
of dairy blood therefore brought an in
crease of 1852 pounds of milk and 90
pounds Of butterfat in each heifer's
yearly production Expressed in per
cent, the first cross heifers produced
81 per cent more milk and 50 per cent
more butterfat than their DAMS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
Most Troublesome
Pest in Orchards
Oyster-Shell Scale Attacks
Apple and Other Fruit
Trees.

The commonest, most wide spread
and best-known scale insect in the
United States attacking not only apple
and other orchard trees but about 30
different kinds of shade trees, is the
oyster-shell scale, so called because
the form of the adult female scale is
not unlike that of an oyster shell.
Life History of Scale.
The life history of the oyster-shell
scale may be used as an illustration
for the whole group. The insects pass
the winter as eggs under the old fe-
male scales, these eggs having been
laid the preceding fall. The eggs
are very tiny, white, and vary from
80 to 100 in number. In the spring
from middle May to middle June,
these eggs hatch into young scale in
sects. The newly Matched young
scales are tiny; six-legged, active crea-
lures. Soon after Matching they leave
the old mother scale and wander away
in search Of the new and tender
growths of the tree.
They may spread not only by crawl
ing, but by being carried on the bodies
of insects or feet of birds. When
they have finally settled down they in
sert their beaks into the tree and be
gin drawing out sap. They soon lose
their legs and antennae and their
bodies become covered with white,
waxy fbers. These ffbers soon mat
down to form the scale covering. AS
the insect grows the scale gradually
assumes its characteristic oyster
shell shape, within which the legless
eyeless insect is to be found.
Change Into Flies.
The male scale insects start out
like the female scale insects, but when
they have formed scale and made
partial growth they change into tiny
winged flies which emerge from under
the scales.
The control OF scale insects of all
Kinds isl chiefly by spraying, and this
operation may be carried on at two
sntirely different periods of the year
and for two entirely different pur-
poses. In one case the spraying is
done when the trees are not In foil
age, that is, in the late autumn or
early spring, ana these sprays are
known as dormant sprays because of
the dormant condition Of the trees.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
Wheat Is Excellent Feed
for Chicks and LAYERS

Wheat is a good feed for young
chickens and laying hens and may be
fed with profit when the price is low,
says D. G. Kennard, associate in ami
NAL industry, Ohio experiment station.
The grain mixture may be of equal
parts Of corn and wheat, and the mash
of 4 parts ground corn, Of medium
ground wheat, and 2 Of high-grade
meat scraps or tankage.
If it is desired to use oats, the mix
ture suggested is corn A, wheat i, and
oats parts, and mash Of ground
corn parts, medium ground wheat 3,
Underground oats 2 and meat scraps
or tankage 2 parts.
Any change of feed for laying hens
should de made gradually, it was
pointed out, as a sudden change may
seriously affect egg production.