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to to THE GAZETTE, FRIDAY, --toke it Sit Yender 19 now, write!" King sat at. box and waited, as to take dictation, but the mullah, tugging at his beard, grew furious. "Write thine own letter! Invent thine own argument! Persuade her, of die in a new way! I will invent a new way for thee!" So King began to write, in Urdu, for as reasons of his own. He had spoken once or twice in Urdu to the mullah and had received no answer. It was fair guess that Muhammad was Ignorant of the scholars' language.

"Greeting," wrote, "to the most beautiful and, very pre wise Princess Yasmini, palace in the caves in Khinjan, from her servant Kurrain Khan the hakim, the camp of the mullah Anima in the "Hills." "The mullah Muhammad 4r'm demands surrender of Khinjan Caves and of all his ammunition Further, he demands full control of you and of me and of all your men. "He threatens as a preliminary to blockade Khinjan unless the answer this prove letting none enter, calling his own men out to join him. This would suit the Indian government, because while the 'Hills' fight among themselves they cannot raid India, and while he blockades Khinjan Caves there will be time to move against him. "Knowing that he dares begin and can accomplish what he threatens, I am Borry; because I know It is sald how many services you have rendered of old to the government I serve. We who serve one raj are one one to remember-one to forget-one to help each other in good time.

"It nay be that vengeance against me would seem sweeter to you than return to your former allegiance. In that case, Princess, you only need betray me to the mullah, and sure my death would leave nothing to be desired by the spectators. At present he does not suspect me. "Be assured, however, that not to betray me to him is to leave me free to serve my, invite government you to and return well able to to India do 80. with bearing news that the mullah Mu-hammad Anim and his men are bottled in caves, and to plan with me to that end.

"If you will, then write an answer to Muhammad Anim, Urdu, but in a language he can understand; seem to surrender to him. But to me send a verbal message, either by the bearer of this or by some trustier messenger. "Indie. can profit yet by your service if you will. And in that" case I pledge my word to direct the government's attention only to your good service in the matter.

It is not yet too late to choose. It is not impertinent in me to urge you. "Nor can I say how gladly I would subscribe myself your grateful and loyal servant The mullah pounced on the finished letter, pretended to read it, and watched him seal it up, smudging the hot wax with his own great guarded thumb. Then he shouted Tor the Orakzai Pathan, who came striding in, all grins and swagger. -take it! Make speed!" he ordered, and with his rifle at, the "ready" and the letter tucked inside his shirt, the Pathan favored King with a farewell grin and obeyed.

"Get out!" the mullah snarled' then immediately. "See to the sick, Tell them I sent thee. Bid them be grateful King went. He "the al-' most madness that constituted the mullab's' driving power. It is contagious, madness, until it destroys itself.

It had made several thousand men follow him and believe in him, but It once given Yasmini a chance to fool him and defeat him, and now It gave King his chance. He let the mullah think himself obeyed implicitly. He became the busiest man in all the "Hills." While the mullah glowered" over the camp from the cave mouth or fulminated from the Quran or fought with other mullahs with words for weapons and abuse for argument, he bandaged and lanced and poulticed and physicked until his head syam with weariness. The sick swarmed so around him that he had to have a bodyguard to keep them at bay; so he chose twenty of the least sick from among those who had talked with the Pathan after sunrise. And because each of those men had friends, and it is only human to wish one's friend in the same boat, especially when the sea, speak, is rough, the progress through the camp became a current of missionary zeal and the virtues of the -Indian raj were better spoken of than the "Hills" had heard for years.

Not that there was any effort made to convert the camp en masse. Fag from it. But the likely few were pounced on and were told of a chance to enlist for a bounty in India. And what with winter not so far ahead, and what with experience of former fighting against the British army, the choosing was none so difficult. From the day when the lad first feels soft down upon his face until the old man's beard turns white and his teeth shake out, the hillman would rather fight than eat; but he prefers to fight on the winning side if he may, and he likes good treatment.

Before it was dark that night there were thirty men sworn to hold their tongues and to wait for the word to hurry down the Khyber for the purpose of enlisting in some British-Indian regiment. Some even began to urge the hakim not to walt for the Orakzal Pathan, but to start with wha he had. "Shall I leave my brother in the lurch?" the hakim asked them; and though they murmured, they thought better of him for it. Well for him that he had plenty of Epsom salts In his kit, for in the "Hills" physic should taste evil and show very quick results to be belleved in. Ele found a dozen diseases of which he did not so much as know the name, but holt of the sufferers swore they were cured after the first dose.

They would have dubbed him faquir and -have foisted him to a pillar of holiness had he cared to let them in Muhammad Anir: slept most of the day, like a great animal that scorns to live by rule. But at evening he came to the cave mouth atta (Continued Next Week) King of the Khyber Rifles A Romance of Adventure By TALBOT MUNDY "There Must Be No Holy War!" Such was the order that went forth in India at the outbreak of the world conflict, and when a man was needed to to the hill country, learn the secrets of the savage tribes and quell any possible uprising, Athelstan King was chosen. Never was a more dangerous mission given a man than that entrusted to King of the Khyber Rifles This is the title of the -new story that we have secured for our next serial and never for a moment does the interest lag. Intrigue and -thrills, love and war and a ambition, with the glamour and mystery and ruthlessness of the 2 East, makes this a' wonderfully fascinating romance. (Continued from Last Week) CHOICE, Mrs.

Maria Corley and Annie Mowry of New Buena Vista are spend ing several days with the former's daughter, Mr. and Mrs Samuel Adams and family. Mrs. Solomon Diehl who has been ill for several weeks is not much improved this writing. Mrs.

Mae Turner and son, Glenn, are spending some time in Altoona, where the latter is under going treatment in the hospital. Mr A. O. Diehl of Johnstown spent over Sunday with his parents, Mr and Mrs. Solomon Diehl.

Dull left on Monday for Johnstown to seek employment George E. Kelley spent Saturday afternoon at the home his sister, Mr and Mrs. Henry Diehl and family of near Kegg. W. H.

Dull was a guest at the home of his brother-in-law, John Keller and family on Wednesday Messrs. George E. Kelley and Gilson Diehl were Sunday afternoon visitors at the I. Geller home. Delbert Pensyl spent Saturday with his uncle and aunt, Mr and Mrs H.

Dull. Visitors at the James Diehl home on Sunday Fred Diehl and children Vera, Merle and Aldene, Mrs. Catherine Sides and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Geller, and daughter Olive.

ALWAYS RELIABLE' Redford Experiences Going Back For Six Years. Kidney weakness can be cured But what caused it once will cause, it again. Here's a Bedford man who has had several attacks Several times in six years Mr Wevant has used Doan's Kidney Pills He says that Doan's never failed him. Six years Mr Weyant publicly endorsed Doan's He now confirms hig statement What better proof of merit? Proved by years of exnerience Told by Bedford people. This is convincing testimony H.

Weyant, grocer, 243 Pitt says: "Doan's Kidney Pills, aren't a new medicine to me. I have used them off and on for a number of years and wouldn't be without them. I have to be on my feet a great deal and do a lot of heavy liftjPg and at times, this brings on back-! ache and other kidney ailments A few doses of Doan's Kidney Pills always drive the attacks awav." OVER SIX YEARS LATER, Mr. Wevant still have a good word for Doan's Kidney Pills. use them occasionally when I feel in need of a kidney medicine and they soon make me well." 60c, at all dealers.

Foster-Milhurn Buffalo, 4984 JANUARY 11, 1918 A Bird in the Hand (Special Information Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture.) EGGS AND MEAT FROM CITY BACKYARDS A Food Plant Suitable to Almost Every American Backyard -Ten Hens. START HENNERY AND MAKE MONEY. Method by Which It IS Shown, the Egg Problem May Be Largely Solved.

UTILIZE WASTE OF KITCHEN Ten Fowls In a Small Yard Will Be Paying Proposition--Need Not come a Nuisance to the Neighbors. Every family which has even a small back yard can go fur toward supplying itself with eggs and producing some poultry which will lessen its draft on the nation's meat supply. Even in a small back yard, with the aid of a few hers, much of the kitchen garbage can be manufactured into food instead, of being wasted at 8 time when there must be no waste of anything that can be made edible. Keeping chickens even on a small scale can be made a pleasant, worthwhile recreation, particularly interesting to a child old enough to assume responsibility. This article is the first of a series of simple, practical instructions on keeping poultry on a small scale.

The series Is designed primarily to help beginners start their flocks, but should convey valuable information to those who have had experience or who keep poultry on a suburban or larger scale. The facts are those gathered by the government's poultry specialists on the department agricultural's poultry farm at Beltsville, and from the thousands of private poultry yards which they have visited and studied. These specialists will be glad to send bulletins or furnish advice to those interested in producing more eggs and chicken neat during the emergency. Should I Keep Hens in My Back Yard? Keeping small flocks of hens in a village or city back yard has proved successful. It 1S an important branch of the poultry industry.

Though the value of the product from each flock is small in itself, the aggregate is large. The product of such a flock both in the form of eggs, and fouls for the table, may be made at a relatively low cost' because of the possibility of utilizing table scraps and kitchen waste which would otherwise be thrown away. A small flock of hens, even as few as six or eight, should produce eggs enough, where used economically, for a family of four or five persons throughout the entire year, except during the molting period and fall and early winter. By preserving surplus eggs produced during spring and early summer this period of scarcity can be provided for. Keeping pullets instead of hens also will Insure production of eggs at this time.

Not oaly will the eggs from the home flock materially reduce the cost of living, but their superior freshness and quality are In themselves well worth the effort expended. The need for an extension of poultry raising is particularly great in those sections where the consumption of poultry prod- ucts exceeds the production, with the result that prices are high. An Odorless, Crowless Flock. Objection frequently is raised to the be keeping of poultry in towns and cities because of the odor which may result and also because of the noise made by roosters crowing particularly early in the morning. In some cities regula- in tions have been formulated to prevent or control poultry keeping.

Where are there are such regulations it will be necessary for the beginner to find out their provisions and to conform to them. The poultry flock need not become a nuisance to the neighhors. If the dropping boards are cleaned daily and if the houses and yards are kept a reasonably clean condition there will he no annoying odors. The male bird need not be a nuis- or ance. Unless it intended to batch of SEVEN her thot a Dold thee nostage and that n3 IS uready 101 4 sittle n-hung In a month she cannot pick out my men from among her own.

Her position-is undermined. Tell her that. Tell her that if she obeys she shall have India and be queen. If she disobeys, she shall die in the Cavern of Earth's Drink!" "She is a proud woman, mullah," answered King. "Threats to such as she-?" The mullah mumbled and strode back.

and forth three times between King's bed and the fire, with his fists knotted together behind him and his head bent, as Napoleon used to walk. When he stood beside the bed again at last it was with his mind made up, as his clenched fists and his eyes indicated. "Make thine own terms with her!" he growled. "Write the letter and send it! I hold thee; she holds Khinjan and the ammunition. I am between her and India.

So be it. -She shall starve in there! She shall lie in there until the war is orer and take what terms are offered her in the end! Write thine own letter! State the case, and bid her answer!" "Very well," said King. He began to see now definitely how India was to be saved. It was none of his business to plun yet, but to help others' plans destroy themselves and to sow such seed in the broken. ground as might bear fruit in time.

The mullah left him, to squat and gaze Into the fire, and mutter, and King lay still. After a while the mullah went to the mouth of the cave, to stand and stare out at the camp where the thousand fires were dying fitfully and wood smoke purged the air of human nastiness. The stars looked down on him, and he seemed to try 1 to read them, standing with fists knotted together at his back. as he. stood -so, six other mulTahs came to him and began to argue with him in low tones, he browbeating them all with furious words hissed between -half-closed teeth.

They were whispering when King fell asleep. It was courage, not carelessness, that let him sleep- courage and a great hope born of the mullah's perplexity. CHAPTER XX. Next morning -the Orakzal Pathan 'sat "and "sunned himself in the cave mouth, 'emitting wordly "wisdom adulterated with divinity. As King went toward him to see to' whom he spoke he grinned and pointed with his thumb, and King looked down on some sick' and wounded' men who sat in a crowd togetHer on the ramp, ten feet or so below the cave.

They "seemed 'stout soldierly fellows. Men of another type were being kept at a dint of 'argument and threats. Away in the distance was Muhammad Anim with his broad back turned to the cave, in altercation' with a dozen other the time he was out of the reckoning. "Some of these are wounded," the Pathan explained. "Some have sores.

Some have the bellyache. Then again, some are sick of words, hot and cold by day and night. All have served in the army. All have medals. All are deserters, some for one reason, some for another and some for no reason at all.

Bull-with-a-beard looks the other way. Speak thou to them about the pardon that is offered So King went down among them, taking some of the tools of his supposed trade with him and trying to crowd down the triumph that would well up. The seed he had sown had multiplied by fifty in a night. He wanted to shout, as men once did before the walls of Jericho. Possibility of pardon and reinstatement, though only heard of at second hand, had brought unity into being.

And unity brought eagerness. "Let us start tonight urged one man. "Nay the Pathan objected at once. "Many of you can hardly march. Rest ye here and let the hakim treat your bellyaches.

Bull-with-a-beard bade me wait here for a letter that must go to Khinjan today. Good. I will take his letter. And in Khinjan I will spread news about pardons. It is likely there are fifty there who will DEALTON VALENTINE So King Began to Write in Urdu dare follow me back, and then we shall march down the Khyber like a full company of the old days!" King got busy with his lancet, but the mullah came back and called hira off and drove the crowd away to a distance; then he drove King into the cave in front of him, his mouth workIng as if he were biting bits of vengeance off for future use.

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This desirable not only to eliminate the noise of the rooster, but also to Sate the feed that would be eaten by the male, and for the further reason that the eggs produced after the male lg disposed of will be infertile. Since -hese eggs are incapable of chick development, they can he kept much better than fertile eggs and consequently are superior for keeping, putting up '11 water glass, or marketing. The flock, of course, must be kept confined; otherwise the hens will stray Into neighbors' yards and gardens, where they may cause damage, and almost certainly ill-feeling. 'The next article will deal with the kind of chickens to keep, the size of the flock, and how to procure stock Regulating Hens' Exercise The practice it is found if that hen gets about half of the daily ration with little effort, she will be well fed and at the game thne' take exercise enough to keep her in good physical condition. As a rule, the mash---whether moist or dry--constitutes from one-third to one-half of the ration.

This, being fed in troughs or hoppers, the hens get without exercise. In eating the grain fed in litter fowls at first get it with little effort. As the supply diminishes they must scratch more and more to find what remains. Under this condition it is necessary to feed grain more liberally in deep litter than in shallow litter; otherwise the supply would run so low at times that the hens would have hard work to got it as 1a91 as they should. The feeder is guided as to the quantity 01 grain to give by observing how the hens ent the mash, and by occasionally examining the floor to see whether grain is ncrumulating in the litter Do you want to "do something" for the food supply--meat and eggs--even if only in a sinall way? Keep some hens Not a nev idea, of course, but until now it never was quite so necessaly or mandatory to grasp every food makin- oupatun tr Try it in the back yard, wisely in a sinall ton mons flow about New Year's resolve on this? Let the table scrap, help make and meat.

In every household, no matter how economic al the hou-putte, there is a certain amount of table scraps and kitchen waste which has feeding value but which, if not fed. finds its way into the garbage pail The suving Some Poultry Is the only class of domestic animal which is able for contorting the kitchen waste, ught whore it is produced in the 011 into wholesome and nutritious food in the form of eggs and poultry nicat Here, are some sufe figures about what can be exported of a back yard flock. Each hen in her pullet year should produce ten dozen eggs. The average size of the guck yard flock should be at least ten hens. Thus loach floch would produce in a year 100 dozen of eggs which, at the conservative value of 25 a dozen, would worth $25.

But the 100 dozen is more important thin the $25. By keeping back yard poultry flock the family would not only help reducing living costs but would hive eggs of a quality and freshness which often difficult to obtain. Remember that eggs produced by the back yard flock cost very little, ns the fowls are fed largely upon waste materials. Even as few heng as six or eight should produce eggs enough, where used economically, for a family of four five persons throughout the entire year, except during the molting period the fall ard early winter. Mrs.

Cora Kennell of Fairhope 1g visiting her mother, Mrs Rebecca Shumaker 'Mrs Bessie Filler is visiting her parents, Hon and Mrs Mullen. Prof C. Shiver of Homestead spent Saturday and Sunday with friends here. The funeral of Mrs. Samuel Shaffer was held today at her home on Schellburg St conducted by her pastor, Rev.

C. Gallaher of the E. Church, assisted by Rev A. Berkey of the U. Ev.

church. Shaffer is survived by her husband, one daughter, Daisy at home and three song Scott, Ed and Clay, all of this place, also one brother Hon. Scott Mullen. Mrs. Ruth Meyers visited at the home of Samuel Meyers Monday.

Mrs. Anna Garber and Mrs. J. D. Margroff were Cumberland visitors Friday.

Mrs. William Geller of Akron, 0., is visiting at the home of E. Barncord. M. A.

Tipton is serously 111 of Blood poison. Harry Evans is able to be out again after being housed up with an attack of Quinsy. The Ladies' Aid of the M.E, church held their regular meeting at the home of Mrs. Walter Topper. Monday evening.

Mr and Mrg William Stillwagon were Baltimore visitors from Friday till Sunday. OSTERBURG 36 Mr. John Geisler of Akron, was a guest of his parents, Mr and Mrs Henry Geisler over Christmas. John Holland and family visited his parents, Sheriff and Mrs Holland of Hollidaysburg over Christmas. Mr.

and Mrg HI Martin spent Chuistmas with the latter's parents, Ur ard Mrs J. Bowser After spending the Chirstmas week at the home of her parents, Mr and Mis William Kerr of Schellsburg, Mrs Bruce Croyle and little daughter, Louisa, returned home Miss Hattie Oster of Cleveland, 0., IS spending some time with. home folks at this place George Speece and wife of Altoona, spent several days at their home at this place. Miss Edith Whitnack of New Paris, spent Christmas at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs West Whitnack Oliver Acker.

of Johntown attended the funeral of his father, Mr John Acher at this place recently Mr Joseph Mock and son of Betts. ville, 0 spent some time visiting his sick sister, Mrs. Hannah Ickes Samuel Stufft of Pleasantville, spent Sunday in the burg. Harry Bisel of New Paris was a business visitor at this place recently Miss Ruth Berkheimer and Miss Ada Ake of Altoona were guests of friends at this place recently Harry Williams of Schellsburg, spent a day with friends at this place recently. Elmer Beegle and wife spent Sunday at the home of George Ickes at Weyart.

"Strenua Inertia." Horace speaks of this state of mind which we call nervousness and which we consider peculiar to ourselves. and describes it by felicitous Imuge 8g "strenua -strenuous Inertia -agitation, vain and Ineffective, always wanting something new, not really knowing what, desiring most ardently yet speedily tiring of a desire 4984.