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An automobile accident that came
near proving; serious occurred last
Saturday when an automobile be
longing to V. C. Wiltsey and occu
pied by him and Walter Eaton, the
garage man, ran into a deep culvert
near town.
Mr. Eaton was adjusting the car
buretor at the time and the machine
was running rather fast on that ac
count. He was riding on the front
fender In making the adjustments,
and when the machine hit the de
pression he was thrown rather forci
bly. The result of the accident was
that the right front spindle was
broken off clean, the wheel Itself not
being damaged. It was necessary to
order the new part from the factory.
Declamatory Contest
The three declamatory contests
which were held last Saturday prov
ed to be very notable events, the
best talent In the state being present.
The oratorical contest was held at
Sidney, and in It Lincoln too k first
honor and Sidney second. In the
HOME OF THE REASONS WHY
YOC SHOULD BUY AN
Automatic
Refrigerator
AND SOME OF ITS FEATURES:
The Never-Clog Automatic Trap, electrically welded steel wire
shelve, Water Bottle Holder on the top, Vitrified Porcelain Lined,
Built-in Water Cooler, with faucet on the outside. The Refrigerator
is built of Ash, Golden Oak finish.
Another point to consider in purchasing a refrigerator is the
wall insulation. The "Automatic" has eight walls, which makes it
heat resisting and cold retaining, and assures an economy of Ice and
a cold, dry temperature in the food chambers. These chambers are
large enough to hold a great amount of food, and the ice chamber
will hold the full camity.
We want to show and demonstrate to yon this really remark
able refrigerator. Come Into the store any time; a look costs you
nothing and we'll be pleased to explain it to you.
Miller Bros.
HOUSEFURNISHERS
dramatic contest, held at Whaoo,
Tierce won first place and Wahoo
second; in the humorous contest,
held at Arnold. Crawford took first
and Alliance second. Alliance wasj
represented by Miss Hannah Cotant
In the humorous division, and In the
dramatic department by Miss Lura'
Hawkins, both of whom did some'
fine work and who caused the Judges
to consider seriously before making
the awards. Miss Cotant and Miss
Hawkins made chapel talks Wednes
day morning regarding their trips
and experiences.
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Wedding Hells
Miss Mulda Peterson and Mr. Alva
BJorndall were married last Thurs
day. The bride Is a daughter of F.
F. I'eterson the ranchman, and the
is at present postmistress at Thelma,
In Garden county. She la a very pop
ular lady and has many friends in
her home county. Mr. BJordnell
came to thia country several years
ago, and is now a prominent ranch
man in Garden county. They will go
to Sweden shortly on their wedding
tour, and will remain there for the
next two years.
A Nerrou Woman Finds
Relief From Suffering.
Women who suffer frotn extreme
nervousness, often enJure much
suffering before finding any relief.
Mrs. Joseph Snyder, of Tiffin, O.,
had such an experience, regarding
which the tayt:
"Mix months I
was bedfast with
nervous prostra
tion. I had sinking-
n' a cold,
clammy fesUnt,
could not stand
the slightest
noire. At times
I would almost
"y to pieces;
.- tomach very
wrtik. My bus
bund inrlntrd on
my taking Dr.
Miles' Nervine, and I t-c-gttn to Improve
before 1 had finished the first bottle
until I was entirely rutrd."
MRS. JCrEFH SNYDER,
S62 Hudson Ft.. Tiffin, Ohio.
Many remedies arc recommended
for diseases of the nervous system
that fail to produce results because
they do not reach the stat of the
trouble. Dr. Miles' Nervine has
proven its value in such cases so
many times tint it is unnecessary
to make claims for it. You can
prove its merits fet yourself by
getting a bottle of y -,ir druggist,
who will return the price if you
receive no benefit.
MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind.
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IN THE
Booster Club Campaign
WE
o
Esirt A3lvk 1?ip (tin
Queries and Replies Covering Matters of
Importance to the Man Who Runs a Car
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When adding electrolyte to a storage
battery, should it bo done when the
battery la discharged, and, If so, how
can one toll when tho proper amount
Has been added f
Distilled water should be added be
fore the battery Is placed on charge.
The solution should cover tho plates.
Id some batteries the level la one-half
Inch higher than the tops of the plates.
A battery can be tested at any time,
and obviously the only way to tell
whether It la fully charged or not Is
to test It In some manner, the gravity
method usually being used.
What part dooe glycerin play In an
antifreeze solution f
Glycerin Is used In antl-freese solu
tions for tho reason that It prevents
the alcohol In such solutions from evap
orating rapidly and thus preserves the
power of the mixture to resist the cold.
I would like to have you toll mo why
I have trouble In starting my oar when
warm. Several times I have had to
get help from oome one who oould
opin It. Spinning alwsys starts It, but
this I am unable to do. It alwaya
starts readily if thrown into high when
rolling down a grade.
The fact that you have no trouble In
starting the motor when cold would In
dicate immediately that the trouble Is
not in the ignition system. If you will
try a slightly richer mixture on the car
bureter It may relieve the trouble. An
other possible cause Is that the valves
may be adjusted too close so that when
cold they close, but when worm there
Is uu air leak that dilutes the mixture.
Cnrbon trouble also acts this way at
times, and If the motor has not been
cleaned out lately It la suggested that
the carbon be removed. Another possi
ble feature which does come under the
bend of Ignition is that the dry bat
teries may be weak.
Will slightly rotating tho peppet
ralvee of a motor prevent the valvse
Irom improperly seating and carbon
from forming on tho valvo state?
Oscillating the valves will tend to
keep the seat clean and thus the
valves will be found to teat more uni
formly. Naturally, this will also pre
vent the accumulation of carbon In
any quantity on the seats.
My motor eklpe when running elowly
or pulling hard on high gear If the
spark lover Is advaneod more than half
way on the quadrant. Aa aeon aa I re
tard tho epark below this point the on
Mummies of Peru. (
i Before taking leave of Cuco. Pern,
we went to see the very Interesting;
collection of Inca relics In the private
museum of a Peruvian doctor who ha
devoted many yea re of bla life to litra
research. Ranged round the wall wrs
musimles which had been taken from
, rock tombs. All hnd been burled in a
j sitting posture, and, Judging by the lior.
rtblo expressions of agony on the parch
ment skin, I should Imagine that sme
of them, prisoners of war. 1 was told,
had been entombed alive. The horror
of those mummied faces and the awful
contortions of the skeletons haunted
me for a long time, nor shall I ever for
I get the stunt
One or two of the skulls bore evi
dence of skillful snrgery, star abapedl
pieces of bone haying been cleverly fit
ted In to repair .damage done by the
tar shaped atone weapons of the pe
riod, ' I did not measure those I saw
In the museum, bat one of the afore
said stone weapons which we brought
back to England from Cnsco measured)
four Inches from point to pout across)
the topa truly formidable club, Wide
World Magaalne.
They roared the Dutch. 1 r
la 1673. In the old days of England'
the on vara With tha ftntrh. tha Inhabitants
glno picks up and will pull as well ae of Rhprtnrhin in t.rrn. r in.a.i.
SHALL tJIVE THE FOLLOWING PRIZES TO BOOSTERS AND CUSTOMERS:
$200.00 Gold.
Four 42-piece dinner sets.
Five Elgin Gold Watches.
396 Pieces of Simeon L. Geo. H. Rogers Table Silverware.
One Gold Ring to the winner of the Baby Show.
The capital premium is for the Best Booster.
The dinner sets are for ANYBODY.
The table silverware Is for the Patrons' Clubs. (Join one.)
One Elgin gold watch Is open to everybody.
Thet other Elgin gold watches are for Boosters.
Beginning Friday of this week we are going to give Booster Coupons with every cash purchase
made at or through our store. A 5-cent purchase will secure five coupons, a 10-cent purchase, ten
coupons, etc. Coupons will be given at the same rate for settlement of accounts. The Capital Prize
will be given to the Booster who, at the close of the Booster Club Campaign, has had the most cou
pons deposited to his or her credit, in the ballot box at our store.
Each Booster will have a Patron Club of ten members, and each week the different Patron
Clubs will compete for prizes of Simeon L. & Geo. H. Rogers table silverware.
There will be lots of fun and excitement. But better than this will be the correspondence
course for each Booster, a course that will not only direct the work, but give a training In practical
salesmanship and business relations that will be of great value In after life.
Each Wednesday there will be a sale on some special article, on which we shall give extra
coupons. This article will be changed from week to week. WATCH for the Wednesday specials.
During the closing week of each special feature of the Booster Club Campaign there will be a
big bunch of coupon bargains, when extra coupons will be given on all cash purchases. These weeks
will come at four-week intervals. Watch for them, and make heavy purchases then.
We will give 100,000 Booster Coupons to the couple who will be married In our store. This
must be told us in advance, that we may invite your friends.
Next week the "Big Booster" will be here. Come to our store and see him; find out all about ,
the Booster Club, and then Join. There is no Initiation fee, and no dues. This is an opportunity that
may never come your way again.
We want a thouaand or more persons to become active helpers for the members of our Boost
er Club. In order that you may help your favorite, we ehall give Booster Coupons free to each per
son who comes to our store on Saturday, May 29th, and registers io a book provided for that purpose.
"The Right" Clothing Store
ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA - THE BOOSTER STORE ROY BECKWITH, Pit.
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it over did. Why lo thief It le net
tho fault of tho carbureter, ae I have
tried all kinds of adjustments and have
operated K under every condition.
If the magneto Is correctly timed It
Is probable that the trouble la due to
weak magnets. When the spark lever
la advanced all the way the spark ac
tually occurs when the armature la at
the edge of the magnetic field Instead
of being In the position where the
strength of the field Is greatest There
fore If the magnets are weak the ef
fect must first In? felt at the weakest
point lu the field, ami that may be ei
ther a position of great advance or re
tard, detendlng on how the magneto
Is linked up. Itecharging the maguets
should remove the trouble.
I have a bent steering knuckle.
Should thie bo straightened when cold
or hotf
The knuckle should be straightened
when hot. It la better to put in a new
one. however, as It Is difficult to
straighten It so that the wheels will
run true. If the bend Is In the spindle
there Is no possibility of straightening
it satisfactorily, and even if only the
arm is bent it will be hard to true
it up.
by the Dutch forces, petitioned the
lord lieutenant and tfeputy lieutenants
of Norfolk. "Our Town," they said
"Joy nee upon ye Maine sea. and we
are afraid every night ye enemy should
come ashore and fire Our Towne when,
we be in our Bedda; for ye Houses
stand very close together, and all ye
Houses thatched with straw, that la
one hourea time ye Towne may be
burnt, for we have nothing to Resist
them But one Gunn. with a broken car
riage and four Musquetts, which we
bought at our Owns cost and charges;
which Is a very small defence against
an enemy: and likewise wee have no
powder, nor shot for ye said Qunn, nor
Musquetts. when we stand In need.'
They therefore asked for a few more
muskets, with powder and bullets. la
granting this the authorities stipulated
that Shertngham should not "Imboetli
ye said arms and ammunition."
In drilling holes In pistons to make , Are the so called anti-rust prepare
them lighter how much can be taken tions injurious to the cooling system!
off and how should they bo drilled ? I We hare no reports where any of
You can safely drill eight three- ' the preparations which are on the mar-
elgliths Inch holes equally spaced
around the piston. In drilling place a
cylindrical block of wood In the pls
ton, the wood Just fitting. Thia will
prevent the metal from cracking. You
can bold the piston under the drill
with your bands.
Would a good iron rivet bo suitable
to rivet a front crosa member to tho
frame on a light car or should it bo
put on with steel rivetsf
Good Iron rivets would be suitable
to use on the frame of a light car.
The principal stress endured by these
rivets la one of sheer through the tend
ency to rack on the purt of the
frame. A great deal depends upon
ket that are sold especially for auto
mobile radiators have done any harm.
Tlu-re are occasions, however, where
Isdlcr compounds hove lcen used
which contain corrosive substances
that have acted injuriously on the rn
dlator and water connections. . For
this reason l-efore using any prepara
tion it should be kuown that It is in
tended particularly for radiators and
nothing else. i ,
How far apart should the spark plug
points be, using a high tension mag
neto f
The usual point clearance la one thir
ty-second Inch, but many find that
even a smaller clearance is better. If i
Oliver Goldsmith and Powders.
April 4. 1774. died Oliver Goldsmith,
in his forty-seventh year, at the height
of his fame, as also of his embarrass
ments. Goldsmith's death was hasten
ed, aa some thought, by bis taking;
against his apothecary's wish the fa
mous specific. Dr. James' fever pow
ders. One should be Just to the pow
ders. Goldsmith himself thought be
had been riven spurious and not the
genuine powders, while Mr. llawkes,
his opotheoary, declared the sick man
had taken the right remedy in a wrong
fashion nt.d after Goldsmith's death
published. In collaboration with the
poet's other two physicians, "An Ac
count of the Late Dr. Goldsmith's Ill
ness So Far as Relates to the Exhibi
tion of Dr. James' Powders." Death
pays all debts. In no other way possi
bly could Goldsmith have cleared hltn
telf. London Spectator. . ,
the manner In which the riveting Is I the plug point are too far apart you
done.. For instance, It has been shown
in experimenting that a rivet la 0.5 per
... . ... m , ti a ftAmnlhtnff la
wrong, as the motor will start to mlsa,
particularly when the car Is running
slowly.
We would appreciate your telling us
how to correct the oiling eyotem in a
new ear which hae given trouble since
it left the factory. Tho oar hae boon
driven 1,000 miles, so by this time
should bo thoroughly "worn in.", Tho
trouble ie that oil worke up Into tho
first and fourth cylinders.
Faulty piston rings seem to be the
only condition which would give the
oiling trouble you mention. It muy he
that the Joints of the rings, which are
cent weaker in a drilled bole than In a
punched hole and that by rounding the
edge of the rivet bole the apparent
sheering resistance Is Increased 12 per
cent. It Is also true that sheering re
sistance la probably less for double
than for single sheer, and this la prob
ably due to the unequal distribution of
tLe stress on the' two rivet sections.
Experiments on the sheering strength
of iron and steel rivets would Indicate
that the proportion of Iron to steel is
as 10 to 22.1. This ratio Is said to be
valid only If the sheer Is In a plane
perpendicular to the direction of roll-j of the ordinary eccentric type, have
A Costly Quarrel.
Rowley, the English violinist, wa
hard to beat In his perseverance
agalnat one who had Incurred his 111
will. Row lev bad a quarrel with a.
horse dealer nsmed Brant It was a
trivial matter, but Rowley took the
next house to Brant, set up a piano,
bought a cornet and proceeded to make
Insomnia for Brant After one or two
assault cases In court Brant moved.
Rowley bought out the next door
neighbor and followed with piano and
cornet Brant went to law. but found
he could do nothing. Falling, be took
a detached bouse Then Rowley hired
brass bands and organs and assailed
him. This was actionable, and Row
ley paid 15.000 for bis rev euge. Lon
don Taller
log, which would be approximately
the case In your cross frame connec
tion. What are tho advantages and disad
vantages of the disk friction chain
drive compered with other typee of
transmission now more commonly
usodf
The advantages of the friction trans
mission are that It offers an infinite
number of gear ratios. Is silent, cheap
to manufacture and simple. The dis
advantage Is that the friction disk
must be renewed every few thousand
miles. This Is a small matter, but
worth noting, and the amount of
horsepower It will transmit under the
conditions found In automobile design
Is limited. Therefore It has never
been used to any extent on large cars.
but baa found favor on some cars of
medium size and on more small cars.
The gear eot of my car ia of tho plan
etary type. When tho low speed pedal
le pushed down to otsrt there ie s
knock heard from the gear eot at regu
lar intervale. What ie the cause of itf
Owing to the speed of the motor In
starting nut on low speed the knock
you speak of possibly Is at the outer
bearing or transmission shaft bearing,
where the car Is cracked. The dust
and dirt continually working In thl
babbitt cut out the bearing sufficient
ly to produce s knock at this point.
This I curing has a hnhhltt lining and
most be poured to fit the shaft
Please explain whether there would
bo any advantage gained by fitting
aluminium pistons f
Aluminium pistons are tighter and
reduce the vibration because of their
light weight The expansion of alu
minium under he:it is theater than that
of cast iron, givlug treat diltcnlty in
determining clearance
become aligned, leaving a passageway
for the oil to enter the combustion
space. Another possibility Is thot you
have too mncb oil In the crank case,
which causes n greater supply than
necessary to lie thrown up. It . would
seem that the best step to take would
be to remove the pistons and examine
the rings on the cylinders that give
the trouble. The plstona can be re
moved by taking off tbe lower half of
the crank case, removing the lower
connecting rod (tearing cap and with
drawing piston and connecting rod as
sembly. A replacement of the rings
should eliminate the difficulty.
Can gas euch ae generated from car
bide be used in an automobile enginef
Yes. Occasionally we heur of a mo
torist driving home on acetylene gas
when his supply of gasoline Is exhaust
ed. The objection to the use of this
gas Is that It Is much more expensive
than gasoline.
The etorage battery seems to charge
on my car ee that it will furnish cur
rent for the lights snd start the motori
then (urdenly it will become die
charged. Whore should I look for the
trouble f
From ttie Information you furnish It
would iM-ero that the battery to either
completely discharged or you have a
short circuit In the aystem. It would
seem quite likely that It Is the former,
sod If this Is the case a thorough re
charge will remedy the difficulty un
less the battery has been left In tbe
discharged condition for tow great s
length of time. If so. the battery
will probably require overhauling. Tbe
symptom for this trouble Is exactly
what you describe the battery starts
the motor and also gives a very bright
lls:ht for n f-v uw.nieuts and then ap
pnrn.tly Is dead.
The Goepel Oak.
In tbe village of Polstead.' Suffolk,
England, stands a famous ouk which
the rector has proved to be 2.000 years
old Tbe tree has a girth of thirty
six feet and hits been known alwaya
aa tbe gospel oak. since under it the
first Christian missionaries preached
to tbe bestbeu Saxons thirteen cen
turies ago This event Is commemorat
ed each year by a special service held
under tbe tree.
Early Soporifics.
Hoatho, a Chinese physician who
lived In tbe third century, gave his pa
tients a preparation of bemp. whereby
they were rendered insensible duriug
surgical operations Tbe soporific ef
fects of mandrake are mentioned by
Shakespeare.
Retreating In Disorder.
"Who was that tough looking chap I
saw yoo with today. Hk-ksT"
"Be careful, Parker. That waa my
twin brother."
"By Jove, old chap, forgive me! I
really ought to have known." Kansas4
City Timea
Wrong Either Way.
Isabel I'll never have another pho
tograph taken. Dorothy - Why not,
dear? Isabel Oh. If it looks like me I
don't like It and If It flatters me my
friends don't like Itr-exchange.
A Woman's Way.
"Your doom Is sea led r cried the vtt
kin. "Ha," laughed the heroine defiantly,
"I guess I can steam it peal" Chica
go Herald.
The Difference.
Tonr cook Is Just Uke one of the
family. Isn't sher
"Dear me, no'. She never would est
warmed over dlsbea" Baltimore
American.