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Ji Sj AN INVOLUN- k I TARY BATH M (1 S By ALDEN CHAPMAN X tCgpyrlght. 1920, Western Newnuaper Union. "You luul better get home now, Wnlt," spoke Robert Bryce, suspending operations on the bnrrel upon which , lie wns putting the finishing touches ns ! an export of the cooperage art. I "What for? I'm afraid I" came n ! voice from anywhere, nowhere, certain- 1 ly not emanating from any person In I view. I "Well, Dan Milton has just gone down the roa:i and he's got n stick vlth hhn. Now, Wait, you follow my advice and sneak home. Get Into the house ns quick as you can, and maybe hs'H forget to hunt you up and nil about your breaking that jug today." "Not him!" staffed the same mys terious voice, and then Its owner pro- , traded n head, and then a pair of thin, ragged shoulders into view from the depths of a barrel standing at one end of the old cooper's work bench. "Say; ' I can't stand It no longer, being half starved and lammed for nothing and treated like a dog I I'm going to run away from home, I ami" "Don't you do It, son," counseled Robert Bryce, seriously. "It never pays. Stay and fight It out. You're nothing but n homeless orphan boy buffeted attout at everybody's will, but such have come to the top as great, good men In my knowing." "Why don't you get me nway from Don Milton and make a cooper of me?" suggested Walt earnestly. "If I am nobody's boy, you can get me, can't you? You like mo, and so does Miss Dosy, and so does Ned Townend, nnd I'd die for any one, or nil three of you together, if It had to be." "What has Ned Townsend got to do with It?" demanded the old cooper, pricking up his cars. "He oh, well, he's Roxy's fellow, or hopes to be, and wants to be. Don't you like him, Mr. Bryce?" "Like him well enough," growled out the old cooper, "but he's poor as we are, nnd I'm not going to let Roxy join her life with n fellow who can't give her better than she's got. Now, you run home. It's your chance." But It was not Walt's chance. He crawled from the barrel and made a dash across lots only to run squarely across the path of big, wlcke'd faced Dan Milton, who had doubled on his tracks. It seemed. "Ill I You come here," yelled Dan. "I've a roil In pickle for you." Walt uttered a weak, terrified wall. Then he formed a sudden resolution. Ills little limbs Increased vivid nctlon. It was getting on towards dusk. A clear stretch spread out before him. Beyond that was rising ground and straggling timber, further on yet the wilderness of derricks and tanks mark ing the oil fields active and experimen tal. There were a thousand places where he could hide. Dan Milton pursued, kept up half a mile chase, then halted, Irate and breathless, to shake his club menacing ly at the refugee, who dove Into a swampy stretch of brush, rock and tim ber nnd wns lost, in its depths, There wns a splash, a cry, less of pain than disgust. I'ast some sheltering vines ' Walt plunged, to land up to the neck Into a sninll, but deep pool. Ills feet touched bottom, but a heavy, sticky fcubstanr-p overconted him completely. It wns with dllllculty that Walt waded, climbed and crawled out of his pre dicament. Even then he staggered as be walked. The substance adhering to him seemed heavy ns lend. ' The oily odor einanntlng from It wns more nau seous than pungent. "And now I'm In a fix I" he dolefully meditated. "I've spoiled my clothes nnd I'd be about skinned nllve If I went home this way. Oh ! It's get far and fast away from Alton for me," and Walt turned his face nway from the town, feeling liat It would never do to return. Half u mile laboriously cov ered, Walt halted, and his longing glance was fixed on a light In a little clean cabin l knew well. "I shouldn't wonder If. Ned Town send wouhU house me till 1 get these clothes scraped off and rested a bit." mused Walt, and hopefully trudged over to the shack where his friend lived. Ned was foreman of a well boring crew. He smiled a pleasant welcome ns Walt crossed the thresh old of his humble domicile. Then he stared at him almost In stupefaction. Then he came closer nnd sniffed, and then ran his hand across the glistening stuff that coated Walt as If he were n mailed knight and examined It closely. Meantime Walt stumbllngly told his Btory- There wns a vivid token of In- . terest Jn his auditor's eyes. "Say, lad," he spoke, and there wns a trace of keen excitement in Ids tones, "enn you lend me to where you fell Into that pool of oil?" "I sure can," nssented Walt, and did. And then, more roused up than ever, Ned took him bnck to the cabin. A better meal and a more comfortable couch Walt had never enjoyed, ;ind. j seeing his young guest comfortnbly set tled, Ned Townsend scurried from the house, nnd far Into the night wns en-1 grossed in examining the oil nnd pool nnd seeking out nnd negotlntlng with MURDER MADE EASY MATTER With Formula Possessed by English Chemist, Slayer Might Laugh at Human Law. The lunch-time conversation of th scientists at the national physical lab oratory, Teddlngton, shifts dally to all sorts of Interesting subjects, and It wns inevitable tluit the topic of mur der should have been suggested by the "wnve crime" in Great Britain (an epi demic that amounts to less than one homicide a week). It was agreed that all the murders reported In the dally papers wore com monplace, dull, sordid affairs, showing no Ingenuity nnd deliberation. "If I hnd a murder to commit, how should I go about It?" became the theme. The metallurgists, electricians, radi ologists, physicists and other scientists had many astounding murder methods, but with n common weak point, writes an English co-respondent. Nono of them disposed of the body so that de tection would be not only Impfcobnble, but impossible. It remained for a chemist to solve the problem. "I would not be so clever as you In the assasslnntlon itself," he said. "Any quick way of silent dls pntch would do. But I could swiftly dissolve a body, bones nnd all, so that It could bo poured as n liquid Into a sewer and be thoroughy done nwny with. No i I mustn't give the formula." He was the victor in the discussion. ' III " 'l l I n II tin in in ii i in i ii iniMinmw miimiiibmiwiw mmm immiiuim wwii nnwimii imiin inn MlllMMIIIABMILIWMMIlHMma The Lister That Spaces Rows Uniformly MADE THEIR OWN OIL WELL How Two Small Boys Reaped Rich Reward for the Exercise of ' a Little Ingenuity. Two barefoot boys, respectively eleven and twelve years of age, earned forty-five hundred dollars In one weeK, the owners of the property nround it, According to the Oil Weekly of Dallas, KMMirlinr ontlons unon It for n mere , xexus, "V comunimK uinu auu uKuu song. , ! The next day Ned Townsend for a small sum secured the consent of Dnn Milton to ndopt Walt. The next It wai , known that the hidden pool wns tin outlet of a gusher far down In th bowels of the earth and Ned was l wealthy man. Then pretty, willing Boxy Bryce enme Into the lives of Ned and Wnlt ns n devoted wife nnd n loving adopted mother. Power from Volcanic Steam. In 1003 Prince Glnori Contl, general director of the Larderello works at Larderello, Italy, decided to experi ment with the natural steam springs of Larderello for obtaining motive power. Ills experiments were so suc cessful thnt the compnny built a largo power stntlon at Larderello with three units of 2,500 kilowatts each. The work, says The Illustrated London News, was begun in 1014, but was de lnyed by the European war. The first unit was started In 1910, nnd the pow er station was completed In the same year. Four overhead lines at 30,000 volts carry electric current to Slcnn, Leghorn, Plomblnn nnd -Massa. The holes bored to the natural steam pock ets, which vary In depth from 198 feet to 495 feet, are lined with Iron tubing sixteen Inches in diameter. The steam Is cleared of gas before It Is carried to the turbine generators. lty In a telling manner. Much oil was going to waste In the Northwest Burkburnett oil field because the pipe lines were Inadequate, when tho boys, who are brothers, snw crude oil from a broken pipe running down n small ravine. Hitching a donkey to a rattle trap spring wagon, they began to haul dirt to dam the ravine and succeeded after much hard work In collecting a great qunntlty of oil. The owner appeared on the scene about that time, and he admired the pluck of the youngsters. He did not claim the oil outright, although It had been his, but offered the youngsters ono dollar and a half a barrel salvage for it. The youngsters ncccpted his offer and, -perching themselves on their new dam with stubs of pencils, check ed out the oil ns It was hauled away. It tallied exactly three thousand bar rels, nnd the boys got their money. Especially when you intend to use a two-row cultivator, it is a big advantage to plant your crop in rows that are spaced uniformly. That is one of the big advantages that using our John Deere Trench Guide Lister gives you. It makes every row in the field ex actly the same distance npart from one end of the field to the other. Using a two-row cultivator on the rbws planted with this lister is just as easy as using a sile-row cultivator. And more than that, this lister plants all kinds of seeds uniformly you get uniform ecop growth and increased yields. It has a variable drop you can change the planting distances to suit the varying fer tility of your soil without changing plates. This change can be made instantly without stopping the horses. It is easy to operate double-bail foot lift; one lever for leveling, and another for accu rate depth' regulation. Its genuine John Deere bottom scours, wears well and opens up n good, uniform trench. Made of high-grade steel and malleable throughout. The beam is of special John Deere steel. We want you to see why using this lister will make it easier for you to produce more bushels per acre. We will be glad to demon strate it to you. Come in and see the John Deere Trench Guide Lister THE LEYP0LDT-PENNINGT0N CO. LOCAL AGENTS NORTH PIjATTE. NEB. "Bump the Bumps" for Electric Iron. In one of the large electric nwu fncturlng companies which Is among other things engaged lu the manufac ture of electric Irons, a specimen Iron from ench hundred or so Is taken and subjected to a severe test by a series of bumps on a hard .surface, reproduc ing as far as possible the shocks which It receives' while In use on tho Ironing board. A well-built Iron will stnnd this treatment it falls. 4 from 10 to 24 hours before SHESEiaauiaM m MOTOR OILS STANDARD Oil COMPANY For smooth ine operation l ens It's the quality of, the lubricating oil that governs a motor's vibration that keeps her running smoothly and quietly and minimizes wear. But oil should do more should keep compression tight at all engine heats and maintain an unbroken seal between pis tons and cylinders so that fuel develops maximum power. Polarine meets all these requirements. It cushions bearings and moving parts against both wear and noise and main tains a gas-tight seal in the cylinders under all conditions of engine operation and heat. It makes motoring more pleasant and less expensive. Buy Polarine for your motor at the same place you buycconomical, clean burning Red Crown Gasoline at first class garages and service stations where you see this sign. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (NEBRASKA) OMAHA Fewer Figs Reach Market. The llg yield of tlic vilayet of Alden has arisen from approximately 0,000 tons raised on 10,000 acres of land about thirty years ago to about 23,000 tons raised on 2f,000 acres. However, this advance In supply hus not kept pace with the demand, and prices of llgs have steadily risen. The big pro ducing areas are, under normal condi tions, exclusively tapped by; the Otto man (Alden) Railway company's sys tem. The orchards, located mainly In tho -Meander valley, are owned chielly by Turks. The best figs nro produced In the Inovnssl and Ortaxo districts. The product Is mnrketed In Smyrna, where the ilgs are packed In accord ance with tho demand of tho region to which the flgs are exported. Blight, neglected fertilization and lack of com munication have cut down this season's export output to nbout 10,000 tons. Exports went to tho United States (about 4,000 tons) tho United Kingdom (5,500 tons), nnd European entente countries (about 1,000 tons). "MAXIM SILENCER" FOR SHIPS Is It Still .Coffee? Two young man walking along Chestnut street the other evening met two girls, recent acquaintances, dress ed In height of fashion fur coats nnd hats, expensive looking shoes, und in vited them to go" to a high-clas res taurant. The girls agreed and nfter they had finished eatlng, they were nsked It they would enjoy a demi-tasse. They looked at each other. "Is It some 6ort of sundae?" In quired one as though there might bo some hidden Joke In the Invitation. "I don't think it would go good af ter a hearty meal," said tho other. The young fellows gave it up. "Would you like some coffee ?" asked one of them. "Sure," replied the girls in chorus, "thnt's what wo wns waiting for youso guys to ask us." Philadelphia Itecord. China Looks to France. France as a field of study of a reat pcoplo In n period of reconstruction and .restoration Is being commended to the progressive students of China by such an authority as Wang Tslng wel, founder of tho Socloto Franco Chlnolso. lie advises his fellow coun trymen that tho present Is opportune for study by Chlncso In Franco to learn from personal observation how strenuous measures nro In tho chang ing of n.ntionnl conditions. China, ho says, with Its vust population and nrea must, to bring about anything worthy of tho name of reconstruction, rely upon tho efforts of many Chinese to introduco tho new clvlllzntlon nnd to bring Chlnn up to date. Ho says Jf China can send abroad 100.W0 Btu dents, then its motto should be "Let ns have mopj', . It Is Claimed They Will Absolutely Do Away With Noise Made by the Motors. Eight ships now sailing tho Pacific j ocean are equipped with great ! silencers, weighing S.000 pounds ench, the Invention of Illram Percy Maxim, famdus as thelnventor of the gun silencer bearing his name. If success ful, this newest "Maxim silencer" may stimulate tho tendency toward general substitution of the speedier, more economical, oil-burning vessels driven by the super-powerful engines of the Diesel type, for tho present-dn steamers. "The motor-driven ship Is tho ship of the future," Mr. Maxim said recent ly. "However, In the past there has been one great disadvant age, the tetrlllc noise of the motors. Tho now silencer we expect will solve thnt problem." Mr. Maxim said that, Inasmuch nt ids patents have not been Issued, ho cannot disclose the construction of his new Invention. However, In general principle It Is not unlike other Maxim silencers, depending on nccomplfcihlng Its work by nbsorblng tho recoil and hence silencing tho terrific exhaust. Mr. Maxim says It Is not dissimilar In design to tho smaller Maxim silencers oif tho mnrket for several years for use on motor nnd power boats. Reproductlvlty of Pearls. There Is nothing new under tho sun, nnd tho Iden of placing pearls In u bag with a little rice, and finding af ter many yours that their numbers have Incrensed, a very ancient prac tice, Is claiming attention In the' Eng lish press. That the rlci hns the appearance of being "pecked" adds a further touch of the familiar, and people are asking what kind of rice pearls like best In the time of Boctlus de Hoot, the reproductlvlty not only of pearls but of diamonds wns a common belief. The explana tion tlmt the pearls now occupying nttentlon are vegetable pearls from the Malay states would not have sat isfied Iloetlus. :o::- Suo us 'for wall paper, Tho Rexall Store. ' 14tf No Time to Lose. "This paper says the world'll only last- another live million years." "By Jove'. An 1 ain't hnd my de mobilization pnpers yet I" Windsor Vngnzlne. i, Heart Expels Bullets. During the war surgeons did somt extraordinary operations on tho heart. An account of those and of the tech nique is given by Sir Charles Bnllance, consulting surgeon of St. Thomns'-hos-pital, London, In the Lancet. An in teresting fnct related by hlra Is that bullets that penetrated tho heart were often expelled through tho aorta with tho blood and were found at remote partH of tho body where thoy hud stuck In an artery. ' INCORPORATED 1887. Mutual Building and Loan Association, Of North Platte, Nebraska. RESOURCES OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS. The Association has unlimited funds at its command to assist in the building or purchase of homes for the people of North Platte. If you are interested, the ofiicers'tjof this Association will render every assistance and show you how easy it is to acquire your own home. T. C. PATTERSON, BESSIFF. SALISBURY, President. Secretary.