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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.
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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
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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.
