NOItTII PLATTE SBMl-'WEEKIiY TRIBUNE.
First Mate of
the Nancy Ellen
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By FREDERICK HART
&, 1J0, by McClure NewiuPr Syndicate.!
Out past One Trco Point, out past
the Harren bIiooIb. out past ttic Nar-
cross Light sped the Nancy Mil'",
skimming the spray from the white
capped waves. In tho stern crouched
n laughing girl, her head thro;n back,
imr till tn linnils braced against tho
tiller.
"I suppose this Is our last sail to
gether," she said. "With tho Harnstn
Mo house opening tomorrow your time
will he tilled with fishing and sailing
parties."
"Well, I hope so," said Jim, his eyes
on the for horizon. "I shall need all
I can get to nut with whatever the
old tub sells or to glvo mo n fitnrt
next fall In the city. Pad won't help.
me at nil." he milled bitterly.
"Perhaps your father thinks your
opportunity lies here." suggested Mary
L'ontlv. "He getting old anil the
store will soon he too much for him,
"I know." said .Tim Impatiently, "but
he can nlwnys sell out."
Mary said no more, convinced of the
futility of argument. Why wouldn't
Jim see that here In his old homo
town lay his ,blggest chance of suc
cess?
For miles around W. Newton & Son
held the trade In groceries, hardware
nnd dry goods, anil rapidly growing
trade It was, what with the yearly In-
creasing Influx of summer people who
crowded tho hotels and hoarding
house and cottages. This business to
which Jim now contributed part of
the name and a few hours every morn
ing, would eventually become entirely
his. Let him combine some youthful
energy with his father's reputation and
there was a gold mine In It for him.
Hut According to Jim the Goddess Suc
cess hnd her temple only In tho city.
If, when tho sail was over, Mnry
sighed os she helped him fasten the
canvas covers, It was partly with re
gret for happy days gone by, partly
Fortunately tho Day Was Fair.
with apprehension as to what the fu
ture held In store.
Three weeks Inter, ns Mary walked
down North Unrnstnble's winding, elm-
shaded Main- street to the post ofllco,
Jim's father, fussing over a window
display of canned cheeses, beckoned
to her from tho store.
"Mnry." he said, after Rlie hnd fol
lowed him into the store, "I wnnt you
to do something for me. Young Whlt
loek, nt the Hnrnstnhlo house, Is pes
tering me to death to sell out to him
at a price not half what the business
Is worth, Hut I'm tempted to tnko
him up. It's more thnn I-can innnago
alone nnd Jim Is planning to get out
In the fall. Hut If I thought Jim, tfns
putting hlm up to It, I'd stick it out
till I pass In my checks. 1 won't bo
bulldozed by Jim."
"How enn I help you?" asked Mary
as the other paused.
"This way." replied tho mnn eager
ly. "Find out. If you can, what Jim
knows nbout It. I hnven't mentioned
It to him. If It'B his ddlngs. I'll hnvo,
nothing to do with It. Hut If ho
doesn't kijov? nbout It. I'll try and Jrick
up the other fellow's offer a little, and
close the deal."
"I'll do what I can. Mr. Newton."
Mnry agreed and a moment Inter left
the store. She did not relish tho com
mission. It meant arranging a meet
ing with Jim, nnd she hnd not Been
Jim slnue the opening of tho hotel,
That ho hail gone to sevoral of tho
hops with Cynthia Whltloek she had
gathered from very rellnhle Informa
tion, Its source being nono other thnn
Cynthln'H brother. Hert Whltloek. who
was trying to buy Jim's father's store.
And It wns through that very same
young man that Mary'B llrst oppor
tunity to see Jim came, when ho In
vited her to r,o sailing with his sister
Cynthia and himself on the Nancy Ul
len.
Oa the afternoon of tho Balling par-
ty, ns they stepped nboard tho sloop
from the tender, Mary noticed with u
queer little pung that Cynthia went
straight to the helm. That had always
been Mary's place, and so many times
hnd iie steered thnt Jim often told
her she knew the channel better than
he did. and called her the, Nancy 11
len's "first male." Evidently she had
lost her Job.
It was on the return sail thnt Jim
said!
'I envy you. Whltloek; born and
brought up In the city that's where
opportunity lies."
"Not always," returned tho other
pleasantly. "I have found a very good
opportunity located elsewhere than In
the city, (t Isn't mine yet. I'm still
negotiating hut If I get It well. I'm
satlsfled. I supposed you knew It. I
want to buy your father's"
The shoals I The shoals 1" cried
Mary wildly.
Jim leapco for the helm. Out be
fore he could grasp the tiller from
Cynthln's hands the Nancy Hllen
struck, paused, shivered from bow to
stem, then slid onto the outer edge
of the llarrcn shoals. Half turned
over, she was transformed In an In
stant from n responsive, buoyant crea
ture riding tile waves to a thing Inert,
the plaything of tho swells which
broke over her.
Fortunately tho day was fair ffitil
the wind off shore. Otherwise she
would not have lasted until the keep
ers of the'Narcross light, who had wit
nessed the wreck, could launch their
motorhoat nnd hasten to the rescue.
With some illlllculty the drenched girls
were taken aboard. The men stnyed
to manipulate (lie ropes with which
the craft was eventunlly hnuled off.
That night Mary, a bit shaken up
and weak, sat In tho couch hammock
on her little" veranda, bathed In the
fragrance of honeysuckle. How strong
Jim's arms had felt about her. the sec
ond nfter they struck I Hut had his ac
tion meant anything, or bad It been In
voluntary, the result of a strange Im
pulse nt tho moment of- possible
denth? She wanted to extract from It
tho ultimate drop of consolation, for
now that she could report to Jim's
father her conviction that Jim was In
no wny responsible for the offer for
the business. Jim's father would sell
out and Jim wouli go to the city.
Home one was coming in tnu gate.
Hert Whltloek, to see If she had got
ten over tho effects of her near drown
ing? No It was Jim I Quickly he
swung up the walk and veranda steps
over 4o the hummock beside Mary's
slim white tlgure.
"Mary," he began without pronmhl:
"are you and Whltloek "
'No," said Mary sweetly, "we're not.
That Is, Hert wants to be oh, not
me I A girl In tho city."
"Thank heaven I" breathed Jim. "I
was afraid the fact he was after dad's
business meant that he had somo ulte
rior motive for settling down hero.
And If lie hasn't any such reason, ho
must be sincere In thinking It's u
good business proposition. Hut, by
Jupiter, ho won't get It I I guess
what's good enough for n city man
whose father owns n whole chain of
stores so that he knows what, he's talk
ing about, is good enough for me.
Particularly when why, Mary, are
you as glad as nil that?"
For Mary's face, lifted up- to him In
the white moonlight, was shining with
happiness. "Yes, Jim, I am," she said,
"And your father what It will mean
to html"
Jim reached down and drew her up
Into his arms. "Sweetheart." ho whis
pered ngalnst her hnlr, "this afternoon
when we hit the reef I knew then
what you were to me. Do youcaro n
little?"
And thnt Mary remained where she
was, was answer enough. After n mo
ment she raised her head, ''('an I bo
tlrst mate of the Nancy Hllen for
keeps?" she asked.
Jim nodded solemnly. "And the cap
tain, too." he pronitaed.
DEVICE GRIPS SUNKEN SHIPS
Latest Salvage Machine Is Declared
Superior to Any Other That Hap
Yet Been Devised.
Thero hnR recently been patented ft
dcvlco for raising sunken ships which
bids fair to be highly effectual. Tho
principle underlying tho Invention Is
tho firing Into the vessel of n novel
form of grip. This, nfter penetrntlng
the hull, automatically opens out two
extending arms, which (Irmly grasp tho
plates,
Tho grips aro discharged from a spc-
clnl tfun by means of compressed nlr.
says the Nautical Magazine. Aftpr be
ing loaded on tho surface, tho gup Is
submerged to tho level of tho vessel,
nnd Is then fired by electricity, mag
netic power being employed to keep
tho muzzle of tho gun pointing towurd
tho vessel,
The gun can be raised to tho sur-
fuco again nnd reloaded as often ns
Is necessary. When a Btifllelent num
ber of grips hnvo been placed In posi
tion, tho vessel, If It la not nt top
grent a depth, can bo retlontcd by
means of cables nttached to them. If,
however, tho water la too deep to per
mit of this, speclnlly constructed
cylinders are slid down the cables, and
compressed air Is pumped Into them
until they nre buoyant enough to
raise thu vessel.
To Add Interest.
A boy hnd been killed on a viaduct
near Galveston, Tex. Tho father of
another boy wns trying to describe thu
victim to his son. The child, who was
much Interested, tried to recall tho
dead youngster, but unavnlllngly. So
turning to his father, he said, sorrow
fully :
"I wish It had beeu Tommy Bprlggs
1 know lilta." ,
Knights of Columbus Attend Pontifical Mass
Delegates to tluf supreine convention
Canada, tho Philippines, Porto Illeo and
York, by which the members of tho convention dedlcnted themselves anew to
graph shows Fourth Degree color guards entering the cathedral.
Ships Guided
Now By "Ears"
Listening Devices in Hulls Tell
Channel Route Into New
York Harbor.
CA TELL EXACT LOCATION
8ound Waves Emitted by Energized
Cable Laid In Center of Channel
Are -Picked Up by Audi,
phones on Vessels.
New York. The principle of "fol
low the green line" used successfully
by the management of New York's
subway system In hnndllng crowds at
congested transfer points, has been
adapted In a measure to Insure safety
to ships nt sen nround crowded har
bors. Instead of a visible "green
line," however, n device has been per
fected whereby vessels seeking their
way Into harbor In thick weather can
follow with safety u submerged and
energized wire.
In the outer reaches of New York'
harbor, where deep water meets
shoals, there begins a marine passage
way known ns Ambrose channel. This
channel lends up through tho Nar
rows Into the Inner harbor and to ttyc
docks, and In this channel the guiding
cable has been laid. Ships properly
equipped to tnko advantage of Its
guiding powers can follow It through
any kind of weather with the same
degree of assurance as run the pas
senger who seeks to make his way
from Oran (I Central terminal to Times
square.
Guides by Sound Waves.
The device conslstB of a cable 1(1
miles long laid In the center of the
rhnnnel. It Is energized with an al
ternating current from the shore.
Ships to take ndvantage of It must
5 Quotes Bible, but Goes
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i iu jau iui ouiuuiii-Ji
Pittsburgh. Appearing In
court with a Hlble - under his
nrm, from which he quoted pas
sages which prohibited divorce.
Charles . H. McCormlck an
nounced thnt he would rather go
to Jail than pay his wife, ICva
M, McCormlck, counsel fees and
nllmony in her divorce suit
against him.
A few minutes Inter he was In
a cell In the county jail, having
been declared In contempt of
court by Judge Drew nfter Mc
Cormlck declared that, although
he had plenty of money, he
would rather go to Jail than sti
fle his conscience and "disobey
the Hlble. Later ho changed his
mind, pnld the alimony and was
released,
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MEN FOR
Zionist Official Appeals for 10,-
000 Volunteer Workers.
Are Necessary for the Basic Recon.
structlon of the Jewish National
Homeland.
Jerusnlem. Ten thousand volun
teers, chosen from veterans of the
world war, the Jewish Legion, nnrt
skilled workmen, to enlist nt once for
18 months' service In a Jewish Indus
trial army In Palestine, nre necessary
for tho basic reconstruction work of
tho Jewish national hmlielnml, accord
ing to Hernnrd A. Hosenblntt, pru
dent of the American 'Ann common
wealth, who Is now In Pnlestlno In the
Interests of "Hnlfourla," the colony of
tho American .Ion commonwealth.
Mr. Itosenhlatt recommends a regu
lar army organlr.utlon with a general
stnff of three which, as. a Jewish In
dustrial commission, will supervise
of the Knights of Columbus from every state in the Union, from Mexico,
Cuba, attended the solemn pontifical
he equipped with nudlphones or listen
ing devices attached to the hull. Ap
proaching the channel, the sound
waves emitted by the cable can be
henrd for some distance, nnd the In
creasing or decreasing strength of the
sound Miables the ship to he steered
until It Is rlglit'over the source.
It Is then a simple matter to fol
low Its course through the dredged
channel despite storm or fog, which
would mnkn the marking buoys Invis
ible or Vould tend to confuse the
warning notes of automatic bell and
whistle markers.
Can Tell Exact Location.
This cable Is but nu additional pro
tection for shipping entering Ameri
can ports. It supplements the radio
compass Installed and operated by the
naval communications service now In
Rapa, Paradise
for Lazy Men
Women Do Alf Work, Even to
Feeding the Indolent Male
- of the Species.
NOT WORRIED , BY CLOTHES
Natives Went Naked Until Scandal-J
Ized Whito Missionary Hailing
From Tahiti Gathered Old
Garments for Them.
ltapa, Dangerous Archlpelngo. South
Pacific They toll not, neither do they
spin, nnd In all the reaches of the
seven seas It would take 'a long voyage
to tlnd a more lazy population of men
1 than Knpa's.
j In Itapn I lie w omen are the hewers
I of wood anil the drawers of water. In
other happy climes of Micronesia and
! Polynesia tho self-appointed "lord of
1 creation" will deign to raise his hand
' alort nnd pluck for himself the fnilt
; of the bhmtna nnd orange tree. In
; Hupn, however, he will not even feed
i himself.
When mealtime comes the woman of
' the family, after foraging for food and
! cooking It, must also put it Into the
j mouth of her lord and master. They
' roll the turo "pol" Into little balls and
toss them Into the open mouths of the
men folks.
Not Worried by Clothes.
The people of Hnpa wear no clothes
or did not until a scnndallzed white
I missionary from Tahiti Insisted on
.. . S....... I.I,.
t I gailierillK piiiiii (Mil Kiiriiiriim limn inn
' ' more favored narlshlouers in Papeete
i nnd hurried them to Hnpa.
Itapn. known nlso ns Oparo, Is one of
PALESTINE
the work of the Jewish labor army In
rebuilding the lloty l.tiiul.
"Our biggest .ask, once the call Is
Issued for volunteers, will he In sift
ing out the applicants nnd determin
ing upon the 10,000 to go," he said.
"They could all be occupied In the one
tak of building houses for future Im
migrants. The army shou'd work only
I on land belonging to the Jewish na
! tlon, lands secured from the Palestine
j government, from the Jewish national,
I fund. . the American Zlon common
1 wealth or other agencies of the .Ian
j 1st organlr.atkn."
I In addltlov to he construction of
i housvs. he points out thnt such an
I army would be busied In preparing
land for Immediate settlement, Irriga
tion, afforcstrutlon, sanitation and en
gineering works necessary for the de
velopment of Industry nnd commerce.
"The nucleus for such on Industrial
army la already In Palestine In the
co-operative groups, working on the
lands of the Jewish uatlouul fund ami
mass nt St. Patrick's cathedral, New
the pledgeti of tho order. Tho photo
successful use all along the Atlnntlc
const. ( Hy tho compass ships can as
certain their exnet osltjon in nny
kind of weather. Another protec
tion recently tried out by the navy
department Is a mnchlne for deter
mining depth of wnter anil proximity
of other ships through the readings of
sounds from the propellers reflected
back from the bottom or near-by
bodies.
EX-KAISER FEELS HIGH COST
Exchange on German Mark Prevents
Former Emperor Renting Staff
Quarters.
Doom, Holland. -The former Ger
man emperor, William, Is greatly wor
ried about the low exchange rate of
the German mark. Recently, In hope
of securing quarters for some of his
stnff, he lias priced a number of houses
Iq the vicinity of Doom.
The prices have been qtioted In
Dutch guldens, but William reducing
everything to marks, has thrown up
his hands and called the prices pre
posterous. the most Isolntod and most Interesting
Islands In the South Pacific. It lies
south of Tahiti, far out In the tropics.
Included in the French settlements In
Oceania nnd Inhabited by Polynesians
of the same type n.s the Tahltlaus.
It Is line of the" few spots most light'
ly touched by the finger of civilization
Seldom does a schooner touch here
not more than once a yar and once'
In a great while a French gunboat
from Papeete wlllr voyage Into the
Dangerous archipelago.
Has Coal Deposits.
Tho island Itself Is mountainous,
with strange castle-like peaks rlsln
In the-interior. It possesses a good
harbor, and. what Is most unique In
the South Sen Islands, hns deposits of
con, if not or very goon qunuty, though
When the Panama canal wns near-
lug completion there "wns much talk In
Tahiti of establishing a coaling stntloM
here, ltapa being, close to the southeni
great circle route and admirably adapt
ed to such a purpose, but no sucli
thing had come to rudely shock the
serene existence of ltapa men.
Butted Into Pigsty.
Montgomery, Pa. While gazing
with pride at his pen of fast-fattcnlig
hogs nnd dreaming fond dreams
of Juicy hams during tho coming wilt
ter season, uustav stoney of near
Montgomeryvllle wns nwukened from
his reverie when u goat butted him
over the rnll of the pigsty among the
pigs.. The porkers crawled all over
lilm nnd Stoney nnd the pigs gave
grunts, squeals and yells. Finally
Stoney's son came to his father's res
cue. He chased off the pigs and
Stoney, the elder, emerged from the
pigsty. Me was cut and bruised.
In Jhe group that Is developing 'Hnl
fourla.' the tlrst colony or the Amerl
can Zlon commonwealth," ho con
ciuiieu. "i am convinced after two
'visits to Palestine that only throuuh
such a huge disciplined Jewish labor
army, win we ne anie to reconquer
the land of our forefathers."
All-White Doe Seen.
Ashlr.nil. Wis. A white doe Is a fre-
qilent visitor to tho woods In tho vl
clnlty of Trappers Lake, In tha Hlrch
Lake country. It. line hecu seen by i
number of peopro, and Thursday after
noon a pary composed of J. Frank
j.'larke of Dnvonpprt, In., and Dr. A,
P. Andrus nnd G. M. Hurnhnm of this
city met the niilmnl on the road.
Is n tine specimen of Its type nnd np
pours- to lie entirety white.
Two Matadors Horned.
Harcelona. Matador Corrca, who
had previously been wounded while
lighting n hull, struck n bone with his
sword and fell on the animal's boms,
He was tossed and received n dee
wound. Matador Arequlpeno also was
horned severely.
CARING FOR BREEDING DUCKS
If Not Kept for Production of Market
Eggs Fowls Should Be Given
Grass Range.
Breeding ducks, If not kept for the-
production of market eggs, should have-
n grass range, If possible, niter tnc-
hatchlng season Is over and be fed.
parlngly on a, mnsh of 1 part, by
weight, corn meal, 2 parts bran, t
part low-grado wlwat flour, 1 port
green feed, 8 per cent beef scrap and
H per cent grit, given once or twlco
dally, with one feed of mixed grains;
or the mash may bo made of 3 parts,
by measure, corn meal, 4 parts bran,
parts low-grade wheat flour, three-
fourths part beef scrap, and 2 parts-
of green feed, with n smnll amount of
grit and shell or mlnernl mntter.
Feed Pekln ducks for eggs, begin
ning about December 1, on 1 pound of
corn menl, 1 pound of low-grade flour
Pekln Ducks About Seven Weeks Old.
in Fattening Pen.
or middlings, 1 pound of bran, 15 per
cent of beef scrap, 15 per cent of veg
etables or green feed, nnd some grit.
feeding this mash twice daily, in the
morning nnd nt night; also giving 1
quart of mixed corn nnd wheat to ev
ery 00 ducks at noon when they are
laying heavily. These laying ration
should be fed throughout the year to.
Indian Itunners or to nny breed or
ducks kept principally for the produc
tion of market eggs, poultry special
ists of the United; States department
of agriculture say. ' If the Indian Itun
ner ducks nre not laying, they should
be fed sparingly. All rations arc by
wfclght unless otherwise stated. Thir
ty laying ducks (Peklns) will eat about
10 quarts of moist mnsh at each meal.
FEEDING FOWLS FOR PROFIT
Early Hatched Chick Will Reach Lay.
Ing Maturity Before Commence
ment of Cold Season.
The first rule for getting a goott
profit from poultry is to get the chick
hatched early, and the next is to kee
them growing so that they will read
laying maturity before the commence
ment of cold weather. There Is no
proilt In keeping u chicken Just alive.
whether it is Intended for laying stock:
or for the market. One reason why-
more care shotdd be exercised In feed
ing fowls Is that the chicks know less,
about what Is goo.d for them than il
the fowls. The healthy chick is a
hungry .thing nnd will eat what I
given It ; the digestive orgnns being:
wenk aVe less able to dispose of ob-
jectlonnble feed than nre those of old
er fowls.
Young chicks should be fed a llrtle
at a time and often, poultry special
ists In United States department of
agriculture say. They should be fecf
early In the morning nnd just before
going to bed nt night, and not hw
thnn three times In the Intervening'
period. For the first two woeks they
may be fed three meals of soft feed"
nnd two of hnrd, nnd after that age
two of soft and three of hnrd, Jess
soft feed being fed ns they grow old
er. No more moistened soft feed
should he given nt one time thnn they
will eat up clean.
OBJECTS IN CULLING FLOCK
Insures Feed for Best Layers and"
Saves Fowls Best Suited for
Breeding Purposes.
Culling of the- flock serves two pur
poses: First, It Insures thnt the feed
will be consumed by tle better-producing
hens, thereby Increasing the profit.
Second, It makes It possible to save
those best suited for breeders, both on
account of their better production and
on account of their superior strength
and vitality qualities so essential to
layers If they are to stand up under
the severe strain of heavy laying.
Weeding out the poor liens gives those
left more room and a better chance.
ESSENTIAL FOR YARDED HENS
Charcoal, Grit and Oyster Shells
Should Be Kept Before Fowls
All the Time.
Where the chickens nre kept In
small hare yards, line charcoal, grit
and oyster shells should be kept be
fore them all of the time, nnd cracked
or ground bom; may be fed. The bone
Is not necessary for chickens that
hove a good range.