240 acres well improved, li miles f.om Depot in Kas. Good spring Best of terms. Willtake
40 acres as part payment, balance long time at low interest.
200 acres \% iniies from depot, Richardson county, Nebraska Good buildings and laud. t\ ill
take 40 or 80 acres as part payment
1 HO acres upland, 1 mile from depot, Richardson county, Nebraska. §12.000.
160 acres Johnson county, Nebraska 80 rods to church and school. Best of terms. Might rent
107 acres near Brownville, Nebraska
80 acres k'-mile from Falls City high school.
640 acres. $3,000 improvements Also 640 acres adjoining. Will take 160acres a- part payment
Fine running water. A No. 1 opportunity.
Money to loan
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BAKING
Crullers,
All Cakes,
Biscuits, Hot Breads
More Tasty, Economical,
Absolutely Healthful
TALKS ABOUT PAINT
MATERIAL USED FOR THINNING
PAINT DRIERS
Would You Know What's In Your
Paint Bucket? Then Mix
It Yourself.
Thinm'i's are liquids to mix with
the linseed oil tor the paint) for
tiie purpose of reducing tho quantity
of oil and theieby spreading the oil
film while siil! carrying tlie desired
amount of pigmei t, and, to make
the paint work easier. They also
hasten drying in cause they spread
the oil film. it is easy to see that
h thin layer c f oil will be more* ex
posed and therefore dry quicken' than
a thiek layer. The essential qualit
ies of a thinner a > first; it must
evalu ate before the oil film hard
ens. Second t :. u t make a com
pit ,■ toi tu n v, tii the u 1 Third,
it mu.a carry .) portion of pigment
i i it n u t net «image the color
c i; j .t tut e pa! t
I . • ru i. ;i \ • r ;i * s at y In
ip. e w e '.t i • r . ,oi . pro
t ■ t. ..on ti w e ' r t li not de
sirible lo i,.i n.ail o i, As long
as tin it is enough u> make a film,
and hell tii pain! to the surfa e of
t!ie work, so it will not peel off the
end is accomplish, d. Too much oil is
detrimental. On outside work,
where we have the eroding influence
of sun and rain to contend with, the
thicker the film of oil the better,
therefore the It ss thinner we use
the better. Reim inber that the oil
is the paint and ns soon as erosion
lias worn off, the outer surface of oil,
the particles of pigment which were
enmeshed in it, have nothing to re
tain them and will wash off. There
fore the thicker the oil film the
less the erosion or to express it
better, the longer it takes to erode
through.
For outside work therefore we
must carry our pigmeent with oil and
not with a substance that will
evaporate.
I said that a thinner must make a
perfect solution with the oil. Per
haps that needs explanation. If we
take a little oil and a little water
and shake them up In a bottle we
get a milky mixture that separates al
most immediately, this is not a solu
tion. Nowr if we shake togethter oil
and turpentine we get a perfectly
clear solution that does not separate.
There is no chemical union of these
two. They still remain oil and tur
pentine hut they are very intimately
combined. The solution is clear and
remains clear. It is thinner than
oil and thicker than turpentine. it
is a perfect solution the one in the
other.
Too much thinner on an outside
Jot) is worse than too little on an in
side Job. Painters say sometimes
of white lead that it gets "chalky.”
It is not the fault of the lead, It is
tin' fault of the painter. The trouble
is too much thinner. Suppose an ex
cess of thinner in a paint loaded
with pigment to make it cover well,
spread out on n board. It looks
all right because the oil shows on
the surface but after the thinner has
evaporated it leaves an excess of
pigment in proportion to the oil.
lust as soon as erosion begins this
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excess of pigment particles are - ex
posed and they can be wiped off
with the finger. Of course all old
jobs are likely to “chalk" but if a
recent job chalks it means that the
paint t lias put too much thinner in
hi., paint in order to "stretch” it or
to make 1t work faster.
The best thinner is turpentine.
Put a drop of turpentine on a piece
of glass and allow it to evaporate,
it leaves behind only a perceptible
hazyuess to obscure the glass. It
evaporates with reasonable rapidity
and it carries pigment well. Paint
that is heavy with a pigment will
still work fairly well if it be half or
two thirds turpentine. It has no bad
effect on the paint and does not
| change colors.
There is a substitute for tur
pentine on the market. 1 have never
seen it. It is quite likely a gasoline
preparation at nearly turpentine price
l should think it a good thing to let
j P alone.
The old coal tar benzine, or more
I properly, benzole, if we could get it,
would rank next to turpentine. It
did not carry pigment as well as tur
pentine but was a closee second. It
is not on the market. At least it is
not obtainable in a small way. Per
haps large paint makers can get it
hut I doubt it. Benzine appears upon
some paint formula but 1 am sure it
is petroleum benzine.
Petroleum Benzine is the chemi
cal name for high test gasoline but
ordinary gasoline is what is usual
ly meant. In the list of thinners it
would rank third. It is cheap and
where cheapness is desired it isn't
a bad article to use. It fulfills all
requirements except that it will not
carry much pigment. In a paint
thinned with a large proportion of
gasoline the' pigment is liable to
"grain” and will roll up under the
brush. It cannot he usi d in large
quantities like turpentine can. A
larger proportion of oil is necessary.
This trouble < an be overcome some
what by using part turpentine and
part gasoline. Paint containing gas
oline instead of turpentine does!
not work ns smooth and does not
leave as smooth a job because it
evaporates too quickly but aside from
these faults it isn’t a bad thinner.
It makes a perfect solution with oil
and does not injure the paint or ef
fect colors. After the job is com
pleted it is just as permament as if
turpentine had been used. We must
keep in mind that these thinners do
not remain in the paint. They evap
orate and leave the paint before the
oil film hardens. They must do that
or they are unsuitable. That is why
cheap thinners do not hurt the paint
after It is dry.
For years painters have used ker
osine surreptitiously for thinning. Of
course they would not. admit that tluy
ever did it, but it has been done and
largely done. Kerosine and gasoline
are not. far apart in price but they
are not alike. Gasoline evaporates to1
rapidly and kerosine too slowly. Gas
oline will not carry much pigment,
kerosine will carry almost as much
as turpentine.- Kerosine works bet
ter than gasoline and it makes a per
fect soluttion with linseed oil.
Kerosine should not be used in
paint. A very little perhaps on a
cheap inside job might not do any
harm but it is a detriment when
used in much quantity and in any
quantity on an outside job. It is
not put into any mixed paint that is
sold to dealers, but it does go into
some of the cheap mixed paints that
are sold to painters and into some
of the mail order paints. If it ap
pears on the printed analysis it is
under the name of hydrocarbon oil
or mineral oil.
As I have already said unscrupu
lous painters have used it to “scamp”
their paint on contract jobs when
they furnished the material. It is a
good thing for this purpose because
it carries pigment well a nd works
smoothly. It isn't a good thing for
the paint.
There is water in almost all, yes
all, the mixed paints. It. can not
be called a thinner. It does not
meet ANY of the indications. It
does not make a solution with lin
seed oil, it does not evaporate fast
enough, it does not carry pigment
well and it does injure the paint.
The mixed paints contain it in vary
ing proportions from 1 Vi* per cent up
to twenty-four per cent, in the case
or mail order paints, according to the
Dakota paint commission. No won
der mail order paint can be sold
cheap if it is one fourth water!
This same commission allows one
and one half per cent of water in
mixed paint as an "accidental” im
purity, but must bo considered simply
as an adulterant. One fourth of one
per cent would be enough to allow
for accidental impurity and therefore
more than that must be intentional
adulteration. Surely twenty four p?r
cent could only be intentional. Per
haps two or even three percent is
not a very serious matter and mixed
paint need not be abandoned be
cause of that, but if you want to
cheapen your paint 24 per cent bet
ter put the water in yourself instead
of buying it and paying freight on it.
' We come now to driers. These
are liquids to be added to the paint
to accelerate drying. The best are
made by boiling litharge, Manganeese
or red lead in linseed oil. Others
are made by boiling shallac rosin or
gums in linseed oil. They are made
by all varnish makers. As the
amount used lu paint is not large j
they have no great effect on the qual
ity of the paint. They can be used
wherever quick drying is important
but it is better not. to use drier lib
erally on outside work.
Next week ! will take up pig-!
ments.
A. MORSMAN, M. D.
Morsmakii Drug Co.
Me^kc-t Letter.
Kansas City, October 24, 1910 —
Cattle receipts here last week were j
74,000 head, a reduction of fifteen
thousand from the run the previous
week. The market suffered from
an excessive supply at Chicago last
week, and steers declined 10 to 25c
during the week. Cows, heifers and
bulls sold strong, and closed the
week 15 to 25 higher, calves a quar
ter higher, stoekers and feeders
firm. A good many short fed cat
tle came in not properly matured,
and sold disappointingly. With plen
ty of feed in the country, the trad
ers think It is a needless sacrifice to
send in cattle that are too poor to
kill and not attractive as feeders.
Top steers sold last week at $7.801
and this figure was reached today.
The eight dollar steers disappeared
entirely, not even in Chicago could
this price be reached last week, best
$7.90. A year ago top steers were
selling around nine dollars and the
market was going up. Prime cattle
usually advance in November, previ
ous to the holidays, and they may
do so this year. The run today is
22,000 head, equal to a week ago, and
the market is strong to 10 higher.
Cooler weather lately has put a
better edge on the market, and an
other thing, buyers are afraid re
ceipts will drop down sharply in the
near future. Run of rangeers at the
Northern market fell off 25 per cent
last week, and this week will almost
clean up the pansas pasture.
Yearlings reached $7.25, fed steers
$5.75 to $7.25, grass steers $4.50 to
$0.00, cows up to $4.75 feeders $4.00
to $5.60.
For a change the hog market made
a gain of nine cents on an average
for the week, last week. The run
continues infinitesimal, only 23,000
head last week, less than half the
run same week a year ago. Supply
is 3,500 here today, market strong to
10 higher on most sales, after an at
tempt of the packers to get them at
lower prices. Buyers have been
trying to pound heavies lately, try
ing to discourage owners in the
popular disposition to make big hogs,
and boosting lights, in an effort to
entice more of this kind to market.
A year ago light hogs were about a
quarter under the heavy weights, ex
actly the reverse of present condi
tions. Packers have appeared indif
ferent for two or three days, but sud
denly remembered today that they
needed some hogs. Heavy weights
$8.70 to $8.90, medium $9.00, lights,
$.10. J. A. RICKART,
L. S Correspondent.
“The Burgomaster.”
The greatest care possible has been
exercised in forming this season’s
presenting company for the Pixley
and Luder musical comedy success,
“The Burgomaster.” Manager Wm. P
Cullen has engaged the original “Bur
gomaster” in the person of Gus C.
Weinburg, although he has been seen
in many characters, he has never
been seen to better advantage than
in “The Burgomaster.” Pixley &
Luder had the artist in mind when
they wrote this musical masterpiece.
Manager Gehling was very lucky in
securing this musical gem for next
Saturday night, October 29.
Donald McCoy came home Monday
from a business trip down in Mis
souri.
THE HAPPIEST BOY IS THE ONE WHO COT
A WATCH FOR XMAS OR ON HIS BIRTHDAY
A Watch from Cur Store
Will Bring Happiness to
Anyone, the Boy or Girl
the Man or Woman.
No other store offers you
such a large assortment
of fine watches to select
from. Look ’em over.
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DAVIES & OWENS
JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS FALLS CITY, NEBRASKA
Visiting in St. Joseph.
Mrs. D. W. Sowles and Mrs. Mary
Mettz, vent to St Joe Monday where
they will visit Mr. and Mrs. Hal
Sowles for a week and get acquainted
with the little lady who has recently
come to make her home in the
Sowles family.
Returned From Eastern Visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wilson returned
last Thursday night from a two
months trip in the East. From Nia
gara Falls they went up into Cana
da, visiting several places of inter
est. They spent considerable time
among the mountains of Vermont and
New Hampshire and on their return
trip enjoyed the ocean trip from Ilos
ton to Norfolk. They spent some
time in Virginia and Washington, D.
C., and feel very well satisfied with
what has proven one of their most
pleasant trips.
“House of a Thousand Candles.
People who are interested in arts
and crafts will be delighted with
the beautiful candle-sticks and candle
bras used in the production of “The
House of a Thousand Candles,” the
original Chicago and New York pro
duction which will be seen at the
Geliling on Wednesday, November 2.
The management have had collectors
all over Europe and America securing
peculiar pieces of this craft and many
of the designs are extremely unique,
while several are very valuable as
having been used in the households of
famous personages of long ago.
So valuable is this set of proper
ties that Mr. Gaskill has had a spec
ial safe made to hold them. It is
the intention of Mr. Gaskell to ulti
mately present the collection to the
Field Museum of Chicago as it is
probably one of the most unique col
lections of this type ever gathered.
Entertainment.
The ladies chorus of the Dawson
high school will give an entertain
ment Friday evening, November 4,
at the Dawson opera house. Admis
sion 15c and 25c. Everybody invited.
Grateful to Mayor and Council.
The W. C. T. U. of Falls City, most
heartily endorse ,and are very grate
ful, for the action on the part of
the mayor nad council in prohibiting
the exhibition of the moving pictures
of Jeffries and Johnson, which was
to have appeared in our city.
Band Meeting.
A band meeting will be held in
the old band room Friday night. Ev
erybody interested is invited to be
present and help build up a good
band for Falls City.
Harrison- Morris.
Special from Berne, Kansas.
A very pretty wedding took place
at the home of the brdie's parents lu
Berne, Kansas, on Wednesday even
ing, October 19, when their daughter,
Miss LaVerna, was united in marriage
to E. E. Morris of Sabetha.
At eight o'clock the groom and
groomsman, Mr. J. C. Liehty, pro
ceeded by Kev. Fish of the Congre
gational church of Sabetha, and the
bride and bridesmaid, Miss Myrtle
Harrison, preceeded by little Vivian
Wright as flower girl, took their
places beneath a beautiful arch where
the ceremony was performed. The
march, “La Tas Des Bougerers” was
played by Miss Anna Morris, sister
of the groom.
The ring ceremony was used. The
bride looked charming in her gown
of pure white and wore a bridal veil
with wreath of roses and carried a
shower bouquet of white roses and
rose buds. Miss Myrtle made a pleas
ing appearance in a gownof white
silk.
The house w'as beautifully decorat
ed in ferns, carnations and roses.
A four course wedding supper was
served by Misses Ruby Scott, I.ora
Harrison, Gladys Spring and Eugenia
Harrison. Thirty guests were pres
ent and many beautiful and useful
presents weer received.
The bride and groom are well and
favorably known by the people of
Bern, Sabetha and vicinity and
have the best wishes of ahost of
friends who have learned to know
them for their worth. The bride is
the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Harrison, and for the past five
years has been a successful teacher
in Nemaha county. The groom is
the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. D. Morris formerly of Bern, but
but now living near Salem. He was
raised, in this vicinity, working in
the State Bank of Bern until there
years ago, since which time he has
held a position in the Citizens State
Bank of Sabetha.
The young people will be at homo
to their friends in Sabetha after
November 5th.
Edie-Brenner.
Special from Humboldt.
A quiet wedding took place at the
home of Ashford Edie and wife on
Thursday evening, when their daugh
ter, Miss Sarah, was united in mar
riage to John Brenner of Stella.
The contracting parties are well and
favorably known in this vicinity.
They expect to make their horpe in
Stella.
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