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Show Z Bliair eorjkrr progeBs, cumi dale. 6va3 .,ninmmrnnHiimniimiiiiimn Irrevocable fctlp, me bye" BROWN MOUSE down, and be the Garfield of the We've lacked brains T Clear" I""'8 ir V that their that ,Wstied algebra, more about farmiu' than Come down to the and we'll have a d unpl'yerm. schoolhouse, addriss 11111 !XI 1 1 1 1 tl 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 (Copyright by The W1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Bobbe-Merri- ll field-han- the school board-a- nd begosh, m niove yer mictlou HERBERT QUICK By The-- Come, now Jimmy, me bye, be game! vary the program, annyhow " The entire gang grinned. Jim flushed, and then reconquered his THE COBBLER'S AWL it U II 1 1 II 1 3 r Company) z Gwd work, Jim." said Cornelius LOQIC Bonner. -- I didn't think, 'twas ha ?er It's beastly." said Jim, "reddening. Harold, age six, and hlr'sister, "I didn't know, either." scarcely two years his senior, were Colonel Woodruff looked st his playing wnen Mrs. Lynn called to hired man sharply, gave him some in- them ; structions for the, next day and drove "One of you children run upstairs on. The road gang nd get me a spool of black thread," dispersed for the afternoon, Newton Bronson carefully "You go. Harold." said Florence. secreted the magic muzzle, and Tin tired." j chuckled at what had been perhaps "I am tired, too; youj go, yourself." "Well. Harold, I'm older than you, and I've had more time to get tired. You go." This line of reasoning was almost too much for Harold, hut he finally rallied with : "I don't care If you are older and have had more time to get tired. You've had more time to get rested, too. You go." - Jennie Woodruff contemptuously refuses to marry Jim Irwin youus? farm hand, because of hla financial condition and poor prospects. He is lntrllectually above bis station, lad has advanced ideas concerning the jwissibili'ies of expert school teaching, for which he is ridiculed by many. CHAPTER I- - - CHAPTER Reversed j old man1 "Ain't that the stuff the Ued ou tiie lawn last spring?" Ves." siiid Jim. "your father used Kime on tils lawn. We don't put It oo our fields in Iowa not yet ; but If It weren't for those white specks ou the we should be obliged to clover-routdo so as they do back east." the i I To Ponto's "Gee!" said Newt. "If you could get to teach our school I'd go again." "It would Interfere with your pool playing." "What business Is that o yours?" Interrogated Newt defiantly. "Well, get busy with that shovel," suggested Jim, who had been working Steadily, driving out upon the fill oc- correct The time." chauffeur sought words appropriate to his feelings. Ponto and his nuzzle saved him the trouble. A pretty pointer leaped from the car, nd attracted by the evident friendliness of Ponto's greeting, pricked up Its ears, and sought, in a spirit of canine brotherhood, to touch noses with him. The needle in Ponto's muz-l- e did Its work to the agony and horror of the pointer, which leaped back with a yelp, and turned tail. Ponto, In an effort to apologize, followed, and finding Itself bayonetted at every contact with this demon dog, the pointer definitely took flight, howling, leaving Ponto in a state of wonder and humiliation at the sudden end of what had promised to be a very friendly acquaintance. The pointer's master watched Its strange flight, and swore. His eye turned to the boy who had caused all this, and he alighted pale casionally to unloud. On his return from dumping the next load, Newton ieemed, In a superior miably disposed toward way, quite his workfel-lorather the habitual thing in the neighborhood. ' "I'll work my old man to vote for lou for teacher." said he. "Those school directors," replied Jim, "have become so bullheaded that they'll never vote for any one except the applicants for." been voting "The old man says he will have Prue Foster again, or he'll give the icliool a darned long vacation, unless Peterson and Bonner Join on some one with time," said he, rememberNewton's impudent question, "to ing give you what you deserve." Newton grinned and dodged, but the bank of loose earth was his undoing, and while he stumbled, the chauffeur caught and held him by the collar. Again Ponto Intervened, for as the chauffeur stood holding Newton, the dog, evidently regarding the stranger as his master's friend, thrust his nose Into the chauffeur's palm. The chauffeur behaved much as his pointer had not done, except that the pointer did Jim. "And," supplied Newton, "Haakon Peterson says he'll stick to Herman Paulson until the Hot freeze Springs "And there you are," said Jim. "You fell your father ne's a mere mule "All for me that I think and that the whole thinks the same." right," said Newt. Til tell him grading gang laughed. Newton fell clutch gTinned even while in the of circumstance. Ponto tried to smell the chauffeur's trousers, and what had J'm smiled grimly. He had remained a peasqnt because the American rural teacher fla placed econom-fcalllower than- - the peasant. He Save Newton's chatter no considers-"on- . But when, in the afternoon, he "tehed his team with others to the D'g road grader, and the gang became concentrated within talking distance. 1)6 found that the project of heckling and chn'Ving him about his eminent for a scholastic position wss to be the real entertainment of the ocy a laugh became a. roar. Cauand mercy departed from the chauffeur's mood; he drew back his found it fist to strike the boy-- and been tion caught Irwin. unhesitat- The chauffeur, however, and furiously ingly released Newton, meant for Jim's jaw. casion. Bonner, j'slmian, one of the deadlocked school D"ard, and the captain of the road) grader. ne winked back at tne path-fmst- ! ' i I , - clone Foster," suggested good Mtfe Jim. by a foot. In reply. - wu It landed fairly on swinging uppercut. The chauffeur point of the jaw. over into toppled staggered and slowly had caused so the soft earth which much of the rumpus. a fat man n "Oh. cut it out," said car. who blither-- ! To inured Sing save Ponto. all Interest "Get In. and lets 'VoWooiuff. waiving toward the runabout, held up by lE hl ng was go what raffle blockade, asked rising chauffeur, the and L , "Try voting with Ezra Bronson once, w Prue hlow which miscarried Jim countered iiu-oroH er. "Jim's the gray-eye- d maa o de he replied, "if he gets tws that board." iou'd vote for me, wouldn't you, ' Qo" asked Jim. WUM" .""Piled annythlnsr Bonner of Jim the hard hand "You're too angry to punish this "even if you boy," said Jim gently, him at all ! to punish the right had flt-e- ss "Jim's the candidate to bust the feadlock." S),lfl rViliimhna Rmwn with wink, "just like Garfield In that fepubii,.;,n convention he was nominated in-- eh. Con?" "Con" was Cornelius an by ! grVX meetlu" e'ed into the car; and the The called The all to Beet Tell me, why are you the Irish Cobbler? Potato Oh, because I give my the service of man, I suppose. Joy Ride. WJdden atop Iht "Joy ride" find That grieves the merrymaker. Tou're lucky If you meet the cop And not the undertaker. I ! j ; Quite So. Smith No man is as bad as his nuf iireieuus to unuu ue is. j ve no ticed that. Jones And I've noticed this: No man. Is us good as the man his wife pretends she wished she had maaled. After the Wrong Game. "Maud Is forever fishing for compliments." "Perhaps that Is why she doesn't Uind a husband." Blinks vheels. The world Is running to Jinks But the pedestilnns are rnn- ning from them. ! J Apt Comparison. "This book Is as bright as a new penny." "I guess you are right. I can't mak j head or tall of It." AS USUAL. WW "I hear your husband Is rery attentive." "Yes to every lady hut me," Increasing Responsibility. Our laws have run a curious coursti Since distant day of yore. When what we have we can't enforce We so and get some more. Clipped From Exchange. "Who's your cook now?" "Delia." "Delia, who?". "Delia Katessen." Friends t'io Longer. Maud Oh, weil, beauty passes, you know. Betty Yes; a pity you didn't stop It on Its way, Isn't h? Gun. He Had Been Thinking She But dont you believe that two pearance, but the Llncolnian smile and can live cheaper than one? the low slow speech, so much like his He Yes; two men can Hvu much own in some respects, ended that. than one woman. cheaper "Stranger," said Mr. Simms', after greetings had been exchanged, "you're HE'LL GET IT, ALU RU3HT right welcome, but In my kentry you'd thisa-wayfind It dangersome to walk in ." "How so?" queried Jim Irwin. "You'd more'n likely git shot up some," replied Mr. Simms, "onless you whooped from the big road." "I didn't know that," replied Jim. "I'm Ignorant of the customs of other Would you rather I'd countries. whoop from the big road nobody ( else will." "I reckon," replied Mr. Simms, Mouse Look at that pig eating all. will have to accommodate "that we-a:he cheese. Here's wh e I get mine.. ourse'ves to the ways hyeh." Evidently Jim was the Simms' first Nonenf orcm) jnt caller since they had settled on the difficulties we.re i surprised By and hills whose tract little brushy As precepts w toi get. s. trees reminded thera of their moon-ttlnThe Golden RuV. we) 1 advertised. Is not enforced as yet. how hills, to be sure, with only footing of rocks where the creek A Mixed E .feet. , had cut through, and not many trees, ted & motorcy"Somebody has Inv but down In thejereek bed. with the arching cle with limousine o iy." oaks, elms and, could "A great many peoj jfe conduct their Imagine the Slrpmses overhead, themselves beside some run falling, entire careers on that principle." into the French Broad, or the Hulstoa. A Dellghtfu I Shock. The creek bed was a withdrawing 1 room in which to retire from the j Sam How's Jim getting along? av cornfields level ran wife from and soil hlml his ay black hear eternal Lou He takes It quite calmly now, of Iowa'. at first he wa,y,r jid wh Joy hut (To be continued next week) ll box-elde- J) 'SI o Ivy o V ' ' " - " IS To HANDY ON FARM J Employed Mainly for Busi ness Wit'u Very Little Use for Pleasure. (Propartd by the Unit4 States Departtnenri ' of Agriculture. ) Ki:i Tire Mileage Any man who caught himself cutting his tire tread ith a lile would voluntarily apply for admission to the nearest rvtreni. Yet the for the feeble-mindesame man will lock his hrnkei and slide ten feet und think nothing about IL Too many motorists confuse their tires with skates. Instead of looking ahead for obstacles and chucking 'the car slowly h," closing the throttle with tlx clutch engaged, they wait until they are right In the middle of an emergency und then jam on the brakes. They never stop to consider these little slides wkh the brakes locked until they notice spots where the tire trend Is worn through to the fabric. Even where the tread Is not scraped through to the fabric, there are tire men point flat places left In the tread. Then as the car proceeds, these flat places, they pxplaln. pound away. Automobiles on farms are used mainly for business purposes with comparatively little use made of the 1 machines for pleasure, the United States Department of Agriculture has learned in recent farm munugement surveys. On 1.371 farms surveyed, 3 farmers reported the ownership of 1.000 automobiles or trucks. The owns ers of the oars stated that from s of the use of the to machines was for farm buslnesS. In the Atlantic coast area covering Chester county. Pennsylvania. 58 per cent of the 423 farmers Interviewed had machines. In the Middle Western areas covering portions of Kansas, South Dakota, and Colorado 70 to 8.1 ner cent of 3S3 farmers reported mu- cliinos. In Washington and Idaho In Resiliency in Wheel the Palouse area 86 per cent of 2.10 i Produced by Springs farmers reported ownership of cars. The only region where less than 50 per ' The Scientific American In Illustracent of the farmers owned automobiles ting and describing a resilient wheel, was In the dry farming wheat area the Invention of J. Schmidt of New where 315 farmers reported only 102 .York, says: machines. One of the primary objects of the Is to provide a wheel of the invention Car Popular. Touring The touring car is the most popular i. type of automobile with these furmers as it can be used for all purposes, from hauling milk or feed to taking the s or children on picnics. more of all machines reported were touring cars. Trucks come next In popularity, about 25 per cent of all machines reported being trucks. Roadsters, sedans and coupes were less frequently reported, totaling less than of all machines used. h car is also the most The two-thirpopular among farmers, over of the machines reported being makes that now cost less than $500 for tour-i"n- g Resilient Wheel. cars f. o. b. factory. The average ! was purchase price of the touring cars 'resilient type In which' the resiliency about $700, with an estimated length ls produced by a plurality of springs. of .life of from seven to eight years. In further ;A object is to provide a wheel areas the average price the different cushion tire may be ema which to jin paid for small machinese was $500 the result that resiliency with ployed medium-sizmachines $000, and for to that obtained In a pneu-imatmaequivalent from $850 to $1,250. Most of the Is attained. The device may tire the past were during purchased chines" were 'be readily disassembled for the pur-- j eight or nine years, when prices pose of repair or the like. now. are than they relatively higher Operating Expenses. How to Stop a Car. Cost of operating touting cars, In. j .jv. ..... v...w. tV .Iian.llj U Divp, cluding depreciation, was between $200 at a dis clutch the and withdraw tie made oil and Gas at'4 $300 per year. cash costs, tance from the stop, allowing the mo- of cent the 50 about per up Omentum to carry the car forward un wit h cost of tires, repairs and license til a very slight pressure on the brake Relativefee making up the balance. carried Insurance on Ibrings It to a standstill. Constantly owners tew ly this little saving will sub the!.? cars. Gas and oil consumption practiced, a nice margin from the runwas .found to be about the 6ame for tract cars, the light ning expenses. , small', and medium-sizecars bvlng somewhat more economical on gaisln some cases, but using more oil or ne average in all areas. Tire AUTOMOBILE HINTS and repi Ir expenses were somewhat cash All cars. higher fa" the larger more operating costs totaled slightly cash exceeding When a short circuit occurs, heat cars, for the larger about will always generate at the point of cars' small by the on expenses trouble. nno.fifth on .the average. e e ron.arint!mi was found to amount to costs of opas all cah When mucV as your Intentions to signaling nearly eration, estimat ed annual depreciation the driver behind, make each motion on the larger ears being nearly twice so It can be clearly understood. as much as on the smaller cars, due Don't turn the steering wheel white to higher first cos'. Total annual costs Including depreciation were about $200 your car Is standing still. This pm for the smaller cars, and $200 for the unnecessary strain oi' all steering gear larger cars. parts and it's bad for your tires. 9-- two-third- nine-tenth- out-tha- t Two-third- low-price- d Banking Rules. "If I deposit 1,000,000 paper marks, you will, of course, pay Interest?" "On the contrary, we shall Suave to change you storage." for His HL: one-tent- gun-rac- Old Man Simms Started J,v ! No Joke. What Is a Brown Mouse? Immediately upon the accidental election of Jim Irwin to the position of teacher of the Woodruff school, he habits somewhat like a developed ghost's or a bandit's. That is, he walked of nights and on rainy days. On fine days, he worked in Colonel Woodruffs fields as of yore. Jim's salary was to be Just $360 for nine months' work in the Woodruff school, and he was to find himself and his mother. Therefore, he had to indulge In his loose habits of night walking and roaming about after hours only, or on holidays and In foul weather. The Simms family, being from the "mountings" of Tennessee, were rather startled one night, when Jim Irwin, homely, stooped and errandless, silently appeared In their family circle about the front door. They had lived where It was the custom to give a whoop from the big road before one passed through the palin's and up to the house. Otherwise, how was one to know whether the visitor was friend or foe? From force of habit, Old Man Simms k at Jim's ap started for his VBSfewssssjsjstHM. AUTOMOBILE CHAPTER III got swear. The working him to vote Jim Countered With an Awkward Upper Cut "Move we adjourn." sr.ld Peterson. "No 'bjection 'tis so ordered!" said Mr. Bronson. The secretary and Jim went out, while the directors waited. "What the Billy" began Bonner, and finished lamely! "What for did you vote for the dub. Ez?" "I voted for him," replied Bronson. "because he fought for my boy this afternoon. 1 didn't want It stuck Into him too hard. I wanted him to have one vote." "An' I wanted him to have wan vote, too." said Bonner. "I thought mesilf the only dang fool on the board an he made a spache that aimed wan vote but f'r the love of hivin, that dub fr a teacher! What come over you, Haakon you voted fr him. too!" "Ay vanted him to have one wote, too," said Peterson. And In this wise, Jim became the teacher In the Woodruff district all on account of Jennie Woodruffs "Humph I" anger. Tve of course." "And Con Bonner Von't vote for any one but Maggie Gllmartln," added that while I'm for you." nose. d get nitrogen out of the air; but clover can and that's why "we ought to plow down clover before a crop of corn." , district lu the interests his big mongrel As the grader moved along one side of the highway, a automobile approached on the other, making rather bad weather of the newly repaired road. A pile of loose soil that Newton had allowed to lie Just across the path made a certain maintenance of speed desirable. Newton planted himself In the path of the laboring car, and waved its driver a command to halt. The car came to a standstill with Its front .wheels In the edge of the loose earth, and the chauffeur fuming at the possibility of stalling contingency upon which Newton had confidently reckoned. "What d'ye want?" he demanded. "What d'ye mean by stopping me In this kind of place?" "I want to ask you," said Newton with mock politeness, "if you have the hotel-keeper- over." the Inch-lon- their hosts." "What d'ye mean by 'hosts'?" ' s "Their the big plants. And now the plants that have the hotel roots for the bacteria furnish nitrogen not only for themselves, but for the crops that follow. Corn can't Prue, Newton Bronson was given dog he deserted whenever the machine moved away from him. That there was some mystery about the muzzle was evident from Newton's pains to make a secret of it. Its wires were curled into a ring directly over the dog's nose, and into this ring Newton had fitted a cork, through which he had thrust a large needle which protruded, an bayonet, in front of little plants took nitrogen air for both themselves and beat . (luimij me enrin toward Irs grader a labor which of fitting a muzzle on their board and lodgings off the big plants. And In payment for their hotel would . task of leveling and distributing the earth rolled into the road by the get It through their leaves, or their roots. They never had to learn, because the little plants bacteria located on those roots and tapped them for the sap they needed began to get That v. fit. "Air!" ejaculated New ton. "Nitrates the air! You're crazy!" "No," said Jim. "There are tons of nitrogen in the air that press down on your head but the big plants can't else. ma. diagonally across tin, cud win's fortheomin ttie board had been addressed to Jim and exchanged by others for his bene-- ! air" they've Unanimity. line, had made several trips much persiflage about Jim Ir- In , chine, running median do. bills, the out of the II blade of the grading greut ' TCifxA anA ntil1fnn thera white specks keep dj from needin' nitrates?" "It's a long story," said Jim. "You see, before there were auy plants big enough to he visible if there had been any one to "see them the world was full of little plants so small that there may be billions of them in one of these little white specks. They knew how R take the nitrates from "How The J (Continued from last week. ' . i eefS ! Meet the "destruction gang" of the United States bureau of standards who wear out more tires with the two automobiles than the average nmn use in a life time. It Is not a needless waste, however, for It Is done with the view to determine what types of tires and treads give the best results, particularlyj In stopping. The tests are made by locking the wheels of a car and dragtrm-It with a chain and enormous spring balance. The comparisons show t.hai the better a tire sticks to the street, the quicker a car so equipped will stop when the brakes are applied and by noting the amount of power needed t drag the car after the wheels are locked. It can easily be determined which tire offers the most resistance. calmness of spirit. "All right, Con," said he. "I'll come an si fall .. a iew ... tilings and vou can do as you like about muking the motion." SYNOPSIS UNCLE SAM NOW TESTING TIRES lc . d -- ; I Ingenious Footrest Few veteran drivers need to b told how much comfort results from the instniintlon of a footrest Just behind the accelerator pedal so that the arch Not only of the foot If supported. this nrevnt leg strain, but It actually mnkes for more delicately re sponsive control of the accelerating function. .'. ' When Inserting a new Inner tube or replacing the old one vnich has been repaired, the inside of the casing should be wiped out with a damp cloth to remove any sand or grit that may be present. -- . Machine Scrapes Off Paint Inspection of tires and rims frewill prevent unnecessary quently trouble and annoyance. Rim cuts and breaking of wire cables at the base of the tire may be avoided if proper Inspection Is made regularly. old paint which was formerly done by hand at a considerable expense of time and labor. This is now performed by a machine which does the wrk In a very effective manner tad very quickly. Electric'1 cables that rub on sharp edses of battery box or other pirns, will soon wear through the Insulation from vibration of the car. and a short circuit will occur that may be hard to locate. These parts should be well protected and frequently Inspected. in tke rpnovittion of an automobile the greatest labor Is in removing the j |