MR. BOWSER’S WITCHHAZEL And Mrs. Bowser’s Flying Machine. By M. QUAD. , 1931, by MeClure Newspaper Syndicate) It was a day previous to Mrs, Bow- ser's birthday. There had come into Mr. Bouwser's otlice, a sharp-featured, keenduoking man, who gave his name as Mr, Gordon. He was a practical chemist, snd was connected with a wholesale drug manufacturer. He wanted to go in business for himself or with a partner who had money and energy. Ile had heard ot Mr. Bowser and had called to talk business, One of the great money-makers for the drug house, was witchhazel, It re. turned over 100 per cent profit. Mr, Gordon wanted to go into the manu- facture of witchhazel. It would make a couple of men milionaires In five vears, The world was not half sup- plied. The liquid was a dollar a pint and still going up. He had a talk with Mr. Bowser for two long hours, and he satisfied him that the eppor- tunity of his life had come to him. It | beat bookkeeping to pleces, At five o'clock Mr. home, as usual. He was placid and satisfied with the world. He around him at the stores and offices, | all, in two years. fellow passengers, on his toes and fifty cents from make the change. Nothing Mr. Bowser, however. He smiled, he entered the hall of his house, that smile warned Mrs, fre ‘had something up his sleéve said nothing, however, and ner he suddenly began: “Mrs. Bowser, do you know morrow {s your birthday?” “Yes, I did not forget that™ plied. “You have been a dear, good wife to me and I am glad that I have pre- pared a surprise for you. It isn't a neckiace of diamonds or pearls, . but that will come a tittle later.” “It was good of you to remember,” she murmured. “I have always remembered and ai- way You have stood by a true wife should. Let me ask yoo, if you kgow a liquid called witch- hazel?” “I think I do. thre house ever ried.” “You “we have. now what for at drug dollar a pint, my dear wife, stud they make a protit of one hundred per cent. is an the him and forgot and She that to she re s shall. me as We have kept it In mag- Since we were It is a great thing ! it sells stores? it is one increas de- y 10 There ls \2 mand for it and it will probably ge a dollar and a half a pint.” “But what asked Mrs “It means, manufact: all this talk mean?” Jowser, that I am going into the ire of witchhazel, I have al- does “1 Shall Begin to Gather.” ready arranged with a ¢Hemist, and we shall begin the manufacture this fall That is your birthday present, Mrs. Bowser. In one year from now I shall be financially fit to buy you a diamond necklace worth at least, twenty-five thousand dollars.” “That will be nice of you, Mr. Bow- ser. But you must make your witch. hazel oul of roots aud bushes... | “Of course, I know that That is the easiest part of all... Mra. Bowser, there is growing, along the roadside, In this state, enough witchhazel bushes to manufacture ten thovsand gallons of the liquid. I am going to gather the roots’ and bushes for my part. Mr. Gordon will attend to the distillation and the putting ap of the remedy In bottles. It is to be called ‘Bowser's Witchhazel,! and that alone will sell a hundred thousand hottles every month. I shall begin to gather In the fall and it will he a play spell for me.” “But there Is something 1 wish to tell you, Mr. Bowser,” quietly observed Mrs. Bowser. “You hadn't said any- thing about my birthday, and 1 thought you might forget it, and so 1 bought my own present. That Is, 1 have bought a present on the condi- tion that you approve of it.” “Have you bought a new dress?’ was asked, “Oh, no. It is something more valu. able than that. Mr. Bowser, 1 find my- self a little lame with rheumatism.” “You should use Bowser's Witch hazel for that” ’ “Yes, that would be good, but [ have something better. a flying machine.” “A flylug machine! What the Old Harry do you want with a flylog ma- yn “For practical use. It Is quite an We have no auto or carriage, How nice It would be if I could have a flying machine waiting at the door for me! [I could step right into the muchine and start the motor and go salling right over the houses, and land at the door of a store. If I had any packages to bring with me, don’t you see how handy the machine would be?" “Not by a darned sight!” exploded Mr. Bowser, “But you must see that, with the witchhazel and my flylug maclilne, we should be nicely fixed. If I fell out of my machine and got bruised all over we would have the remedy right in the house to cure me. Remember, that is my birthday present, Mr. Bowser.” “I don’t care a hang If it Is- opposed to it! What do you about flying machines?" “Oh, I can learn to fly, can't I? I can get someone to give me lessons, | know a lady who owns one, and it -I am Know Ds a “if | Wanted to Call on a Lady” didn to under stand it. butter or a dozen eggs she flies right to the grocer, and saves a | and half an hour's time, don’t you see" “And I see that It thing !" terrupted manufacturer. take Lier over a week the witchhazel “I counted up the number of had to go up and down tinued Mrs “It was three times in all, and I had four to pay, in addition Just think, Bowser, of twenty I had a fiying machine 1 cou ownstairs and stairs.” con Low ser, calls times. Id fly up 1 that three save me al ted to call nd on her bell If she and hitch my knob: if I wan on = front Steps was flying ma she was not the motor a ay £40 - Bal 3 ear chine to the door at home 1 would poke and away we would “Yes, you would Mrs lowser, 1 word about your fly the maddest th ght of!” “But you give go to hack! wont ng machine, It is ng that ever a thon wanted one!” ¥ % dave “It makes no differs song to help you to “But, don't YOu can cure me We shau't commit sulcide” that with your FOU See, witch hazel? doctor.” “Flying mad tors hanged ! There things brought 1 put my foot right ever have Doce be hines be Lianged! be will into this that ¥ While Mrs, Bowser was heaving a long sigh of pretended disappointment, door behind him. He the window, There were three men in there and he heard one of them say: “There is old man Bowser looking wonder if he hasn't got a scheme to make the sun shine for twenty-four hours without going to bed at all” And Mr. ‘Bowser quit peering and walked on. Mrs, Bowser wasn't to have any present on her birthday! “E Pluribus Unum.” “E Pluribus Unum,” the Latin mot- to on the obverse of the great seal of the United States and on certain of the coins, means “ome from many.” It was first proposed August 10, 1776, by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, who had been appointed a committee of three to prepare a device for the seal, This device, however, was not ac cepted, and it was not until June 20, 1782, that the motto was adopted as part of the second and successful de- sign submitted by Charles Thomp- son, secretary of congress, In 1706 congress decreed that the words should appear on certain specified coins, Not Distant Enough. The Escort--Who's that fellow that seems to know you? The Lady-—Only a second cousin ohee removed, The Escort—-Um! Well, he looks as If he wanted removing again, London Punch. Enormous Spider Harmless, The “crab spider” of Brazil is nearly two Inches long, and its feel, when stretched out, occupy a surface of nearly a foot In diameter. This great spider lg perfectly bermless, One of the most uncomfortable things in the world Is suddenly to dis cover, when one Is motoring far from a supply station, that the tank Is empty or nearly so. Ev tomoblle driver meets with venture of this sort at one time other, ; There ought surely to be some con trivance that would give timely ad- vance warning to the motorist of such a happening. ory ad an aga or Grah of Waterville, O., useful duty admirably. It is very ple, consisting of a float that the end of a vertical rod which passes upward through the cap of the gasoline tank and with its upper end hold pended a ball of metal, As the surface level of the sim HRNEs on is sus descends correspondingly. The rod tached to the float descends FIX CARBURETOR Greater in Cases Where Engines Have Been in Use for Long Time. CAUSES FOR UNEVEN ACTION Be Narrowed to Give Stream of Entering Air Greater Velo city in Chamber Much has i difficulties of ecarburetion under mal conditions, when the engines der consideration are in the difficulties are even greater in nse of enginds that have used for a time Some been written in good shape; but the been long the common con of the so-called “galloping engine's’ Inability to throttle and an unaccountable ping Alrdeaks pors are the lar action throug! through of iplaints are io a Wy pemong} miss Kix HILSS SRY RE Or diluting the gasoliz foremost ¢ Seldom does the RUSS #8 loose gasket, bh which the f the thie stem of UARAGE OF al CABBUAS ION wa vo FL tama S20 ND INTARE waNT Fala NETOLE awe woe Air-Leaks in the Carburetor and the intake Valves Make the Engine Miss Fire. valve protrudes, due to wear, pro vides an air leak that should be rem- edled. Take the lever off. bush the hole with the shell of a rifle cartridge or similar plece of tubing to keep the alr from penetrating at this point. Now remove the Intake valves, discard the exhaust valves and use the intake valves In their place. Purchase new intake valves and If these do not fit the holes snugly, ream the extreme vnds of the valve guide and place a ‘opper or brass bushing at each end wr entirely through, if desired. Fit a small greasecup and use a graphite grease, and the leakage of alr at this place will be overcome. Remove the piston-rings and fit new mes with lapped ends that will of ‘ectively stop all leaks at this place. In some carburetors a removable iube is used which can be taken out and bushed or given a heavy coating if solder to close the opening. The ob ject Is to narrow the opening and to give to the stream of entering alr greater velocity. If the carburetor has no preheater, one should be added. With the carburetor removed, push he butterfly throttle valve to Its ‘losed position and note the small op- ening through which the engine gets ite fuel, which will give you some idea of the importance of closing the small openings that give a combined area sufficient to dilute the mixture until it will not burn, which accounts for the skipping of the englue in many cages. ~~(George Luers In Popular Sol ence Monthly. latter (through a tube) until the ball dangling from the upper. end the rod is low enough to hang within a cup formed by an inverted bell which surmounts the tank cap. The upper end of the rod is bent fa curve, so that the metal ball tached its extremity by chain may dangle directly above middle of the cup-shaped bell The movement of the automoblie metal ball constantly swing But it cannot strike bell untill the lower in aut- to a short ing to and fro. the sides of the justment of the Hoat, Therefore, when the bell ringing it has got only just And the bell, on ringing the driver hears warns him that much having demanding at gasoline KO and Protection Afforded Driver From Rain, Sleet or Snow Vision Unobscured, The Scientific and American In Hastrat automobile of G describing an invention Hi, says: to awnings with the top to protect the upper wind from rain that the vision of the pot be ohscured, and shutting out the the awning, the | H. Hunt, Monroe Center, | The invention {to be used In | of an automobile part of the snow or sleet so driver will i for relates mnection shield also rays ol sun Showing the invention Applied Automobile, 81 reed igh 4 more 01 elevated speci fic water ! proof | operated | there object is to flexible from p ng which be awn Can within the automobile being spring-actuated arms on ides of the wind shield to for lock supporting the wardly proj { ing { Arms et the awning. and olding the means for AUTO CARE DURING SUMMER Radiator Should Always Be Kept Filled and at Intervals Fiushed Out and Refilled. During tae summer season motorists should give frequent attention the radiator, advises a motor car manu- facturer It should aiways kept filled, and at intervals it should be to Ire | In connection with eflicient ope ration of the cooling system, fan belf adjust. ment should be made, for the fan Is needed jn summer. The position of the that It is kept In an advanced posi. tion, thus assuring better cooling of the motor. Minor parts, such as spring shackles, wheel , bearings, steering connections and universal Jjolnts, require oiling more often in summer. [It is wise to use a heavier grade of lubricating ell than in colder weather, and oll should | be drained from the motor at intervals not to exceed every 1.000 miles. AUTOMOBILE + GOSSIP. Sixty per cent of the production o gasoline is used by motor vehicles - . * At one time It was considered wm conventional for a woman to drive Le own ear. . * » Twelve thousand motor vehicles ar: operated by rural schools in the Uni ted States. .® » =» Muffler cutouts are prohibited on any public highway In the state of Pennsylvania. . = » A motor trip from Paris to Verdun. through the devastated regions and return costs 245 francs . 0 Street cars have the right of way between cross streets over all pri vately owned vehicles In Kansas City, Mo, LE a Since 1800, the first year In which statistics are avallable, there have been bullt In the United States 11. 880.483 woter vehicles FOOD FOR SPIRITS Young Children Considéred Dain- ties in West Africa. 80 When Great Man Dies, the Little Ones, With Slaves, Are Killed and Buried With Mim. Bome strange African superstitions of West are described by P. the London Dally Mall, Juju man (witeh doe- Africa can tell you that , or spirits, behind and wander about the earth while he will “go away.” It 18 not clear what 18 meant by “he” from his spirits, “he” goes when he but obviously It Negroes in will, the of West where away,” is to a place where, chief, he will want serv- ants to serve him, and therefore when he are killed, and also But these latter are another purpose, as the remarks will show, wandering spirits are of two good, or at least har: called “Dupples,” and evil known 8 “Jumbis. “Duppies,” or does “EO dies slaves killed tor following These kinds- nless, Ones, the will tell formas on a fell Juju ¥ ie ye { 3 BEE iD various man can be There beach In used to be a resthouse southern Nigeria which disuse to because white Know, 28 many queer biack forms, fo run at men used sometimes like about the night making no harm, “duppi MONKevs, and used veranda the rooms weird noises They being, as every nat only The “jumbi,” however, Is a terrible 50 awiu vhoever sees one goes mad, His ceba tree, and he kills the person cuts one West’ Indiaz down 8 *Jumbis™ those of hotne is In » gllk-cotton, Ing they Hence R&R quantits grave unde die exting slides ehable 1} ter the himself unt again A fresh under the lots of rats and Africa.) The pr the nint} noise an the old person when King I BOvernor Cars agi Fp Was te these nre hit the juju priests had the was du inn ; Take Ig up fashion buried in native oe v his sinves and several of -“ Why Southoaws. ” The word quently in "southpaw used fre the course of baseball is a bit of slang which which Ing the last few years Kames has crept into the langnage dur That the the have io sun batter rays of may not the setting year, a baseball dia inid out so that the due east. The therefore, faces westward, his right hand is toward the north and his left hand is toward the south. As the majority of pitchers are right-handed, it was only natural that an exception to this rule should be singled out:for a certain specific the hame “southpaw” was adopted on account of the usual points of the compass ln connection with the diamond itself. The eccen- tricities of Rube Waddell and other “southpaws” bave made the name synonymous with “erratic,” sb far as baseball language is concerned, though there is no medical support for the theory that left-handed persons are more peculiar than those who use their right hands, Aerial Time Tables. So important has become commer. cin] aviation in France that there Is being published s monthly time table of all the air services operating In France and allied countries. This time table, known as L'Indieateur Aerlen, gives such information as the time of departure and arrival, routes, type of plane employed, weight of lug. gage allowed, rates, and so on, The little publication appears on the first of every month. —Sclentific American, Call for Much Shelf Room. Five miles of shelving will be erect. ed in a new building being constructed by the French government, for the filing of more than 100000 volumes and almost as many pamphiets, ete, which they have collected. 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