The County Democrat. (Tecumseh, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, March 18, 1921 Page: 3 of 8
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THE COUNTY DEMOCRAT, TECUMSEH, OKLA
STILL TO MAKE
BATTERY WATER
Simple and Inexpensive Contriv-
ance Can Be Put Together
by Any Handy Mechanic.
DETAILS CF CONSTRUCTION
Boiler or Tank In Which Water Is
Turned to Steam la Made of Quart
or Ha f-Gallon Can or Bucket
With Rolled Seams.
With the greatly Increasing use of
storage batteries In automobiles the
demand for pure or distilled water has
Increased. It Is unnecessary to pur-
chase this water or pay the garage
man to put it In the battery. With
this simple and Inexpensive still any
one can distill water for refilling the
batteries as the occasion requires.
As shown In the Illustration accom-
panying this article, the boiler or tank
In which the water Is turned to steam,
Is made of a quart or half-gallon can
or bucket with rolled seams, lie sure
they are not soldered at tlie bottom.
The top of the can or liucket is open.
Procure a large tin funnel that will
fit over the top of the can and then
solder firmly and tightly in place us
shown. This completes the boilet.
The condenser consists of three
lengths of glass tubing each 12 Inches
In length. These tubes pass through
a larger tube or a piece of Iron piT>e
or bruss tube of sufficient size to ac-
commodate the tubes with some space
between them. Fit a large cork into
each end of the large pipe or tube and
pass the three glass tubes through
the corks. Then Into each cork fit a
short length of glass tube, one at the
bottom, the other near the top of the
large tube. Connect the free ends of
the long tubes with rubber tuning so
that they will form one long continu-
ous tube.
Fill the boiler half full of clean
water by submerging, nnd place it
over a gas flame until the water comes
to a boil. Connect the top of the
funnel with one free end of the glass
tube through the condenser by a
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Emergency Patch.
An Ingenious, motorist recently dis-
covered that his roll collar, from which
the starch hnd been scrubbed out,
made an excellent blowout patch,
which carried him home after his tire
had failed on the road.
TO PREVENT CREEPING RIMS
Excellent Plan to Tighten Luge by Do.
grees Thereby Avoiding Too
Much on One Side.
When the shoulders on the wheel de-
signed to hold the demountable rim be-
come worn, the rim and Its tire will
creep on the wheel. Naturally this
makes the valve stem project at an
acute angle uud If continued long
enough may cut It off. If the valve
stem Is held firmly by means of n cap
the strain fulls upon the lower por-
tion of the stein and thut part of the
Inner tube which surrounds It. In
tills connection It Is well to call atten-
tion to the neeed for tightening the
rim lugs by degrees. If they are ful-
ly tightened one after the other and
all the way around the wheel there is
apt to be too much space on one side
ot the wheel and too little on the
other. The proper way Is to tighten
one lug and then the one nearly op-
posite It and so on.
FOOT COMFORT FOR DRIVERS
Device Gives Smocth Action on Accel-
erator and Prevents Choking of
Engine on Bad Roads.
A readily adjustable heel support
for the foot which operates the accel-
erator Is constructed so that It may be
^ IN LCT"
CA3 riAMt
Why Pay for Distilled Water for Your
Storage Battery? Make your Own
Still.
short length of rubber tube. Slip a
short length of rubber tube over the
other end of the condenser tube nnd
run It to a clean glass receptacle. Pass
a small stream of cold water through
the condenser by connecting the lower
of the short glass tubes with a hydrant
the upper to a drain. Just open
the faucet enough to keep a small,
easy stream of cold water passing
through the condenser and out of the
drain hose.
The steam from the boiler passes
through the condenser nnd becomes
condensed in the tubes chilled by the
flowing water. The pure distilled
water lu collected in the receptncle as
shown.—Francis Dasbiell, In Popular
Science Monthly.
moved forward or backward. Its use
Is said to give a smooth action on the
accelerator and prevent choking of the
engine on rough roads, wearing of the
heel of one’s shoe, wearing holes In the
floor mat and wearying of the leg.
LOCATING SQUEAK IN SPRING
All Doubt Can Be Removed by Run-
ning Car Over Smooth Road
With Ruts in It
Mcst everyone knows the noise of
a squeaky spring, remarks a contrib-
utor of American Motorist.
“But if you doubt whether It actu-
ally is that,” he continues, "run your
car over a smooth road which has a
few small holes now and then. Drive
over these holes at the rate of about
15 miles an hour. If your car squeaks
only when you go over the holes, and
rides silent while on the smooth parts,
you may be sure that your springs
need oiling.”
REMOVAL OF TIGHT WHEELS
Simple but Often Effective Expedient
Is to Loosen Nut and Drive
Car Short Distance.
Sometimes one needs to remove a
stuck wheel on an occasion when no
wheel puller is available. As a simple
hut often effective expedient, jack up
the wheel In question, put the car in
gear, and after removing nut, key, etc.,
shake the wheel back and forth, pull-
ing at the same time. If this does not
work replace the key. drive car a short
distance. This method will loosen a
wheel even when a puller won’t
budge It.
VALVES ARE NOT REVERSIBLE
Can Be Inlet on Engine Operated by
Piston's Suction Downward—Ex-
haust Is Mechanical.
An automobile valve cannot be
either an Inlet or an exhaust. It can
be an Inlet only on the engine, op,
erated by the piston’s suction down-
ward. The exhaust valve must be
forced open against pressure of the
burned gases In the cylinder and there-
fore must be mechanically operated.
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CONDENSED
CLASSICS
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THE DEEMSTER
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By HALL CAINE
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Flashing eighty Matas a minute, day und night, this “silent poibvman
equtpi>ed with an acetyleni tamp direct* the traffic In Washinxtun near the
southeast gate of the White Hou». The tamp throw* a green light similar to
tl«*e used along the Panama Canal The White Houae can be seen in tin
horror at Dan’a confession, nnd appre-
hension for her lover, Monu told Dan
that he must give himself up to Jus-
tice nnd that by so doing he should
atone for his sin. He pledged himself
to do as she wished, and while she
protested her undying love for lilm, he
hade her a passionate farewell and
vanished Into the flight,
Heturnlug half-dazed to where Ew-
an’s body lay, Dan found that Ills
fisher friends had plnnned to take tlie
hody out to son for burial. They em-
barked upon Dan’s boat nnd he reluc-
tantly allowed them to carry out their
plan; owing to their unskilled sewing
of the canvas about Ewnn's body, the
covering slipped apart nnd the corpse
was washed hack to land.
Despite the fishermen’s protest that
all would be prosecuted if they re-
turned, t^nn Insisted upon their doing
so. Ewan’s body having been washed
ashore was brought to the church
where the bishop had Just finished his
Christmas sendee. He nnd the Deem-
ster looked upon the face of Ewan nnd
realized the tragedy; nnd tlie lntter
taunting his brother with the fact that
If Dan were proved the culprit, the
bishop must pronounce Judgment on
his own son.
Dan, who hnd crept back In the
darkness, witnessed the midnight
, burial of Ewan, and after slipping
“Christmas away, narrowly escaped death when
he fell Into an old mine shaft where
he remained for some time a prisoner.
P*-Th” Meanwhile his fisherman friends were
Bondman,” “The Manxman,” “The arrested ns implicated In tlie murder.
Christian,” “The Eternal City.” “The but during their arraignment In court
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Condensation by
Caroline Ttcknor
<• <rXr><r% •>•> W'
Thomaa Henry
Halt Calnr, atnee
1018 Sir Hall, ot
Manx deaeent, ohb
born nt Huneorn,
May H, 1853.
He nu trained
for nn urehlteet,
but was attracted
to Journalism nnd
to the writing of
novela, which hnve
frequently been
reproduced on the
■ tagei during the
war be has taken
a hand In propa-
ganda, largely Intended for Amerlen,
and w n> editor of “King Albert’* Book"
uud Queen Alexnndrn'a “Chrlatmaa
Carol,” Hid beat-known stories have
attained an enormous circulation In
prtut. and reached greut audiences on
the atage. “The Deemster,”
lit the Bright Procession
Woman Thoo Onveat Me” are among
the beat known la a long llat, which
have paused from the printed page to
the atage. and Anally In some ennea to
the Aim*.
It will be Interesting to see how his
hooka laat. A certain force he undoubt-
edly has, and he known extremely well
how to choose a subject with an appeal
to n large audience t he has, however,
a considerable crudity In thought and
expreaalon, and hla emotional passages
aometlmea have the nlr of being cre-
ated to order.
No English-speaking author has ever
been ao extensively advertised os Hall
Caine. He moot watt a generation or
■o to ace whether In the end It pays
to advertise.
rflHE scene of this story Is laid in
I the Isle of Man, two centuries
JL ago, and It Is filled with the
weird superstitions of the Manx peo-
ple.
Thorkell Mylrea, the Deemster, was
a violent, cruel and crafty judge, who
dwelt among the sturdy fisher-folk dis-
pensing whatever justice suited his
purpose. Being accustomed to bend-
ing all others to his will he was bit-
terly disappointed when his scholarly
son, Ewan, refused to fulfill his world-
ly ambitions and retired into the min-
istry. In anger, he casj him off and
took into his household his Illegitimate
son, Jarvis Kerrutsh, a worthless fop.
Those qualities of strength and lead-
ership which he longed to see In his
son, Ewan, the Deemster found In his
dare-devil nephew, Dan Mylrea, son
of his gentle and God-fearing brother,
Gilerist, Bishop-of-Man. Dan was a
handsome, fiery young giant, who ex-
celled in every manly sport, and Ewan
and his lovely sister, Mona, adored
their stalwart cousin, whose wild ex-
ploits among the fishermen gave the
bishop much anxiety. From time to
time Dan’s Impulsive nature ran away
with him nnd he committed some reck-
less act that he sorely repented later.
In a moment of thoughtlessness,
when hounded for a debt, which he
feared would worry the bishop, Dan
forged his cousin’s name, feeling Sure
that Ewan would willingly hnve ad-
vanced the money, and Ewan, being
confronted with the signature, de-
clared it to be his own, telling a lie to
save his cousin from prosecution.
Dan's prompt expressions of sorrow
and gratitude were checked by Ew-
an’s announcement that Dan should
be from this time a stranger to him-
self and sister. Crushed and'humiliat-
ed, Dan rushed to Mona’s home
and sought his cousin in her room,
where he acknowledged his fault and
protested against being estranged from
her.
Mona assured him that nothing
should ever estrange them, and Dan.
deeply repentant, hurried away, en-
countering In the hall Jarvis Kerniish,
who seeing him emerge from his
cousin’s room, promptly reported to
the Deemster this evidence of Dan’s
improper conduct towards Mona.
The Deemster, whose feeling for
Dan appeared, pushed his way through
the crowd and announced his guilt.
He was placed In a dungeon under
the bishop's Jurisdiction, and his fa-
ther, bowed with grief, visited him
and offered him the means of escape,
which he refused.
At the close of his trial Dan was
pronounced “guilty,” and awaited the
death sentence which he felt sure
must follow. A more dreaded fate,
however, awaited him. With a break-
ing heart his father pronounced his
sentence: “This man shall be cut off
from his people. . . . From now,
forever, let no tongue speak to hint.
Alone let him live, alone die."
As the people shrank away from him
Dan passed from among them to the
south of the Island, where a boat, con-
taining supplies and provisions, was
awaiting hint.
For a year Dan dwelt In this boat
shunning his kind, but at last, unable
to endure the loneliness of the sen, he
erected a rude shelter on a rocky
Island not far from shore, where he
could look upon the habitations of
men. On the first night that he slept
ashore, a frightful storm swept his
boat, leaving him a prisoner on the
Island.
Here, for seven years, he spent a
solitary life striving to make his peace
with God, until at last It seemed to
him the curse was lifted.
Then at his cabin door appeared a
dying priest, who had landed half-
fainting from a blow received from
the boom of his boat. The prieqj had
come from Ireland, at the Bishop-of-
Man’s request, to succor the people
from a dreadful scourge, called the
“sweating sickness.”
The priest told Dan that he should
carry on his own unfinished work, coa-
vey his message to the bishop, and
help to stay the plague. Before he
died the saintly man outlined the
methods to be followed in order to
check the epidemic.
And then at last Dan knew the op-
portunity had come to make complete
atonement. Able once more to reach
the shore, he went among the suffer-
ers, ministered to their needs and
taught them how to cope with the dis-
ease. Soon the epidemic was stayed,
while all the people were loud in
praise of the strange priest whose face
seemed to many a familiar one.
The Deemster was among the last
stricken, and Dan, summoned to his
bedside, arrived In time to ease his
final sufferings and to he recognized
with superstitious horror before his
uncle died. Even as Mona entered the
house to reach her father’s bedside.
Dap slipped away, and hastening to
the bishop gave him the dead priest’s
message, and also the assurance that
his son lived and had made atone-
ment for his sin.
And now. word went abroad that tht
«trange priest, proven to be Daniel
Mylrea, had been appointed to suc-
TN TIIE bright procession of lacy
A gowns that may he worn either for
afternoon or evening, there are many
that will do honor to the wedding cor-
tege. The theme of bridesmaids’
gowns makes a fascinating story, full
of adventures Into strange places, hut
the chapter that arrests the attention
of most people, deals with gowns that
will begin tlielr cheerful careers in
the wedding procession and continue
them long afterward.
One of the loveliest of silk nnd lnce
frocks presents Its many new style
points for consideration here. They
Include the uneven length of the skirt,
the girdle nnd long sash of ribbon
Hint terminates In pointed ends hang-
ing below the bottom of the skirt, the
bodice crossed In the linck and sim-
I plicity of design and lines. Just for
Dan had changed to Jealous hatred, in oeed his Inte uncle as Deemster, or
' judge of the island.
This message read by Mona, filled
her with hope and a belief that Dan
turn conveyed this intelligence to
Ewan, doing his best to convince him
that Dan had treated Mona dishonor- - —.......-
ably. An excited interview between should at last come to his own. Ae-
Ewan and his sister followed in which i companied by one faithful fisherboy,
Ewan mistook her innocent protesta- she journeyed to seek him out. only
tions of love for Dan for a conflrma- ! to find him unconscious nnd ill unto
tlon of her lover's guilt, and dashed | death. In a hare cabin, where he hnd
away to avenge her supposed wrong fallen a victim to the disease he had
He found Dan ready to beg forgive- so bravely combated,
ness for his past fault, but in blind Mona watched beside him until In
passion Ewan took no heed of bis hi8 iast moments he looked upon her
words: accused him of being the has- with Joyful recognition. Phe mur-
the wedding procession nn anklet of
roses is to be worn, but the wide-
brimmed picture hat of georgette,
with Its wreath of dowers niul ribbon
snJli, will bear the frock company
through a whole season.
For dresses like this there are
cream-colored laces, filet, chnntilly,
nuts with deep embroidered borders
and net-top laces that are made up
over satin, silk or georgette In cream
color or In other colorsi One can
Imagine the gown 'ns pictured, with
light rose, blue, maize, pale green,
orchid or other color as a foundation,
with n snsli In the same color, or so
ninde that It may be worn over dif-
ferent slips. Silk stockings and satin
slippers to match a color will make a
good background for the novel anklet
of small, light pink roses, whatever
tlie choice In color may be.
est of scoundrels and bade him depart
from the island.
Dan protested his Innocence, but
when he found that Ewan believed
him to he so base, his own wild pas-
sion flamed up and he. In turn, cried
out that there was “room for hut one
of them In the world.”
A mortal combat followed, near the
edge of a cliff, and Ewan, almost over-
come. threw his dagger Into the air
and reeled backward, falling over the
precipice to hla death. Then Pun
realized what he had done and waa
overwhelmed with remorae.
It was Christmas eve. and Mona
waiting for Ewan'a return, had a ter-
rible presentiment of hla fate. Aa she
tried to banish her fears. Dan climbed
In through her window, prostrated
himself before her. tud confessed hla
(Hilt.
Filled with grief for her brother.
mured the Lord’s prayer, and as he
echoed the words, “Deliver us from
evil,” his spirit passed.
Copyright. 1919. by the Post Publishing
Co. (The Boston Post). Copyright In the
United Kingdom, the Dominion*. Its Col-
entes and dependencies, under the copy-
right act. by the Post Publishing Co.
Boston. Mass . U. 8. A. All rights re-
served. Printed by permission of, and
arrangement with. D. Appleton A Co.,
authorised publishers.
Meritorious Service.
“Yep." said the honest ex-buck. “I
spent 14 months in the lines without
any relief.”
“But I didn’t know you were at the
front at all." said hla uncle.
"I wasn’t." replied the buck, “but I
spent eight month* tn the roes* line.
Are months In the Inspection line and j
I one month In the pay Une."—Home
i-etor.
T T IS a good tiling that weddings
X prove inspiring to designers, for. of
nil occasions, they demad most at the
hands of milliners. But outfitting u
wedding procession is pure Joy to
artistic souls. Here they may be as
picturesque as they please; no other
hats give them so much latitude in
the choice of style and use of color;
none are so advantageously placed.
The hats from which the mother and
other relatives of the bride* are to
mnke their choice must provide dis-
tinction and brilliance In headwear.
For the Easter wedding this year,
the array of hats is very literally bril-
liant. Millinery fabrics and novelties
hove multiplied opportunities for the
designers, and their Imaginations
fairly dance to the music of novel ma-
terials and of ribbons, laces, flowers.
In the group of four hats picture*!
there are two that will make a good
choice for the mother of the bride or
any other of her matronly relatives,
who are on the sunny side of sixty.
One of them, at the top of the group.
U of brilliant black straw with a
dangling fringe of cellophane orna-
ment* about the brim edget Thta 1* a
chic ami somewhat daring model, with
a vivid rose posed at tlie front, ex-
actly suited to the poise of a modem
mother. Just below it nt tlie right ap-
pears n hat of shiny cellophano
binid with round crown nnd sash of
cire ribbon. This braid is shown in
several colors nnd is very handsome
In gray or the darker shades ns navy
and brown. A short wreath of flow-
kle crown to
>lor note that
ers, extei
c from tlie
the under brim, adds & t
is lovely with these brl|
The lovely bell-crown*
braid at the left ought
heart of any fair bride
shown in light colors w
ritihon about the brim-e
eftds at the hack. A lit
foliage Is posed at the
maids or maids of honor
hearts upon something
this season, the celloph
lace edge, all la brow:
bn
lat
f hair
e tho
I: to
ler of
snsli
set In
But If
’ their
ly of
with
vorder
of pink row*, will captivate them.
NT m WTltot horvanl ,
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Henderson, L. P. The County Democrat. (Tecumseh, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, March 18, 1921, newspaper, March 18, 1921; Tecumseh, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc936892/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.