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which is a combination OF hydrogen
and oxygen. to dycomuosc into ny
drogcn gas and oxygen Eus. tn"
oxygen Will however. combine With
thr soft lead paste. and SO chang"
1t 90 peroxide OF lead. and this per
oNid' viii then leave these plates and
De deposited ON The positiv" OF per
oxide plates This viii continue un-
tin tn" plates can give on no more
load "r hold NO more pcroNide ~
lead. when IN" battery Is tUlly
charged Tho battery is then dis
connected from the charging current.
When j; is desired 10 get some of
The current out of the battery 4 cir
vult - mad. outside. and then the
soft lead pilates sort OF say to tn"
others. ",;iyc us back our lead and
the others say, ~" viii ii you viii
give up some electricity" This is
agreed To. ANA so electric current
3,avc~ the battery, and the plates
gradually change hack {" their ori.i-
nal FORM. The peroxide ~ lead chang
Ing hIck TO soft lead and the oxygen
going away as a Gas.
Nutr how ihc water changed To
oxygen aud hydrogen when charging
ANA tho hydrogen left the battery as
"a unS. Willie the oxygen left when
uSrEarglnr Thus tn" water is con
StuutIy leaving tn" "lcctrolYte
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THE STORAGE BATTERY
DESCRIBED BY GUERRL|CH
Gives Definition Which Corrccts
Misleading Statement in Man
ufaCturcr'S Booklet.
HOW ELECTRICITY IS STORED
Tells What Solutions Arc Used and
Says Plates Must BE just Cow
crcd--lllustrationS Furnish Dem
onStration OF Experts Theories.
IECrt ri. 40.
The Storage IInttcrN.

In booklet furnished av one of
the storage battery manulAtturt~ rs
u Is SAID that The lat;r"s i prs not
store NJ the electricity IN MS this
II misleading statement. ncs.,tse "a
YAK can send electricity l.. = he bat
trry, trer carr the bl..cr. around
~ days. and th"u Ett on. 90 % .i.,..r.y
ne same quantity OF electricity form
ef!N sent lntn II. or portion thereof
~ You desire. it certainly docs Stor.
NJ this current. The writer's dctni-
ton of Il storage battery would he
y h"tttrN composed ~ - number OF
' sG,i, Which because OF chemical
"yion VII store mp certain guam
THY ot electricity ana which viii.
ircause OF reverse chemical action.
give out al. or some OF this elyctr,city
according TO hpw much IS desired
Though the s;atcmcut chat the bat
terry stores M the "IcCtriritv NAV not
b. iechnicaNy correct. ii is practic-
ally correct nud "" w.l use it in
Let us So II What storage s,,-
tanner or Jar which : practically al
WAYS mad. %: hard rubber G.u,r-
ally there Is "a separai. 5tr for ,!ieh
cell Gas Fig ~. the va-l6u, coils hc-
ing placed side hy sid, ia 20 .ait,ry
G 6@N, o, cas-. a. shown u zig ?. but
pecN a shown IN Fig FlEUr" .
shows the jar 90 F!g ms il wouli
a.,nn,ear u cut On Tho lines IA Yon
LIhero are a number ~ raised webs or
hnngcs lcttercl \ in Fig : ON ,rs-"
webs the plates explained brlowp
In The jars and resting on the vols.
ar placed tNo sctS ~ Iia,as. ono
called the positive the ether NEGATIVE
me number Of plates In each positive.
ana each negative set wgl yaty ac-
Gordimg TO Ia" capacity % mo cell
nus ;h' capacity chat IS. amrrre
hours VIII BE- determined ay tine
number ana size az tho Plates I-ucn
l phlatS u ms!. Up ~ a lead grid. as
are nIl"i wt5h paste made madS 81 ' pa,
roNide of lead which is 81 dark
are hlsd win paste oi soft
sponey lead. which has not a much
oxygen as has tho peroxide. and
which IS lull gray When the plates
positive plates arc all connected to-
C"ther 50 a. TO have = space between
ih.'n ~ shown IN FIG : ~ wha; ar
Gh''td connecting. straps These CON
them binding posts for wires The
nsEhi,v mates arc likcwise con
n"ctca together.
When the plates have boon con.
ncc'ci tho two sets or plates arc
placed between ono another. hUt mr.,
prevented from touching by scDara-
tor plates In Fig show tho sets
or plates ana s"parators being ru,
together. The s"parators mr.. some
times made of perforated rubber. and
sometimes ~ Il prepared wood.
Mhsn NE plates hnyc been Put to-
blocks OF wood. called hold down
blocks. and tho now completed ole
mcnts ar" placed in Jars. insulated
covers arr nut over. them, the jars
aye placed in their box or case and
tho whol" sealed with rararinc wax
or special composition. tn. com.
rlr'ed battery Will look "a shown In
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-10

iHed II you do not rctard your shark
v h'n thr ear slows down on Il Hill
YOU NH get knock. You may moi
nave noticed this before. because your
wrist pin hushing and bearings were
probably tighter then than they are
.. m using n 1915 t--) ca
cNiin""r car which Is giving consid-
crNblc trouble. had the battery
IcS,'" ~ thc garage with the hydro
meter ana found IL deficient They
'hncu' suppose. suitable iluid and
after running the car about forty
miles. ! got very good lights and
could us" the starter. but that didn't
!ast long after the car stood n while
Now | can get only dull lights unless
racing the engine, and shortly after
the ear would stop. but Nv turning.
on the lights i, would continu. tn
20, >, DIR. w. l..
y From the fact that your battery
discharged while the car WAS Idle. /
zee. certain ;hat YOU have Il shors
circuit either in the wiring or i'm tn,
battery itself. or that Your automatic
cut-nut IS not working. The auto
matte cut-out is Il nu:nrtically on
Grated device which diSConnccts the.
"!ittrfN aud generator when the en-
SIN" is not running or is running
S.owIN. Your instruction book will
snow YOU whcr" this is located be-
li"Nr. The points should he omen
when engine IS idle and closed when
travelling fast. Go over YOUR wires
carefully and see IL any are oil
soaked or have the Insulation worn
on ono" week YOU should MI your
battery with distilled water.
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DUCK HAS AMBITION
TO BE LIKE OSTRICH

CHICO. CAL. April "a duch
with ambitions TO become an ostrich
has been discovered by II. G. Rick
nell, who WAS preparing to dine u,.on
the fcathcrcd hardware store"
BiCkncii obtained the duck at Dav-
ton. suburb of this city From an
p"aranccs the bird evidently raL been
reared in Il Cobblcr'S shop
within tn" ducks EIZzdrd was
found i miscellaneous assortment OF
shoe eyes. taCks, bits OF wire. nails
and other similar appetite provoking
rcliShrs.
Ahou, thiriy-iivc bits of iron and
brass were found. among them a fan
grown Shinrlr nail that had bccom.
imhcddcd in the EizHard
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TRUCK OFFICIAL FINDS
CONDITIONS IMPROVED
Dealers Arc Finding Constantly In
crcaSing Demand for Motor
(nrliCrS.

An Official OF the United states Mo-
Tor Truck Company. who recently re-
turned from Il lengthy trip. during
"hich he visited dealers and d!strib-
utors in All parts Of the country. re-
ports that he found conditions much
improved all along the line.
Dealers are finding Il constantly in
crcasinE demand for trucks. which
thcN aScribc not only to the usual
scaSoi. activity common at this time
o! year. bn, 10 placing "f orders by
DnHc.y who have actually needed
tQdiphicnt for several months past
hut have delayed purchasing until
conditions in th,.r ,wn business had
improved
The general opinion of business
men in all parts of the country. ac-
cordinv to this official. seems to he
that The present increased demand in
all lines IL not merely Il temporary
seasonal demand. but real rcSump-
ton Of buying following the buyers
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.. Thrrr is a bad miss III my 1919
car. haye located i, in
tho tifth cylinder and have replaced
tn, spark plug. ann sure the spark
j. all -icht. but tn" mss continues.
1t don't miss so much when 20 fast.
Please toll me what else 10 look for.
\. There probably is a bad loss Of
compression in this cylinder This
may bc due 10 tn. valves or TO the
piston rings. Your valves may need
grinding. or your adjusting nuts are
set too tirh; Try pouring little
Kerosene INT" the cylinder at might.
as II the rings are quinn and it"cH
this may free them.
g. When starting my car, especially
IL make TURN. there ar" lot OF
short knocks just under my scat. This
only happens when start up. Th"
car. which is 1914 ,-----l. s'IrtS
up smoothly otherwise. i. n. J.
A. Your trouble is probably due To
"A combination OF a slightly Srahoing
clutch and Il loose tonEu" arm II -
the toruuc arm you hear. Try waSh-
ing out the clutch with k"r"Scne' "nn
replacing the bushincs III tn" rear
axle housing, through which tn" large
bolt connecting IN" torQuc arm to TINS
housing passes. The t"rlu" arm, is
tn. pressed steel arm which rams from
the rear AL" to cross m"mhcr ~
tn" frame just under tn" front seat.
O. My 1916 ,J car ovcrhcats
"a lot recently. HAY" washed OUT ,h"
radiator with soda water and a'Sn
cleaned out the old oil and put IN
n.w It hclpcd. little hut not much.
VIVA, can 10" the trouble !. j. y.
H. Your IAN belt j. probably Si.p-
ping. Il may b" that your rumr is
no, WORKING or the water circulation
j. storu,d brCausr OF rottrd hose. iiy
takiu.. out the Strain"r YOU can see
huw the water is circulating. 'arhou
in IN" cylinders. too rich q mixture,
ana running TOO long with spark re-
tard.d will also cause ONcrhcatinE.
q My ear Will not climb mills. as
nicely a. tt used 10. must SHIFT u
great deal y. Y. VI.
\ You probably hav" loss If com.
PRECISION. Grinding your valves Will
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SHE DREW A BLANK;
NOW WANTS DIVORCE

KANSAS CITY. April e-Hcrc's one
woman WHO il willing 10 waive all
claims TO ans property II sh. can
only Eci a divorce
drew q blank" was the remark
t'ndered by Mrs. Mary y Seward
-. Of Kansas CITY. as she filed :,
petition Tor divorce from Gus Sc
ward. = years old
rs a husband that man is i'm
p"Ssibiy. want a divorce and what
ever els" the court may see ii; TO
give n."
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u. y. Mnloncy In New Connie,

Ebert s. Mike" Maloncy. form
crly manager of the local Fish Rub
Der Company branch. and later ION,
manager for the Goodyear sales fore.
in this city, has become associate,
with S. Dorsey Syduor in the Rich
mond Auto Tire Works. 9ii Yves
Broad Street. Mr.. Mnloncy has ha,
twenty years experience in the ur,
and accessory trade In various sec
tons of the country.
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newspapers the Sailors have an ar
rangemcnts with Illicit dealers. They
sound the siren to indicate what
glcrs put on In boats and buy all
they want. which is rcSoid through
the left hand trade ut an advance.
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I'urchnsc Fnrms for Ncrror,

CHICAGO. April 9.-purchasc of s.
oe0 acres of farm land in Portuguese
West Africa for demonstration
farm and trades school for African
negroes on the model OF Hampton
and Tusk"gce Institutes has been
made by the Board of Foreign Mis-
stons OF the Methodist Episcopal
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Model 1863
For All Cars

No matter what make or type
OF car you drive, it can be
Stewart equipped.
There is a Stewart Search
light for the straight or slant
ing windshield, for the open
or closed Car.
There are motor driven or
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strike, which has affected practically
all industries.
Production ut the United States
factory mas been considerably in
creased recently to kecp pucc with
this healthy condition of the market.
March production was practically
doubled over that OF February. The
working force ut the factory was ma
t"riniiS strengthened the first of
Npril, and present PLANES contcmplnt "a
normal production by June /
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Model i6O.A

hand-operated Stewart Warn
ing Signals.
There is a Stewart Speed
oneter for any type Of pas
senger or commercial car.
And there is our Same Day
Service on any Stewart Prod
uct brought in or mailed in.
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Phone
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-10
1890 DISCOUNT On ANY MAKE OF TIRE

FORD REPAIRS AND ACCESSORIES
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100 Arrested In Zig ,rnin Thief,

VIENNA, April 9.-Whoiesalc loot
ing of grain barccs hound from Juro-
Slaria to Vienna has led To more
than 100 arrests. According TO Tho
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-09-09

drawled; 81 hope we've come to spend
the night wi me, anyway"
I'm here in the interests of peace, .
Dale began, looking at the hillman
squarely. II want you Littlefords to
be on good terms with your neigh
bors, the Morelands. John is out
there at your gate now; he is waiting
for you to ask him in and say to him !:
Let's begin anew; let's be friends,
your people and my people, you and
me- You want that, don't you, Ben?
Babe did, I'm sure
Littleford frowned, laced his big fin
gers together and twirled his big
thumbs. Now that he was once more
at home, with assurance that his
daughter would entirely recover. he
was no longer weak; he had all his
old courage and all his old, stubborn
hill pride back.
ETH ak John in" he finally de-
cided, "but he'll hat to make the fust
break at a-bein' friends. Me akin
him into my house is a purity burned
good start toward friendship, amt
it?"
He arose, took up the lamp, walked
to the front door and opened it, and
called into the night:
won't ye come in, John?''
81 reckon I will, Ben" was the lazy
answer 20 minute, anyhow. Bur
l reckon CANT stay long"
Moreland followed Littleford into
the best room. Littleford put the | mp
beside the worn leather-bound Bible
on the table, and they sat down. They
looked steadily at each other, and
Dale saw plainly that both were i'll
at ease. Surely, thought Moreland, he
had done a great deal when he had
come into his old enemy's house.
Surely, thought Littleford, he had
done great deal when he had asked
John Moreland into his home.
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'Yon wonderful place, my
own country"
lTo BE CONTINUED.)
INCREASES AS IT TRAVELS
Train in Egypt Picks Up Passengers
and Freight as 1t Proceeds
Along Line.

An American engineer tells of a
train that will conveniently stop
whenever freight or passengers appear
by the side of the track. This rail
way is to be found in Egypt. The
train at starting, as seen by the
American, consisted only of the engine
and coach, which might have been a
baggage car with four windows cut
in it, and a bench placed all around.
But before 1t had gone very far the
train came upon a couple OF trucks
filed with cane standing on the line
in the middle of cane field. These
were attached to the front of the
engine, which moved slowly along TIL
they came to another batch. Thest
were almost empty, but the cargo waF
piled on each side of the line, anc
Arabs rapidly loaded them, while thu
employees took advantage Of the de
lay to water the engine.
This task was performed in tn
most primitive fashion by two Wa.
ter carriers, who, having placed a
notched section of a date tree be-
tween the engine and the ground, to
serve as ladder, laboriously filed
the goatskins, which are swung on
their backs, at ditch by the side Of
the track, climbed up the tree ladder
to the engine and emptied their goat
skins into the boiler. BY the time 1t
was full the trucks were loaded, and
the train proceeded, pushing about q
dozen trucks before 1t.
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FIGURES IN clTYs HISTORY
BIackwelPs Island, in the East River,
New York, Once Attractive Part
Of the Metropolis.

The name Of Blackwell's island, In
East river New York city, famous
for its prison and workhouse, may be-
come Welfare island. The island came
into possession of the Blackwell
family about 1866 through marriage,
then being called Manning's island,
owned by Mary Manning, said to be
a niece of Lord Cornbury, governor Of
the province of New York. Albert
Blackwell, the first proprietor of that
name-it was he who married Mary
Manning-was member or the pro-
vincial assembly 1892
During the French and Indian war
his grandson, Jacob, served as colonel.
and during the Revolution he was a
stanch patriot His property was
confscated and held during the long
occupation of New York by the
British. Soldiers were encamped on
his Long Island lands opposite the
island and officers were guartered at
his residence. His death was has
tened, it is said. by his financial
losses.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-09-09

chat we send to the little town in
it, he never would have even consid-
cred it; he would have said quickly !:
"We'H thrash the Balls and the Lit
tlefordS, too ~
The younger man read something OF
the others thoughts.
with the help of the law" said he.
1--WE might whip them all. But it
would mean a great deal of bloodshed
at best. The Littlefords are Babes
people, y'know like Babe. You
like her, too, or you never would have
gone with her to the hospital
don't your"
u reckon I CANT deny" the More
land leader muttereG, Fat / like Babe
Littleford. She amt like none O. the
rest Of 'em, BILL"
Dale went on:
"All there is to do to enlist the Lit
tlefords on our side is this: you go to
old Ben and say to him: Let's begin
anew; let's be friends, your people
and my people, you and me- He'll be
glad you did it. Then it will be easy
sailing for us. The Balls never would
dare to attack such a force as the
Morelands and the Littlefords COM
bined Don't you see? / admit it will
be something of a sacrifice on your
part. But man like you can make
sacrifices. Any man who is big
enough to 60 down on his knees and
ask the blessing Of the Almighty on
his enemies is big enough to make
sacrifice. Come-let's go over and see
Ben Littleford now; won't your"
The mountaineer didn't answer.
"You won't throttle the cause born
In David Moreland's good heart on ac-
count OF a little personal pride j
know you won't!" Dale said earnestly.
Moreland Strengthened.
"You mean WELL" he said slowly. IT
think you're one O. the very best men
in the world, Bill Dale. You often
make me think O. pore David himself.
But I'm afeared We don't quite onder-
stand, Bill. I've seed my own son die
from Littleford's bullet. To go and
OII0T 10 DC 1IlCAOS WILL q AudA WIZ
might be the same one at killed my
boy is a pow'ful hard thing to do. I'm
afeard We don't quite understand"
"It was terrible thing, know, =
said Dale. "But it was the fortunes
Of war. The Littlefords have endured
the fortunes Of war in exactly the
same way. Come with me; let's go. |
need your help; can do very little
without your help. Come, John More
land !"
The hillman replied slowly swell,
I'll go with We over thar. But Ben
he'll hat to make the fust break al
a-befn' friends. cause I'm purity shore
never will. AS soon as ] git my
hat, Bill So
He went to the front porch and
took from chairpost his broad
trimmed headgear. Then the two set
out.
They crossed an ox-wagon road, a
sweet-scented meadow, the river by
means of the downtown sycamore,
another sweet-scented meadow and
another ox-wagon road. and entered
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EsppdddyS
H6EyeniN8
Fairy Tale
0HAARY GRAHAM bonner
IN The SHOP.
RY GRAHAM BONNER

'Ah," said Mr.. Goldfish, 1--WE add
to the beauty Of this shop. Some of
our family have been put in the win
dow which looks out upon the street
so that when people pass by they can
see the beautiful members of the Gold
fish family.
"Of course, do not mean that they
are in the window without any water.
They are in bowls of water swimming
about. And there are weeds and peb-
bles in the bowls of water too, so that
the Goldfish family will feel at home.
Goldfish would not feel at home in
the window unless there were some
water for them, for Goldfish like wa
terry homes.
"And here we are, ready to be sold,
and to be taken home; to add to the
beauty of peoples homes"
"We're here, too," said Mr. Turtle.
Sand some Of our family are in the
window, too, along with some of your
family, Mr.. Goldfish, to add to the
beauty and interest of the window.
"We're all showing how attractive
home is with some Goldfish and
Turtles in it.
1.-THE shop is showing off some Of
it's fine summer furniture and beauti-
full summer curtains, but to make the
window look really beautiful they had
to add to the beauty by having u.s."
Eyes" said Mr.. Goldfish and we're
swimming around this tank here to
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-09-09
CHAPTER TX.
a SIGNAL Victory.

~ 0iSu0i vINLO) y
The mining man Hayes, the major
and John Moreland were waiting at
the gate when Dale, accompanied by
the moonshiner, returned to the cabin.
Dale was the first to speak. He told
briefly of that which had taken place
at the downtown sycamore, and at
the last of it By Heck Strengthened
proudly.
81 be dadjimmed eff / hadn't ha'
pumped him so full, o. lead at the
couldn't enough O. men got around
him to tote off his corpst, eff he hadn't
ha' drapped the towards gum" BY
Heck declared as fercely as he could.
"Cause nav she seed in the cup at
Bill Dale was a-goin' to be a right
pa'tickler friend o. mine, igod, and l
has a habit O. takin' keer o. my
friends. Now thar was my Uncle Bill,
him what could jump sixteen-rail
fence"
ut was a mineral fence, By" i'm
patiently cut in John Moreland.
you've done told that so much at
it's dang nigh wore out. S'posen We
go back thar to the orchard ahind o.
the house and see what Gale and
Luke's a-doin'; hey, By?"
Heck nodded and went toward the
orchard. He knew they didn't want
him to overhear what they were going
to say, but 1t didn't offend him. 1t
wasn't easy to offend the good-natured
Heck.
Moreland turned to Dale. "Well?"
Dale turned to Hayes.
''We're going to begin the building
of the little railroad at the earliest
possible moment. And because don't
know anything about the work, I'm
going to ask you to take the lead. Now,
there may be some fighting. I don't
want you to go into this thing blind
", you see. If you're going to with
draw at all, do it now"
'Tm not a stranger to fighting"
Hayes replied smilingly. "I've been
through half dozen coal strikes.
think you may count on me, Mr.. Dale :"
'"Then lay out a plan for immedi-
ate action"
'Td suggest" acquiescea 'Iayes,
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81 saw" and Dale smiled an odd lit
tie smile, "that your plan appears to
be perfect, except that you've over
looked one or two important details.
For instance, there's the law, y'know."
''The law-now don't go and fool
yourselfI p exclaimed Golf. "The state
couldn't afford to keep a hundred men
here, month in and month out, just to
protect your little mine. My patience
is about gone, Dale-for the last time,
what do you say?"
81 say that I'll beat you at any
game you put up against me" very
quietly Furthermore, | say that you
are a coward and a scoundrel, and
that you haven't got the insides in you
to fight me a fair mans fight. If you'll
only pocket that thing you've got in
your hand, I'll NOW down half an acre
Of meadow bush with your body"
The other turned red, then white,
then red again. Bill Dale's words had
dashed him keenly. His eyes became
like hard black beads, and he began
to raise the wicked-looking pistol as
though he meant to fire.
Then there was the sound OF a
breaking twig behind him, and voice
drawled out:
''Drap it, Mister-drap the funny
little gun, or the middle o. Tarment
is yore potion right now!'
1t was the moonshiner, By Heck,
and his rifle was leveled. Golf dropped
the pistol. Heck grinned, advanced
slowly, took up the weapon that the
hillfolk call q towards gun" and
tossed it into the river.
Nov git-cuy the mustard-light a
rag away from here he ordered,
safore / let Bill Dale loose on vel"
Golf went away rapidly.
81 wonder if you heard him say
anything that would make you valu-