Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1910 — HAPPENNGS IN THE CITIES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENNGS IN THE CITIES

Sorrowful Face Due to Other Troubles

MEW YORK.—A small, quiet, but sor--11 rowful if not disgusted looking man sat by the side of a medium-sized automobile that was drawn out of the road as a large touring car came along, driven by a man with an interrogatory aspect. The man in the touring car had seen that auto every time he passed that day, so he slowed up and leaned over: How long have you been here?" "Several hours." "Can’t you find out what the matter is?” -y "No." "Inlet valve all right?” : i l “Yes.” “Trouble with Spark plug?* E* “Think not.” '/ :■> "How are your batteries?" “O. K.” Haven’t got a short circuit, have you?” "Oh, no." “How’s your commutator?* “Great.”

“Perhaps your worm gear is clogged.” “No; all clear." “Got any gasoline in your tank?” “Plenty.” “How about your circulation? Cylinder isn’t bound, is it?" "No, sir." “Tires seem all right?" “Never better.” “Wei, maybe your vibrator isn’t adjusted.” “That's all right” “Have you looked at your carburetor?" "Yes." “How about the cam shaft?" “Grand." “Have you tightened your connectIng rods, examined your clutches and gone over the differentials?" * “Yes, yes.” The man in the tourihg ear paused a moment and then, looking at the stranger by the roadside, said at last: •What’s the matter with that machine of yours?" “There isn’t anything the matter with this machine; but since noon my wife has been in that house over there kidsing her sister’s first baby good-by. When she gets through, if, you are not more than a thousand miles away and will leave our address, I will telegraph or cable the glad news.”