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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1927-03-24, Page 7Of Interest to Motorists 11 ........ STEERING GEAR IS ONE OF - VITAL POINTS OF CAR. If a motorist can have adequate control over the direction in which Jhia car travois he can usually avoid serious trouble. Even if he cannot stop the machine by applying the prake, he certainly can shut off tho engine and eventually come to a halt, But if the steering apparatus of the vehtele &u<Jdenly censes to function ( iji^. would make foxv weak construe- properly the driver Is likely to be. ,an<£ vrould also cause a big re quite out of luck. Under such cir" | ^stance to the turning movement ^umstanees one is likely to appreciate that js incident to the steering. To the feelings of a person in a small - .... boat approaching tho precipice of Niagara Falls. Only by good for tune does the driver of a steerless Car escape without mishap, Fortunately, steering gears do not often go bad. This fact is due pri marily to the great skill and care on the part oi manufacturers of cars, who have done everything possible to make tho steering apparatus fool brool’. While no large percentage of the total number of motor accidents can bo laid to steering gears that don’t permit the driver to steer, yet ,there, are enough of such undesirable incidents to warrant every motorist giving careful consideration to this important aspect of his motoring ex perience. TO INSURE EASY STEERING. „ In order to insure the easy steer ing of a car. and to give it the neces sary strength and the required flexi bility the front wheels of an automo bile are provided with certain peculi arities. At the lower end of the shaft on which the hand-steering tvheel is located there is a gear. This is usually of the worm type, although Other types are sometimes employed. Recaugo of this gearing it is possible to swing the front wheels with very little effort on the part of the oper ator. At tho same time it is neces sary to exert considerable pressure bn the front wheel to move the steering or hand wheel. This is how tho adjustment has been worked out; An arm from this steering gear connects through a drag link to a steering knuckle upon which one of the front wheels is mounted. The other front -wheel is made to move in unison with the first through means of a tie rod connect ed to its steering knuckle. The«e —rr. ... . . The Honesty of Arabs. An English geologist who has been in the Oman, behind Muscat, related to the writer the following story of .the honesty of the Arabs in. this southeasterly corner of Arabia: “We were proceeding along a mountain trail one day when I saw small object on the ground and picked it up. It proved to be a lea ther roll such as the men in this region carry, in which were knick- Jknacks, flint and steel. Its nominal Value might total five cents. I of fered it to my guide and told him he iiould keep it!" He thanked me, but Itook it and went over to a bowlder and placed the leather roll on it jn a conspicuous place. I asked him why he had done this instead of keeping it. He replied that he could not keep it as it belonged to some one else, who would undoubtedly re turn and find it. “This incident is typical of these 'Arabs. We saw often caravan loads of dates or merchandise dumped by the roadside and left for several days ■Without guard. . The Arabs had heard of good grazing in some valley And had taken their camels away, leaving their loads at some spot along the trail. And no one would think of molesting or stealing 'the dates or merchandise, although many Other same eence the ab- Arabs might pass along route during the time of of the owners." Fair Enough. ex-A barrister was accosted by an convict whom he had defended on Several occasions in the past. 5 “ ’Bre, guv’nor,” said tho man, “I want you to defend me again—and this time I've been falsely accused." “Go and see my clerk about Ittf' re plied the barrister. “I can only affor da couple 0’ quid," pursued the criminal, “but I ask you fo take it up ’cos I swear I'm as in nocent as a new-born babe. I never Pinched the stuff at all—I swear I didn’t.” “Go and see my clerk!" repeated tlw other. “I’ll make it a fiver," begged tlm man, thinking that the fee question the obstacle to a favorable ans- Again he received ‘the same re- /“Well, look ’ere, guv-nor," ho cried te desperation. “I’m innocent, mind *^)U, but if you’ll get me off, I’ll give ^ou half the swag!" ; Trolleys at Balaclava. * Balaclava, where tho T/ght Brigade tahxl'O its charge in tho Crimean war, te pow crossed by a now electric rail way, one of the few suburban electric railway linos of Russia. An- qthor suburban lino has just been opened, connecting Sebastopol with several surrounding smaller towns. Baku, tho richest city of tho Caucasus and centre of the great Russian oil patriot, has had a street ter only throe years. cai’ service 4 knuckle joints are necessarily points of weakness as compared! with a solid axle. Consequently there must he provided some means of furnishing strength. UNDERGAT1IER AND FOREGATHER. Suppose the front wheels were placed in a perfectly perpendicular position. Tt is easy to see that con siderable leverage would then bo ex torted on the steering knuckle pins. To overcome these faults the front wheels are given what is termed undorgather. By this is meant the distance between them at the point where they touch the ground is less than at their tops. As a result the weight of the ve hicle bears directly on a line with the steering knuckle pins and no lever age is exerted. This undergather would result in excessive wear on the tires if both wheels were pointed straight ahead—that is, set parallel. To avoid this unnecessary wear the wheels are given what is called1 fore gather, which means that they are slightly closer together at the front edge than at the rear. While this difference is only about three-eighths of an inch, it is very important that the front wheels toe in that much. Of course this does not apply to the rear wheels, which in practically all cases.., are exactly parallel to each other. WHEELS ALWAYS POINT AHEAD. Jn addition to this foregather and undergather, the steering knuckle pins aro given a slight rake so as to produce a castor effect to the front wheels, This rake consists in placing the Steering knuckle pins so that they lean backward. The result of this engineering project when steering is that the centre of turning of the steering knuckle is a little ahead of the point of contact where the tire touches the road. This is done so that the drag incident to pushing the wheel along the road is back of the centre of turning. The result is that the wheels will always point directly forward unless interfered with. So, if a control rod becomes loosened, the tendency of the car is to go straight ahead. This is all to the good and often prevents accidents. Winter Buds. There is a little tree beside my do&r, A And A lovely thing of cool and gener ous shade,/ all' the spring and summer days she wore soft, green garment, intricately made. And I when her gracious, spreading arms were bare, Tossed by the Autumn winds in wanton glee, wondered if she were not lonely there, For her bright leaves, the friendly little tree. Of And But Winter has a wardrobe too, I know, ermine mantle and of crystal sheath lo, to-day, undaunted by the snow, Nine small, brown, saucy sparrows for a wyeath. , —Grace Burnham.----*---- - Young Verdi Smashes His Piano. When he was eight years old, Verdi had not yet shown many signs of the genius which he was to develop later. He had, however, a spinet upon which lie was fond, of picking out odd notes and fragments of melody. One day he I struck two notes at once and then a ' third', which sounded very pleasant, be ing, in fact, the ordinary common chord. The next day he1 tried to do the same again, but could pot find the right key. At this lie got so angry that he picked up a hammer that was lying by and began to smash the in strument to pleoes. Fortunately, the boy’s father was near and rescued the spinet with a sharp blow on the head which his son remembered for years afterwards. What impressed him later still more was the kindness of a neigh bor who repaired the instrument and who wrote in the inside of it: “This I do gratis in consideration of tile good disposition shown by the boy, Giuseppe Verdi, in learning to play this instru ment, which amply compensates me for my trouble." An Astute Boy. A little boy went to stay with his grandmother and found her very par ticular about his table manners. “Grandma," said he, “should I oat my pudding with a’fork?" “Of course you should." “Well, have you a pleco I might practise on?" Fans Iri Ancient Egypt. Ostrich feather fans were used by Egyptian Pharaohs and princesses. —-------❖----- -— Wo ought to dtf our neighbor all the good wo can. If you do good, good will be done to you; but if you do evil the same will bo measured back to you again.—Pilpay. , Reports of groat loss of life and vast destruction are being received follow ing th© serious earth tremors in the central Island of Honshlu, Japan. The shaded portion of the above map indi cates th© devastated area in th© great disaster of 1923 when 93,000 lives were lost. Directly north Is the area affect ed by the present eruption. The island is about 75 miles wider than from Persistence Wins. Say not “I’ve failed" because the sun Goes down upon your task undone! To-morrow is another day, When you again may join the fray, And some day, should your steps not lag, A victory will crown your flag. Say not “I’ve failed" because you see No door fly open to your key, For though you may not enter in At once, persistence still may win; Or, should you still .be left outside, You still may smile and say: “I tried." And failure, in the eyes of men, May rank as high achievement when The motive and the will are tried By tests that through all time abide; And when life’s play’s again rehearsed, What once seemed last may then b© first. A. B. C, Not Fluent. “Is he a solid talker?" “I think so—his speech doesn’t flow.” The Island of Mystery. Easter Island, In the Southern Pa- oifle, is the most mysterious spot in the world. In spite of years of research and study it remains a mystery. Aside from a few trees which have been planted there the island has not a tree or large shrub. The entire land is covered with hugh stone image® erect ed by a people of whom nothing is known. What the images represent who mad© them ’and how long ago they were erected no one knows. The imges are crude and very much alike, probably some gods or devils—all mak ing a mystery of which the world knows nothing. --------------------- New Chilblain Cure. ElaBtic pressure is being recom mended for the treatment of chilblains. A rubber band, %i.n. wide, is stretched over the affected part at its greatest thickness, and the relief from the itch ing and throbbing is said to be instan taneous. The pressure must b© firm but not painful. Proposed Mooring Masts on the Empire Airship Routes • WHERE AIRSHIPS MAY SWING SOM The above map shows the various points at which airship mooring masts may bo erected on British Empire routes. In Canada tho question of loca tions is still engaging the officials of national defense. An expert from Bri tain will shortly assist with the selections. It is desirable to' have 'these ’’masts close to places with good railway facilities, but the necessary land near such centres is thought to bo too expensive for the present. The land question is the greatest difficulty for the present. For purposes of compari son mooring masts have been placed in the map at Vancouve r, Ottawa, Mont real and Halifax. Ohly two of the masts are af present in existence, on© at Cardington, In Bedfordshire, and the other at Ismailia, on tho Suez canal. A third is in course of erection at Karachi, in northern Jpdla- With regard to tho others, a special mlssjonis being sent out from the n|r ministry to E TIME IN NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE" examine the suggested sites. In West Africa Freetown, in Sierra Leone, or Bathurst, in Gambia, may be chosen. If, on the other hand, the eastern route through Africa is eventually chosen, Mombasa fiiay be tho site of a mast, Capetown would naturally be th© terminal point on this route, but if It is, Ibero may bo a station also at Durban, for it is regarded as possible that airships may eventually fly to Australia via Africa, in which case Durban would bo tho place for a mooring mast. In Australia, if the route via India is chosen, there will bo a station at Fort Darwin, and thereafter one at Mel* bourne or Sydney, or both, as- the Australian government may see fit. If, oft tho other hand, the rout© is io be via Africa, tho first station in Australia fsi likely to bo established at Perth. In India it pray be assumed that one more masts will be established’ south of Karachi, Central Japan Again Stricken by ’Quake A Prayer for Joy, God. of the green fields and tho we- les# hours, Thou who hast fashioned to vol y, hap* py things,-™- And lavished colors on th© loneliesL flowers, AM given th© humblest bird tho joy of wings; Osaka and Kobe on the south to the northern coast line ami apparently most of that territory suffered severe- „ . .. T_ , , „, _ , - »■,, . , collapsed. At Kumlyama and otherly. Except for Kyot , saka and Kobe points shown on the northern coast there are few large cities in the area,' horror and panic prevailed and people which seems to have reduced tho death were observed from an aeroplane to list. The shock, according to advices, he wandering in a dazed state on the reached its highest point of intensity j beaches. Many villages are said to In the north, Mineyama alone report- have been leveled by fires which fol- cient capital of Japan, th© Amarub© bridge, the largest and highest railroad span in the Orient, is reported to have collapsed. ing 1,000 killed. Near Kyoto, an an-1 lowed the 'quake. MEN AND WOMEN OF TO-DAY “My Friend the Prince." There is, we hear, an enterprising photographer in Sydney waiting for th© visit of the Dolt© and Duchess of York in the hop© 'that it will bring him a harvest as golden as the on© he reaped on the occasion of the visit of the Prince of Wales. He had two large photographs of the Royal visit, one showing the Prine© shaking hands with, the Lord Maybr, the other a panorama of the multitude of faces in the crowd. By an ingeni ous method: of enlarging the individual figures In th© crowd, and substituting them for the Lord Mayor, he' was able to produce photographs of the Prince shaking hands in the warmest, most intimate way with each person In the multitude. This enabled thousands of people to send pictures of a memorable meeting; (that never happened) to relatives in all parts of the country, ‘Royal’’ Farm Laborer. At the little village of Berden, Es sex, lives a farm worker who, If he wished, could turn up his nos© at peo ple whose ancestors “came over with the Conqueror." He is Mr. Thomas William Goodwin, and his ancestry has been traced back to Earl Godwin, father of King Harold’, who was killed at the Battle of Hastings, in 1060. Deprived of their wealth and pos- watching him. Learn Both to Play and WcfR While it is wise to concentrate up on getting on in th© world in th© first half of one’s life, It Is a tragic mistake not to begin thereafter to Indulge in a rational amount of rest and enjoy ment. Just as one has to learn, how to work successfully, one must learn how to play successfully. Too many men do not realize this until too late. Then -they find that the leisure to which they had looked forward for many years fails to yield the pleasure they had expected and. brings them nothing but lonesomeness and dis illusionment. The best plan is to tighten the daily load as one grows older by'delegating responsibilities to trained associates, but not to retire completely. Neither all work and no play nor all play and no work makes a happy ending of one’s days. --------------------- Animal 20 Feet Tall. A dinosaur from Africa now being assembled in London Is expected to be mor© than. 90 feet long and 20 feet tall. sessions when King Harold died, hts relatives were obliged to take to the land and become farm laborers^ keep ing, however, th© name of the Saxon king. To-day, Harold’s descendants still plough the fields for a living. Mr. Goodwin is a typical Saxon, with fair hair and blu© eyes, and is quits content so long as he can do this work well, cultivate his patch of garden, and bring up Shis family of two daughters and on© son, who is known In th© vil lage as “Little King Harold." It was not until last Christina^ that he knew anything about his kingly des cent. Comedy of H. G. Wells. Mr'. H. G. Wells must be highly amused at the fuss 'being made over him by the French postal authorities in th© village of Grasse, wilier© he is living just now. His post-bag has been so heavy that the postmaster, not knowing who he really was, began to suspect him of being a spy of some kind, engaged in fomenting a revolu tion. He informed the polio© and the villa was watched. Finally the Chief of Polio© visited Mr. Wells and aslced Mr. Weils why he received so many Jotters. “I really don’t know" was th© answer. It is said that the authorities now believe him to be a fortune-teller of th© swindling variety and are still Briton’s Bravest Deed. Th© Royal' Human© Society has awarded its gold medal for the bravest deed of the year 1926 to Harry Smith, male of the fishing boat Sarepta, who rescued a com rade in a violent storm off th© coast of England. His vessel was return ing to Lowestoft, its home port, when a sudden lurch threw one of the fish ermen, engaged in cleaning nets, into tho sea. Before the ship could b© stopped the sailor, wearing heavy boots and oilskins, was 300 yards astern and had missed the lifebuoy thrown to him. Smith discarded his boots and oil skins and leaped into the sea, reach ing the now unconscious man and holding him until the ship was manoeuvred for rescue work with a lif© line. The task was extremely difficult, but Smith held on to his man, and the two were finally hauled' on deck. The- society reports that it dealt with 550 cases during the year, while 600 persons were rewarded for sav-, ing 585 lives. Thou who hast painted this fair earth and sky -—A perfect artist with a perfect plan—• Touching the soul of such a thing as I, And touching still tho soul of every man. . , . Grant that we find our .perfect joy In Thee, And through Thee, in th© joy of every man; I That, serving both, we know true ser- ' vice free, And happiness the end of Thy great plan J —Vera I. Arlett. -----------%.... ... . St. Dunsfen’s by the Sea. St. Dunstan’s, the great institution which has done so much for those who lost their sight as a result of the War, is shortly-to close down its London workshop. In this workshop many hundreds of blinded heroes have been trained to adapt themselves to their lite of dark ness, and have regained, the sense- of usefulness, service, and even hope. Now, however, the London workshop Is 'becoming too large for the number of men who still need training, and in a few months’ time the®© are to b© transferred' to the institution’s con valescent home at Brighton, which is to be enflarged-. The after-care work at St. Dunstan's wll‘1 still go on as before, and will con- tinu© to be directed from London, Over 2,006 men have been trained by St. Dunstan’s, and are still under the car© of its organization. .......—— Well Laid Shingles Help Keep House Warm Throughout, The shoulders of certain self-spacing shingles seal th© slots. In this’ way th© thousands' of openings found in the ordinary individual shingle roof ar© closed. Neither rain nor snow can blow through to the roof boards and between them. Heat from within the house cannot escape. Nor can the heat •from the summer sun. beat into the house. Such advantages make the most practical of individual shingles. Prepare Cellar Steps to Prevent Accidents. Since the cellar stairs, will be in fre quent use during the winter and since they are ordinarily a rather dusky, shadowy flight, It is a good plan to paint the edges of the treads with white paint. The smallest fraction of Tight that reaches, the steps will throw up the white strips into comparative vividness, and thus' eliminate chance® of tripping or missing a step because of th© dim (light. --------------------- Must Bo Reason for Color. There should be a good reason for every bit of design or .patterns that en ters into tho decoration of a room. Some women fail to achieve satisfac tory effects in interior decoration simply because they have never taken th© trouble to study the problem. •----------*---------- Right. Tho bashful bachelor encountered a neighbor, a young mother, and, wish ing to b© neighborly, asked:— “How is your little girl, Mrs. Jones?” “My little boy is quite well, Blank you," replied the proud mother. “Oh, it’e a boy!" exclaimed the bachelor, in confusion. "I knew It was one or the other." ■------------ --------------- 'Thirty-five per cent, of the chicks hatched every spring, die. THE EGG INDUSTRY OF THE DOMINION EXPORTS AND IMPORTS PRACTICALLY EQUAL. World Poultry Congress Will Bring About Six Thousand Delegates to Canada, The Canadian Government has rfiw cently taken steps- to protect the Cana* dian egg producer and adopted' a men* sure ■calculated to promote this phasu of the; poultry industry of the Do* minion. By a Government order th© anti-dumping law has bee®, invoked against imported eggs. The value of eggs imported into Canada has been fixed -by order at forty-five cents per dozen at the point of production and forty-eight 'Cents at the- nearest point of distribution In the country shipping eggs to Canada. Normally til© specific •duty on eggs is three cents a dO2ien, Under the emergency order Canadian eggs will have a protection of approxi mately ten cent®, This measure, adopted to prevent .jthe dumping of Ammdcan eggs ’into the Canadian mar ket, is in line with similar steps taken last year with regard to fruit, and is to apply only to those months when the Canadian egg producer is at a -dis advantage owing to , climatic condi*. tions. Th© production of farm eggs in Can ada In 1926 is estimated at 237,680,399 dozen, of th© value of $66,198,285. Th© estimated production by provinces Is as follows in order;—Ontario, 90,628,- 530 dozen, $27,188,559; Saskatchewan, 38,224,4-33 dozen, $9,178,864; Quebec, 34,081,125 dozen, $10,905,960’; Alberta, 28,510,014 dozen, $6,842,403; British Columbia, 17,112,770 dozen, $4,791,576; Manitoba, 16,646,877 dozen, $3,995,250; New Brunswick, • 3,931,753 dozen, $1,- 100,891; Nova Scotia, 3,881,657 dozen, $1,'086,864; Prince Edward Island, 8,- 709,115 dozen, $1,038,552; Indian Re serves, 354,125 dozen, $74,366. Th© outstanding feature is th© standing in this regard of th© four Western pro vinces, these occupying second, fourth, fifth and sixth places. Th© egg situation in Canada Is a somewhat peculiar one. While the Dominion Is capable of producing suf ficient eggs to meet lier own require ments, and' in fact engage in a certain export trade, it Is customary in the winter months to import on a fairly substantial scale. Canada produces about two hundred million dozen eggs per annum and exports about thro© million while importing a volume prac tically equal. In th© past year there has been a marked disparity between exports and imports. In th© twelve months ending November, 1926, Can ada imported 3,434,309 dozen eggs' worth $1,004,082, while exporting only 1,966,*C04 dozen worth $766,173. Im ports ar© largest from the United States, though coming also from Hong Kong and' other countries. Exports from Canada go In largest volume to th© United Kingdom and in smaller quantities to Newfoundland1, United. States, Bermuda, St. Pierre and Mique lon and1 other countries. Conditions to be More Favorable. The production of eggs in Canada, in fact th© poultry industry in general1, is one which has been receiving a good deal of attention oblate, as a result of which, conditions should be more favorable in the future. Eastern Can ada producers have been at a disadi- vantage owing to heavy importations from Oregon and California at a time when th© eastern hen Is not laying as well as at other seasons of the year. There is no apparent reason why Bri tish Columbia, with its superb winter climate, should not be able to take the place of these states and supply East ern Canada with Canadian eggs in the winter months. Poultry farming is al ready a thriving little industry on the Pacific coast and the recent protection, should advance it considerably. Commercial egg production in Can ada is, for the main part, a side ac tivity of the mixed farm, a steady source of revenue to the farmer’s wife. Farms devoted to this activity exclu sively, however, flourish in all parts of the country, particularly on the Pa cific coast and about the large centros of population. There are 739 individu als who at th© last census declared themselves poultry farmers, and 52 of these are women. In future they* wills pursue their calling under mor© favor able'conditions. Progress In Prairie Provinces. Wliil© British Columbia IS in a pe culiarly favorable position to furnish th© rest of Canada with eggs during tiie winter months the Prairie Pro vinces have- been making great pro gress in the way of production during the summer season. The Increasing number of mixed, farms of that terri tory are steadily swelling production, 'hnd making supplies available for ex port, Th© marketing of tho eggs of th© mixed farms has been tackled seriously, and this is effected oo-oftera- tively through egg pools which have been in existence for some years* Economy in handling, the elimination of tho middle man, and other factors of co-oporative enterprise have result in greater picflts to tho producer^ Manitoba alone handles about sovoft cam of eggs a weelt in this manner. frighted keyholes. Among the now siiggdstiofij? nt th# exhibition of dnvefttlonn, recently hoM te Lcndoft, England, word lighted kcy« holes ter l®-te Misband#,