HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1923-09-27, Page 7NEW ERA IN MOTOR INDUSTRY.
The same situation exists in regard
The engineers knew
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A new era in the automobile indus
try is at hand, according to engineers' to carburetion,
and manufacturers who have been i years ago that heat control, contained
studying the 1924 offerings of the on many 1924 models, was an import-
largest manufacturers. While these
new models may appeal to the general.
. public as simply excellent values for.
the money, to the initiated they mean;
far more.
It is being said here that manufac- i
turers have at last come to the onlyi
sound method of building cars, that)
of making them fundamentally right
at the start and acquiring production
and price as a necessary but second
ary consideration.
It is believed that the 1924 models
show that factories have decided to
build cars to last and for safety pur-1
poses and for price next.
Engineers say that while there are!
many changes in the next year’s cars;
as far as the public is concerned there!
is not a new principle involved which'
was not known to the industry as far;
back as 1905. It is simply a case of
being able to manufacture the devices!
incorporated in the models at a price
which will appeal to the public.
In the case of the four-wheel brakes
several American engineers were ex
perimenting with them as far back as
1909, and actually had sets on test;
cars of that period. At a factory in
Lansing a newspaper man the other
day was shown a car eight years old,
on which four-wheel brakes had been
Installed years ago.
ant factor, but the companies could!
not afford to place it on the cars, as
it would increase the price and facili- ■
ties for making the attachments had
not reached a point where it could be
done cheaply and quickly.
This also is said to apply to clutch j
developments and rear axle improve-1
ments, ■which have been made so that ■
to-day one almost never considers1
these parts as possible of giving
trouble.
The principle of the baloon tires!
was also known years ago, but engin-1
eers could not conceive how they could.
be made at a price where they would i
be salable.
THE VICTOR
Little Turk—“What did you do in the-Great War, daddy?”
Father—“I bluffed ’em, my boy; I bluffed ’em!”
—From The Cardiff Express.
Novel Carburetor Invented
by Swiss.
News has come to this country of
the details) of a carburetor invented
All these points are being brought' b>' a Swiss and for which wonderful
up by engineers to show that manufac- , claims are made. Saving in gasoline
turers are getting back to the funda- j UP to 32 per cent, is one advantage,
mental principles of first making it greater motor speed another, the ab-
right and then making it at a price sence a float feed another; but the
by achieving quantity production and greatest is the easy use of benzine,
by the development of new machinery. : gasoline, kerosene or alcohol without
Another point brought out in the
1924 models is the increased power of
nearly all models. Engineers say that
the early cars of this century were
high powered and wonderful results
were obtained, then engine power
dropped due to price considerations,
but to-day high-powered motors are
returning.
Each Got a Shot.
“Did that bootlegger fire on the dry
agents?”
“Perhaps he did. I heard ’em say
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The Fish of Kings.
If the King chose to exercise his
right to all sturgeon landed on the
English coast, he would be obliged to
start an isinglass factory to dispose
of them. For many sturgeon are
taken in the North Sea, and even on
the west coast.
In 1910, just after the present King
succeeded to the throne, a boat owned
by Captain Smalley, trawling in Cardi
gan Bay, caught a fine sturgeon, which
wa® offered to and accepted by his
Majesty. Oddly enough, one was
caught two days after King Edward’s
Coronation and sent to him, and an
other turned up just in time for Queen
Victoria’s wedding breakfast.
Sturgeon, like salmon, visit fresh
water in order to spawn. They are
found in almost every part of the
Northern hemisphere, and are particu- • rTd the island of The pest.
But to-day the mongoose is a greater
nuisance than the rat, and being big
ger and hungrier, and quicker on its
feet, it is worse than the thing it was
introduced to destroy.
A settler thought he would make
home in a strange land more homelike
by introducing the British sparrow,
which hitherto had been unknown on
I the other side of the Atlantic. Mister
Sparrow liked his new quarters, and
quickly made himself at home, with
disastrous result® to crops and native
birds.
And ■what shall be said of the' colon
ist who brought a pair of rabbits from
! English fields, so that they might
1 breed and supply him with his favorite
rabbit-pie? There are enough rabbits
in Australia to-make to make rabbit
pie for the entire population of the
earth.
| The authorities have spent milions
1 of pounds in efforts to exterminate
! them, but they still go on breeding,
i and eating the grass the sheep should
have.
I
■ each of ’em got a shot from him.”
“Improving” on Nature.
There have been some disastrous
periments in the direction of “improv
ing” on nature. For instance, when
j rats became such a nuisance in Ja
maica, the East Indian mongoose was
ex-
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Exhibit of Federation ;
of British Industries
cial conditions in practically every
important market of the globe.
The Voice of British Enterprise.
The Federation of British Industries
is recognized by the Government and
the public of Great Britain as the
voice of British productive enterprise.
The scope of its influence-and endeav
ors. has1, since its. foundation, rapidly
widened pttdl its, pctwtiejs, are no
longer confined, purely to the interests
of the British manufacturer, but are
larly common In some American
rivers. They rarely visit British
stream®; but when they do they seem
to have a preference for the Ouse, ■
where th ep have run as far inland as
St. Ives. j
In the old days they were found fair-1
ly frequently in the Thames, and the
Lord Mayor of London still has1 a pre
scriptive right to all sturgeon caught
in the Thames above London Bridge.
King George Gives Stranded
Autoist a Lift.
“Jump in” is. not an expression one
expects to hear on a first meeting with
the King, but those or similar words
came into the conversation that a Lon
don doctor and his wife had with his
majesty King George V. recently at
Perth on the Braemar Road.
Dr. Young was motoring from Perth
when his car
near Reddock,
from Braemar.
Bion another car- came along, and the
owner, seeing the travelers- stranded,
stopped his car and asked if he could
be of any assistance.
On the doctor explaining that he
was due at Braemar in a short time
he was told to hop in and be driven
to his hotel. It was not until the con
clusion of the journey that he learned
that he and
in the royal
George.
The King
moral, but by
his arrival at
half an hour,
court officials,
car must have met with some
dent.
collided with another
about fourteen miles
Soon after the colli-
his wife had been riding
oar an*d talking to King
was on his way to Bal-
going first to Braemar
the cattle was delayed
to the perturbation of
who thought the royal
accl-
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Fair Enough.
magistrate has ruled
bark, howl and whine
extent without being rated
that
to a
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Recompense.
I cannot be in Italy
With flaming skies a canopy
Of deep lagoons, as smooth as glass
Where gondolas all slowly pass
But
I,
I know where there is a
pool
Where lilies flcat, so white and cool,
Where I may go.
I
I
may not be in Egypt, though
would so love to see the glow
Of yellow sands and deep, blue sky,
The pyramids . . . yes, I may sigh
For these, but I know where to find
A hilltop—laurel blooms entwined,
There I can go.
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His First Name.
New Acquaintance (with great fa
miliarity)—“Say, Jinks, what’s your
first name?”
Jinks (with heavy dignity)—"Mis-1
ter.”
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Do You Know Canada
Well Enough?
Halifax is separated from
Vancouver by 3,777 miles by
rail. When this distance is
compared with that of 2,485
miles from Halifax to Liver
pool, some conception of the
magnitude of Canada may be
appreciated, and at the same
time the thinking man will real
ize the problem which confronts
Canada in keeping her people
homogeneous and those of one
portion considerate of the wel
fare of those of other portions.
Nova Scotia has her advantages
and problems which are local to
herself, while British Columbia
also must provide for and over
come conditions of which the
eastern province knows no
thing. These sea-bordering
provinces, likewise, are free
from some of the problems and
lack some of the advantages of
the inland provinces.
That the people of Canada
may be kept fully informed on
its component parts, the Na
tural Resources Intelligence
Branch of the Department of
the Interior has published a
series of pamphlets on the
provinces and territories of
Canada. Those at present avail
able are “Nova Scotia,” “New
Brunswick,” “Manitoba,” “Sas
katchewan,” “The Peace River
District,” and “Central British
Columbia.” Others are in course
of preparation. This branch
has also published a number of
interesting maps showing the
natural resources of Canada.
Copies of any of these pamph
lets or maps may be had free
on request to the Natural Re
sources Intelligence Service,
Department of the Interior,
Ottawa.
Canada has, since the termination of
the war, awaited with patience the ad
justment of British economic condi
tions1 and the revival of its trade, and
with the possibility, becoming increas-1
ingly evident, of the manufacturers of J
the British Isles to devote greater at- i
tention to markets abroad and the pro- i
motion of trade expansion, it is. ^nor-'
mou&ly gratifying to the Dominion to '
find herself one of the first and most i
engrossing objects1 of such regard. The 1 __ __ _____ _________
latest and moist definite proof of this 1 imperial in character. The Federation
great interest in Canada on the part '
of manufacturers- of the British Isles
is the fact that fifty-three exhibitors
from the British Isles took space in
the Canadian National Exhibition at
Toronto in the special section ar
ranged by the Federation of British
Industrie®1. ]
The Federation cf British Industries
was founded in 1916 by a small body
of prominent manufacturers of the
British Isles who realized the neceis- i patient work in rousing British
sity for some organization to co-ordin
ate the interests1 of and represent all .
the industries1 of the United Kingdom.
The original idea of its founders was
to enable manufacturers to- take im-!
mediate advantage of commercial op
portunities overseas following upon
the conclusion of the Great War.
The Federation has grown so rapid
ly that it has speedily become the ■
largest and most powerful organiza- :
tioai of manufacturers- and. producers
in the world. Its membership includes Canada has exhibited
all the important trade associations in
the United Kingdom, over 170 in num
ber, whilst altogether its total direct
and indirect membership is more than
19,000 manufacturing establishments
representing $25,000,000,000 in capital.
In addition to its head office in Lon
don it maintain® 16 district offices in
the principal industrial cities of the
United Kingdom, and has representa
tives or carrespondents in 46 different
countries- of the world. The Federa
tion through its widespread ramifica
tions- is in daily touch with commer-
I
s'tands for the improvement of inter
imperial trade, and the confirmation
of this is- the exhibit which was or
ganized for display
National Exhibition,
tively small exhibit,
the development of
the forerunner of what is hoped will
be much bigger things in the years to
come.
The Federation confesses to
at the Canadian
It was a rela-
but it represents
much effort and
much
manu-
being
Cana
ls the
Commonplaces.
It is not fame that we hold dear;
Earth’s1 great have never entered here.
No hero, genius; saint or seer,
Statesman or magnate, prince or peer
Has stepped within these portals.
This door ne’er opened to acclaim
The bearer of a famous name,
Nor ever failed to welcome frame
For those who dally went and came—
Just ordinary mortals!
The feet these dooratones chiefly’ know
Are feet that forth to labor go;
Incoming feet, toil-spent and slow
Of those ■who plow and reap and sow—
Earths most essential labors.
But sometimes there are baby feet,
Or youthful footsteps, Ann and fleet,
Go forth life’s high emprise to meet;
With now and then a chance to greet
Kinsmen or friends or neighbors1.
Within no rich delights abound,
No rare achievements here are found,
No isms that the learned expound.
Habit maintains the humdrum round
For earth-worn hearts and faces.
Yet here are fires that warmly glow,
Sweet food and rest the weary know.
Comfort or hardship, sun or snow,
Such are earth’s commonplaces!
—Rose Goodale Drayton.
The Guileless Child.
The late Bishop of Norwich, says
the Tatler, 'was walking one day in a
quiet street -when he heard the piping
voice of a little girl saying, “Please,
sir, would you mind opening this gate
for me?”
He at once went to her assistance
and held back the gate -while she went
in, but, noticing on closer inspection
that she was older than he had at first
thought, he asked her pleasantly why
she herself had not opened the gate.
“Well, you see, sir/’ she said with
an arch smile, “the paint, is wet, and I
should have got it all on my hands.”
A hasty examination of his
hands convinced the bishop of
truth of her statement.
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Injurious to Linoleum.
About the most important thing
regard to the wear of linoleum is
prevent water from getting into the
seams and under it. Always wipe dry
and prevent this1 from happening.■ -——
The man who does not climb slips
back.—Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn.
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changing the carburetor at all.
The gasoline is vaporized by a small
air fan with its axis on the jet and
situated slightly beyond the nozzle. It
is- set in motion by the air current
passing through the carburetor when
the motor moves. Greater use of gaso
line is claimed because of the better
i mixture of gas and agitated air. There
Is also an auxiliary jet which sprays
water into the air-gas mixture once
the motor gets hot. The combination
of water and gas is said to induce al
most perfect consumption of the gaso
line, elimination of carbon in the cylin
ders and smoother running of the
motor.
When fuels other than gasoline are
u&ed this auxiliary jet is connected
with a small tank of gasoline or ben
zine and vitalizes the heavier substi
tute fuel, but for starting only. The
advantage of the carburetor being
without a float rests in the fact it may j
be mounted at any angle, and gives ’
the added merit of eliminating clog-;
ging and consequent failure of fuel i
supply.
factureirs1 to the necessity of
adequately represented at the
dian National Exhibition, which
greatest annual fair in the world, with
its1 attendance of nearly one million
and a half people in its duration of
two weeks. It suggests the conviction
among many British manufacturers
that Canada Is the peculiar province
cf the American interests. The British
manufacturer is- himself to blame for
the formation of such an opinion,
in every pos-
, sible manner her strong desire to pro-
! mote greater trade with the Mother-
! land and other Dominions of the Em-
i pire, and the latest proof of this was
' given in the extent of British prefer-
, enoe in the recent budget.
It is with the greatest gratification
' she see® British manufacturers repre
sented at the Canadian National Ex-
: hibitlou under the aegis of the Fed-
1 eration of British Industries which she .
hopes may be the commencement of
a greater and more adequate annual
J representation.
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Rest and Change,
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The New Baby.
She is so small, yet looks so wise
Out of her round, blue, serious eyes;
Fashions in Trees.
I wonder what she thinks about
And shall I ever find it out?
They tell me she can’t really see,
But yet I know she looks at me.
They say she doesn’t think nor know—
They can’t make me believe it’s so.
She knows me and she knows my voice
And I’m so glad she made her choice
And picked me rather than another
To be her proud and happy mother!
—Abigail Cresson.
i
own
the
In
to
Weser district in Germany
another fashion in trees
entirely a commercial one.
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RippImfRhume
THE GOOD PROVIDER
James Beeswax is a good provider, year after year he strives
to please; he brings home kegs of wholesome cider, and cans of
succotash and peas. His children wear the finest raiment of any
offspring on the street, and James is always making payment
for things to -wear and things to eat. The town is full of women
yearning for things they need and cannot buy, and they behold
this James returning from market with a costly pie, and often
times their hearts are bitter, and in them thoughts discordant .
buzz; “Why can’t all men,” they sadly twitter, “behave asi James
H. Beeswax does? His wife must be a happy woman, she gets
all things for which she sighs; that man of tier’s is more than
human—he’s old Kris. Kringle in disguise." And Mrs. Beeswax,
sitting lonely, Is saying, “By the saints above, my James would
be a peach if he’d only tell me often of his love. He brings me
eggs and prunes and bacon, he brings me butter from the cow, ’
but I am feeling all forsaken, for lack of kisses on the brow.
He brings me home a sack of carrots., a dish of kraut, a bale of
hay, and hats whereon the plumes of parrots and ostriches make
vain display. But I am pining for the ardor that once he showed,
and brought me bliss; I’d rather do without the larder, and
have an old time lover’s kiss.”
It’s a Dog’s Life.
The Office Manager—“Peewee al
ways wears a sheepish look.”
The Sales Manager—“It’® his wife’s
fault. She bullies him until he’s thor
oughly co-wed.”
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“The Ugliest Man in the
World.”
No, he wasn’t handsome. In fact
both at school and at college the Rev.
I “John George”—a name under which
j Mr. Arthur Porritt in his interesting
I reminiscences1 conceals the identity of
; an old friend1—was told repeatedly
that he was “no Adonis.” There was
no question about it, he was down-1
right homely.
When “Mr. George” had been a year
or two in the ministry he went to find
an old theological college chum who
had recently married and settled in a
suburb of Liverpool. The friend had
often talked to his young wife about
the Rev. “John George” and had des-'
cribed him as “at once the dearest and !
the ugliest man in the world.” The
young wife opened the door, and the
visitor asked for her husband.
“I’m sorry, Mr. George,” replied the
woman, “but my husband is down with
Influenza and must not see anyone.
He will be sorry when he hears you
have called and could not see him." i
"Oh, I’m exceedingly sorry,” said
“Mr. George.” Then with a start he
added: “But, excuse me, Mrs.-----.
can you tell me how you knew that I
am Mr. George?”
But the young wife, her cheeks burn
ing, fled.
On the estate of Sir William Geary
at Tonbridge, England, there is an
avenue of alphabetical trees, which is
being added to by a new set, which
are being planted in pairs on each side
of the existing avenue at intervals of
ten yards, beginning with alder, ash,
birch, catalpa, davidia, elm, fir, and so
on through the alphabet to yulan and
zelkova.
In the
there is
which is
The trees have a red and blue tint,
which is the result of experiments in
dyeing. Each tree is hung with a re
ceptacle containing blue or red color
ing. This is conducted through a rub
ber tube into the roots of the tree. In
about a month the coloring matter
makes its way through all the branch
es. The trees die off and are felled,
the wood, being used for many pur
poses, but especially for making furni
ture.
At Dunkeld is a rocky crag,
clothed with vegetation, which
planted in a unique way. This
barren rock was too precipitous
low a man to climb to plant trees. But
someone suggested that seeds might
be lodged there with the help of gun
fire.
So two old muzzle-loading cannons
were filled with seeds, the guns load
ed, and then fired at the face of the
rock. The canisters burst and re
leased the seeds, which took root and
flowered.
now
was
once
to al-
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The Quivering Earth.
It has been proved that, in addition
to the many tremors due to seismic
or earthquake Influences which mod
ern delicate instruments detect, there
are certain pulsations that seem to
have some other origin. Some of
these are diurnal, and are probably
due to the influence of the sun and the
weather on the ground. In wet weath-I
er the sides and bottom of a valley! nado.”
carry a heavier load than the bounding , “Tornado -
ridges, in dry weather the case is re- Mr. Isaacson,
versed.
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Wanted—A Self-Starter.
Mr. Isaacson had just opened a
clothing store.
Mr. Adams, an insurance agent, call
ed upon Mr. Isaacson to see if he
could write some business.
“You’ve just opened a nice new
clothing store,” Mr. Adams began,
“and, of course, you’ll want to take out
some fire insurance.”
“Oh, sure,” Mr. Isaacson agreed,
“write me §10,000."
“And then,’’ Mr. Adams continued,
“burglars do sometimes break into
stores. I should think you’d feel safe
with burglar insurance.”
“Sure, sure,” Isaacson beamed. “I’ll
take $3,000.’
“Fine,” exclaimed Mr. Adam*, "and,
by the way, I’ve just taken on a new
line which protects you against tor-
Rest means nothing unless it comes
after hard work; change counts for
nothing when it is merely a shift from
frivolity to folly. From those whose
life is filled with boredom, in them
selves and in one another, much is
heard of plans for dodging ennui and
defeating the terrible fate of having
nothing to do.
Sometimes those who are devoted
to busy men and women, whether a3
friends or in the circle of the family,
are heard to wish dqyoutly that they
who work so hard had less to do. But
it will usually be found that those who
are industrious, have formed a con
genial habit of hard work, love what
they are doing and would be really
miserable if they were separated from
the task and made to twiddle their
thumbs in idleness.
What a mercy i3 hard work in a
time of sorrow! The work cure for
many things is just as important as a
rest cure for other things. Work is an
opiate that has no evil after-effects.
“Give me work to do or I shall go
crazy,” says many a man whose mind
is raw and bleeding from a recent
bereavement.
The busy man’s idea of a vacation
is not to water flowers and read the
thermometer. You must give his
roaming, restless, achieving spirit
something to do; you must put it in
the way of new ideas to acquire. If
you expect him to travel, do not expect
him to move with his eyes shut and
all his other senses inoperative.
Wherever he goes he will be noting a
good idea to apply when he gets home.
The real vacation is not sitting like
a Hubbard squash in a market gar
den; it is doing something different.
To a man who carries an inquiring
disposition where he goes there are no
dull times. He sees a drama, whether
it be comedy or tragedy, in a railway
station or a trolley car or a ferryboat.
The greatest writers of fiction are the
clearest observers of fact. Life is
lust as beautiful and just as interest
ing as we are willing to let it be;
and yet there will always be those to
whom living is a dull thing, because
they are such selfish, silly people, who
do no work and cannot even amuse
themselves.
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Investigating Domestic Coal
Measures.
A police
a dog may
reasonable
a nuisance.
In other words, it has th® same
rights as a political orator.
tornado — murmured
“Veil, how do you start
a tornado?”
IN RABBITBORO
I1 OOODNE55, DICK! I
CAN'T SEEM To
i-OET THIS TRUNK
K—k SHUT !
Vs/AS IT
•SHUT WHEN
VOU OPENED
The possibilities of Alberta coal are
so much in the eye of the Canadian
people to-day that it is considered ad
visable by the Geological Survey of
the Department of Mines that all pos
sible information on the various seams
be available. For this reason Dr. D.
B. Dowding, of the Survey, is making
this season a detailed study of the
coal seams and coal measures in Wind
Mountain, a few miles south of “The
Gap,” near Canmore. These measures
contain bituminous coal of unusually
good quality for domestic use, and
would be particularly suitable for con
sumption in Ontario. Lignite occur
rences in Southern Saskatchewan and
near Souris, Manitoba, are also to be
intensively investigated by the Geo
logical Survey.
The possessions of a child is the
biggest investment life offers.—Lady
Cynthia Asquith.----------*---------
Insects which live on vegetable
foods are slow and inoffensive, while
those which feed on animal substances
are very active, pitiless, and quarrel
some. (