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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1925-1-29, Page 2he t mpliti, liOW TO PROTECT MOTOR CAR TN COLD .WItIATHER, (Centieued from leet weele) ; IONITION. Weterif -angered to co:led in thei A good hot spark i. needed for 11 cirmal'ating syetene will pocket andstarting in cold weather. Make sure freeze very readily, stopping the eir- that all the e:estrical col -elections are onlatiou of oilL. A heavy sludge will tight and elean, that the distributor 01$0» forte Which is very detrimental breaker points ere clean and the open - to the motor. :ing set to .020." Ale° see thee the To prevent the evils of water a,ccu-; spark plug gaps are set to .025." oil from the erarikcase me r twice e ef the car hoe two -wheel brake melation, it is wise to drain a cupful! ITRANSsatsSiox. of a, week. This should be done while egeipment, with the coming of cold the motor is warm, but after it has weather, the oil should be drained, been anoWed to stand idle for about from the transinissibn and the case ten »mamba. This is easily accom- thoroughly flueleeci out with Itetesete.; plished hy meaee of the drain valve It should then be called with a mixtuee. handle coevertiently located in the of 75 per cent. light transrnissien; right-hand side ef the crankcase. Any grease and 25 per cent. zero cold test, Water preseria will be thus removed. motor oil. This mixture will flow more , freely than the usual transmission; sTORAGB BATTERY. .. A vital point to remember in con- grease and wIll assnr-4 PrOPer luhrie tection witla the storage batteryis Cation. PRINCESS MARY AND VISCOUNT LAscaLLEB that at a temperature of ten degrees •Transmission grease or heavy oil thSo seccessful was e recent visit of the Prince of Wales to Cauada that in a car with four-wheel brake equip- to make Princess Mary and her Iniebahd, Viscount Lascelles, have virtually decided per must never be used, summer or winter, F. its efficiency drops about 50 cent Also it is much. more difficult merit. In cold weather, the medium a trim to the Dominfon next year, it is anneuxiced authoritativelY to crank -he motor because of the . motor oused in summer, must be in Loudon. The visit, it is added, will be in every way an informal one. effect of the lower temperature on the oil _ lubrication. eca.use of the - drained out af the transmission, After lete vaporization of the fuel when ' Binebrn flushing out the transmission case Years. How to Train Your Memory. the motor is cold, slightly more crank- p with e T keresene, fill it with light, cold e e years are ria lost rig is required to start the motor , test motor oil. This is essential for They stand whispering. - ., ecause of the heavier draion the the proper operation of the hydraulic They tell each other seorets Bn bra battery and its decreased efficiency in kes. Where teraperature is con - And remember everything. p the winter, the energer taken from, the sistently below zero add 10 er cent. battery should be conserved, as much, kerosene to the cold test .rnoter oil. To -day is a mist as possible. When starting the motor,REAR AXLE. Between lee and the past, • throw out the cletch, which will pre-: The rear axle, at this season of the Strange, how we forget aren't unnecessary turning of gears in year, should be drained of all grease What we thought would last! • the transmission (through cougealed and thoroughly flushed out with kero- on) and consequently reduce the load sone. Fill it with a mixture of 75 Strange, how the edge chills placed on the starting motor and bat- per cent. light transmission greask, On our old pain, tery. Also see that all connections and 25 per cent. zero cold test mote ,And we go quietly etre tight throughout the electrical oil. As in the two -wheel brake trans-, On old ways again! system and that none of the wires are mission, this mixture will flaw more grounded or shorted,. i freely and will properly lubricate all Something stirs now and then, Test the battery with, e hydrometer » parts in freemeg temperatures. every two weeks. If, on, any two con- ti miseeer.ANeous. seeutive tests, the specific gravity is: Tires should be properly inflated. • 1200 or under remove the battery Watch sinEill cuts in tires. Water will from the car and have it charged, and soon work into these and loosen the The years are not so far also see that the generator is charg- tire structure, As they seem to be, big propexly. I Adjust the brakes and fit l' new in - PLAN TO vISIT DOMINION When an old ;year calls, And we try to look back Through high, grey walls. At times I think they press When adding distilled. water to the ings, if necessary. See that the brake Close about me. battery in freezing temperature, make shafts and such parts are oiled. It is sure that the motor is immediately highty essential that the steering gear And one says "`leoved," And one says "I lost," rtm for a short tiane so as -to charge be correctly adjusted and that, the would not pay the price," the battery, thereby mixing the added wheel alignment be correct. Slippery And one "I Ureter with the acid and preventing pavements make it essential that the . And one "I count the oost." •freezing. brakes and the steering mechanism be A battery not properly charged in proper condition. `• • The years come together, will freeze and the specific gravitY -A; close company; New Swiss Stamps. Only the New 'Year Should be frequently checked. The • S•witzerland has issued two new Comes alone to me. atamps, 20 and 30. centimes, to ;com- memorate the 50th anniversary of the The New Year, comes and hides world's postal uinon. The building The years that came before, shown an the stamps 1$, that in which But I hear them whispering thee first postal union congress was And crowding at ray door. held at Berne on Oct. 9, 1874. ----e.--•------ I hear them whispering Mohair g,00ds in the dress line are' Of Made from goat's hair. hat used to -be They very kind, thiak, And wish to comfort me. —Louise Driscoll. Hot Bread for the Diner. by a raator-cycle engine, rushing at A new type of bread warmer has -re- ; high speed arauud the track._ Within ,,cently been introduced in the dining ears of a large railroad, which enables the wheel they saw the driver, the traveler to enjoy hot bread with hands gripping an ordinary motor -car his raeals whenever he so desires. - • following table will be found a con- venient reference: Specific. Amt. of Freezes at Gravity Charge Deg. F. 1.290—Full charge 90 deg. below zero. 1.250—ea charge ..60 degsbelow zero. 1,215-1,e, chaege -25 deg- below zero. 1_180—Ye charge .. 8 deg. below zero. -1e-anee---Discharged . 5 deg._ below zero. A One -Wheel Cycle. Spectators et the National lin Rome -were surprised not long ago when they saw a huge wheel, drivea The Prince of Poachers. Tee sittor Ia not neatly ao rare aa enerallY • seepeeed, It is nothing hut a lurge water weasel. It is quite a big anneal, a deg, otter frequeetly weighing as niece, as twenty -live pounds. The otter can swim ewiftlY enollgh to catch a hSh In a peel, and can run quite rapidly on dry land. It can also dig and climb. Wawa full grown it is a beautiful beast, eine long body is oovered with thick broiat hair; which, in spite ;of the mane wettinga and dryings it has to endure, is always smooth and silky. The otter is oae of the worst natural poacliers we have. It has an appalling appetite --one , otter will eat many pounds of fieh in a single night—anel, worse still, it will often kill for, the mere love cif slaughter. Anything that 'swims in the water It! " "Will, eat. But it will not touch coarse fish if it can get trout, and even trout are left alone if there are salmon to; lid had. It knows just when the sal-. neon are running, and as soon as; they enter the pools it is- after them. One ' o OM (arms a slipper, , are there in ounabers it will often kill two or three. There comes a, day when justice overtakes the peachee. One inotn.ing, f th f but if they ; "Poor memory is due to poor man- as it lies in its hole, it is awakened by strange noises; it catches the ecent of agement rather than to an inferior of dogs and men. The otter hoeuds are facility- oe eaemorY. Any. sort about, Silently it slips into the water, memory can be improved if one die - to be ime but the string of bubbles Which marks covers exactly what needs . , , proved, aad it one can,play the game y, anent the hounds are -in full cree heartily." This is the advice of Dr RS. Woods - worth, a famous American psyeholo- Faces Worth Fortunes. "The first step towards effective faces were actually manufactured to memory training," he states, "is to de- meet the demand of thosawho wished cide exactly what sort of memory to be amused. Up to., thrend of; the work you need. „ reign of James 11, human "sculpture" "If you wish to improve your mem- work was carried out by roving tribes ory for names and faces you must of gypsies called Comprachias, who», practise connecting the name with the were of Spanish origin. They bought, face. If you wish- to irapreve your and even kidnapped, ohildreis, and memory for telephone numaers you practiced a science or art of huinan Natural Resourcea The Matutol Resources.. tntelligence Setleenl, e:ntaormaiet Ottawa se3rsee- tnadilal"baal: i'nbo°t119eredthapeeind 'CaA3s- • early as 1770, Samuel lieeerae, one Of the Hedson's Bay Company's` servents, then at Fort Prince of, Wales, received insteuction from London to ievestis gate remored ‘copper mieee. After, a number of attempt$ liearne accepted the. offer of an Indian chief to "guide the white man to the `fateoff metal'." • The trip was successful, the outcrop, lj• aihelagi.5-neo f nacinopepdertheWrrievelfr ouonnd'whaonede banks the discovery was made the Copperitine. The river is situated in . . the IVIackenzie district of the North- west Territories and flows into Cor- onation Gulf of the Arctic Ocean. The copper deposits are situated at what is known as Coppermine Mountain, , some sixty miles from the mouth of ; the river. The Scientific Americar; in reviewing a number of e'eports an The "Mailed. Fist" ot. Spain. Thee' Is the mune eornetimes given to Cap- tain. General Emilio Barrera, literal dictator of revolting previnces of - pain n aace °nal h de . 300 arrests in his stern campaign of repression. " 1 A 'Poem...YOU Ought.to Know. • To a Snowflake. • Francis, Thomason was born at Preston -England, bet refusing to en- gage 'in business he drifted to Lon- don, and sank So low that he slept on the Embankment and sold matches in the streets. From this he was. rescued by Alice Meyaell, the poetess. He wrote naany exquisite poems ,about her children, but -the greatest thing he ever did was the magnificent Ode entitled "The Hound of Heaven." The following is: "To a. Snowflake. must Practise connecting telephone disfiguration. • nuinbera with the names of aubscrib- Children thus »treated grew up with era » an unmovable and fantastic grin. They "If your wife complains because you were an attraction at all. successful cannot remember much . of interest traveling bootaa and entertainments from, your day's experience to enliven the dinner table, what you need to »practise is the eaking note of interest - hag items as they_ occur and then re- ' calf the when the -time comes " ng m . 1 I Like You, Life. I like you, Life—the joy, the strife And all that goes to make you, 'Life; The unrequitted hopes, the Peens, I The laughter and—ah, yes, the tears; Theewterms that buffet me, and beat, Tte knotty problems that I meet, ' Even what sadness may befall, Delight and happiness, all, all That you. assemble at your call. What thaagh the aaYoteer happy, smile IS gone in but h:t1litre What though long honra with pain are rare, In Spite of this, I Ilk& you, Lite! I like you, Life! Tieomas in "Success." Moon and Radio. - As; the result of a long series of ob- serarations -made' in England, it- was learned that radio reception is best steerig wheel, his feet resting on or- ' dinery motor -cycle pedals. His body _The carrier is made of eopper, and of awing the full moon period. When, a, size which, ean readily be brought-to4 the moon changes from full to new kept the wheel in perfect balance. At the table. A charcoal oven in the bot- moon reception Is poorest. every turn he would lean to one side 1 or the other. when the spinning tom of the container supplies the _ _ se , . whel finally slowed clown and .cnecessary heat, while a tray at the Just -for -Mea. - - ame top holds the bread. This device .will Bartlett—"r hear that your next - to a stop, he simply rested both of his feet on the ground, then let down a no doubt give added comfort to the door neighbors have a new organ. Do . man .er woman who spends a great you know how many stePe at has?" standard to keep the wheel from top- deal of time on the road. aackson,—"Orily aboutethree a day, Hot bread is supposed to beinjure and those are only for meals." The driver of this remarkable ve. , __see—a_ hicie was Davide GIslaghi. Having ous to the stomach, yet many who eat a idea that one wheel would be more it regularlY live to anaealthy old age, Life wouldn'the worth living if it eflicient than two, he had perfected thus proving that theor3r and practice weren't for the things,- beyond our • him lead attemPted unsuccessfully, a what more than one inventor before no not agree en reach. is case, one -wheel' cechs that would runt The wheel has two principal run- ning parts—a large pneumatic tyre and an» inner hoop of steel. The inner Here is the latest photograph or. , circle ce,rries the driving mech•aniera Viscount Teuneo teatsuclaira, recetear and the driver while the tyre moves appointed Japanese ambassador to the round it On the outer circumference United States to succeed Ambassador of the steel hoop are rollers, and these g an I b" a ma support the run of the tyre. Thus the --ses- . two pieces, hoop and tyre, are inde- Silver Locks. pendent of each other as the wheel Though youth naay boast the curls that: moves forward. • flow When the machine is Moving, the inner hoop is kept stable by the In, sunny waves ot auburn glowe, As graceful on thy hoary head, weight of the engine and driver. But 1aas time the robe of honor spread, opposing this there 18 a friction roller, And there, ohl softly, softly, shed driven by the vehicle's motor, which me, wrealit of snow. acts- against the rim of the tyre and revolvet it. This force is more power - To graee the nymph, whose •tresses ful than any retarding resistance. play Consequently the driVer does not the ' Light ou the sportive breeze of May', turn with. wheel, but maintains his Let Oilier bards the garland twine, upright poeftion. He balances the ma - Where sweets of every hue combine; chine ineeli as -he would a motorcycles Those locks revered, that silverer shine and regulates the direction to be Invite my lay. taken by the vehicle bye inelining his i . body to the right or left, and by a Long, long, ye miesery ringlets wave, steering wheel. Long, long, your mtsch-loved beauty ----a ---- • slaVe; Quiet La.dy. Muy bliss your latest eveting crown, a • d They burieci a quiet. lady • Beneath the sod; • They said her quiet spirit ' Weet up to (loch ping over! Disarm life's winter of ite frown, And soft, ye hoary hairs, go don In ;11411,28s to the grave. s. And as the parting beam 'of day On mountain snows refloated play, »And tints el' roseate' lustre shed; Thus, on the snow that Crowne thye head, %Way joy with evening Planet, *lied alls mildest ray. » -aF. Herne:we Mare's Power. Toe/ay, nape a wag, we judge a Bekaa 4horaoter obeervieg whether en not be hes eagegli authority to his wite from bobbing her heir, But T vela loved this» le,dY Can tell a tale -- Her spirit climbed a moantain Ana rides a gale, --Aeohyrnous. Montreal Aaleves Honor, Montreal le now the greatest Inland port iri the World, „e_ Mettle at Baby Show, At a baby show held In Folkestone, Englend, every rnether whe tt baby mitered bad to slag- a Itillaby. until the custom was repressed by William III. Recently a rich and eceentrIc "man in New York, anxious to impart some-, thing of the rural atmospliere int ba town residence, engaged a man to crow like a fern-1yard cock outside his ; bedroom •mfery morning." yet this is Passing surmisal, .» e"Cod was ray shaper. . custom. During s.everal reigns there - only -a eurvival of an old Engaisb court no ilainniered, He» Wren -eat me,. From curledhsliver vapour, was a Royal Gook Ca-osver. • The man To lust of His mind:— had at Childbood, Undergone an' opera- Thou couldst not have thought me! morning „houree giving out the cry ef was So.purely, ao palely, • Insculped and embossed, tion of the pharynx. His post that of watchman, and he- ranged the' Tinily, surely, palace during the night and early' M-ightily, frailly, , What heart could have thought you ?— Past eur devisal (0 filigree petal!) Fashioned so. purely, Fragilely, surely, From wisat Parailisal Imaginelesa metal, Too eostly for cost? Who hammered your, wiought you, From argentine vapour?— the, aarniyard and thus supplying the:: With His hammer' () wind Vine e- dated' Ilia graver of frost.' The last functionary of' ties kind »» ' • • was- a man namnd. William Sarniason; • LOyaL:Lciving, Brave. whe during the reign of Charles the area, comparee it With the Lake Superior copper region. At Carona - tion Gulf the copper -bearing belt is said to be le miles wide and of un- knewn length, while' at Bathurst Inlet, an arm of Coronation Gulf, the area is said to be 50 miles lorig .with a maximum width of 25 miles. "Taken altogether," says the Scientific Ain- erican, "the indications are favorable for the existence of high grade ;Ines as well as larger low-grade deposits in thia region. We have, therefore, it is probable, a region comparable, let as say, to the Lake Superior cop. - per region, on the Arctic shores." Speaking of the possibilities of min- ing _enterprises in the northern field, the late Dr, James Deuglas, who head- ed an expedition' in 1911 to investigate the copper deposits, at the meeting of tshaiedC:anadian Mining Institute in 1913, "One has to recollect that for many years the Keweenaw promontory of Michigan was cut off frail. all com- munication with the market except during the comparatively few months lof open navigation; that supplies of fuel and merchandise were conveyed by water toethe mines before naviga- tion closed, and that the copper ac- cumilated on the peninsula until navi- gation .opened the- following spring. The open season was of course longer than it would be in the - Arctic Ocean, and the climate of the Arctic is more severe than in. Michigan, the thermom- eter dropping occasionally to 40 and 50 degrees below zero. The fall of snow, however, as reported on the Deese River, .did not at any' time ex- ceed 2 feet; and therefore mining, ore concentration, and smeltini, as well as railway traespoetation, would not be conducted under conditions much more onerous than in the Province of Quebee, or in Michigan." . ,•L Provincial University Re. An. gnglieh writer,» in e little 'boak S hol *sh' id ; was pa an annual salary; of a,bout forty-five dollars. • I -e---- I Forbidden Words, • Among Scottesla fishermeu there is, a superstition that the ward "rabit" muse be avoided at ;all costs in conver- sation tabile at sea This wordelike aSalmon. and ainifrister,", is regarded as being unlucky, though no one knowahow thia queer belief arose. In certain London theatres' the use of the ward "fire" is forbidden, "tide" often being adopted, as a eubstitute. "Water" is a word that brewery work- ers regard •witli disfavor, while in some hospitals it is breaking an un- written law to mention the word "dis- ease. 'Perhaps the queerest rule of this kind was Chat imposed on his .workers by 'the late Herr Krupp, the German armament magnate. A maker of death -dealing weapons Islinself, he had a horror' of tlie wo»rd "death," and it was understood by his stale that it should never be mentioned, in his .- • . pre- sence. was tithe curious foible that led,- it has since been 'revealed, to the almoz.t life-long estrangement between himself and his wife, Time's Changes. Art has cote Into its own again In Spring Gardens, where the offices or the London County Council, released by the erection of , the new County Hall, are to be converted into a plc- tnre gallery. For several years in the .days of Hogarth the Society of --tartlets held their exhibition in Spring Gar- den. called Religious Perpexities» has given us a text that fairly Illumines life elves s e P ° 1,7a' th' three tl th Univeesity 4>f Toronto was -the happy recipient of scholarships founded by donors in, three different „previrices., Sir James Aikins, LieuteGovernor of lVianitoba, a graduate; of the Univer- sity, donated five thousand dollars to endow perpetual -anrival scholarships in English language and literature in order to develop a love for the ;mother tongue and an ambition to use. it pro- perly and well. < The T. Eaton_Co. provided, in memory of the late Sir John' Eaton, two scholarshine of the annual value of eixty do-aers each to, be awarded to boys in the Ileiversity of Toronto Schools who' are in the ma- triculation class and who are looking forward. to a business caterer. ,rettkill Bros., Limited, of Moot:reale see! a Ample for five hundred dollars to pro- • vide for five years an annual schblate ship of the value of one hundred dol - la" h "I da »I weeks recen y e s wor , e says, s a p ed to the fearful and the unbelieving; but Most exquisitely adapted to the loaaadthe loving; and the brave." The same thought was in the mind, 'fJh' the bl -ddi 1 h h , • , referred over and over again to the rewards' of "himhthat oveecometh." , What a, principle to adopte.s a chart of life! Abraham Lincoln, Joan of Are, Paul of Tarsus --they Were neither ' fearful nor unbelieving, but -loyal and ; loving , and brave. And of those we know wile travel "life's common way" » • , WhO, seem the happiest and most .be- loved? Never those fearful and untie- ' li I h their -Mg and complainieg. Memory lingers fondly only over th•ose who were loyal ;eine loving and brave. ' 1 Each person knows somewhat the •limate of his bodely strength. But of 1 'tile measure of our spiritual powers I. we know pitifully little as yet. Only we know tha,Csonae seem to have ac- cess »to them „ greater degree than others And those' who possess this owei o raw upon» unseen res,ervoirs of strength are the »loyal', the loving and the brave. • Courtship by Cards. The visiting card is of Chinese or- Igin, and was in use la China in the distant past when that ceentry was in the forefront of civilization.. But its, pin -pose was not the•eamo xis , that which it serves to -day it was used rather as an invitation to mar - The memory of an old-time »aracta • riage When smitten; with the" charms cal joke Is preserved in the name. The oo a damsel tie,e .young (or, old). man place was form»erly a gard.eri of the sent. her a large, ret -caeca ois Which palace at Whitehall, and Was famous were written his n.aine, the date of fat its sun -dial. As the visitor, unae- his aittli, and the. harries of lila aneeee geelinteci with the place, ,tia,preachera ,taraL If his suite erae entertaiiied., the it he trod on ;»a hidden mech'anism girl addressed; sent lean a -reply in the releaeed :e "spring" or jet of; ferni of a similar card hearing like »water ; and -the imwary one enjoyed, r par iculaiseregarding heiself. e free shower -beth. - » ; The next step on the way to metre There are'manyrefeeenc,es to Spritig nioay, the engagement having been Gardens ineliteraturee and Pepys re approved, the two cards., were tied to- ; °owls how 'he tookeais wife's maida gether with a red serIng, which act there on orie oeCaSion, and "the was beld to coriautnriette theureate wenohes gathered phiks," , Preferetice. "DO you want a dressed chicken?" inquired the butcher. Why, yes," tinewered the bewilder' el bride, shoppinefor the first time. "And you might dress it in pink," There was once aelien :who never saeoto tWo egge In the Sante place ;All ;»--- • . • , wont well uritil elle tried to elt, She had her eggs scattered : all over the Here is shown the Aftermath of a $200,000 are at St, Hyacinthe, cause, in - farm' »and she tried' to hatch thein alL Which the Oren -lea follglit the ilaraee In helent zero Weather, the Water tiefa''' The third dar.see wont crazy—Cen'. ing shortIY affea leaVing the esizzleale eentratel-The titioletioy Magazine. A Rea( Holiday, Small Boy , (on arrival at country cottage)-adlaluramy, 'where is the bath - roofed" Mother- 'There isn't any bethrooire deer." "GOodt Thee Is going to be a teal halidey,"; » Flattery. Wife--'D'ye knew' Yetere growing quite liandseMe) John?" Iatistsendee"Yes, Mary; It's a, way I haVe When it gets anywhere near yeur birtliday." I lars to be opeh to ell studenta of the third year in erigirieering. Only a Few weeks ago the Aluirmi FederAtion established fifteen scholarships oC the value of two hundred dollars (some Of thern tWO hundred and fifty dollars) to be 'awarded to- diligent students . . who need» them and who Are relataves Of returned soldiers. All of whicli goes to indicate the growing realize , tion that it is aix excellent investmen to assist young man and women who are seeking higher education. Can- adian universities have not near3y as many scholarships available as have universities in Great Britaiii, but the • i number s growing steacley. invese- ;anent in seholasships pan' levee divi- dends in the developloont of leeders in all walks oa life, Mother's -.Don't grow old too fa.st,..ies-n,,veet! Stay a little while. In this pleasaniebebY-lanti Sunned by mother's smile. Grasp no t »witlx thy d i ji et] hanTls At tlie world outside: They are still too rosy sof!» Tare too cold end wide. Be not wistful, sweet blee eye, Find your rest In mine, Which through life shall ''rra Leh ful be, To keep ell teara from telerr, Ile not restless, little fee! Lie within my hand; Far too rotted these env soiee 'Yet to try to stand. For a While be mine alone, So helpleee and 80 doer; By-anteby thou intuit go forth, But new, evreol, slumber het*