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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1929-9-25, Page 3a Every tiny leaf is a storehouse of flavour Ar,' 1 ?< 't 3aa ri; ORANGE PEKOE ai art) A TLA 'Fresh from the gardens' S35 The Car Owner's Scrap -Book (By the Left Hand Monkey Wrench) CORRECT TIRE PRESSURE. If tires are overinflated their walls are likly to puncture in striking rfones or other obstacles, If their pressure is too low, they make steer- ing different and wear out much sooner than if pressure is right. HUNTING FOR KNOCKS When looking for a knock in the engine, do not overlook the po,sibil- ity of the motor being loose in the rame. The knock from this cause is not noticeable when the engine 1 running idle, but appears when sud- denly accelerating and climbing a hill. these parts at frequent intervals, Between the steering control and wheels there "are numerous connec- tions tory of which, if defective, might prove disastrous. It is not an unnecessary hardship to inspect the front wheel bearings also at a tinia when the general inspection is being made. • THE FAULTY FAN AND ITS BLADES A causeof fan breakage is the running of the fan balance, which results in setting up stresses that the sheet metal often will not withstan I If a fan does not turn it should be made to do so by bending back into TIMELY HINTS position, the blade that has been bent The efficiency of the rear view or bringing the circumferential wire mirror is seriously curtailed if the or band into shape if it has been rear window is not properly cleaned. distorted. Often a fast running fan, A tight fan belt places an extra if much out of balance, will set up lend on the fan bearing, making an a noticeable vibration which is hard early replacement of that unit necos- on the fan bearings as well as the eery. fan itself. The spring bolts, steering gear end connection soon become loose sand rattle disagreeably when they are not properly supplied with oil or grease. The interior parts of the engine. particularly where carbon deposits occur, should be swabbed out with a kerosene -soaked cloth. The clamps of a storage battery should be kept tight at all times, A battery that is loose in the ease soon goes to pieces from vibration. Carbonate of soda (not bicarbon- ore) dissolved in soft water, one pound to a gal. of water will dissolve sediment that accumulates and clogs up the tubes of radiator. Because there are many ways in which oil may leak out of the engine it is a good plan to inspect the oil lever of the crankcase every time gas is poured into the tank. NEVER NEGLECT BRAKES :A motorist should have the brakes of his car inspected at intervals, and constantly keep then in good shape se that, it will be possible to stop the car almost instantly at a time of ACID IN STORAGE BATTERY Acid should never be added to a storage battery except to replace that which has been spilled ^r leak- ed out, and then only Dy an expert. Adding acid will pep up the batetry for a short while, but it will cause the plates to become badly sulphat- ed, and will shorten the life of the battery considerably. LUBRICATE CYLINDERS If the cylinders are not properly lubricated, the pistons will seise ha the cylinders and lock. The absence of sufficient. lubrication permits the metal surfaces to come through lack of proper lubrication causes the met- al to expand and sieze. When this condition arises, the damaged sur- faces usually score, necessitating re- grinding of the cylinders and refit- ting of the new piston and rings. TRAFFIC ADVICE. .. When jou are $urpsised by a driver cutting directly out fron: the curb in front of you and making a left turn, don't try to swerve past emergency, The requirements in the on his left. The best way to av,» d a traffic ordinance relating to brakes serious accident, according to the state that they must be of such power so as to bring the machine to Automobile Club of Southern Cali- fornia, is to swing into the opening a full stop from the point where between the curb and the rear of his brake pressre is applied within the i ear. following distances : Ton mile= per SIGNALS. FOR PASSING CARS hour, 10 feet ; 15 miles per hour, 21. A very effective way to pass (lit - feet ; 20 iniles pr hour, 37 feet. If ferent types of motor vehicles is brakes cannot da that, the car is through the kind of signal given. then operated in violation of the law Give a short toot for drivers who and in disregard of the safety of the merely need a friendly warning. and occupants, other vehicles and pedes- • a sharp blare for those who appear trians. . to be hogging the road. Because ot WATCH STEERING MECHANISM the noise, operators of motor trucks The stability of the steering mach- are gnly given warning that a car waits to pass by a long blast of the anism is an extremely important fac- !torn. for in the safety of driving. Too great stress cannot be laid upon the GASKET BLOWING necessity for a careful inspectinn of Gaskets are fragile at best, and THE BRUSSELS POST one of the commonest reasons for I hem "blowing„ is the mariner .in which the unit under which they aro fit Is tightened, Cylinder head gas- kets are more likely to fail if the heed is tightened unevenly than if a few turns are taken up on each nut. This procedure is better than lightening each nut to the limit one et a time. HOW TO AVOID ACCIDENTS 'i'n the motorist who is seekii.g to avoid collision it is well to remem- ber that when thriving on a weak front tine it should bo placed on the right wheel. Thus, if a 'blowout oc- curs thn c•ar will be turned away from oncoming traffic. RULES FOR DRIVERS An arra nrntrudhv ffoin the cru ahead means that the driver i` 1---Knoekhing ashes on itis r'igar Otte. 2—Going to turn to the left. 3—Telling a small boy to shut up, he won't buy any red pop, 4—Going to the right, 5=pointing out a scenic spot. 6—Going to back up, 7—Feeling for rain. 8 --Telling hie wife, yes, he's sure the kitchen door is locked. 9—Saluting a passing motorist or going to stop.—Gerald Congrove in Life, EASY REMOVAL Keeping the rims free from rust helps to increase tire life, but it does something else worth while namely, it makes easier the removal of tires at a later date. NOISE CHANGES A loose timing chain may be noisy but if it is made too tigth only the `character of the noise changes ,I from a slapping to a humming. And a tight chain is more likely to break. The firing of all cylinders can be 'easily determined by listening to the exhaust echo when climbing a hill through a cut, The engine should be permitted to heat up, even in hot weather, before driving away. Allowing the lights to burn un- necessarily is one source of drama on a weak battery. GLARE MAY BE CAUSED BY DUST ON REAR WINDOW • Glare from the rear-view mirror at night is due to dust on the rear window, as well as on the mirror. Looseness is the real cause of , noisy and screechy brakes and when , in this condition it is dangerous to ' drive the car. Exhaust valves are liable to cause trouble in the engine 'because of ex- tremely high temperature to which they are subjected. Because stripes are applied after i the regular coat of paint is on the 'rar, care should be taken not to rub too hard when polishing the surface. The lines are not nearly so sub- stantial, and can be easily erased. SUPREME BUILDING 4.1 ADVANTAGES HEN building a new home or mak- ing over an old one, use this greatest of all wallboards. You will get these four supreme building advantages: Pull %" thickness—giving greater stntc- tural strength and rigidity. Easier Application—Goes up quickly, without muss—saving time, labor and money. Pine -Proof —Non -Warping arping — Gyproc walls are fire barriers. Cannot crack, warp or shrink. Takes any Decoration—Including Ala- bastine, wallpaper, paint and panels. 219 For Sale By Wilton & Gillespie - - S. F. Davison Chas. F. Hansuld Brussels, Ont. Brussels, (?nt. Ethel, Ont. A GOOD THOUGH One woman motorist xeeps a bot- tle of soapy water in the pockets of her car and it is wrapped in an old clean towel. Then she can' have clean hands after changing a tire or making repairs to her machine. -O BISLEY WINNER HONORED Col. R. M. Blair of Vancouver, who received a gold medal and $1,000 in gold from the Govern- ment ot British Columbia hi ack- nowledgment of his success in es- tablishieg a Risley record and a triumph for Canada by winning the King's Prize and the Grand :Aggregate. The Vatican in Rome has 11,000 chambers and apartments. In Gotha, Germany, bachelors 01 20 and over with an income of more than $750 it year are forced to pay e tax of about $2.50 a month as long as they remain single. FAR _''E 'S WIFE GETS STRENGTH By Taking Lydia E, Pink - ham's Vegetable Compound Wilton, Ont.—"I em taking Lydia B. I?inkham's Vegetable Compound through the Change of Life, It helps me and I cannot praise it too highly. I was troubled with heat hashes and my limbs were heavy so I could hardly walk to do my farrn work. I saw in the newspapers your ad about the Vegetable Com- pound and thought o give it a trial. The first bottle gave me relief and I have told others what t does for me. I am willing for you to use my letter if you choose."—MTs. D. B. Pumas, Wilton, Ontario. Ask Your Neighbor HONORED BY KING Flying Officer H. R. D. Waghorn, who won the Schneider Cup Race for England, has been decorated with the Air Force Cross by King George in recognition of his great feat. "Why are you putting 'personal' en that letter to 31r. Durand?" "I want his wife to open it." c;log==> A Smile - "Here's something queer," said the dentist, "You say this tooth has never been worked before, but I find samll flakes of gold on my instrum- ent." "I think you have struck my col- lar button," moaned the victim, coat , - Scotch Story No. 7836 The usual morning collection was taken in Church ono morning, and the minister noticed a lot of dollar bills in the plate and two pennies. "Ah" said ho facetiously, "I see there is a Scotchman present." Whereupon an old Scot arose from the back of tine Church and said "Yes, sir there are two of us." c==1orra A Puzzle Sambo : "Didn't you tell that 'Procrastinate' means to 'put off'." Professor : "Dat am the signific- ation on the word —yes sah 1" Smnbo : "Den, why did that street car conductor laugh when I says : 'procrastinate' me at 21st street?" Pop Was Wrong Son : Pop, I got in trouble at school to -day an it's your fault. Pop : How's that, son? Son : Remember I asked how much $1,000,000 was? Pop : Yes, I remember. • Son : Well, "a helluva lot" isn't the right answer. He Knows Them Lawyer : Remember, sir, you are under oath." Witness : "1 ant felly aware of it, Sir." Lawyer : "And you, notwithstand- ing reassert that what you have just said is the truth?" Witness : "I am certain of it." Lawyer : "What makes you so certain of it being the truth?" Witness ; "Your inability to re- cognize it as much." i. KEEP CATTLE ANI) HORSES OFF HIGHWAYS In the second division eourt in Toronto, judgement was given rhea missing an appeal which is of inter - .et to motorists and to owners of cattle. While driving at night on a highway, the motorist turned aside to pass n couple of calves, when a third bobbed up from the clit:•i> and was struck by the cur, the latter be- ing damaged to the extent of 1300. The motorist sued the owner of the rtalf and secured judgment for the full amount On appeal the judg- ment was sustained, The court held that the plaintiff was nut guilts, of negligence and the sore cause of the accident was the negligence and disobedheice of a statutory duty owed by the defendant. By the Highway Improvement Act, R. S. 0., 1927, chapter 54, Section 73,(3) it was pointed -out that permitting one's cattle to run at large is for bidden ; consequently the presence of these calves on the road wag un- lawful—quite as much so as if for- bidden by a municipal law. A num- ber of horses and cattle are running at large on some of the roads in this neighborhood and car owner's report that on several occasions the animals unexpectedly crossed the road in front of them. The owners of same would be wen advised to keep them off the roads. . AFRAID OF LIGHTNING The Chatham News says that it is surprising to find the number of people who are terrified of lightning and yet it is recorded that very few persons have ever been struck by lightning. As a matter of fact, there is no reason for terror ; but itis useless to tell this to anyone whe has a natural aversion when it is wild. All of which is very true, The fatal- ities caused by lightning in this year or any other year for that matter, are a very small fraction of one per cent. of the fatalities arising from other causes. Yet the fear of light- ning which accompanies one of our real thunder storms in summer is an awe inspiring sight, out most of these people will view or enter blithe ly in a yuan made danger no matter how vividly it has been flashed be- fore their vision times without num- ber. In thunder storm people will take every precaution they have ever heard or read about, no natter how superstious these precautions may have proven. to be, to protect them- selves and their property from the danger of lightning. Then when the storm has passed thep hop into the car and drive over a wet pavement at fifty or sixty miles an hour. No danger in that of course. Or they will allow their children to roller skate on the streets of a town, or wobble over them on a bicycle, two on a wheel. Or drive on the roads at night in a buggy without carrying a light. They don't believe the"e is any danger in dropping a few snat- ches around or into a separates or smoking around a straw Mack it an auction sale, or chasing a pig through a barn while carrying a lighted lantern. It is only lightning tht strikes. Would that man and man-made laws could instill in man just a fracton of the awe sad re- spect that a single flash of lightning commands. T ga VISITS CANADA IN OCTOBER Prime Minister Ramsay Mac- Donald, of Great Britain, will be the second Premier front the Old Country to visit Canada while still holding office, Rt. Icon. Stanley Baldwin came here two years ago when he was leader of the Govern- ment and the Labor Premier will visit the Dominion in October, For ages the favorite color of chinese officials has been yellow. The United States Geological Sur- vey urvey estimates the developed water power of the world at 954,000,000 horsepower. More than 1,000 thunderstorms are always in progress around the earths surface. New inventions in the Ltnitcd States are being developed at the tate of 119 a day, W1•llON11$IIAY, SEPI. 25th, 1929. Eyes of To'ay H1 f HCH 4,4+4.4 rctout)' peoplo out of every one hundred ]save defective eyt sight, and it is NOT beeause eyes nre being made "POORER" than they Hare iu Uratttlfatller's dity either. Our present mode of living, with confining work, insufli• tient exercise and two many hours spent with artificial lights, throws it loitil nu the 03 es which they were never intended to cttrz'y. As is result, more and more people need the comforting help of Glasses for eyes wlzielt have been over-worked. T o not put off giving your eyes the attention they deserve. 1t is more than likely they need it NOW. J. R. - D T JEWELER — W1tOXETER swourearoolmaxmoesemoue AN INTOLERABLE EVIL The people of Ontario, during the Ist few weeks have been gi•;en a fairly good insight into the opera- tions of the Amalgamated Builders' Council through investigations car- ried on by the Waldron commssion. The disclosures in Windsor and Lon- don, it is not too much to say, have shocked the moral public opinion of all classes of citizens and have caus- ed a feeling of shame and regret that such a condition of affairs could ex- ist in this province. In regard to the exposures in London, The Advertise) contains this significant paragraph : "Thirteen thousand, five hundred dollars received by local • plumbers as recompense for tendering will be returned to the persons who unwit- tingly paid it, Jared Vining, sol`citor for the local members of the Guild and A. B. C., announced yesterday to Commissioner Waldron. Inside of 48 hours the civic officiala and private individuals will be repaid.The various contracts involved were : City Hall, 84,000 ; Western Fair, $5,000 ; Technical School, $3,000, Labatt' Brewery, $900 ; Empire Brass Mfg. Co., Ds. Septimus Thompson, $150. Vining pointed out that his clients did not acknowledge any wrong doing; they did admit that they had received legal advice which was not reliable." This recital scarcely requires any comment to show its discreditable character. In exposing the workings of this organization the Waldron commission ha: done a good days work and performed a public service to the people of this province. A state of affairs has been revealed which cannot be allowed to contin- ue. When it conies to pass that re- 'putable business houses are threat- ened hreatened with boycott if they do n.rt re- fuse to sell supplies of a certain as - natation, it is time that the latter VMS dissolved. It is evident tha' the public was made the victim of very questionable practices. It stands to the credit of many of the members that after the exposures were made, they resigned form the associaticne. CANADA AND IRON A report from Ottawa indicates that official interest is beim taken in the possibility of developing the iron and steel manufactures of Can- ada to something like the proportions they have reached in other coun- tries. Who holds the iron and steel trade holds the supremacy is the world's business. It gave Britain her predominance for long years. The United States has risen to eminence largely- on account of the huge inter esti depending upon it. Germany had found the secret and was- able to muster the great forces she brought into the world war as a result of her existence. The land that ]colds iron and coal has a grip on the trade of the world if she can use what the earth gives her, The National Research Council has been studying this question in consultation with the Ontario pro- vincial authorities, and steps are to be taken, it is said with a view to encouraging the development of the deposits in the Fort William area. A quick electrical process for trans- forming iron ore into malleable iron and steel is being sought, and the neater is of the more import/me, since United States experts have been seeking new fields of supply for their foundries. There has even been cc-oneretion between these experts and the Can- adian Federal Department of Mines, and them are indications that Can - add might yet fol long have a pract- ical monopoly of ore supplies. Such a situation would certainly give Can- ada a still more prominent place in the world's marts, but an absolute supremacy might be secures by the development of millnig end of the iron and steel industry. It has been slfown that Canadian workmen are quite equal to the best in this line, and there ought to be capital avail- able for such an eminently profit- able investment. Just a Skin Game Mother : If you g et a job in the chorus I trope you won't wear tights." Daughter': "Oh, but they don't wear them any more." 11i'other : "Well, I'm very much re- lieved to hear that." o=ngtat Too Bad Customer : (Upon entering store) : "My ! What is it smells?" Merchant : "Do you smell it too?" Customer : "Yes, what is it?" :Merchant : "The business— it's rotten." ee brae ACouple of reasons She : "I bobbed my hair to show 'my independence." He : "What did you bob your ekiri for?" In 1910 it required seven malt hours of labor to produce an acre of wheat. To -day, due to machinery, It takes less than two men hours. Mrk,1KE NO MISTAKE One of the best habits one can cultivate is reading the small "Buy and Sell' ads. on the back page of THE POST care- fully and regularly each week. There is always something of interest to - be found in them and buyers and sellers who are anxious to get in touch with each other in the quickest and most sat- isfactory way can make no mistakes in using this column.