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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1920-6-10, Page 3Engine Should Be Cool, One of the essentials for keeping a gasoline engine running is a method of cooling, The heat of combustion within the cylinders, if uncontrolled, would soon inflame the cylinders to a cherry red, or worse, the parts would expand and the lubricating oil would be burned off the cylinder wails and from every other nearby part. There are a few air-cooled engines, but the majority have a water -jacket, or water compartments around the ,cylinders, which are connected with a radiator, in which the water is cooled before returning to the water jacket. Cooling system may bo of the therm - syphon type, where the heat produces a circulation of water or with a pump to insure it. The merits of the two systems need not be discussed. Each has its good and bad points. It must be remembered that with the theme - syphon system the water must be kept rubovo the connecting pipes in the radiator, and in the pump syatem the pump must be kept working properly and enough water supplied to cool the motor. Can Bo Too Mncll Cooling. Although cooling is required, too much interferes with the efficiency of the motor. The proper degree of treat would be the highest at which the lubricating oil will function and the water not boil away. This is approx- imately 200 degrees Fahrenheit. There are various ways of regulating the temperature for summer and winter driving, In the former there is a tendency to evaporation, the radiator mast be filled oftener and the radiator air passages must be kept free. In winter it is necessary to put some port of dope in the radiator to prevent Ithc water freezipg when the car ie standing, and it is also necessary to lessen the amount of cold nir passing through the radiator if it lowers the temperature. much bellow 200. This Is arlomplished in various ways, by covers, shutters and the like. In an emergency an old newspaper or card- board may work. The instruction book will tell just what kind of a cooling system is on your eat• and the specific care needed. Aside from keeping the pump in order, where there is one, the greatest need is to keep the system clean. There is so much mineral natter and sediment in the water almost everywhere that it is necessary to clean the cooling system regularly. To do this all the water should be drained off by means of the drip cock under the radiator. Then put in 0 strong solution of wash- ing soda and water and run the engine for several hours with it in, Drain this off and refill the radiator with fresh water. It is well to look for leaks in the radiator after this treat- ment, for if there is a tiny leak tho sediment may have closed it tempor- arily. Removal of the sediment will open the leak. Rigs t here it is proper to advise the novice not to attempt to repair the radiator. It is made up of thin plates of metal soldered together, w':th small interstices for the water and largo spaces for air to pass through, and it is a job for an expert to repair it, A friend who is professionally able to handle a soldering iron fell down bully in trying to repair leaks in an old radiator on his ear and had to go to the expert finally. First Aid to Leaks. If you have a leak develop on the road, stop at a drug store and get a nickel's worth of flaxseed and clump it in the radiator, or a like amount of mustard. If you are where 100 can- not get this flaxseed poultice or mus- tard plaster, and there is a horse about, put in some manure—anything which will work into the leak and stop it for a time, There are preparation which may bo carried, but they are not better than the above. Sometimes in winter it may be found necessary to take off the fan belt to keep the temperature high enough for proper combustion, but in the summer it is necessary to sae that the belt is tight enough to turn the fan to the maximum. Particularly this may bo true if the road has many steep or long 11i11s. Incidentally, it is well to stop at the top of such hills to let the engine cool off a bit. Ordinarily, if the engine overheats in summer it is wise to suspect sedi- ment in the system somewhere, and after using the soda solution previous- ly mentioned, open.up the connections at the top of the radiator, turn a hole into the radiator and let it run until the sediment is washed out. The en- gine may be run during this process, especially if there is a pump. Be .particular in putting on or re- placing the Hose connection between radiator and engine. It has a tendency, especially if old, to skin back the inner rubber, so that it partly clogs the opening. Pieces of this rubber also may lodge in the system and les- sen or stop the flow. All connections should be kept tight, not alone to prevent loss of water, , but to keep things from becoming mussy beneath the hood. Leaking water makes a bad mess, parts be- come rusty, and one becomes disin- clined to do the necessary work on the engine because it is such a dirty job. If the cooling system is not kept working properly it may Cause an elusive knock, due to faulty cooling, which affects the carburetion and com- bustion. It often is hard to locate such a knock. Carry along a pail on tour so you can give the radiator a drink once in a while, if needed, for the need alight collo when you are far from a garage or even from a habitation, A folding pail takes little room and may be needed badly. His Customer. A writer in Motor Life tells of an amusing incident that occurred at the automobile show in Nevy York City. During a lull in the procession, he says, an old lady approached. She wore black mittens and beamed on everyone. As she reached over and patted the fender of a car that stood near the ropes, Edwards, one of the salesmen, went lip to her. "Good morning!" he said engaging- ly., "It's a Mee, tame car, isn't it? Won't y0)1 ce1110 in and 'let ole Show it to you?" "No, thank you," she said. "I was just looping round." "Well, you'd better make a thorough job et it," said Edwards. "I'll bo very glad to tell you all about it." She Meditated and seemed slightly frightened. "I really shouldn't," she said half to herself. "But they're 80 hallddOnte," She surprised us by showing a con- siderable knowledge of our product. "My son," she said, "told me—" She slopped, apparently having decided not to disclose what her son had said, "All right," said Edwards. "Tell me about it," Ile smiled in his boyish, good-natured fashion, She sighed, Then Allo said, "I'11 take 111" N7ciwards's jaw dropped. "What?" he ueked, "I'11 tape it," she repeated, but look- ing very troubled. "Yon said six thousand dollars, didn't you?" Edwards merely stared. 1•io was too astonished to do anything else. "I—I oughtn't to," she said. "I ought never to have looked at it." "Why, lady!" said Edwards. "You mean you want to buy this ear?" "Don't I have to?" she enquired (mg- ei'iy. "Why, bless your heart, of course you don't have to!" said Edwards, "Oh, I'm so glad!" silo said, and her expression showed that she was ]really glad, "Well, thank you so touch, so much! You're awfully nice. You see, I can't resist a good salesman, and I thought you were selling me the car." "My, that's a great compliment!" said Edwards. "Bless your heart, I wish I could give you the car," The old lady blushed, "Good -by," she said shyly, Then, turning impulsively, she whispered, "You're just as nice as you can be." Not to Be Deluded. Contractor—"A. 11ouso on this plait can be built for $6,000." The Other Man—"I have no doubt it can. What 1 want to know is how much 1'11 have to pay you when it's built," To !till time try hard wort(, PAPA SAID -TI'dte'T .SOMree DP'c+f *The- WORLD 1S COM ICel 6 -(ta 'eN Gielb r;tr"' RipplingRivime y Walt MasonCa At Night. vvIIFEN 1 lay 018 dower to rest, at ten minute:4 after nine, having all day done my best, tranquil le this heart of lathe. I have gained an honest plunk, earned it in the sweat that portae; so I lie upon my bunk, springing ground and lofty snores. 1 !lave done no evil trick, 1 have done no neighbor til, I have Deemed no trusting hick, I have jumped no merchant's bill. If I've injured any gent, if I've caused the least distress, 'twos not donor with fell Intent—'twas pure awkwardness, 1 guess, So I seek my humble cot, and in dreams my spirit soars; and the neighbors ]tear, I wot, all my plain and fancy snores. Oh, the long and dragging nights that the crooked people know! 'Then it is that Conscience smites with a stelae plexus blow. In the day the sinful guys may proceed with haughty tread; in the night the ghosts arise, and stand grinning round the bed, If you'd know a eleep profound, if you'd know what sweet dreams mean, if you'd have no ghosts around, you must have a mind serene. There is sorrow in the night, there are phantoms breathing woe, if your conscience isn't white as the well known driven snow. How Flowers Advertise. No man having something to sell, or washing to buy, ever invented adver- tisements which attracted his human customers any more readily than. those of the flowers attract their cus- tomers, the insects, As you know, it is very important for most dowers that their seeds should be fertilized with pollen from some other flower of the same species, rather than with their own, as self -pollinated flowers 11010'111y develop weaker seeps than do those which are cross-polliliat.ed, Many flowers, as those et corn, the grasses, and many of the trees, like the pines and birches, depend on the wind to carry their pollen, and the Mowers of these plants are Inconspicuous, having no need to advertise tholr presence. But there are quantities of others that must have limpets to carry their Pollen from one flower to another, and these attract their guests either by their bright colors or by their frag- rance, sometimes by both. 1t is not by chance that the violet and lbe rose are so gayly dressed. It is for the very definite purpose of attracting passing bees, - If you look closely at the next violet you pick, you will notice in each petal, lines of deeper color radiating toward the centro of the blessom; and on the lower or side petals, depending upon what variety you are examining, you will find tiny hairs at the base. The lines point to the spot where the nectar is concealed, and by following these and holding on by the tiny hairs, '_lir. Bee will find himself in just the right position to be dusted with pollee from the stamens, and this 1)o11eu he will thus be obliged to carry to the next blossom.. No bee that ever visited 0n iris blos- som, attracted by its lovely blue, could fail to and the nectar and, incidental- ly, get Himself dusted with pollen, for besides the darker lines pointing to- ward lh0 centre, as in the violet, a Woad yellow path is provided on each petal leading Inevitably to the right spot. The gay -colored snapdragon stores its nectar carefully within. its deep throat, but the lower Hp of the blos- som is splashed with brighter color titan the rest. The bee Is attracted by this bright spot, and alights upon it. His weight drags down the lip of the flower, thus opening the way auto the blossom where the nectar aud pot• len are stored. The blossoms of the basswood have no gorgeous coloring to recomtnenci them, but they perfume the air far and near, and are always swarming with bees as a result, At the other extreme Is the carrion Clower, which cares nothing for bees and caters only to the flies. For this purpose its greenish blossoms smell disgustingly of decaying flesh, to the ovideut delight of certain of the fly family and the great advantage of thls unlovely flower, There are as many variations in this art of attracting insects and helping them to find their way to the pollen as thol'o are varieties et lesect•loving plants. A little observation will let you into all manner 02 interesting secrets, and if you ever fancied the beauty of the flowers was meant to please you, you'll see you made a great mistake, Buy Thrift Stamps. Machine Needed. Cotton ]night become 11111011 cheaper if some Ingenious inventor would de- vise a mechanical means for picking it—the work or picking being the cost- ly item, in time and labor. There are cotton.peeking machines on the market, but none of them Is very satisfactory. One of them oper- ates on the principle of a vacuum cleaner, sucking the bolls off the Plinth through robber tubes. Another utilises suet bristles for entangling the bolls. When a really praitiesal eontl']vanee for the purpose is obtainable, an 000r. ago cotton farm family would be able to produce forty bales of cotton ht a season, instead of seven bales. Open Road. Tlleee'n an open road before us Stretching en for many a tulle; Apd ultbuugh before we reacit it We must wait a little whlle, Wait --and tread a trail that's rooky, Tread a trail shut patience tries; There's an open road before us -- And le 100411 to I'arallise! 0, that open road is sunny! And It leads through green fields, honey. There are things not bought with money On the road to Paradise; There are skiea of gold and azure --- There are meadow: sweet with dew; There are birds and bees and squir- rale - There are flower, of every hue; Nothing that the Lord created Which uplifts and glorifies But is strewn with lavish plenty Gu the road to Paradise. (0, that open road is suauy And it leads through green fields, honey, There are things not bought with money On the road to Paradise!) Requiring the Impossible. Major Blank, in his dugout, wrote a message and handed it to a colored runner. "Read this carefully" he said, "and then deliver it to Captain Parks, Company ('. If anything hap- pens, daetroy the message and deliver it verbally to Captain Parks." Ten minutes later the majur looped up to ,see the runner still there. "What are you doing here?" be shouted. "When I give an order I want 10 obey- ed at once!" "Lewd, major." replied the frighten- ed titan, "1 Can't read readtn', let alone wrltin'." When bacon for frying is rather salt, pour a little cold water over it and allow it to simmer for a few minutes. Then pour off the water, dry the bacon, and cook. The World's Biggest Choir. The Royal Choral Society has just over a thousand members, and is One the largest, as well as the most fzp- Portant, choir in the world. This ramous choir used to be known simply as the Royal Albert Hall Choir, owing to the fact that Ito concerts were always given in that magnificent building. However, a few years ago the Ring, who is its patron, command- ed that it should be renamed the Royal Choral SocielY. The Duke of Connaught is the society's president, and Sir Frederick Bridge, organist of Westminster Ab- bey, is leader of the choir, Mr. II. L. Balfour is its organist, and few musicians can control the Albert Hall's gigantic instrument as he does. The immortal composer of "Faust" TIIC CANADIAN FUR MARKET SUCCESSFUL SALE HELD AT MONTREAL. Revival of Old-time Mart Drew Customers From All Over the Globe. Montreal's revival of fur salon achieved an even greater success than had been looked for, and the initial venture in the resurrection of the die - founded the choir in MI, Then, after posal of the product of the Dominion's fur industry at its natural headgear- Gounod relinquished the leadership, tore netted the sum of $6,100,000, or the baton was taken over by the late $100,000 more than the ambitious mark set by its organizers, It was felt at the conclusion of the sales by those responsible for it and interested in its to have the honor of conducting the succuss that the Initial auction had Royal Choral Society. been sufficient to stabilize the Cana - During Sir Joseph Barnby's leader- dian market for Canadian furs. By ehip, Sir John Stainer presided at the attendance and revenue, Montreal had, organ, and Iris son, Dr. Stainer, 1s the I in one step, achieved the same foot - husband of the present leader's young-1in g in fur marketing importance as est daughter. Sir Frederick Bridge New York and SI, Louis, and the suc- became leader of the choir about ; cess- of the perlodteal auctions pro - seventeen years ago. hooted was assured. So encouragfng, Each member of the choir receives in tact, were tiro results accomplished, a free ticket for all concerts and a ; that in all probability another sale pass that admits a friend to rehear- will be held in June of this year. sats. The members are not paid, and i Many Buyers and High Prices. it is considered a great honor to he i During the week over which the accepted by this charmed choral circle daily auctions extended, Montreal was after having passed the stiff sight.-' reading and singing tests held by Sir: thronged with buyers and vendors b"rudefick Bridge, from 1111 ever the globe. Every pro - Y^_` vince of the Dominion was well repre- Merely a Suggestion. seated and had its quato of buyers, Sltmt -Story Writer "Don't you ranchers and trappers, the Prince Ed- --e- think the story would do if I boiled it ward Island to farmers being promi- nent fn the :teem -Oily. Between two and three ]rundrei buyers were pre- sent free' New York. and several score Crani St, Louis, Buffalo, Detroit and tiller manufacturing cities of the In Iceland the mother is always the northern states. Several were pre - guardian of her children, sent from London, England, andParis, Sir Joseph Barnby, the composer of many beautiful songs and works, who gave up a $16,000 a year post in order down?" Editor—✓'No, Till sure it wouldn't. But I should try the action or heat on 11 in another way if 1 were 3015." - n Alad too, wee well represented. Others, had travelled all the wary frutn Japan 9 a and Russia. in s Lam of Science has produced an. Aladdin's tamp. The genii that it 00113111e0 up are as Valets compared to the pygmies who answered the call or the bewildered Aladdin. The, modern lamp of selence has no restrictions. Its possibilities are only just beginning to assert themselves. Even now scientists are awakening to the fact that this wonder of the tweu- tieth century may be actually trans- lating to us the thoughts that are pass- ing through the minds of those in- habitants who supervise the canals on Mars, or mayhap rem those o11 the Planet Mercury. The ultimate achieve- ments of this lump conjured up by the genius of science surpass the strangest of dreams or the wildest imagination, Apparently there is no llir1it to its pos- sibilities, A Few of Its Marvels, White no man can define its trl)so- lute powers, the theme which this lamp already sloes are almost unbe- lievable. It steers an airplane or a ship safely to its destination through the densest fog. It beal'a upon the wings of incomparable speed the thoughts of elan to the uttermost reaches of the earth, It reproduces his vcAce with the greatest ease and Prevision in every language and jar- gon under the sun, it trawler= a whisper, so delicate that no human ear can hear, into a roar louder than the tumbling eater - acts of Niagara. It throws a )van's voice clear across the troubled sur- face oI' the Atlantic, above the thane derous storms, spurning all the im- pediments that the 30,110us elements can ar'r'ay against it, It achy as the brains of s Ship at sea without a living soul aboard. Soon it will be able to shatter the mightiest battleship afloat. 1t has given to man mentally that added power which mo- dern transportation has given to him physically, "What le this miracle lamp or science that has produced such won- ders?" you will ask. The Energy of the Atoms, 1t is known under the general term of "Vacuum Tube," Variations of it are variously named. such as Audlon, Pliotron, Dynatt'on, Pliodynatrou, etc, It porforius its wonders through the mysterious and unknown activity of eneeeeeeeeeekeene,..^_.,_... ____ et can=,•.eee eee•eeteereereereew.rw..•,..«; rns �cs,w.,..v _ rrY .mss a +s•:1 ram:,wrmcs" rm "REG'LAR FELLER S' —By Gene Byrnes ..,1:11 those iniunte particles that surround the atom of matter—in other words, through the activity of the myriad in- finitesimal bodies that reeve around the smallest tiling the mind of man has been able to conceive. So far as we Dan tell, man in his blundering way may have unlocked the storehoue:e of energy that Sir Oliver Lodge assures us lies within the atoll—energy sufficient in one small atom to lift the largest steam- ship in the world to the top of the highest mountain. It is known that in this wonderful lump elet'trous are torn away from their parent atom - while the ]amp is at work, So! Who knows? The lamp itself is, like most modern wonders. the gradual development of the genius of many teen. Bach year sees it improved upon. In appear- ance there is nothing mysterious about it. although in some of its latest forms it has assumed an imposing character, At the first glance it leeks very similar to the ordinary electric bulb that illuminates a million holies throughout the country, but there is this difference ---inside the vacuum tube, around the filament, there is a coil of heavy wire, known technically ea the "grid," Around the grid there is in turn a metal oylinder, technical- ly known as the "plate." 1t Is the ad- dition of these two elements that transforms the lamp into 111e modern wonder of science, It was early observed that file or- dinary electric bulb threw off particles while the element was glowing, In fact, it is tits very action that finally ends the lite of the bulb. 1f you take a burned out bulb card examine it carefully you will notice that the glass is much blacker than that. of a new bulb of the sante type. This has been caused by the bombardment of par.. tickle from the lighted filament, The Flret Step, This fact set scientists to work upon the theories that were evolved, and after several stages the vacuum tube was born in its first form, Dr, Leo de Forest's "Andean.' The incentive to the development of this vacuum tubo was the need of a more eensittve de- tector to be used for wireless tele- graphiy. Tho •00015(1111 tu1,0 has far outstrip- CtenCSome remarkably high prices were realized for the products during the week, the tap price for muskrat being $7.70; wolf, 582.00; timber wolf, $45,25; white fox, $70.00; lynx, $61.00; ped the original idea. Its 113es are not titch, $3,30; fisher, $365; silver Pox, !restricted to wireless telegraphy and Ihleh,1; ermine, $4.00; otter, $105; telephony. In fact, it has made trans• $1,2x0 x, $176; mink, $7bear, continental telephony possible through $31.60; marten, $201; Russian , the powerful amplifying characteris- tics it possesses. By meens of its $390; red fox, 111.00; wombat, 52.50; selective properties it !a now being; kangaroo, 56.00; raccoon. 530.00; and used to transmit fifteen or more tele -a choice buffalo head brought $1,025. phone conversations on a single wire The large number of muskrat pelts simultaneously without interference. accounted for the largest individual It to the instrument that has made { total with $1,057,106; beaver brought "wireless direction tinders" possible—� $728,73x; ermine, $67,134; mink, $427,- the wonderful apparatus that steers 590; mole, $110,073; lamb, 500,720; airplanes And ships through fog, It !buffalo, $4,360; silver fox, 5105.274; Lear e7 234 • fi5hor $006 467 • iftcl country to converse with a friend in $14,576; lynx, $30;