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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1920-8-12, Page 6• efee ' Climbing Hills on High Gear. The high gear hill ciiieher is fleet toesin to the seoecher, aeth bound1 are! to J1001110 WiF,er as time goee! an, says an expert, welting on the a dly of drivene mcitor cars up steep hills in! high gear 2c.b.,ly for boasting pieeposee.; He says: "I fully understand that the modern! automobile 13 made to almost; anything but trees. But I wish to; demonstrate thet climb a stev hill M' on the high AVimpee h see thardest I kind of work yet only en the enirine,I but also on every other part of the car. The low gear ratios are provided; for hill climbing and they should be used for it. "It may be well here to consider a little more carefully the amount efe 'work performed by an euteirebile climbing a gradient on, say, a gear ratio of three to one. A ratio of three to one means that ono revolution of the rear wheel e is produced by three revolutions of the engine shaft. With the lower gear ratio, the intermediate and the low, the number of enarie revolutions becomes still greater 113 compared to the mm eber ea road wheel revolutions. "It is not so difficult to compute with exactness the distance which a ear is propelled by one emelesion in the engine cylinder and the power con- sumed in hill climbing. The ;circum- ference of a.22 Allele wheel is approxi- mately 10o inches, and in covering one mile the wheels revolve 053 timee. With the motor turning over three times as fast as the road wheels, it will require 1,890 revolutions of the gear shaft to propel the ear .me mile. Thus, if such a car should proceed at the rate of thirty miles per hour, ap- proximately 950 engine, revolutions per minute aro required. With two power strokes at every revolution there are 1,900 revolutions per mile and each explosion propels the car one foot and four and a half inches. "This estimate assumes that the ear bo propelled over level ground. To mount a hill simply means that grade resistance is added to the various fric- tional and other stresses. An auto- mobile weighing 2,000 pounds climb- ing a hill 200 feet high (measured ver- tically) simply performs the task of overcoming the action of gravity or lifting, and the calculation of the power required to do this meat involve the factors from which the horse- power unit is derived. To lift 2,000 pounds 200 feet high in one minute is the same thing as lifting, 2,000x200= 400,000 pounds one foot high in one minute. eo re tically, then. the .1ft.- ing of :1,00a emends 200 .feet high re- quIres 400fin÷;(3,Goor---- 12.12 horse- power, and the leesce through friction. aer reeistrumc. e, et, cense= the re- mainder of the theoretical horse -power output. "Frain all of this it must beeeme apparent that melting up a steep hill on the high gear must subject any cnr to enormous streeses, which are likely 'to affect the life and service of the car to a considerable degree." How to Remedy Ignition Trouble. The best way to locate any electri- cal trouble is to begin at one end ef the ignition smite.= and make a series ef tests in regular order. Begin fleet with the sparle plugs under simple:on. Moisture on the exposed part of the porcelain will often cause the engine to misfire, but thio trouble on a wet day may be ,3',Iated by greasing the porcelain with easehne. Including de- fective porceittn, other freq'ient causes of spark plug trouble may be traced to oil or partielee of carbon collecting between the peinia and sooting ef the porcelain; points out of adjustment or burned away. Ordinarily the :mark plug gap should be adjusted to about the thlekn•ese of an old Worn dime, de- pending upon the ignition syetem, rarbureter adjuotment and design of the engine. When you have eliminated the spark plug, examine all wiring and terminal connections, malting - sere that all wires are tight and that the insulation isn't worn off at any place, thus causing short circuits. Next open the distributer ease mid see if there tie any dirt or carbon dust. If the trouble is here it can be eliminated by Wiping with a clean rag, But if it is e 7 : yet uniliscovered-, then perhaps the nthairinir is calmed by the contact -point; being pitted.; These should be eleamel and :Ojai:int very imearately meording to instruetione ef the menu- feeturer. Also make awe that the pet spring has• not we:aeon:a eir been broken. Remember that this spline; is under a constant stee in and it will bear watching, Moisture or grease an the surface of the distributer housing will sometheee muse serious miesing because the high tension current skips acmes the eur- face of this foreign matter instead of going through ite regular chimed:1. The remedy ie to wipe off the egreaee. The p'ene of moisture may be ex- plained by the fact that it is ilrawn in wiLh the air through the radiator er may condom -1e on the surface on a damp day. The grease erten canticle Agin the oil Amity thrown out by the The ignition eystom ie a delicate aesemblage end it is upeo you to keep your eye conetently "pon it. Little attentions like those give you a smooth running engine and help you to eliminate expensive repairs. eee The Gift of Sleep. Sleep, at the right 1101e, is one of 1 )Olin's foremost friends and benefac- tors; at the wrong time it is a curse, fur it esemes as the paralyzing •incubus , upon his hand and his mind when he should be broad awake and at his work. It is a -solemn thing to think about, that if we average eight hours of every twenty-four in slumber we are • in the Land of Nod for a third of our whole terra en earth. At this rate the mae who Hem to the age of sixty has spent twenty years in bed. It has made some active spirits irate against nature and the establish- ed order that they should have to I spend so much time unconscious and unproductive; the idleness has irked them, and, burning the candle at both ends in their defiance of physiological laws, they have generally paid for it. The rule is that we rest, not that we may form habits of sloth and self- indulgence, but that we may find re- creation and recuperation for the day that follows the night—the day that testa our mettle and urges to endea- vor, Sleep is supposed to send us back .irito the fray clear-eyed, serene, corroborated. "I climb v. -hen I lie down," said that poet of the mystics, Hemey Vaughan; and by it he meant that his 'Mile mortality had rizen star by star till it laid.bold upon in- finity. The apparent humility was an a:mit-et:on. He stood at Heaven's gate not by the pride of life, net by self-assertion, not by being eccentric, and how could you gat any idea of tile but in the mortification of vanity with all "chastening and subduing of country? e soul." Mrs. Newrich—Oh, I bought a lot of picture postcards every place we Mark Twain and Robert Louis, 117 Ipto,ingRietTrococ9f1 h:/wsit Vison . . • SUGAR The price of sinetem truly vicious. we're 10(3)331 1) tho Pd; htee I boarthe little etiete tbs greeere dieh es root more (1)(1)133al toilers can nilerd. They 31( 3) 10 many. a farleiched resi -en why sugar cane for so (1)0311 1)41(1 bet little does their legit! 1,1003tele cefiee, nee or Itime '10, A lot .'2r0v,!;',,1 1101 4.1,..,13.111 013 ‘3111c11 the 333,11133)3 feed, and At/ the! 5( 1')' 0101t be 311,3100 3011 311110,1 11101%1 130,011.3 131101. Awl all the reaa eons re but jc.,.hing. ent forth d le eem (11 whn eve dine; they'd all lose vigor in the waidiinge 011)3shrink if 111(3(31upon the:Hue. Some fat old skates are profiteering, so we leek sugar at our meals; and frem cur 31031131311 they are clearing ell kinds of ii11111110011 1/1100 ard wheels. Some 11131(1111hee., are busy rakine, 001101)' nrollts to their tmegh, while we our 1311100 deinks are tokleg, and asking where we'll all get off. Illy aunts through all the dime are ‚.33301031,nie33ee 1111 the house with 3011.1 they know the tea, which new is steeping. will [este like ter anti r>1)1)' 11(13. When will this earnieal of sheeting the (id 3c 1,111 1111.1 have un end? When will the mine now oe pretiteerito sumo '(331)'tolbeeth hee umbly wd? 31 Oscar E Fleming President of the Deep Waterways al d Power Association of Canada, who clared at the Tidewater Congre is el Detroit that the projected deep water route from the Lakes to the Atlantic would cement more firmly the friend- ship between United States and Cana- da. Four Statues of Women. Only four statues of women, with the exception of royal effigies, are to be found In England. They are, Sister Dora, in Walsall; Florence Nightin- gale, in Waterloo Place, London; Sarah Siddons, on Paddington Creen; end Nurse Cavell in St. Mai (in', Place, London. Speed Mania. Newrich (returned from tou We went very swiPly all the way. Caller—Bute ravelling in a fast auto. • A Leder Fro LoH( King George wee (SIWOYS 11 warm' adnarer of Lord Kitchener, 30130111 he held iTI great pergonal esteem. Some time ago he ordered Sir George Arthur's "Life" to he sent to him 113 /0011 113 it was publetheo, and Hie Majesty has been reading the volume; with great intereet. It; ;3 hisinten tie to have the book Place.t in each of the Royal libreeees. IIie Majeety has a very fine eollec- tion of biogeephies of famous soldiers and Killers of lib time, and he erten refers to them. Ile much ()rotors works of biography and travel to fie. tion, which, indeed, he rarely rends, • Queen Alexandra has always loved dogs. At one time there were 3307710 fifty dogs of almost evorr variety in the kennels at -Stuniringham, though theee Mae, how been reamed in num- bers, Bereeie, Rusehm wolfhounde, . were at one time Her 11e,10 ity's favor- ites, and she was frequently photo. graphed with them. Several .former four -footed favorite.; of Her lefajcsty are buried in the grounds of Sand- ringham. How I love the 1111T:1 W01'(1 3. the pie- turetue and dear words, Mummy and Patteran and Caravan teed Chat— How they lilt and sing to me; flame - lit, how they bring to me Ileatheree moors and bending skies and gypsy carnival. The Fun -swept anti the wild words I dreamed of as 11 Child. 'words Like. Lariat and Chaparral, Coyote, Pinto, Sage; flow they flung a dare to mo of life without a care to 3111, How the flying hoof -beats rang aerees the printed page! The lanthormlit, the old words, the scarlet and the gold words, Palfrey, Jerkin, Yeomen, Falcon, Glebe and Glade; elinstreene agLaeLicneg nionndrnTeoyurney—what Through the posterns of the Vag, alone and half-nfraid. The wind-blown and the sea words, the lawless and the free words, Spendthrift, Doubloon, Cutlass, Jib, Corsair, Yardarm, Crew; Whispering wild tales to me, ah, how each unveils to mo Palm -fringed islands rising green against the ocean blue! The balsam -scented North words that call untamed hearts forth, words Like Waaigan and Mackinaw, Duf- fel, Tumpline, Trail; While the hinguid South to me tarns ft lover -mouth to me, Jasmine -scented, passion -flowered, by the Bayou pale. Some may live their fair dreams, met ly, jeweled, rare dreams; Some may rove the luring world as free as homing birds; Dat still I'll find my all for me, close - we! Wig at my call for me, In my printed palames, brigbietapes. tried with words; Stevenson were two of P0 small num- stc"ett (tt___ 1 — hor of writers who wrote in bed be - As She Heard It. 31111E3 cif the vomfortable relaxation Cot of a Sank Note. " A bright little mins aecompanied and the secluelon. The wits of neither I The notes used by the Bank of Due, ber mother to a matinee muotcale and Were benumbed, 11111 you could not , hied cost exactly one cent each, I became very 11111311 interested in the call either cf these prolific and sue- "trilling of a young women vocalist. ceseful authors lazy. Bet it does eot "011, mammal" she exelaimed, follow that their mimie in reEeleet to "When we know the faeorite hymns "doesn't she gargle beautiful?" a recumbent posture for authorehip of a man, we have gainet1 a glimpse will succeed in cepying their happy into his inner life."—W. T. Stead. - The Maio View. graees in the way of a literary style. Japan has a shipbuilding, yard still -"A decent husband should give his The strong man seeks a workroom,' in operation which was established wife all the moues' she wants,' argued not a resting place. Ile stays at over nineteen hundred years ego. Mae Gable week till his work is done. He trains The bona sparrow is estimated to "What are you talking about?" de- himself—svith an Edison—not to let; fly at a rate of nearly 75 3111103 per mended Mr. Gabb. "There isn't that 1(3)10111 money." himself sleep till he has tracked the hour. shy idea he is hunting to its lair, Men -a- - who have followed an engineering, car- eer afield—men who here fought a war—men who have sailed a ship through a storro—men of action in all times and places—can (if they will) tell us how they have made eleep sub- servient to their own iron wine, They have done their duty and let the res- pite wait till the task was ended and the wage was earned. The spines or theme of the black- thorn are not infrequently userl in some parts of England as flehhooke, Trees may be grafted et any time in the season when sap is running, from first budding to the falling of the leaves, instead of only during a brief early period, by a new • 1711)01S11 an- nounced by an eastern scientist, tioTiCE OCCUI,K0011 53,3,133 13 ppem5.9„/'' • ••• ..negeemeelgeeeeeeVi— ieeteri, ?..• ,047ee• •-:"''..F; .,— • 'Z' *l — e, ..„ eilee..;,;•.-tY.";_lfeiree..... ••.. ,,--1,4-r, (14.,--,,,- 4 --;-:,-.?5.;,.....,.4;,::,...... (.`13:4"1 - •,:. ....,-....,,,,,... ....... ...,,,- eke,.1. — 03ei •(OS) SIT DOWN AST) ILL. C0014THE. BReAKFA si— "ffift.e.J A N./MA-clot-1 ).., 'I , 5 47 • —p. sfrfv,:ak,,,, H Prince Henry take* seriously to cricket he will be breaking away from the traditions of our- Royal family, though his anemithr, Fre:air:Lk Prince of 'Wales, George 11.'s 33311, died through being steuek ly a cricket ball, Ring Edward VII, once made one run i1, a country-hottee match, but ci.on. fessed that the game bored him, being George has, I believe, never played. sit At many functiene at which King George is present, a well-known figure is Lord Stamfordham. He is the prin- cipal private secretary to the Ring, and his work is very strenuolie and exhausting. It is not generally kflOW11 that, as a matter of precaution, the lung 3 de- tective is in his entourage whenever His Majesty fulfills a social or Slate duty; but even he is recognizable by many—and, needless to say, he is quite entice tho popular conception of a detective. * There will be no one to controvert Mr. Balfour's right to his new title of "our most distinguished bacheloe," conferred upon him by the Speaker .in the House of Commons. But at West- minster he has as rivals several mem- bers of both Houses of Parliament, notably his "brither Scots," Lord Hal- dane and Sir Robert Horne. There is in the House of Commons, in the opinion of S'ir Donald Maclean, an alarmingly st2ong leaven of bachel- ors, of whom the more outstanding are Lord Hugh Cecil anti Earl Winterton, not forgetting the Prime Minister's. two 1d u lieutens tits, Sir William Suth- erland mei Sir Ph_lip S'aseoon. d 1:01-Y :Itnild 01111: '1'411hr 111.1‘jeer 1'1°117(.7011117:: f tliat rect is to be feetel in tho ecrnpping of elm feninue eee,srvattry. at Cht to. ‚.4')')01, 11 31010 110 more than scalp- iren and beekee !,31110's. in nermel winter it took about three hu0dre.•1 tons ef veal to heal the seven reilee of piping in this build, ing, and if a spell .ef oevere weather set 1n the quantity has been known to ineream to live hundred tons, it van't be done in theee deys, regAarr:t171gd :sat:1;111 etilgutilL011initiett.lhveti ;71;11.31 Haig, ale, 4334 ',l lot of genine, and 11 wentheale 0100 :::lort,8311,111 21114 12'40 actilw (1.•1 tieed the (midi' was round.seettl.lered, and were epithet. Silver 1101' medal ri "Hese yea 4. '339)!?'' neksd the Fiel.t. meeeeel, 'the eaddie liedeed. "One of my beolle?e, was 11 '1,ifey: one 1339 a Toeeer Hendee and one v:a:( a First Itoyal," be expleinea, "But you?" terposed Earl 1 "Weil, I didn't do anyfink," replied the middle. "lint I'm going to 13101333 good. I'm mane to earl')' your bleemin' dubs for nuffink.!" I remember the late Mete* of Der- ham chiefly as 13n,'0.1Mi1'1tilli1 I:103111M: who nevee smiled at his nem j13: 1:1. On one occasion the conversation -Lure- ea to infantile recelleetions, and WC were all trying to outdo one lanother. But Dr. Motile easily carried off the honors, at least in fertility of imagin- ation. "I once heard my nurse say a bad word," be said rerniniseently, "end I remember thinhine, ' can1(310 I'll tell ;nether.' ." Perhaps the e -cent of the joke lay in the feet that quite half tho company present, being in- capable of suspecting a bishop of leg - pulling, took the story for sober truth. * . * A distressed M.P. remarked tne other day, aproposthe high cost living, "Even politicians need food. That is true, but the needs of politi- cians vary, and the difi'erenees be- tween Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. As- quith are not confined merely to ideas about legislation, Mr. Asquith, al- though he enjoys simple meals, likes them good and square, and excitement never takes away his appetite. He did not go on short rations at Paisley. Mr. Lloyd George, on the other hand, is said to eat very little during elec- tion campaigns subsisting mainly 011 China tea and eigarettes. He follows a notable precedent in this direction. Mrs. Gladstone once said of her hus- band that, at periods of great tension, ho would "live on the wind if he could,"—BIG BEN. , i . -- -- -- - - i Eastern Canada Has Heavy mend for tree seeds ehas always ex- ceeded the supply ratthis, spring $10 Spruce Seed Crop. per lb. could be secured for while — spruce seed. This,however, is excep-I The Commission of Conservation ritually high, $ii being considered a has received reports from a number reasonable price. The cost of collect -I of points in Ontario, Quebec and New 10g and preparing the seed for the Brunswick indicating that this is an market varies with the local condi-{ exceptionally heavy seed year for tions, but in a good se -ed year it should; white spruce in eastern 'Canada. There not exceed $2 per lb. promises to be a good yield of white pine seed as well. Last year there was practically no spruce seed in eastern Canada. Heavy seed years for spruce an11 pine usually occur only every fourth year, therefore those who Wish to collect 11)10 seed should take ad- vantage of the abundant crop this year. White spruce seed ripens in Sep- tember 0114 the cones should be col- lectea just before they open. If picked too early, the seeds win be immature, and if left till the cones open, the seeds will have dropped out, Tho increasing attention being given to reforestation has developed a large home market for tree Leeds, In addition to the various govern- mental and commercial nueseriesesev- eral of the pulp companies, including the Laurentide, Abitibi, Spanish River and Riordon, have nurseries. There /11,0 also good markets in the United States and Great Britain for Canadian tree seeds. Heretofore'the nurseries an this continent have bad to depend largely on European seed, owing to the limited amount of 'native seed col- lected. The European seed has not been entirely satisfactory for our cli- mate and hardy native stock is prefer- red when obtainable. During the last few years the de - Miss Frances Taylor of London, Ont„ who won the Mani- toba Free Press prize for the best poems written on Manitoba's Fiftieth Anniversary. There were ono thous. and contestante. Clotheslines will not stretch if they are boiled before using. rare.,=-•,,.."—arraysearrast,rms.,--wranr.,max....z.xemsa,*adomelzemancartmFT:Teczarma-.1.9,a_ on_Lesseerasereart,._ "REG'LAR FELLER S"—By Gene Byrnes se0U61-kM se.s, mom p011:5 TiZe(ttel' TO COOK THE. 1241.E.NOAST ti 'TELL HIM TO BE SORE AND WASH 'NE F1514 )5evocze 14E. VP' RIES IT fgWANI. •(01.i67.E -MAN' "IO root. tAel : "rtio06HT t '1",IDN' KNOW 'NKr risviEs LIVE I N WeNre.Cf.. -rtr•ip- kl,11 efatite 1.1)11:1,::rczn7z. POSSIBILITIES OF. THE BRITISH YUKON KLONDYKE, ELDORADO OF THE 7UTUaL Dawson C:ity, -'art of Gold Region, :HOG A".3. ISt7sZe1l3 Conve•A:cncee, Only a few yeero ego the Klentlyke was an almost inatepesible e(tIntry, 111 reaviiieg 0011 11(1 only the har!, st had any hone sueeeetling. The Jonieney waves -el hazardous *limbo (Noe pie- pif 01111, Know -clad moulitalii, thr,niih a, country larking with 13:11 3(111, thowo to 110;11. twig' va,,sonA and h 333311(11 u,(l,11.11(l1 iit ovi,r; Oat the cry of gold 0.wi1it frwii 11.,1 ....11owy twi31111313 of the whole cotiniry. (Iola 10:114 1)1(gtioi wh)vii it) i.tt,rfah• 1031, 1,1111 very t6 N..10 11d171111131 311. 50A,vo 0;1, told the is whi<11 brought voliv`:.fli.'nce to tootot.Irlal 1‘;lerl11111ro.commoir.tii,:.4 1'o.t114, Daweon lieert of the Eloudyen---•ie 313 1' 11105133(1 feet of (we-Mi1't:1 century dove:oeur.est •• 11 transformation frem ti terrible, dead. ly wildereees, thrensh which pioneers dengged their frozen Matte eip the stairways of the White letse er the Clitleoct, and died by 31'hk11 they gaieed the 011311131 -31) fl 11311d Of flourishing 10110 .11111 331(101, with bap py honnia and prosperity. 13y Steamer ane Train. From. Vancouver-- the Canaillen lose for the upper .conittry-10 Sleigeay (SeutinEaet .A 11(0(301, is u veyage of Lute) nillee, an 001:111 tonnes betweou the inaleiand and limunterable, thick- ly-svooded, picturesque islanle. The scenery Is compared favorably with the finest in the world an over-cliting- ing panorama et 131 11,1, 171111 11111 immeasurable pine fereete, liseketi by n conglemeratien of snowy peaks -- huge, rocky, and snow.eepped -inter- sected by scintillating eleciers and beautiful cascadeo leaping to the 010 Tho Pacific* 000133 tawny aro rumens for their many quaint totems end In. (11011 curios, Some of the. totems are beautifully carved. They do not ap- pear to have any religious eignillea nee. From Skagway to Whitehoree---two towns of moderate size and good hotel accommodation, the scene of many a desperate encounter in the early days —is a 100 -mile train ride, aecendlng tho mountains along precipitous ledges, theuce over a emu ilever bridge, and on through the White Puss summit, -the Gateway to the North -- with short stoTs for refreshment at numerous little "Pests" en remise The journey from Whiteheree—the head- cf the eletunbeat navigatien of the Yulton—to Dowsne is by ,stearner, several of which ply thirtee tile 01.1111. mer or open season up und down the river, a forty hours' journey •--1100011, etream—and bore the scene is ever- changing 0.11(1 Interesting, It is fIlle other Land of elidnight Sum where artificial light is dispensed with. Within the Arctic Circle. Dawson City, shadowed by the Arc- tic. Circle, lies :tingly beneath a "hill," 000 feet high. The City In equIppel with all modern convenientes, 11.11:1 the machinery running the great gold eenceesions is the must up -to -dale ot any mining -camp in the werld. A 0,/1- servative estimete of tho output of gold from the leines around Dawson Is put at $200,000,000. Expert opinion states that the Bri- tish Yukon, 310 empire in extent, every league cross -belted with minerals, large areas virtually unexplesed and unprospected, awaits only British en- terprise and British capital to make of it the treasure -chest of the worle. Carnegie on Wealth. 00118 1)0rn. in poverty and wculd not exchange its sacred memories with the richest millioneire's eon who ever breathed, wee a Aaying ot An- drew Carnegie. What drum he !mew about mother or faller? Them aro more names to him. Give mo the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seemstres;s, waeher -woman, 00011, teacher, angel and :mint all in ono, and whose father is guide exemplar and heeled. No servants to seine In be. (wean. Those are the boys who were born to the best fortune. Some men think that poverty Is a dreadful burden, and that wealth leeds to tiepin:noes. Wbat (10 they know About it? They know only one side; they imagine the other. I have lived both, and I ltnove there is very little in weelth that can add tohuman haat/Mese beyond the small comforts at life, Millimalees who laugh are very; rare. My experfence is that wealth 10 Sot te toe the mulles covey. Earl and the Bull. • Tho Earl of Onslow, who hes suce ceeded Lord Annaly as Lordein-IVait- big to the Ring, can tell a good story, "A famous et eckbreeelat. emed • a prime bull after 1.110? ho related ent4", tifo to Visit 1iis farm, wire41416 1>ailIfl to meet pm vain, witit the message: 'Am bringing', -Cite 111911 of onslow wjth Tho ;Dille. timught 07 NS iiime hail, not 61 ne, and Mot us at the station with a ring auti a__stick In:ead of a car:" Peanuts are saiteet in the shell (4 a now process WI* consists of son•10 ing thein in bine and then placing thorn in a rressuro tank.