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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1920-9-23, Page 2Right Posture at Wheel. According to a writer in "American, Motorist,' half the pleasure in motor- ing comes with learning to manipulate your car with ease and grace. "Correct form in driving," says this 'Writer, "means minimum drain on the poeketbook. Velvety stops and strute prevent unusual strains on the motor, clutch, transmission, axles and tires. They also cut down the consumption Of gasoline and oil. A well made mo- tor, like a Swiss watch, is a sensitive thing. It resents abuse, but responds willingly, capably, to gentle handling. Starting an automobile is an art. I believe somebody else has said that, but never mind. "Simple though the act may be, there arep lenty of drivers who never acquire the finished way of doing it. The master driver aims to create a steady pull on the driving mechanism tfrom the mohnent he slips into first speed until the car is under full head- way. Learn to accelerate simultan- eously with letting in the clutch. The mechanical art of gear shifting can be learned in five minutes. • Attention to the Knocks. . Now, there are some fifty-seven varieties of kneels; how shall you know which variety you have? Some of them have troubled the wise heads of the factories and the experts of the garage and service station. But with care- you may locate and earn:n- ate the ordinary causes. Perhaps the most frequent knock is that which comes from carn_m M the cylinders. Of course there ought not to be carbon there, but faulty oirtmre- tion, -faulty lubrication and faulty compresion to pro pure it. Many en- gines, even on the high e•r_eie cars, have ap roneness to ateumalate car - ben, partly due to the eo'r p:i'ndas of gasoline ef the present day.Mo t li b power engines areccnst act l to e have as high tam: .A posse, to t j •,int 1 pre-igni tlt:n when n [a t,otolt for:is in the r >t. n e a•.m,er it -raises the compression so that there 11s-irri- t ., tion and a knot:. We enett had 0 cin with this: trr'able frrh Om time we eta it unto the agent, after many trials, found etiola- tion. This was to put a one-naarter- ir b fibre gack.et under the cylinder, raising it and lessening. the c eamree- sine.., There were, , of souse, other att,lustments te make, s-ach as the water eonneetion, valve push rods and things of that sort, But it olid the trick; the c_ rn n knock wa.s stepped an.! meths , of ,•l: erau.; out carbon evei.v It,•9 n•?'e= or ;u it ran =,100 be- foreew 1 :1-;1. Later riond had aear with the same t •• uli'; and t t 1 found relief in the fibre gasket, which lr,a ti.: effect of increasing the size of the combustion chamber, thus les- sening the compression. One should not jutup to the conclu- sion that every knock comes from car- bon, however. Kncks which proceed from a loose connecting rod bearing, loose cylinder, lack of lubrication or a broken moving part might cause al- most immediate damage to the :rotor, so it is well to determine what is at fault. Shut down the engine until you know one of these things le not mak- ing the noise. A piston slap, though noisy, or a clicking oiip ump, how- ever, is not going to break up the machine, When you go to the expert and he cannot immediately locate the cause of a knock he will call it a "gas .knock" and say there is no remedy. Now, I do not know what a "gas knock" is. It is a term for the knock which is elusive, and some engine knocks conte with the inater—the manufacturer's have not thought it necessary to eliminate there, being harmless. We put ;,n a new cam .haft gear on a school car to eliminate a knot+. and had a worse one, It took a long time to find that in forcing' on the gear the eheft had cracked the hub and riau, making the alignment of two teeth such that a knock was produced, Sticking exhaust valves, due to gttm- + knock, cause the stem does nut spring back „ gp g�q (pk,�p�gy- )1 lid%1S'G k., on tit push rad properly soil tries the two meet there is a thump. l • that lean •mixture m• IN THE LIVE STOCK ARENA AT THE NATIONAL EXHIBITION. "Robin Hood," first prize winner in the two-year-old Ayrshire chiss, owned by J. I3. Stansell, Straffordshire, Ontario, AERIAL ACTIVITY be - • Med oil, make an c ueive knock, Set .t men over -advanced spark do not cause knocks, though that is a eemmen state- ment.' They do exaggerate and brung, to our attention other faults, such as worn pistons or cylinders and other wears which become audible. Here pis a list of things which have been foumd to produce koocke; dis- covery of the cause naturally. suggests 1 the cure: From mechanical looseness, due t+ improper adjustment crrent or wear; ]oe.-,e crank pin bearing of connecting ro? its u „ il crank pm out of round; rain crank shaft bearings loose; bearings' tho tight; wrist pin loose in piston or in connecting rod; wrist pin out of line with crank ehaft, causing side slap;', piston ring loose in slot or broken; cant followed guide worn; tarn Iooee en shalt; flat spot:v nen in cams; fly -1 t.hec1 lease where keyeel to crani: shaft; flywheel eut of balanceworn, � and broken truing ,gear ..tti , .-,art loose on base; timing *ear leCose on shaft: engine loose 'n frame 1i:tmn too :mall, causing slat; poor pu:land adjust: e p toe r e 1 .r valve.;; :park plug too long, to.r '.nick.. valve; etc :oto coupiirg ', fat welt eon^Ln.; et ik.ng pulley; 130 blass notnev here; worn cyl- .aclar; beast crank shaft. faulty ;elution—Spark : ivanred too far; spark too late =sine: overheat- ing; +iso.t cireuics in itenition system, causing irregular spark; :.park ring uo:its defective and overheating; plug in pour location; wrong tim rg—too late, too early, worn carder; dirty dis- tributor, which diverts eurrent. Faulty carburetion—Pre-ignition, due to excess cf carbon; rich mixture, causing; overheating; lean mixture, causing worn parts to lore' a Faulty lubrication—Lace oil; poor quality; excess, causing carhop dapesits. Overheating of en re --inn net working; pump parr tn.; le -me -eine; 1radiator c:ogyad; Mee lines clogged; rubber hose defective imide, blacking flow of water; ign:tion timed too late. Faulty compre sien—Engine de- signed with too high- compression, causing pre-ignition when throttle is wide open. There are other things, of course, which cause knocks, but the above are the common causes, and if 'he novice does not find his trouble in this list it is lime to call the expert and let him wcrry about it, BARONESS iMACIONALD Widow of the great Canadian Pre- mier, Sir John Alexander Macdonald, whose death in England has been an- nounced, She was created a Baroness by Queen Victoria, but the title dies with her, as she leaves no male heir. To Keep Young. Keep iu the sunlight; nothing beauti- ful or sweet grows or ripens in the darkness. Avoid fear in all its varied forms of expression; it is the greatest enemy of the human race. Avoid excesses of all kinds; they are injurious. The long life must be a temperate, regular life. Don't live to eat, but eat to live. Many of our ills are due to overeating, to eating the wrong things, and to ir- regular eating. Don't allow yourself to think on your birthday that you are a year old- er and so much nearer the end. Never look on the dark side; take sunny views of everything; a sunny thought drives away the shadows, Be a child; live simply and natural- ly, and keep clear of entangling al- liances and complications of all kinds. Cultivate the spirit of contentment; all discontent and dissatisfaction bring agFormtthe habitaof throwing off be- fore going to bed at night all the cares and anxieties of the day—everything which eau possibly cause mental wear and tear or deprive you of rest. ,-C-1 Tot—.5Tbl-.5 MY PAPA I Dt.Cri eD TO BG •1'HE SMf1RVe.ST pdY 104 *cm CLA$$ tVE4 . r `s Ga to Att4' la c SAiD 1 \OOM gnat arrI fel i sT' / w as'"". egas- r = e rte rte-• 19 MANY OER.TIFICATES AL- READY ISSUED. Canadian Air Board Advanc- ing Both Passenger and Freight Transport. Prate time aerial activity has ex- perienced a boom in Canada, and the Dominion has been to the fore in tak- ing advantage of the exper:enee gain- ed in the years of war, utilizing mili- tary aircraft and giving congenial em- ployment to many Canadians who formed a large part of the personnel of the Royal Air Force. Commercial air corporations have sprung into being in all parts of the Dominion east and west; many lumber amt forestry concerns have established small hydroplane staffs for forest sur- vey and fire pro en inn; aircraft is being. extensively meal Ter scouting in deep sea fi-h n exhibition flights ::nil passes t c iCcit at c now an :tem cf every Canadian f .n 1 altogether I peace tick e aerial activity and the utl',ratinn cf the plane ea war and the experience of the years of hostilities are betn4z put to the !,c t use in o=ne development of Canadian business and industry. Business men realizing the utility and the future possibilities of commercial flying are giving it gener- ous support, and the rapid expan^--ion of services throughout the country is sufficient proof of the interest aroused in letuaness circles. their flying experience under the most gruelling conditions; the manner in which 80 many have taken to civilian flying and crowded into the Canadian Air Force, augurs a keen dee re on their part to resume the l`i'e they fol- lowed during those hazardous years. Try it! Get up right in the morning. Go to bed right at night. Start with joy in your heart, hope in the future, kind- ness in your purpose. . If it is a dark day, never mind; you w'll lighten it up. If it is a Marcia day, you will add to the brightness, Give a word of cheer, a kindly greeting and a warm handshake to your friends. If all of us would only think how much of human happiness is made by ourselves, there would be less of hu - Mall misery. If all of us would bear in mind that happiness is from within and not from without, there would be a wellspring of joy In every heart and the sun would shine forever. Try at! Perfectly Plait. 'Dello! Is tient the garage?" mune the voice ever the telephone. "My ear has broken down, and t want you toseed 0alien outattace." "Mere are you? asked the mana- ger of the garage. "Eh? Olt, of course!" exclaimed the voice, "I'm four utiles from the town on the main road to Pilchester." "I'll seta a num alongat once. But what exactly ha; gone wrerg with the ear ?" "Oh, that's easily explained, The thingabob has jammed the whatever- it-te. and faule;1 the what's -Its -name." V1L> °a 1 attd t11a3. When the wind is in the north, The slkillul fisher gnu's not forth; \Vhen the wind ' : in the south. It blows the bait in fielea month; When the Wind is in the east, It's neither fit for man not• beast; When the wind is in the west, Then it's at it's very beat. Many C: n a /soled. Certif.:atce al,en.ly iseric.l in Canada include the follewire: commercial air pilots, 48; private air 1 riots, 411; air engineer 41; registered Mr craft, 52; r,'r harbors, 25. That latter are lo- cated :n every part ef Canada. Van- couver has one and two more project -a ed; Edmonton, two; Winnipeg, two; Toronto, two; Montreal, three; Cal- gary, 'Saskatoon, Fiske, Moose Jaw,; Regina, Virden, Breeden, Sault Ste.' Marie, Niagara Fails, Hamilton, Grand Mere, Truro and Ottawa, ono each. With the development that has al- ready taken place since the termina- tion of the war, there is certain to he a great growth in aerial transport in Canada within the next few years. Little serious attempt has been made thus far in the transport of freight by air, greater attention being devoted to passengers. The Canadian Air Board, however, is paying equal attention to both branches, so that the Dominion may confidently look for considerable progress in freight aerial transport. A Field of Commercial Utility. With the formation of the Canadian Air Force, attracting to 11 .a number of young Canadians who were success- ful flyers overseas, and with the active operations of the Air Board, there can- not but be a bright future ahead of the Dominion for flying in all its phases of commercial utility. No difficulty is being experienced in locating suitable landing spots for prairie spaces the to be found near most large centres, and the chains of great lakes, span- ning the continent, form the .best pos- sible starting and terminating points for hydroplanes which have already proved so useful ,in forestry work. Canada has the men who obtained 1 Di DR 'ri1IHK YOUR FATNEr0. SAID BAD WORDS k LIt4I✓ 'NAT ,�-�•—•� •ate' SPEED MARVELS AT THE CAN- ADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION. The great gatherings at the Nation- al Fair were treated to numerous thrills by the dare -devil racing of motorists in high speed oars. This picture shows Louis Disbrow at the wheel in his specially built Essex with which he won the Five Miles Inter- national Sweepstakes, race value 92,600. Fire Prevention Doty Saturday, October 9. The Governor-General has, by pro• clantrt!on, set aside £iaturdny, October 9, as a day on which to specially em- pllasiza the great. loss which ('ant - titans, individually and collectively, are sustaining through destruction by tire of both natural -and created re: sources.At a time of high heading costa and acute scarcity of material, ne are burning .buildings at a criminal rate, Dur fire loss or last year, viz., 9.11,- 1100,0(10, cr apprexitmately $2.90 per capita. was the highest per capllet h1 the d, Notworlonly is this a complete loss of national wealth, but its replacement creates increased competition for available building supplies, Thee en- hancing prices for new building. Ilow can we trope to overcome the housing shortage when, (11 Ontario alone, last year 5,804 dwellings were damaged or destroyed, causing a lees of $1,753,- 388? There were also 744 frame barns destroyed, at a loss of $1,189,900, of which $557,738 was uninsured. Ltghtning damaged or deetroyed 1,102 buildings in Ontario, involving a loss of $506,885, of which $212,778 was not covered by )nsnrance. None of these farm buildings were equipped with lightning roils, whereas but two buildings protected by lightning rods were damaged, and these to the amount of $22 only. Matches were again responsible for the largest number of known fires, 1,148 in Ontario originatlug there- from. Practically every fire due to matches is the result of carelessness, Public education and a recognition of personal responsibility are essen- tial to a reduction of the fire waste. It is particularly essential to interest the younger generation, through the Canadian teachers, in the efforts being made towards a reduction of the tiro loss. FIro Prevention Day will give a splendid opportunity for bonging this subject to Lite attention of pupils and should produce good results: Utilization of Canadian Coal. It is a considerable strain upon pub- lic patience to be subjected to severe shortages of fuel from time to time, and, on the other hand, to read fre- quent statements to the effect that about one-sixth of the total coal re- sources of the world is possessed by Canada. To promote n more general under- standing of the nature of the numer- ous problems involved to malting greater use 01 our own fuel resources, the Commission of Conservation car- ried out a thorough survey of rho whale situation, and, in 1911, publish- ed the results in a volume enthlal Conservation of Coal in Canada, com- piled by W. 3. hick, Mr. Dick nut de 0 very exhaustive study, covering the following problems: - (1) improvement of Canadian mat- ing methods; (2) ('peep power problem in the Prairie Provinces; (3) Domestic fuel problem of the Prairie Provinces; (4) Utilization of low grade fuels; (5) The coking of coal. Perhaps the most illuminating fea- ture of the report is the examination of the extent to which the use of Canadian coal Is controlled by freight rates.• Conservation of Coal in Canada is one of a series or publications Issued by the Commission of Conservation to afford the best possible understand- ing of. Canada's fuel and power re- sources and problems. -Copies are freely available on application to the Commission. Microphone Detective. The microphone is applied to the detection of fire damp in sntn'es, This le its principle: If sound waves from two pipes of equal pitch impinge on microphones connected in series with a telephone, a clear note is heard, but if one of the pipes enttt a Slightly dif- ferent note, beats will bo heard in the telephone. Here is the application: One pipe is placed 1n the mine, the other above the ground and they are blown simul- taneously. If the air In the mine is charged with fire damp, it will produce a different note from that produced by clear air, owing to the difference of density, and ie consequence, n series of beats in the telephone gives warn- ing of the presence of fire damp. The same apparatus is very sensi- live to the presence of coal gas. If soldiers from the land capture an enemy ship it is not a prize, but be- longs to the Crown. it til c ER S" 13y Gene Byrnes C ADA RANKS 3RD • AS SHIPBUILDER $6o,e00,0000 INVESTED IN THE INDUSTRY. 'Vessels Worth Fifty Millions Built for Other Countries Since 1914. Since the outbreak of the war, Can - MUST OUBER INDUSTRIES CLOSE ? A VITAL QUESTION FOR EVERY CANADIAN. Unless Forestry is Practised, They Ct•:.tnot Possibly be Permanently Established. Phe evert of progressive forest ex• ado has become the third shipbuilding 'deflation, without provision for cue• nation of the world. E mires for 1918- ceetling crops, is being reit in parts 19 shave that g60,01I0,090 was investeder the United States. At a hearing in the lads: tn,,. The nuruber of planets before the House Committee on For- in 301, of which ninety were strip, eight Affairs in Washington, W. E. Has- was and 11.4 boat's ildhie. NMe- kell, 0f the International Palm Cam - teen plants were intron ant steel vex- pally, made the statement that "'tire sets of a tonnage as high as 10,000 Uttderwocci Ite'u,hation, which pro, deadweight ton;;. Of the total number yltles for a conlnl!ssiolt to negot1o40 of plants eeveut •two were in Nova for the removal of existing export re. p S strletians an pulpwood crit on the Scotia, eixty-rine in iiatOntario, twenty- (ycnvn lauds of Ontario, Quebec,ant! six in British Colamaia, twenty-three Crav Brunswick, is the only measure in Quebec. sin in New Brunswick, four in Manitoba, two in Pram Edward le - tains presented to t uttf res which COIL - in may tmtura ace of a . ntiicient land and two in Alberta. The number cluantlty of pulpwood to pe:p,•hutta the of mon entplored was 22,486, reteivin pre.eeut 1>rt •:51 1 21 of our paper milts, Wages amouneing to $37.148,1328. to justify the h>:,tali:>tlon of now nee Shipbuilding, is an old Canadian in- chines, and to save the great pulp and pulletdustry. In 18113, wooden ships ralu0d pet industry of the limned States." at $9,000,000 are built and sold to the Recruit of 4Yrcaud flatbed. United States. When the purchasing! power of money ;n those clays is can- This is not an ticclr 1tr etattantent of sidered, this ranks 03 a remarkable the :situation,' The rads ore: (1) performance for a c'untry that had the labor nisei uranufarturl:u; rest of only 1,100,000 people. With th.i in- converting pulpwood into 11011) is very centime of iron and steel laps the in- notch less than the Iasi. of cunwnlh:� dustry detained. Pulp into paper. (2) The amount of War Revised S'.1i 1 nl uildi t ( water -power rcrtuired to manufacture g• pulp is relatively high and, from all During the Late war activity in the' economic point of view, the benefit to industry rer•:ve.d remarkably. Cana..•> a the community would enc int reused if constructed 148 ships i0 the fiscal year -I -elicit power were used for other par - 1018 -19 of a tonnage of 215,264. This poses. Further, it Is aoteriuus that, in record gave it third place among the:' the Not'tlu :astern Settee, thpower nations in the number of ships and is required for mare tmport.-.ct ia,us- fourth place in tonnage. Since 191.4 fele:; and its release would a...:eli+:lte shipyards 'hipy r:is have built for the present coal shortage, 1 (.0 '11:e t ether rounteiee veaele valued at $50, paper mills of the North est t states 000,000. In adc::tion, home demands can pau•c h t e pulp Trout 11,1 -1 n Ca. have been met, inr•It,s1 og 1 0,1101 tons n. tela, the 1'0c he rta1e3, of shipping foe the Dominion Govern b: t r., ata:lta and with ,es ? thieg 111,1 ment •a11h V1'15100 teni r,. . under ay Da, ,':it Price>, e.an a c:0 ?a+ 'aero as pare of the (raverannr•nt )tra•r'ram, ni:, ;atirr ,. . r ,t lit. t' 1 '1,,'!1',1 Most of the ;i•:rs 1,11:1•L for athero •.t ease1A he .. , , ccff.: ferther eemhtriee were for Great Pr; twin, crit soak •,r tt r: •n' to though Fiance also tar a heavypar- t•:iIv, chaser. Other bol are WZre 11011.10111. l ,..a Lc al d.pa•tcd. Norway, Sweden, Italy and Ru;tin. •\ ;, _ t 1 '1n•rt of 1,n Nearly a'i tr:e ,nc:•ines for tine Canna- 1 1114rt of r,n:.t :on .' t'c•t t dian merchant marine b.ave: been made etmeer coneiteme e;;:t in ilea el:,a, in Canada. The : 1+m?• by the Da- in ro and L:a htttd., r, c nd :,t t the! Lonisi.tn t :1n 111;1acid n p:.. m: lin Government of an order far .210 ,000 nx of steel ship plates pro- t:aa frrrl an;:. in . l., l ;.:c• : r:. t .iuced at home led to the e't:tbli::hment bo obliged I a pay i , on ; Jf 1 ,•r t1: ar of a 95,000,000 plate mill at Svctuc and real ret tl ::r nn t=ant , L , c :a N.S. 11010. the la:.tur. c. est Ln ,t; gnarl from now, and 1', her Tier u•t, prolective arca:= c ca,-ov. r l.t•. is sue , • drag Porto Rice's Rats, 0 naar3 Gia;• upon her pot da.r A Warning to Cennda. Porto Rico has a rat ropa'.'ct:on ef, With thr.,e rG_,tn,l? of the d:=:a- 2,500,u90—tura to eac11 1'111.,•1l..nt—•• ircats effeett 1,1, 59116 is the and it coats the island f:15,0i10,000 an- 1 tied States, e' ;. sons t.r•-:hc:uid 110t neatly to support thane Thlo is the welt until an amen], :lr.meeme ever estimate of Major G. II, Cora•::, chief I ewe tis beam.„ we len: r tum lt,tc quarantine officer fee Pert'Rico. leo. plainl3 t:em011 O'cte,l. Each rat, according. to _shier Car Fre-creating a lomat is s!nee taut ex - put, consumes provisions, cr damage., Pensive, but its productivity e.n be trope and property to the extent of •,b nlain:tained by comparatively inexpert- monthly, The resent census gave Porto site means. Thee coneiet of, !!rate Rice a papulation of approximately 1, ptmteeticn from Me and, eceeig, pro - 800,000. On this basis each man, wo- per methods of cutting. man or child in the island contributes No :tingle system of mitt'',;• is ap- about $11 annually to the support of plicab!e to all cenritions, any more the rat family than the growing or all kinds of farm crops, and technical knowledge of the requirements of the 'Violent species is necueea •y. Under smile termite - stances, more complete utilization of the mature timber will result ill satis- factory reproduction. in others, seed trees must be left in order to secure the kind of forest desired, The increasing quantities of Bri- tish Columbia lumber being sols in Eastern Canada Is evidence or the al- ready growing scarcity of available timber in the East, and, if the int incase pulp and paper industry which has grown up In the last decade is to bo peamanent, steps nest be taken at o11c0 to make provision for future crops instead of leaving cut -aver 11tnt1s as barren wastes. OPT 1l1!ST" AI Kr A BAD WORD! Dot(7- "(O0 KNOW WblPt r THAT" \ meiarls? NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA, Ring George has appointed the Rt. Tion Lord Forster, P.C., G,C:M:G., to be the Governor-General and Com- mander -in -Chief for the Common- wealth of Australia, tFELI.EPt WI1P r Pt -r5 pN S,PEGTACeE.$ , y r a{WJ Ya{ares Capt. Fry alt's Ship Sold at Auction The steamship Brussels,- Capt. Fry- att's ship, has been sold at auction at the Baltic Shipping Exchange in Lon- don for 13,100, says a London des- patch. The purchaser was 1', B. Stott of the firm of T. B. Stott & Co., ship owners of Liverpool, The vessel was sold as site lay. The purc:taser said he had not decided what he would do with her, Iliany ship owners attended the stale, but bidding for the historic ship was not spirited. H, 0, Kelloc, head of the firm of Kelloc Sz Co., conducted the sato, and in his call for bids appealed to the sentiments rather than to the commercial feeling of the bidders, The fnrei bid was.18,000 and was on behalf of Dav:d Petrie of London and Ants warp, After coaxing by the auction- eer tho hid was raised £100 by Mr. Stott, and with no outer bid f ,rthcom' hng the vessel was sold l4 tum. Sir PAW C: grvor, l'epeescneing the Ministry of Shipping, attended the sale and said a request had been re - calved from the Belgian Government that a portion of the Brussels should he ,given to them for incorporation in a hnenherial to Capt. Fryatt which Bel- gium was erecting in Zeebrugge, i The Government, it was announced, will apply the sum derived from the sale of rho Brussels to some charitable purpose tormented with Capt, Fryatt',, naive,