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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1920-10-21, Page 6Proper Repairs Add to Tire Life. Gan your worn or injured tire be successfully repaired? To this vital gttostton experts auswer: "Yes." But if you ask these sane experts whether the average tire is always efficiently and successfully repaired they would say "No." Carelessness and unscientific re- pairing is responsible for the loss of thousands of dollars to Canadian car owners each year. And to this should be added the loss incurred by neglect- ed repairs—tires thrown away whose tion is injurious to tubes, When the. underinflated t!re passes over a stone both casing and tube are jolted against the rim and sooner or later a leak will develop. All tires should bo inflated to the standard prescribed by manufacturers. Putting undersized tubes In casings is a common fault, This strains the tube, makes the expansion all one- sided an the tread side of the tire, and generally results in a blowout, Slow Leak—When the small rubber enshion in the base of the tire valve 3ife could have been prolonged. is displaced in any way it is apt to What is the most frequent mistake depress the small core stem of the shade by repair sten and how avoided? valve so that a slow leak results, The reply is: Failure to remove worn which the car owner probably blames fabric from the injured portion of the on a tiny puncture. tire and the practice of adding rather ; Protecting Plugs—When the spark than replacing layers of fabrie. !plug is removed from the engine for Recently a four -inch five-ply fabric; any reason it is a good plan to put a ibire was repaired by adding eight plies cork in the spark plug hole to keep of new fabrie to the tire's five pies out dirt and grit until the time comes of worn.fabric. After running a few to restore the plug to its place. ihundred miles the tire blew out. The t Apply Brakes Slowly—Carlessness motorist went to the repair man, who causes as many accidents to automo- said: "Why, the blow-out occurred bilists as chance and poor manage - fifteen inches from the repaired part. rent put together. It's carelessness The tire originally was defective." I to step suddenly in crowded traffic. The ear owner then laid the blanc The man behind you may not be able on the manufacturer. The truth is to atop as quickly and a rear -end col - the repair man and not the tire was lision results. Unless in an emergency, at fault. That is what actually took apply your brakes slowly and with place. The eight plies of extra fabric just enough pressure to bring your were found upon examination to ex-; cat- to a quiet stop. tend to the point of the blow-out. In Play in Joints—When the steering running a "hinge" was formed at the gear rads begin to rattle and the merging point of the five and thirteen joints bow considerable play it is ply sections. The "hinge" constantly well to remove the pins and put in a worked back and forth, thereby over- bushing of thin tin to take up the working and weakening the fabric. A slack. blow-out resulted. The eight added plies had formed a .stiff unresisting section that refused to work in her- Physical Tests for Aviators. mony with the rest of the tire. The correct way would have been to The famous military academy of remove all except enough fabric for: St. Cyr, in France, has recently estab• a foundation. The fabric should be lisped an aerotechnic department for removed by steps, thereby avoiding a the training and testing of student sharp break between the old and. the aviators, and also for the working out new fabrie. New fabric is replaced of problems that have to do with fly - and not added to the old, worthless ing. fabric. Then the repair man should One of its interesting features is a begin the process of building up, using pneumatic caisson, in which the air the best materials obtainable, includ- pressure can be regulated so as exact• ing high grade cements, sheets of raw ly to correspond to any level in the rubber and new rubber impregnated atmosphere. The student placed in- side of it is exposed, in this respect, to the conditions he would encounter In a climb upward to lofty heights. The temperature inside the caisson is likewise under control, so that the occupant may experience just such a gradual chilling of the air about him as he •would meet in s. climb far into Practical Paragraphs. the sky. Preparing Maps for Tour—A con- Accurate recording instruments take venient method of .preparing pocket note of hls lung action, blood pressure maps for use on a tour ,is to paste and capacity of resistance to cold; them onto strips of cardboard about and. when he has endured the test and three inches wide and eight inches has come out of the caisson,tneasure- long. This makes a convenient size rent is made of the strength and tun. los ready reference in the car and ness of his heart beats. fit in the pocket. Far theoretical great altitudes, he is Curing Rattling Fenders—A rattl- provided with a respirator mask and e tank of oxygen, just as would be the case if he were flying at a level of flue miles or higher, where the air is so thin that a man cannot get enough oxygen into his lungs to steep hits alive. with cotton fabric. Motorists will save money and an- noyance by investigating the method of repairs made on their tires and. (insisting on improved factory pro- cesses. ing fender may often be silenced by the use of a small piece of soft pine placed between the fender and its brace, the retaining bolt being snugly drawn up upon .it, In Towing—When it becomes nec- essary to employ a teats of horses to pull a car aut of the mud or sand, the ultimate humiliation in any event, be careful to use as long a tow rope as possible. Not only does this permit the team to get a better footing, bat it allows the engine to be used to help the animals, without fear of suddenly lunging forward into the team. -Better Coaling—Two pieces of thin metal fastened under, the hood in such a maturer that the wind from the fan will be deflected more directly against the cylinders and away from the in- take manifold will increase the cooling funetion and also protect the ingoing gasoline mixture. Oversize Tire Mileage—The custom of using oversize tires is becoming popular, and it may be well to remind car owners making this change that these larger sizes, one inch bigger ,in wheel diameter and three inches in wheel circumference, make a differ. _epee epeetIonieter registration, The recordiFe. instrument will turn up fewer mile with the larger tires than with standard sizes. A thirty -inch ' tire will deep a mile in every thirty traveled or, in other words, will re- cord only twenty-nine miles instead of thirty actually travelled. Care of Inner Tubes—Underinfla- 1;lrh. rtes: FROM RED TRAIL. OF WAR TO PROSPERITY IN WESTERN CANADA Thousands of Canada's soldier sons, returned to the paths of peace, have availed themselves of the oppor- tunity provided by the Soldiers Settlement Board of establishing themselves on farms throughout the Dominion. The above pictures give a good idea of some of the homes and farms owned by these soldiers, (1) is the home 0f Edward Livesay, a lieutenant in the 49t11 Battalion in North Saaniob, Vancouver Island. He has 20 acres and is prospering. (2) shows W. W. Latter on his farm at Moore Park, Man. (3) is Mrs. Gallagher, who is taking the place of her hero husband, killed at the front white serving with the 29th Battalion. She has a 40 -acre farm at Matsqui Station, B.C., where she Is taking up dairying. She is the tenant of the Matsqui farm adjoining and Is seen among part of a crop of carrots. (4) The neat home of A, J. McCarthy, Regina District, Sask. Kings as Tradesmen. When Charles V. abdicated his throne and retired to the monastery of St. Juste, he amused himself by trying to learn watch -making, says a London weekly. After some time, he remarked one day: "What an egregious fool must I have been to have squandered so much blood and treasure in an absurd attempt to make men think alike, when I cannot even make a few watches keep time together." The tale seems singularly to the point, in view of the ex Kaiser's re - Ported attempt to master the art of that the French scientist who made the tailor, for it is unlikely that he will the discovery proved that any candle, establish fame in that sphere, or lamp, or gas -jet throws out invisible • Other princes have made or played as well as visible rays. with similar amusements. King Ed- Enclosing an ordinary oil lamp in a ward used to say that it he were de. case of metal he put a piece ot print - throned he could still make a living ed paper in a closed wooden box, and as a cobbler, His brother, the Duke placed the box close against the side of Saxe -Coburg, aimed a little higher, of the case containing the lighted for he could have obtained a position lamp. On -the other side of the box In a theatre orchestra among at least from the lamp he placed a sensitized the second violins, Louis XVI., like photographlo plate. This was left in Charles V., spent much time over the position for some time, and when cie- mysteries of watch -making, veloped there appeared the text of Queen Victoria could have designed the paper hidden in the box• Christmas cards. Frederick, Priace Invisible light rays penetrating the ot Wales, would have been in great re• iron case of the lamp and the wooden quest for cracker mottoes. George IV. box were stopped by the lamp black would have been one of the greatest in the printing ink, with the result of milliners. Charles II. might have that the letters were imprinted upon made a competence in a chemical I the plate. laboratory, and Peter the Great it it { If you look at a rainbow you see sun• - carpenter's shop. Napoleon would I ii I t b 1 t 1 spectre- have been an acccmplislsed leader - writer of the "big drum" type. Fred- erick the Great an aamlrabie stock - keeper to a penurious firm. Prince Henry of Prussia might have flourish- ed as a commercial traveller, and George III. as a farmer. James I. was another journalist—and so on. Wonders of Dark Light. Light a candle by your bedside and you have light by which to read, to look at your watch, or, indeed, to get a view of any object in the room. And that, so far as your eyes are concern- ed, is the only light given by the candle; indeed, it never occurs to you that any other light is emitted. Yet it is easy enough to prove that your candle is giving two sorts of light, one luminous, the other invis- ible. The latter is what has been call- ed all ed "black" or "dark" light. It was with the simplest apparatus The Power of the Throne. If the King did all he might do with- out exceeding his Royal prerogative the nation would be startled, says an English writer. He can veto a Bill passed by both Houses; he eau dissolve and summon Parliament; he can select or dismiss Ministers; he can declare war; he can make treaties and create peers—he can appoint bishops, governors and Judges—and all "on his own" He could cede the Duchy of Corn- wall to a foreign Power, disband the Army and Navy, and sell the Dread- noughts and naval stores. He could give every Government official, from the highest to the lowest, the "posh," could pardon all criminals, and could stop the whole machinery of Govern- ment. But there is an unwritten law of common sense, fortified'by long usage, which makes it unthinkable that the Ring should do these things; and in the last resort, which is never likely to occur, the King being a constitution- al monarch, reigns by the will of the people, and could be deposed by Act a4 Puellament.f) Stout women and large plaids, bright colors and shiny materials are not affinities. light broken up by a na ura spe t - .not appreciate our fun till a lot of scope into its primal colors. But you downright labor has led us up to it. must remember that in a rainbow 7011 I Haw empty and how silly are the lives see only a part of the light given out of those who spend their hours, in the by the sun. There are lots of rays be- quest of amusement! one who loafs law the red and beyond the blue which and dreams all day has a hard time The fisherman should trim away all you cannot see, simply because your getting sleep at night; because he the fleshy parts and dry the fins eyes are not made to see them. merely goes from rest to rest; and Man has invented instruments to thoroughly in the sun, without salting. even so, one whose whole life is Pure Joy. A child at play, absorbed in the game, unconscious et surveillance, 1s a charming picture. There is an artless innocence, a freedom from self-con- sciousness, that makes us sigh for the clays in our own lives, past beyond re- call, when we were even as this small pilgrim on the nursery floor. Give what we will, we cannot go back to that earliest, blissful era. We have put away childish things. We have grown sombre with toll and thought. We have learned to control our feel- ings, and we have ^seen ruled and schooled to repress our impulses lest we be thought "childish." Simple amusements gall upon us; our toys, when we are adults, become elaborate and costly. Once we were content with a little, and now our great ac- cumulations leave us querulous and grasping. The recipe for joy is not complex. The best ingredient is a conscience at peace with itself. The conscience of innocent childhood generally is not troublesome, and a good child brought up in a good home is governed by a kind of instinctive piety that provides the best sort of start in life,. The pathos of the human drama is that so many children are born and grown amid the noxious influences of spirit- ual darkness, stagnation and corrup- tion. Mere amusement is not the joy - bringer it is supposed to be. We do Toronto is Most Motorized City in Empire. Toronto Is certainly Scene motor city with its 30,000 automobiles, H. G. Wells recently said that the motoriza- tion of a community, other things be- ing equal, was the best indication of that community's progress, prosperity and civilization. Toronto has as many cars as Itniy and Spain combined. it is the most Motorized city in the British Empire, or in the world, for that matter, outside the Halted States. Only three clues In the Unied States with as large or larger population can boast as many Dare per capita, Detroit, Cleveland and Los An- geles, Toronto has nearly three tines as many cars per capita as the city of New York an dabout one and a half tines as many as Chicago. All this despite the difference in price due to duty anti exchange, Toronto Inas between two and three times as many cars as Montreal. Outside of Montreal, Toronto has as many cars as the Provinces of Que- bec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island combined, Only two European countries, Great Britain and France, have as many cars as the Province of Ontario. Grain of f Gold. One of the world's most prolific gold fields at the present time is in the Ro- ar district (Mysore State) of India. Discovery of it was made in a curious way. In prosperous years, when the goda favored the volley with an ample har- vet of rice, grains of gold were- found now and then on the rice eons. This greatly mystified the natives who as - HELIUM, .A SECRET FROM THE SAN THE MOST WONDERFUL GAS IN THE WORLD. Discovery of a British As.. tronomer and Development of a British Scientist. In our childhood days we some. times played withtriangular pieces of glass, such as those which dangle from old -fashioner\ chandeliers, We admired the rainbow colors reflected as the rays of the sun passed through them, From that childish pastime sprang th the discovery of helium, e most won- derful gas in the world. The discovery of helium forms a fas- cinating story of scientific invastiga- Normanlion. Sir Norman Lockyer, the world- famous astronomer, who died a few weeks ago at the age of eighty-four, was Ilia first man to reveal to the world the gaseous atmosphere of the sun. In 1868, during his observations ot a total eclipse of the sen, '115 discover- ed in the son's atmosphere the gas which later because known as helium, from the Creek word meaning the sun element. How Discovery Was Made. Sir Norman Lockyer's wonderful discovery was made in the following way:— The rainbow effect which can be seen through the triangular glass is known to scientists as the '.solar spec- cribed the gold to supernatural tram, and when an inetrument called powers, the spectroscope became perfected. What probably happened was that othth Miter phenomena of e son were ub- these grains, derived from the gravel- served, particularly during nu eclipse, ly soil, lodged on the young rico plants and photographed, When the photo - when they wore being grown in our• grannie plates were developed and the series (for subsequent transpintervfon record examined, a bright yellow line to the fields) and flooded at intervals was discovered. Investigation failed with water. to identity the line with any element The strange occurrence, at first on earth, and it was attributed to deemed supernatural, led to the die, sone metal In the sun, COSery thaett the he gravels of the valley The mystery of this lice punted were rich in gold, brought clown from Sir Norman and other scientists for a the mountains. Since then the Kolar number of years. Interest in it was district has contributed largely to the again revived when a scientist investl- world's supply of the yellow metal• gating the gases freta a mud veleano in the neighborhood of Vesuvius no- tired the soros bright yellow line. Fins Valisable. Thus It was identified as something Now that shark fishing has become which came out of the earth as well a consiredable industry, the shins be- as the sun. ing valuable for leather, there is op- The secret was not revealed, hew- portunity for those engaged in it to ever, until nearly thirty years after derive additional profit from the fins. Sir Norman L,ockyer's original dia- Shark fins are highly prized as an covert', whoa the eminent British article of food in the Orient, fetching scientist, Sir William Ramsay, die - sixty -five to seveutyflve cents a covered if by accident. lie was malt - pound; and the supply does net equal ing certain investigations in conuee- the demand. About five tons of them tion with a mineral known as cieveite, are received monthly at San Francis- Which Is a variety of uraninite Or co, and of this quantity the bulk is ex- pitch-blende, the minerul from which ported to China. Mme. Curie obtained radium. From The tall flus have no market value, this mineral he developed cettaln It is the dorsal pectoral and anal fins gases which revealed the brilliant yel- that are desirable, chiefly for soup, low line of the snit and the volcanic gases which had aroused so much in, least, Other metals were tried, some of which revealed the sante yellow li::ht. And so tho discovery was ramie that the mysterious yellow line reptes0nt- ed an hitherto unknown gas which generated from the sun us .well as from the earth. test and catch these invisible rays, naught but pleytinte finds play bore, and we now know that some will do some, because it does not bring a good to the body, others harm, while SOME! will penetrate almost any known substance. 6 On Rhurrraos wait Masan,;. . PERIL I fear to cross the village street, where all the autos wind and mix, for I am shaky on my feet, and can't do acrobatic tricks. I tried this morning, just for leek, to dodge across to Johnson's store, and I got tangled with a truck, and broke three t'ihs, or maybe more. By modern ways I'm badly bored; I can- not ramble near or far, but some one climbs nee with a Ford, or epoils nay person with a car. In olden tines when horses drew the vehicles In which men rode, a ratan could walk a verst or two, and hnve no scalp wounds to be sewed, Then one could cross the public way, according to his sane desires, and not be squashed beneath a dray, or wound mound some rubber tires. - You laugh to scorn the old time ways, the horses and their slug- gish game; but trade went on in those Brave days, and people get there just the surae, And sports found just as much delight in driving Dexter or Maud S, as speeders in their autos bright, who fill the country with distress. I'd like to cross the village street, to have a haircut and shampoo, but I'm no longer blithe and fleet, I can't autjump a kangaroo. W Hr�1'1-5 `l i{AT MAN DOihi PDP? variation in his day. In that great play "John Ferguson" the old man, reading the Bible, con- soles himself with the verse that tells us of heaviness enduring for a nigh`; "but joy cometh in the morning." The contrast brings the gladness. Each of us has known what it meant to plod for weary days and then to conte upon a rapture, an ecstasy, like the golden glory of a spring day of radiant beauty after a dismal period of grayness and dank gloom. It is a poor soul indeed that in this world, that is splendid, despite all the effort men have made to spoil it, can find no reason to be glad at heart and to give forth again the joy of living. Soft Music. A certain musician, who lives in an apartment house, says that he racont- ly received a visit from a chlhl of otto of his neighbors with an announce- ment or request whereat the musician didn't knew whether to show anger When You Can't Think. When attempting the prodigious feat of swimming the English Channel, a swimmer should neither feel nor think. So said one famous swimmer, who in an attempt spent twenty-two hours in the water. "You mast," he declared, "be just a swimming machine, feeling no sen- sations and using yotu' brain as little as possible. The strain becomes so fearful that if you began to realize what you had taken on you would have to give up the struggle at once." The Search. I looked for a £our -leaved clover— I knew that they were rare— searched the whole field over And could not find one there. I watched some ants run out and iu, Building a little house, I saw a sneil, a lizard green, A cunning wee field mouse. And so I learned what wonders lie Among the grasses tall For those who look; yet sure ant Safety in the Air, With the exception of hydrogen, helium is the lightest gas known, It does not, lice other gases, require to be mixed with other Itropertlee to im- prove He power and utility. It is cheaper than other gases and --it will not explode. This ,Weans that airships of the future will no longer bo in danger iron explosion or fire when exposed to heat or at spark, and that the gas can at any time be handled with im- punity. Helium was ultimately found in hot springs and in the air, while the minerals In which it wag discovered were found to be alike in one respect, the radiations from them could be made, like radium, to reveal them.selves in the darkness, Up to the pre. sent, however, the deemed for helium has been tar greater than the eupply. or amusement, I For that reason Great Britain has me "My father presents ifs compli I olid not Sind them all! operated with America to develop the means to you, sir," said tate lad, with_ _ _-- Imown sources. It Is hoped before tl i of o reciting "a piece" 'and long to fill dirigible airships with a near no t ' begs' to as•1t that you will be so kind Always tmsscrubbing brushes as to play very softly, because mother is very musical." 'f, The oily relics London possesses o the campaigns of the Duke of Marl - alter �s borough aro apair of kettle -drums. REGLAR FELLERS—By Gene Byrnes 1{> 5 USEtht� 'C1 li. -Nre WIZ ITER I alter teeing then and turn them on` gas NY CI le tthSOlntety tnperl'tOas to their sides to dry. Bristles that are l fire and explusian, and which 5;11 liens always wet become saddened mrd teeeei revolutionize aeronautics. less. Sweeping brushes and brooms • should always be hung up when not Keep Your Eyes Fit. in use. Every person who roads contlnnons- ly is putting a statin upon his eyesight which, in the course of time, naturally tends to weaken it; brat It medical Ieeleems authority recently gave utterance to some very useful advice. Change the foetus. Thetis the sug- gestion, It can be done by looking 05 from the printed page every three or four minutes, and gazing at something alae, Anything will do, the ceiling, the mantelpiece, the wall. The change of foams need only endure for a second or a couple of seconds, but it will ro- lievo the strain, It 11as been ettgeestect that the clos- ing of the eyes wound servo the same purpose; this, however, is apparently not the case. The oyes, Ilito the stonne aclt, crave for variety, and a change of ()bleat is more beneficial 11111 Il Simple darkness. i A recently invented phonograph uses either cylinder records et eight inches diameter or the rogu'iat' dies records, while the cylutdor that Caro ries site fertxtcer also serves as rho iunpWying hon.