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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1926-2-10, Page 2VEDNESD.A.Y, Feb, 10th, 1926. ead Tardgr, for 471 rvice AV1NG installed a New Bat- ' tery Charging Plant we arc. now able to give our Customers the best of Service. MC rityre & Cudmore 'Ford Cars, Trucks and Tractors Used Cars a Specialty Phone 73x BRUSSELS msmmwswckmmasztamczavAa..rut.w.ao.em.m.,..m*...u......n....v.oa.tgAu..r.,mzrasp,u.,mmrn.,m.xarA•ta.kmm.sm The Car Owner's Scrap- ook (By th.., Left Hand Monkey Wpench) WHY THE HORN HESITATE:, Crete of the most common causos of born failure is too tight an adjust- ment. If there is any danger of lisaving the horn fail altogether, it is better to adjust its shaft so that it does not bear so heavily upon the phragm. The horn may not give out such a sharp warning, but it is far less likely to fail. LONGER LIFE FOR THE CLUTCH .A clutch will soon wear out if the driver constantly rests his foot a- gainst the pedal. When a driver does mot feel secure without Inc foot on the pedal while driving he should rest 2t onit in such a way as to pull it out, rather than to press it in, so as to lave at little pressure on the thrust bearing as possible. FILLING THE UNIVERSALS In filling universal joints it is poor policy to stop forcing in grease when the old grease starts to work out, be- cause the old grease is very much thinned down and should be forced ant. It is better to refill universal joints than sienply to add lubricant. The grease forced out, however, should be wiped off, particularly where a propeller shaft brake is used. Excess grease is apt to fly off and lodge on the brakeband of this tpye of brake. MILEAGE No GUIDE While many motorists change the od in the crankease of the engine every 500 of 1,000 miles, engineers say that mileage is merely a make- shift guide, and often a positively dangerous one. To be on the safe side, it is necessary to know how enuch dilution of the oil is taking ;dace in the crankcase. Oil should be :changed more often in winter than in summer, more often for city dr,•v- hag than for hard driving on tripe, niore often for an old engine than for a new one, excepting on engine tha.: is $o new Os to be difficult to start, FOR BETTER MILEAGE Cover spare tires. , Never drive on trolley tracks Have tires big enough to carry O.: load. : Keep the rims painted and free Ifrom rust. Heap tires properly inflated at all I times. Carry spare tubes in a bag to avoid chafing. Do not store extra tires too long 1 or in too light a place. Apply chains loosely enough to allow them to "creep." Avoid ruts and scraping curbstones and save the side waist of the tire Change the air in the tires twice each season, a sstale air has a dee teriorating effect on the tube. Keep all cuts in the tread rubber well filled so that water cannot enter and damage the fabric. Do not allow hot exhaust gas to strike the tire or back the car too close to hot pipes in the, garage. Do not allow grease or oil to stay on a tire; clean it off at oncewith gasoline, as oil will soften the rub- ber. Use enough tale in the casing So lubricate the tube, but not enough to accumulate in once place and "burn" the tube or set and harden in case. A motorist should know what the legal speed limit is in the province in which he lives. A dirty spark plug can be cleaned fy boiling it in a solueion of washing soda and water. Grease, oil and acid can be re- moved from tires by using a cloth moistened with gasoline. To remove end play in steering gear, loosen set screw in the adjust- ing plate washer. Less gasoline is used when driving at an even speed than is used when running slow and then suddenly speeding up.. Legislature Opens Feb. 10 Session Promises Liveliness Toronto Fep.5—Although Premier Perguson has been absent from hit etifice because of a cold, plans are about completed for the legisature session which opens on February 10. , The opening ceremonies will be (tarried out in the same manner as In previous years. A limit is being placed this year on the number in - ed to be in the chambei when the iieutenant-governor formality opens parliament. No legislation of a contentioue nature is expected in the spew' rrom the throne. However, the session will have interesting features, as the op- position groupe are expected to be much more- vigoroes than in the past beeauee of the possibility df a gen- eral provincial election before the next session. Tb e government will eeceive a number of deputations this week,. seeking lepislation and chanes In toe present laws, ft is understood that the government, will inmeet. no 1101V taxes this year. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE FIRE An analysis l'OaelltlY made of 100 business fires show that: 43 per cent of the eel:ferns affeet- orl did not rosurne business after the fire. 14 per cent suffered a reduction of *one 30 to 67 per cent in credit rat- ing. 17 per cent published financtal statements before the fire but no longer do so. 26 per cent were unaffected as to ,tredit rating. With half a million Ares and over halt a billion dollars in direct money loss annually no man ts Instilled bo believing that he will never have a , fire. The only safe way is to pre. I '..,are—through adequate insurance and modern tire prevention methods. I HURLS CHARGES Hon. H. .H. Stevens, OenserVative member for Centre Vancouver, who In the ifouse of Commons charged that flagrant corruption exists in the ; Customs Department and that smug- gling flourishes to the knowledge of Ministers of tho Goverment. THE BRUSSELS POST EES GREAT IMPRO'VLIVIEN7'll IN WESTERN CANADA CONDITIONS 41.1 IIHWIDGISLIIRDS:PlET HOWEIT.14. H. O. Hon. N. W. Rowell, K. C., who, following the annual meeting. of share- holders, was re-elected President of the Toronto General Trusts • Corpora- tion. Mr. Rowell finds conditions in Western Canada greatly improved. NO PENSION FOR "WILLIE" , ISMIZMassrs<V,-‘—,,' Former Crown Prince Frederick William is not drawing a pension from the German government. This statement was made by the ministry of Finance before the Reichstag's judiciary committee sitting to con- sider the settlement.of the claims of ex -rulers. He admitted, however that of the other sons of the former Ger- man emperor, Eitel, as exemajor- general was receiving a pension. SLANGUAGE Say it with varnish, and linIsh things. + + + He's a chapter you can skip. + + Too honest to take the air he needs. • • • • Take your feet for a twosome. She thinks an outing is a quarrel, + + So dumb she thinks a LapMnder is O peeson who loses his balance on street cars, • + + • Useful es a billfold the day before payday. + + He imaginee the milky way is the milkman's route. + + So mean he even fell out with himself. 4 4. 4 4 Hc Hwants to solo everything he does. • ee. So dumb she thinks (path doe - tore minister to goose, Z—Vt1.2.13.4..ane40 GOOD -WILL DEVELOPES ; Sir Esme Howard, the British Ambassador to Washington, in speak ing of the development of good -will among the nations of the world, em-' , phasized the fact that the spirit of intolerance is disappearing., and that 1 history is being written in a more impartial and scientific spirit. This is probably quite true, and it is one of the greatest factors in the ach- ievement of world peace. Go to Jail an Perjury Charge ••-.- Two Exeter Men Sentenced To Three Months' Term --Judge Issues Warn ing—To Stamp Out Perjury Cases Says Justice Logia, Goderich, Feb. 4—Sentences of three months in jail were imposed by Justice Logia at the session here of the Supreme Court on Andrew, East- on and Arto Delver, both of Exeter, who pleaded guilty to a charge of perjury. ' Both had largely signed petitions in their favor presented to the Court. Thornton Baker also of Exeter was to appear also on a charge of. sun- ! ornation of perjury, but through his illness the case did not go on, These cases arose out of a viola- tienof the 0. T. A. in Exeter. Justice Logir in passing sentence declared he Wati determined to stamp out the many cases of perjury now prevalent in the Ontario courts, In an aetion for damages brought by Mr. McGill, of Clinton, against Percy Emit and J. 5, Bedford, duo el to an auto accientlt justice Login directed that East, a garage man in Clinton, who was driving the car, Pay $500 and costs, and J. 5, lied- sord, of Goderich, owner of the car, pay $500 and costs. East was test- ing the Cal" below Clinton arid ran ine to the McGill's throwing' them out and coming injury' and dameges to the horses and buggy. MAY RUN SEED TRAIN • Following the Atones of the Better Live Stolt Trains of the pest few : yeers, a seed demonstration .train , may be run in Ontario this evere, ; The plan is to stock .oun car with ' samplee of the best seed grain'P1 05- der to show What really, good stuff' looks like. ,A second car is to be • provided with two up-to-date seed. cleaning maehirms, "8 11 hand Outfit Om other power. rOarrners alOng the I ratite will be given an opportunity to have a Small amount of seed cleaned to demonstrate the effectiveness of filo machines. The route has not WA% thoidati upon, ADVERSE TRADE BALANCE Great Britain's adverse trade bal- ance for the year 1925, 005,000,000 is the greatest in the history of trie country, the previous 'record DO og 11341,300,00 in 1924, "HOME, SWERT NOME." When Jenny Lind Sang (t, Inadience choked With Volution. The il,nise of Repres,olativos In Washial.;,-0m 0119 1):4"11:1,.:r some sevelity-tisc! g;..0 was. 10'. 011.1dmil 11? 1110 11111t.r01'1' 0/: 010 l'q;TW1.18 JtsiiMi Lind during her Ainorlean tour und,:r P. T. 13,:rst,m's mann.,n‘nwnt, 1ief01.o au (00411;.) 01 cons:song 0 Pr.:.,:itlent Fil1111(Vv, 111+` th9 Minit41'1.9 01:110Ambassadors, Con- gressmen and rth,r dignitaries, the matelli,sg h.td held her distinguished aollinc,. be and. When she arrive.! 0 li lirro. numbor on her program sh, 1,ineh- sd saly into tho tendo; strous of the greatest lies.rth song, "Horte. Sweet Rothe!" The s6ingstre.;' 1:15a Wag turne:d tewar0 the lt.nely author of that never-to-be.forotten song— John Howard Payne. who was pres- ent in the audience. She sang this tender melody w!ili mush pathos and ninCrt1°11. P0010110 them flashed through her mind her own home across the sea. At the cencluSion it found many of her listeners clinked with emotion, unable to applaud. This lovely ballad, no doubt, evoked remembrances et their own family circles in far-off climes. After these many years "Home, Sweet Eame!" w-gh its world appeal, still melts tho henrt of any audience, anywhere. It Is the universality of tho poem that makes this ballad lin- mori al—sin:Me words exquisitely ex- pressive: of the nielanchol,v felt by a man, friendless in a distant eountrY. Only a wanderer within foreign gates, feeling the pangs "of lonesomeness stealing o'er him, is able to express a yearning for his fireside, be it where it may. Was it any wonder that the 'gifted author, John Howard Payne, unknown and poor, from his garret gave to the world the greatest "home" song of them all after living In France for a score of years? While eking out a precarious existence as an adaptor of French drama into English, Payne interpolated his own original poem, "Home, Sweet Home!" into a translation 'of "Clari, or the Maid of Milan," an opera. When sung In London for the world pre- mier in 1823 at the famous Covent Garden Theatre, it elicited the some affectionate regard that followed it later in Washington. The opera was enormously prosperous and made for - tures for all concerned, except the always unfortunate and dependent writer. With all of Payne's remarkable talents as actor, journalist, song -Writer and dramatist, he was con- stantly in want. In 1841 he forsook the shores of England for a journey to Washington, where he filed appli- cation for the consular service. He was promptly appointed U. S. Consul to far -or Tunis, in Northern Africa, where he remained for a few years. A change of administration forced hire to return to Washington which, by a strange coincidence, was timed with the noted Jenny Lind's appear- ance in the same city. However, Payne's consularshio was restored to him by President Fillmore in 1851. His tenure of office, this time was brief, for he died the following year, unnoticed and unknown. In 1983, through the beneficence 'of a Wash- ington philanthropist, Payne's re- mains were borne across the sea to the capital of his country. A cere- mony of one thousand voices, blended with an orchestra, sang his unforget- table lyric as his body was lowered into its final resting place—a eulogy to the werderine American who carved in song a monument to ontee home, be it ever so humble. Salt Water for Teeth. "The best thing to use for the daily cleansing of the teeth is salt water—a teaspoonful of kitchen salt In one-third of a tumbler of water," said Sir Herne Baldwin, surgeon - dentist to the Xing, in a recent lecture. Pastes and powders, he con- , tinned, might be used for occasional polishing of teeth. Pyorrhoea can be avoided if the , ,edges of the gums are kept tight and hard by daily friction. Every part of the gums, back and front, should be rubbe4 vigorously with a tooth - 'brush idea and morning. Although pyorrhoea does not cause pain, It Is O serious &Deese that might oat through the bone of the. jaws and penetrate to the nose. The destructive action of acids re - suiting from stagnation of starch' foods in the mouth is the cause of the decay of teeth. Pratt Is an ex- cellent thing to stimulate the form- atton of an alkaline saliva, as an antidote to the acid. A 1Afotimo of Shaving. Ask the average man his ear' to ear measurentent and it Is doubtful if he will give the correct answer. it is 12% Inches. From where his heard starts on his throat 'to his chin and thence to his underlie is 4 inches. This area has to be shaved every day by the man who wishes to look spruce and clean. Keen on having a clean shave, a man makes two strokes with.hie razor to shave every inch, and then goes over his face again. So that every clay he goes over about 68 inches of face. During tho year a man shaves 24,820 inches. The chasms are that he' begins to shasse when he is seven- teen or eighteen and continuee 1111 he has reached the age of seventy, During thoee fifty -odd years, his razor will have travelled 20 miles. The Strait of Gibraltar. The Strait of Gibraltar at its nar- rowest point is only Mee miles wide. Between Point Europa and Cape Ceuta the strait rneasuree fifteen miles In width, and at the western extrernity„ it Is twenty-four miles wide, The length trom east to west le thirty -81X miles. The Strait of neite Isis is eleven miles at its wid, est point, racts About Fans. If a moue fell down 0 011110 haft Of fifteen hundred feet it would merely bums) itself on landing, give itself a shake, and run away, A rat would break Ito Whoa, whereas all that would remain if is man or horse bad a similar adventure would be 4 anlash. Huron re ryarailaiga Elf to OW Start wincham, Beaforth, Forclwich Held Good Meetings, Mentinp, comparing with the old Institute nr.eting.s In their palmiest days wore heldat the above places on WedmAny• ni;11 Thursday last week, Feb. 3ril and 411. The attond- once ranged froM one hundred to ono hundred and fifty, Huron County had a tiny shortage in 1925 and the farmers are deter- mined that it will not occur again. Had it not been for the large amount of hay left over from 1924 we would have a bay famine at present.. Professor John Buchanan, of the O. A. College, addressed the meetings Wingham and Fordwich while A. Carroll, Assistant Director of .the gri.mitural Representative Branch took the - Seaforth meeting Each gave an outline of the necessity' of alfalfa and opened a discussion on the why and how of it. These meetings were t he prelim- inary round in a County wide cam- pai,gn being arranged by the Ontario Department of Agriculture. Caters will be arranged as the .winter pro- gresses. Farmers' Clubs, Junior Farmers' Associations, Lions' Clubs and other organizations are co-opera- ting to make the meetings a success. What .does Huron County need the most?—ALFALFA. All Find StrAn hi Officer's Acne Provincial Police Head Suspends S. J. Faulkner, of Chatham as Result. Stratford, Feb. 5—Provincial offi- cer S. J. Faulkner, formerly station- ed here, but now of Chatham, has been suspended from the force, pend- ing a probe into the finding of stolen silk scarfes at his home at 285 Nelson street here. Word to this effect reached the city today. Two days ago, Inspector A. B. Boyd of the provincial police, in company with local officers, visited Faulkner's home and discovered five silk scarfes, identified later as part of travellers' samples stolen, in Li - towel some time ago. Two other scarfes were found in the homes of neighbours, to whom they had been given. Officer Faulkner has been called to Toronto. Faulkner was transferred to Chat- ham, following the appointment of Finlay Low, provincial officer 10 teat district as police chief of Chatham a- bout the first of the year. In speaking with the London Ad- vertiser over long distance telephone las night Commissioner Alfred Cuddy of the provincial police, confirmed the suspension of officer Faulkner, from the force. He is now in Tor- onto. A probe is now being made into the finding of the stolen scarfes in Faulkner's home, commissioner Cuddy stated, but on new develop- ments have occurred in the case, Oxford's Highway Costs 'High. The amount of Oxford County's share of construction and mainten- anceof Provincial Highways for 1925 csune as an unpleasant surprise to the members of the Council, who met last week for the first session of 1926. The stateinent shows that Oxford's 20 per cent, amounted to $1,088.10 for maintenance and $29,268.34 for construction, a total of $30,356.44. This bill, coining on top of one for $57,000 last year, was much greater than anticipated. The Councillors had expected to pay about $7,000 this year. STILL HOLDS POSITION . Dr. J. W. Shaw M. De of Clintei , and a former Brueselite, has been rt - appointed Medical Health Officer of Clinton, The Dr, has held this posi- tion for many years. • A LOVELY WINTER Same old winter, Same old freeze, Sk11110 old shlver, Same old sneeze. Same old microbes Floating round, Seine old wind-up Under ground. Same old earaches, Only more, Same old hands, Chapped and sore. Same old longing To be where Scents of flowers • the air. Same old fear that 5 They who stay Here might get our Jobs away. Same old icy Sheets at night, Same old pipes all Frozen tight. Same old sun, far - 017 and small Hardly any Good at all. Same old creaking Wheels to hear, Same old sidewalks To keep clear. Same old lying, Same pretense, That we like it,— What's the sense? Let's be candid, Let's admit That we'd very Gladly flit.. That we'd cut out Snow and ice, If we only Had the price. If 'twere not for Love of gain, Who among us Would remain? —S. E. laser. GOING TO ALBERTA One housand British settlers are leaving tne Old Country in April for Alberta, accordilg to an announce- ment by the Soldiers' Settlement Board. 40.04.044% 4.0+000,1•0+654.04.0)+0+04 4+4e+4.4.eseiefeetHee.egeereeeteeeeeteieee: The Seaforth Creamery t.5 ENNEUSELEMIEEZ225=112111111611111ViESSEMMENIZINIIM Send your Cream to the Creamery thoroughly established and that gives you Prompt Service and Satisfactory Results. We solicit your patronage knowing that we can give you thorough satisfaction We will gather your Cream, weigh, sample and test it honestly, using the scale test to weigh Cream sam- ples and pay you the highest markpi prices every two weeks. Cheques payable at par at Bank of Nova Scotia, For further particulars see our Agent, MR. T. C. 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