The Brussels Post, 1921-12-15, Page 3riling Off Atilimens,
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SPECIAL CARE NECESSARY IN ZEUO W! ATIIER,
?Dime arra two things meoessare of aloahol and' hale glycerine is the pro
the ea,r is to be operated in winter, .the per proportioni to be added to the
first pf which is eel" antiireeeing water. It has OUO ath'antage that i4
soeution for the coaling system; the freezes quite a bit leaver than the
second is a device for worming Mie
mixture before edmF zion to the ay1-
inders.
Many things have been tried for
making the cooling system freeze -
proof, The most common are salt,
glycerine and arterio], .limy one of
those in the proper ,proportion will
irsum-. against ermine. They are
net equally desirable, irawetrer. 'Salt
heti a tendency to set up "elec'tnolitie
action where iron arid braes prate etre
cmntiieneil in. the muffing system, but
four pound's of salt to the gallonwill
give a a:elution which will not freeze
until seventeen degrees below zero
Tiahreniheft is rcacahed. 'Glycerine will
'keep the water from freezing, but 'et is
alcohol alone,
Another theag which must be taken
into account in winter is the warm -
of the mixture for starting so that
it does not eon:e-Ise the moment it
strikes the cold cylinder walls. Mod-
ern cars are provided with means for
accom+pll&hing this when: the engine
'has started, but the hot water jacket
and the hot alt furnace depend upon
a warmed ap engine for their avail-
ability, and for starting ether mean's
must be devised. There also are vari-
ous devices for heating the torous-
etor and intake manifold' while the
engine is warming up. There is an
electric heater, where one bas current
in the garage, and other ways of ac-
ons:taaloa avid if rubber brae is used canpIiehing the sane thing. It no
to eonneet radiator enil the .cylinder 'better neons 15 at hand a hot-water
prase glycerine will cause it to de-
compose rapidly.
Denatured Alcohol 'Best.
a Denatured alcohol probably is the
best to use, mixed with water in pro-
portion as the -cold to be expected may erg or choking device operated from
demand, fnarty per cent. of alcohol the dash, but where this, is not me-
wl!). gnse Peeteotlees ito 'five degrees vided it is wise to carry a squirt can
above zero; 30 par spat, to nine de- for the purpose of introducing small
greee below zero, end 35 per cent. to quantities of gasoline intro the eylin-
eixteea degrees below. The owner - d'ers, though a piece of waste satur-
must not melte fire error of using a ated with gasoline from the carburetor
mixture which will Protect him only" drain cock and squeezed over the
for the average low temperature of, priming cup will do the trick. if there
his locality. The temperature may; are no paining ewes it means taking
drop without warning, and, unless a out the spark plug.,-.
sufficiently strong solution is used ors than it becomes very cord, radiator
the water is dr'alnei out of the cooling/ covers are a cones ver convenience. These may
system, a burst is likely
or or a cracked be p °cared a' any_supply house, fitted
cylinder tasting is likely to result.I to any ear. They are in varinns form's,
Probably a combination of aiaohel l usually with a curtain which irsay be
and glycerine will suit the particular lifted for moderate temperatures and
owner a little' better than alcohol closed when extremes are reached.
alone, singe there is ices evaporation, Anything which will cover the air
and a fear* dose of glycerine will last spaces of the lower portion of the
the entire season, only alcohol and radiator may be used in an emergency,
water needing to be added to replace if one is caught by a sudden drop in
that boiled away or evaporated. Ralf the temperature.
battle about half full, so that it can be
wrapped about- the manifold and car-
buretor, or a kettle of hot water, may
do it satisfactorily.
Wise to Carry Squirt Can.
Most ears are equipped with a prim -
Bee's Trouser -Pockets.
If you watch a bee at work amongst
the flowers, you will see that be Is en-
gaged in collecting two quite different
eubo:antes from the blossoms.
I[is long pointed tongue 1s -really a
tube, through which he sucks up the
sweet juices just as we suck lemonade
through a straw. Whilst he moves
about inside a dower, tbe stiff hairs on
bis back collect the yellow polleredust,
with which he is soon covered. Then
he site down on a leaf and proceeds
to scrape it ori' by means of the little
combs with which hes legs are pro-
vided. By means of these be rens it
into balls, and stows it away in his
tronetirpockets--little cope provided
for the purpose at the joints of the
legs.
The bee has also a set of waistcoat -
pockets, which are used for a different
purpose. These are little pouches with
ellt.like openthgs. When a bee is en-
gnged In makiug the cells of the comb,
tiny flakes of wax are secreted in
these pockets, from which they are
taken with the jaws as they are re-
quired.
equired.
Row these waxen bricks are made
in the. bee's body is a mystery: in
some wonderful way the bee is able
to turn the juice of flowers into honey
or wax in a very short time. The in-
sect is really a shocking example of
what all work and no play can do—be
work* himself to death in about a
month!
We should really have spoken of the
bee as "she,' for the worker. 1s a fe-
male, but it seemed rather queer to
write about her trouser -pocket!
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Exploring Mystery Planets.
One of the greatest diflieulttery en-
countered when erecting a big teles-
cope is the problem of making as huge
tube sufficiently rigid. Professor
Todd, the noted British scientist, has
Conceived a new way of tackling the
problem; he purposes to use the shaft
ofa mine as the tube of the greatest
telescope ever made.
In 1024 the mysterious planet Mars
will be nearer to us than. it trots been
for a century. Here, if only we can
seize it, is our beet chance of dis-
covering whether people like our-
selves live upon its surface.
Profssor Todd's "mine•teleeoope'° is
to be more than a quarter of a While in
length, and fifty feet in diahietor. It.
will bring Mars within one and a jself
, milFs• of the observer's eye,
The magnifying mirrors used in.
great telescopes are difficult to make
semi very costly. What a fitly -foot
"e4 cost no ?me oar say—it
mirrdlt wily "s a million dollars
might easily run n,».
and take ten or fltteon yensw ee eaeeele .
Professor Todd ie not going io .crave
a glass mirror at all. IIe proposes to
]save at the foot of his talesman 'a
creat bawl filled with quicksilver. The
bowl .will be rotated by mera.ue of; a
motor, and as it spins the Mercer"'
will assume the necessary itoircave
slime, Oiled the •proper speed lids
been found by experiment, a mirror
will 'be ohtained- capable of niaanify
ing twenty -flee elflike times. eeet r
Ouch a telesoopo yon' oo''',road Gm
lettering on a ,�':aier 'four
ur hundred
3nHe# " nityi,
trho,iilga tree is an evergreen plant.
Prince of Wales Sees Weird'
Entertainment.
A weird entertainment eves given at
Bikaner, India, in honor of the Prince
of Wales, following a State banquet at
tee palace. The entertainment began
with a religious fire dance In the Jpper—Sy means of a hand mirror frequently ezamme o
courtyard of the fort, The big bonfire. - tooth brush soft enough not to irritate the gums a nd be sure that the teeth are kept clean. Brush up add
which had been lit In the centre of down, not only across. Lower right—A nice set of teeth does much to make a pretty woman beautiful and
the great quadrangle was then allowed 1 - a pian one more attractive to die -down to a mass of glowing am-
bere, -through whicbbare-legged na-
tives, singing wildly, danced, kicking
up a cascade of sparks and snatching
portions of the fiery .mass, .whicb they
placed in their mouths, although the
heat of the fire could be felt 10 yards
away.
The weird phantasy lasted 10 min-
utes, presenting a perfectly demonia-
cal effect through the clouds of dull,
'red smoke. The dancers subsequently
pirouetted In front af,ttle Prince, clam-
oring for him to inspect their feet,
which were found to be unscarred by
the fire, and actually were moist and
cool, as though the dancers had been
paddling in the water.
Several members of the Prince's
staff attempted to pick up pieces of
the hot embers, but every attempt
ended abruptly with a hurried snatch-
ing back of the flngers and sharp ex-
clamations, amid the derisive laugh-
ter of the onlookers.
Thereafter a great company of
Nautch girls, wearing heavily gold -
brocaded robes, transparent head
shawls and massive gold armlets to
the elbows, deuced and sang a wild re-
frain, welooming the Prince to bar-
baric strains. A native Juggler
danced on sharp swords*, spikes and
saws.. .
The entertainment concluded with
the Nautch chorus discordantly but en-
tbnsiasticaily singing "God Save the
King" in the learwer tongue.
th back of rho teeth for tartar, Lower lett—Use a
How Trees Grow Knots.
Trees are formed of three parts --
the roots, the parent stern or trunk,
and the branches, 1Vhen the trees bre
cut up into lumber, the first of these
parts is useless', and generally is left
in the ground to be salvaged later for
other purposes.
The breather of the tree are also
comparatively useless, but the trunk
produces a number of valuable planks
in proportion to its diameter.
in spite o3 the Mot that the brandies
have been lopped off, they leave their
mark upon the parent stem In tate
shape of hard round or oval spots,
which we call ''khats•," hath of these
knots shows where the limb of the
tree was growene% because the limb
lee es beginning in' the heart ofthe
frank, drawing fin si%aieuarico directly"
from the central source of supply,
The hardiness of lamer ledue .to the
feet that mare strength Is required at
the base of fro limb than farther out,
St, PKuhh;e Cathedral was begun end
fine emet w'itliine forty yoare, under one
dlshop of Landon, euro ,architect, and
erre diaster tlnaldom.
Green foroste constitute en invest-
MOM *pith girlee bi'g'`.reta*ne. The
ehareholdexa include, directly or ire
directly, every citizen of C.anacie.
Swiss Fruit. Growers Make
Their Own Rain.
It is .very interesting to watch the
rain -makers at work in the wine -grow-
ing districts around Lake Geneva, in
Switzerland.
Dotted about the, country are num-
bers of little sheds, from the roof of
each of which protrudes a great bell -
mouthed funnel. If you could examine
these sheds from an aeroplane, you
would and that they are arranged in
great circles.
Inside each is a gun, the muzzle of
w'hfcli is connected with the bell -
mouthed funnel. Charges of noisy
black powder are used, and the fun -
'nee acting in the same way as a gi-
gentle gramophone horn, magnifles
the sound of the discharge enormoue
li'.
When rain is wanted a man Is
placed in charge of each but. Pre-
sently a small aloud drifting across
the sky comes into the circle of guns.
Bang! The cloud, shaken by the noise
and the shock of the discharge begins
to float towards the other side of the
circle. Bang! Bang! The cloud is
chivvied about for a time inside the
circle, and eventually the shaking up
which it receives causes it to break
up into rain. The writer has seen
these rain -guns used with success on
dozens of occasions.
They have another use, too. They
can be used for driving off unwanted
clouds. Wlten the grape harvest is
approaching the farmer's greatest foe
Is hail; the stones cut his vines to rib:
bons. When hail storms are about,
the batteries once more prepar for ac-
tion! But this time their method is.
different. They open fire whilst
diouds are outside the circle, and by
means of heavy fixing prevent them
from entering it.
Flowers by Airplane.
Rolland's growers are sending fresh
cut flowers by airplane to England
for sale tbe same day.
Appetites Larger In Winter.
The reason we need more food in
winter then in summer Is because the
greater amount of oxygen in the air
sharpens appetite and aids digestiou.
wand the worst is yet to come
Progress in Ctenada.
Ruinors in grain Harding and elate
pihes ro haat th
UnitedngtGhttinell;,herowera, Ltd.,
1t luthtend toe
-build .a'lilg elevator in Vancouver to
' .t_ake care of the wheat to be obipped
to llureee via this port,
A marked recovery in geld mining
in Use Province of British Cohtmble.
for the fret ten months of 1991 is noted
in the report of the Dominion Assay
office here, . During the tea month
period there was deposited $9,569,976,
as compared with $1,808,970 for the
eorrespondiug period In 1920, an in-
crease of 9761,005. For the monOli of
Oetober,, this year, the gold receipts
were $512,265, as against. 9228,276 last
year, an increase for the month of
$283,989.
In 1879 the number of miles of
tetoazn railways in operation in Canada
was 6,484; in 1889, 12,028; 1899, 17,-
141; 1909, 24,104; 1919, 38,896; 1920,
39,100. The tone of freight carried in-
creased from 8,348,810 in 1879 to 127,-
429,154 In 1920, while the gross earn,
ings rose from ¢19,925,066 to 949e,101,-
104 during the same periode.
It le claimed that three farms work-
ed in the locality of Cabourg, Ont.,
have produced record erotica On No.
1 the output was 600 barrels of pears.
300 barrels of Northern Spies, and 500
baskets of cherries, No, 2 produced
182,000 pounds of beef cattle, 140 tone'
of hay, and 300 barrels of apples,
while No. 3 produced 8,000 barrels of
apples', 1,000 baskets of oberries, 2,000
boxes of cherries and 200 barrels of
Pears. These figures do not include
much grain produced on the farms,
Recently a new record for a grain
moving train was created when a
Canadian Pacific engine pulled 110
fully loaded cars of wheat, comprising
165,000 bushels, eastwards towards the
Great Lakes. The train wee nine -
tenths of a mile long and weighed ais-
proximately 6,868 tons, exclusive of
the engine and the caboose.
The area devoted to winter rye in
Saskatchewan this year totalled 1,038,-
507 acres, an increase et 600 per cent.
over 1920. There will also be a big
inereese in next year's crop, it is ex-
What Causes Dimples_ ?
The peculiar me.rk'whicli we call a
dimples is really nothing more than a
dent or depression in a part of the
body where the fiesir is quite soft.
When we speak of dimples, we think
usually of those in this "cheek, the 'in-
dentations which appear when a per-
son smiles. But it should be remem-
bered that dimples are aero to be
found in other parts of the body.
Babies, for example,' have dimpled el-
bows and knees, while intents who are
Plump often have several on their
backs and shoulders.
These` are duo to the fact that the
fibres which lie beneath the outside
kim, and help to head it ilraily in
Place, are of varying lengths and rim
in all directions. Occasionally these
fibres are too short in one spot, and
Pull the skin; thus forming the dimple.
The fact that dimples occur ere-
quently in the cheek le due to the com-
parative irrogllarity of the length of
the skin fibres' of this part of the body.
Fog has been classified into eight
varieties, ranging frown "very dense"
to 'slight mist" by the Air Ministry.
In China all land belongs to tare
State and a trilling sum per acre,
warmly altered tlsuou,gh Ion+g centur-
ies, ie paid as rent.
pected.
Up to October 31st, over 93,225,000
had been received by the Manitoba
governtaent deposit bank. It is ex-
pected that deposits will exceed 93,-
500,000 by the end of the year. Farm-
ers are the principal depositors.
There ate 175,000 farms in the pro-
vince of Ontario, eccorddng to an esti-
mate of the provincial department of
Agriculture. The value of farm lands,
buildings, improvements and livestock
cfully 91,700,000,000. In the value of
ield crops for 1918, Ontario, with
9363,909,778, exceeded in value any of
the other provinces of the Dominion,
In 1919 the value of field eropa, ac-
cording to the Bureau of Statistics,
was $353,507,000.
Gold ore is being put through re-
duction plants at the gold urines of
Porcupine and Kirkland Lake at a rate
of approximately 2,086,400 tans a year,
according to figures secures as a result
of a preliminary inquiry in October
made here. These preliminary figures
are supplemented with an estimate of
$1,684,000 in bullion produced each
month, the estimate being based upon
achievements during the past two
months. This means a production at
the rate of about $19,006,000 a year,
Gunpowder.
Gunpowder was known to the Chin-
ese 2,000 B.C. Its European invention
ie credited to Roger Bacon about 1281.
The best marksmen are usually
those with grey or blue, eyes,
London has about 84,000 anilee of
streets, en- twice the combined length
of Paris streets.
Canada's birth rate far 1920 was
27:47, as against a death rate of 13.81
per 1,000. The marriage rate during
the same period was 8.94 per 1,000,
The wealth: of Norway lies allmost
entirely he 'her forests ' end fisheries.
The Wiest trete in• the worlds are
found in the State forest of Vietoi-iia,
Australia„
Dust Explosions
If the contents of a six -pound creek
of wheat flour be thoroughly distri-
belted' through the air of a good-sized
room,- the lighting• of a •match will
blow up the braise. •
Twice that quantity of ilqu,r, mixed
with 4,000 cubicefeet otair firs a-ciosed
peace, will, if ignited; generate enough
force to throw 2,500• tone to a height
of 100 feet,
Thais, you dee, the'niatelssl 'cut of
which OUT bread is •made•'i$i"' under
suitable cfreumetdinces; ere idamgerous
an explosive as; gutemenier. , We leave
read a gode.desi iatell'about they este.
gers of coal duet,,bi1't"reeeet testa leave
peeved that flour` or any {tins of grain
dust t2" More i'niiammable ytihen coal
duet' and eerrespondingly note liable
to ede. ' ' °
Anxploother experiment roved.• ' 'that,
when two ounces 'of Brain dust were
ignited in a box containing two`cnbio
fete Of air; a force' wag, developed that
lifted two .men standing on the cover.
Kis it 1 neittiee of•rarid•burning,
Take, for instance the flour distributed
through the air of a mein. levery'par-
ticle,of it is is immediate contact with
tiro dxh4ineot•;68Le.,alr,' eneelrthie inakes
ito'busnlllg lnatantalrcous ;111. nas!4 of
ignition. .A great quantity of gas is
tattldenly gonbifittfd; find,° seeking to
expated. in a closed; place, it exerts a
force that render tee w011 everielsir.
,A, method now proposed for mhnimlz•
ing the effects of dust explosions in
,Hills, factories amd elevators ie to
Make the *ells very thin—memo CUT-
tains,
urtains, in fart; dependence being lead
upon the skeletal structure of the
building for its support, If the walls
readily yield t0 gas expansion, offer-
ing little resistance, the exploslon does
relatively little harm. It is the cern-
flnetaertt *of the gas that mak'e's the
nits -chief, Large window area is an-
other idea suggested, with the same
eble'et in view.
• 14retale, if finely powdered, will burn
rapidly. In one recent explosion of
aluruinum dust sax gide lost their
lives and many morn were injured.
An explosion of hard -rubber dura not
long ago, resulted in the deaths of six
workmen, Within the last Yew years
there have been many suolr desastere
in auger mills, candy factories, spice
mfllg, eoxk ' fectorfes, drag worker
paper milts, etc. Airy kind e8 duet
that is combustible -will explode if des-
liebnted plentifully throuelt the air et
a cltieed place nnd•ig'nitedk
During the last two and a half years
dust bxl,loeiobe is the United States
and Canada bate eoet the levee of
neatly 100 persons and have destroyed
Mora. than. 910,000,000 worth of pro-
pertie- One such catastrophe , to a
atat'tah factory killed fertythsee per-
sons ttnd did $8,000,000 worth of dam -
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BOOKWORMS OF
THE B= NAVY
OFFICIAL LIBRARY O,
,EVERY . AN.OF-WA +.
A 'Good Book and His Ham.
mock Form Jack Tar's
Ideal of Happiness.
• fIammaolt.time le always a great
time for the Navy's book -lovers, For it
15 usually in his hammock that the
reading sailorman, and there is a
greater percentage ca biro than tbe
slhoregoing community would antiai«
pate, - keeps ihts tenntaine of delight,
l3aalts are Indeed bed books with .him,
for there is scant time during the day
for reading.
Almost every sausage-slhaped, lash•
ed -up rraatical bedetead banded out
from the netting about eight o'clock
each evening carries drat rectangular
budge that tells the Initiated of a book
or magazine ,Stowed away, 'a book or
magazine that, by the exorcise of tact,
or the proffering a8 a substitute book
or magazine, may shortly ehauge
hands.
"Tally you on the book, Shiner?"
says the envious one., "I've got a last
month's mag to swop."
"Wiggle Bennett's -after it," is
Shiner's reply. But I've got another
one here that you can look at,
And Shiner well knows that when
Wiggle and Knocker and the others
bare dons with the book it will go nu
and on --for there is no eelfishness
about this barter, no grasping for a
better thing,
The illustrated monthliesare a
sheer delight, and will make the round
of the seamen's messdeck before be-
ing handled by any stoker, however,
and the stokers will read it till the
covering pages of advertisements are
shreds before the marines get hold of
it.
Sugar -Box Libraries
Paper.backed novels, rho cheaper
editions of "best yellers" rangfng from
Eitel M. Dell to H. G. Wells, and the
slimmer fortniglitlies and weeklies
are also ambrosia to the sailorman,
eagerly sought after, and always "tal-
i lied" about three deep ahead.
Whence come they. Nobody knows,
1 AUTO three whose relatives send there
an eccasianal "bank"—for all reading
matter is "books" to the tailerman.
; Certainly the siiorman is hardly ever
!seen to buy a magazine—and yet there
are scores in the ship. Thee ward-
room, having read it; fill, supplies a
few; the pericdicaf pe:t serves to
bring others, while, regarding news-
papers, a t'attleship a mall any week-
end will almost cover Britain by the
local weeklies it eerres out.
There is an offiteal ehip's library, it
is true, uouelly opened en Sunddy In
' the midday hour, but as this is prat.
I tionIly the sante 1n a'1 ships. any man
of fairly long service lits already read
all that it offers.
To supplement thio, meet ships have
a sort of co-operative library, entirely
unofficial, consisting cf some fifty or
sixty books, each con.ributed by a sub-
scriber to the Iibrary who thereby be
Domes entitled to borrow the remain-
ing betake contributed to the collection
by the ether members•. The library—
nsualty an empty sugar -box, is kept by
a member, who receives a penny a
month front the ethers for his trouble.
The contents of the box are ehanged
periodical]y.
High -Brow Tars.
But this library has nothing like the
ramiflcetions of the hammock library
as we may term the first -mentioned
for convenience's sake. Nor does the
hammock librrtry lack veriety. Be
sides the light magazines and works of
fiction, heavy staff i5 occasionally ani -
countered.
The present writer remembera a
ease where in the hammock of a de-
ceeeed man was• found au India -paper
volume et the "Enoyciopadl Britanni-
ca," whilst another curious discovery
VAS Professor Wheatley's "Romance
of Words." Hardly the thing one
would expert the ashy and tongue-tied
eatlorman to studs-.
Works on navigation, on the arts of
advertising and salesmanship, or ac-
countancy --preparations against the
expiration of periods of service,
these ---are rot. unememos ; while tnany
a ehorthancf writer has learned his
grammaleugues and contractions in
his hammock.
Medicine, poetry. "Every Man Hie
Own Lawyer," gunnery handbooks,
catalogues of foreign stamps and of
antique furniture auction tubs,
sertatione on phrenology. and enssncrd-
aneee of Holy Writ, as web as works
oe theology and oo'llections of sermons,
are among the varlu,nes that, cause the
little rectangular bulges, in nautical
bedsteads when "harem olts are piped
down." And they, with lighter fodrma,
constitute the solid basis man which
rests the British Neey'e literary taste.
There are over 80,000 books in the
Reading Room of the British Museum
0101(0.
'10te frigate-htM is saki to be the
swiftesrt. el ell winged' serratures, Sea- .
men .geneuall+y ibelleve that the 1 igtate-.
bird own start at etsapbreak with the
trade -wands from the ,-coast of Melee
ears roost the same night upon tihe
Anemic/an sham. Whether this is a
lad hoe not yet menu tortrthesevsed'y
eleterntined, but it 'jai terrbalti• that it
Is able to fly, under tavergb°e ootidii '
time, 200 utiles aw hear, Its appoatr-
ttnee its thought to poste i rot tturritona,