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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1924-12-17, Page 2The Automobile, COLD BNGIN1 TIi.OUBLdi, ;this shutter siteeld be eb sed, while it In Cold Weather, the hest designed ehou,d ba open in hot weather•. Most . ee engines will often be difficult to start: t�de a shutter: not ].now rho purpose Wit oP; '. not give: the best erformance' this shutter, and -'run their cat Teel it until will igip open M winter', The engine wal run, t until tits engine and the eeoltng water: p We become warm. In real cold wea-; better and start easier if it is kept; thed, en Many will require that "stunts"ioloihe manifold and carhttretor aro; I. be resorted to before they will start' often' heated by bot water pocketing. of all, them, ueing the hot water from the 1 The cause of this cold weather w top of the engine water jackets for; S trouble is •almost entirely due to the this purpose,. Many ears have a valve; tact that gasoline will not vaporize laced in the piping of this water, so ] at ter,"'eratures below about 00, even ' P I when in a partial vacuum, and that as to he able to prevent the cireula-1 A mist of the gasoline will condense', tion of the water through the �,jaeket s when it strikes a cold surface, oe]10 summer, This valve is generally ► the cold manifold, so that it is diesel found near the water pump. It will! r,, be well for owners to be sure that t • cult to get the fuel into the eylinders.1 this valve ;. eeee ie winter, Usually, ► Actually, the carburetor will Puna- it is open when the handle is parallel : tion properly, the. gasoline spraying to the body of the valve. out of the nozzle and being converted t;sa NON-r^RAI ztxa Menne. to a. mist, but then instead of this of R mist changing toga gas, it strikes the As 'soon as there is danger { Ontca proud m�nst r,;. of the surging Skenna, theca leaping saint n hays » cold manifold and condensca on it,'in- frost, a non-freezing liquid should bo been-hcused in millions of cans to cater to the appetites of thousands of e stead of going on and into the cylin- put into the water in the radiaYar. The:poopte in every part of the world, dere. Thus instead of a mixture of writer likes denatured alcohol for this r:.— f gasoline and air reaching the cylin- purpose, Toronto Students Become F— lo i1VES41etl byInsects. dere, air alone will reach them You can judge the amount of alto ► What can be done then to start the hol to use from the following tables; . industrious. The invasion of the potato fields of e engine in cold weather, and what to Twenty-five per cent, alcohol, 76 -- Germany Is threatened by the Color. s" keep it going? water, freezes, at zero, That the average student is becorn- ado panto beetle, This destretive in - II the first, the mixture mast be Thirty per cent. alcohol, 70 water, Ing. more studious and begins to pre- sect pest has found a foothold at vale- 10made. so rich in gasoline, that while freezes at five degrees haloes zero, pare for examinations earlier in the ons tines and places in Eastern Eur - much will condense, some will reach Forty per cent. alcohol, 60 water, year than was the case a few years Dee, but has hitherto been held in degrees below zero. ago is the conclusion drawn by the' check or driven out by energetio mea - the cylinders and so give a mixture' freezes at twenty for an explosion. To keep the engine; ' In time the alcohol will evaporate authorities of the University of To- sures, going at the slower speeds, heat must and so some additional liquid must be ronto from figures supplied by the; Since the war, however, it has In - be supplied, either by heating the auadded from time to time. No rule can University Librarian. In the session waded and established itself in a large before it passes throngh the carbure- be given for this, as in a car the water 1922.23 an average • of 270 studentsarea. in Franco, and threatens to ex - tor, or by warming the manifold• of which has a tendency to boil, the borrowed books from the library each tend its invasion into Central Europe, The mixture is made rich for start-• alcohol will evaporate quicker than one day; in 1928-24 the average w08 490;, Once well established In the potato Ing in a number of ways. Some car- in which the water is comparatively and for the first two months of the fields ofGermany, it would cause I nretota have an attachment by, coal. It will also evaporate quicker in, present session the figure is 540. This greet losses to one of that country's which the opening of the nozzles an a car which is driven much than in all the more surprising because, am-' most important food crops.. be increased from the dash, while all one little driven, ons students, it used to be a jocular I An expert declares that the beetle either have a device for choking off It is often a good practice to rover sort of tradition that no work was; was brought to Bordeaux, France, in the air (what is known as a choke, the lower portion of the radiator, so, done in. October and November. It ships bringing_ troops from America, valve) or for flooding the carburetor. as to prevent the passage of the air may be that the students are becom- This recalls the tact that American by holding down the float.,through it. If the water in the radi- ing each year more serious-minded; entomologists believe that the Hessian ator tends to boil this covering should or there may be more work to do; orifly, one of the worst pests In America, IN EXTREME COLD wz."rncn, t be removed, the professors are applying each year, was first Carried to that country from Generally using these priming de- Those who are using a heavy oil in more - academic pressure on the stu Germany in the straw taken by Hes- . vices will be all that is necessary to their engine may do well to use al dente; or, with the passing of the' elan troops with their horses to Ameri- etart the engine, but in extreme coldlighter oil in winter. The heavy oil ] frivolous post-war years, work bulks ea during the revolutionary war. weather it will often be necessary to by congealing will make the cranking, more largely in the thought of youth. prime the engine by pouring a llttletof the engine difficult, and so make! Whatever the cause, University stu- raw gasoline into the cy'inders through starting hard. dents are certainly working harder the compression cocks or spark -plug: It Is worth while watching the than they did, or said they did, in A new seaplane has been built for holes. Warmingthegasoline used in, yearsgone b . The significant figures service in British Guiana between the opening at the spark -plug points Y g g for this purpose by placing the can in; winter. Doing this will often prove a I just announced apply only to the main plantations of a 'certain company and which it is in boiling water for a help in starting the engine, They must] library of the Provincial University; t the nearest township, and has been not be open too far, In cold weather you use up the cur- rent in your storage battery much quicker than in summer, and it may be necessary to have it charged out- side periodically, even though you did not find this to be the case during the warmer months. If the battery be nearly discharged, It will result in the engine being cranked so slowly that the suction will be weak and the length of time during which the mixture comes in contact with the cold mani- fold will be comparatively great, so that the starting will be made more difficult. First Seaplane Ambulance. while will help when it is found that even by priming in this way the en- gine does not start. Spinning the! erank handle vigorously will also help,' Unfortunately there is at present, no :;atiefactory way to supply heat when starting the engine, but once the engine has started, the air which pass es through h the carburetor ca g t n be hero- ed by placing a device, called a stove,, over the exhaust pipe, so u to make' the air first pass over this hot pipe. From the stove a flexible hose is run. to the air intake of the carburetor.] At the end of this host a shutter is' !generally placed. In cold weather hlrs. Mary Hodgkinson, who has been appointed the first lady mesa denoy magistrate of Bombay, Is the first English lady municipal councillor In India. She is also a journalist and relief worker. Bravery. If you are found singing a summer- sweet song In the gloom of a wintry day; If your eyes find the gold in the cloud - lands which throng The dusk of som twilight hour gray; The pluck of your song and your cour- age and cheer Will help all the others who're tra- velling near! I It's oaay to laugh when there's many a jest, To smile when there's gladness --a— For Happy Childhood. One of the organizations of the province that is doing a great work. is the Children's Aid Society. It is ready on a moment's notice to investi- gate any case of a needy child and to take action for its future care and pretection. There are sixty-two branches of the Society with capable ouperintberdents to see that the work Is fully covered."re are some of the objects 6f the Soc ty, 1, It spreads info tion on the rights of children—every -Child a ,real home and a child in every chlldlJsal, ]some. 2. Places children on trial, and when both parties are satisfied, settles them by adoption or Indenture. 3, Looks after the welfare of its wards until they are grown, replacing if necessary. 4. Economy by its methods it costs less to care for a child until grown than to keep it In an institution one pear. 6. The Society offers help to any child in trouble, or to any one in trouble about a child. 6, Invites co-operation of all friends of humitnity so that there may be no. tear -stained cheeks, or' sad little ?hearts--ite slogan— a happy child- hood, Solder for Aluminum, Three parts of zima and one part of cadmium make the flnest solder for alumittum, a000rdfug to a recent Wain. around! It's easy to labor with energy—zest, Where all things successful. abound! But when the garb's, shabby, yet regal• ly worn, And feet step out bravely, though weary and torn; When, hoarse with heart -sorrow, he sings what he can; We take off our hate to that man? —Ian Drag. An Epic of the Sea. A stirring story of the sea is that of the schooner Kathleen Annie, which was wrecked in the Orkneys a few weeks ago. The hero of the occasion is commander Frank Worsley, D.S.O., wbo is already known to fame as one of the gallant men of Sbatkleton's Iast expedition, The Kathleen Analis was over- whelmed in a gale off the North of Scotland and went ashore. She was breaking up fast and the crew stood in the gravest peril. In the height of the gale, Commander Worsley dropped from the bowsprit with a rope and made for ahore. He reached it after a tremendous struggle and thus en- abled his crew to come to safetyby means of the rope. Fiddling Work. A certain young New Zealander, six or seven years old, Is very inquisitive. One day he was asking how thinge came to be beret "Mother. who made me??" The mother replied "Goch" '"who made the heroes and cows?" "And who made the elephants?" "Why, Clod, of course!" A long pause, When; "Wei!, did God make fifes?" "Why, yea, my soul" "Humph!" said the boy. "Fiddling -fork, flies I" The driver is often the most danger- ous part of an automobile,. ! in each faculty, .college and depart- ment there are special libraries the volumes in which are always in great demand, r wet.,'esiteas To Make It Endurable. Old Multirox—"Why do you always Close your eyes when I kiss you?" His Young Fiance—"So I San use my Imagination and think lee some- one else." Sure Thing. Dub --"I'm going to marry a girl, who can take a joke." Kay—"Don't worry; thet's the only kind of a girl youell get." The latest luxury train to run on, British railways is the new Flying• Scotsman; the engine coat $37,500 ands the coaches represent an outlay of $176,000. I equipped with wireless apparatus. The machine has been specially de- signed to carry white men who fall ill with fever on the plantations to the nearest plane where they San obtain treatment. Hitherto the distance, though little more than 200 miles, has taken seventeen days owing to the manyids rapids necessitating porterage, Fourth Ontario Older .Goya' 711E HOME ADEN Parliament. The Pleasure ant d Profit itGive", Whatcoratltutcs a profitable gar -refer be allowed to get Ahead or me— crops den? • The monetary value oft` the hut the groat value of hoeing Ilea in crops grown is no doubt the lirst eon' creat ng g duet mulch over the eurfa0e sldoretlon with many; others garden largely for the pletteure derived in whici stops evaporation of the Melo- time contained In the soil, growing things. Where the two vie*. A poor sail will not supporta 50011 points are satitfadterlly blended, plea' garden. Plant food that is quickly sure and prat are ,combined. Much available, Abe) humus, must be pro- of the real value of the home garden gent. The beet fertilizer for all gar. motets in the prime quality vege- dope le farmyard manure. It contains tables we are enabled to have in a all the factors required 1n nourishing fresb..contlltion, For instance, sweet the planta. It also helps considerably corn two days old, as we buy it in the to loosen ftp a only or heavy soil, and market, bears little resemblance to in a sandy soil assists to keep the the fresh ears when used soon attar water Pram draining away too sooty. pulling, To a Weser extent the Same Then immure increases the hacteriai rule holds good with most other vege- action which assists in malting avail - tables and with berries, able the plant -nutrient elements, in The love of flowers is increasing addition to nitrogen It also contains tremendously, So the perfect and potash and phosphate, profitable home garden'nnust include If we apply manure in the fail it both flowers' and vegetables. The may be turned under in a fresh condi- blessoms and foliage may not retire- tion, but when Applied is spring it sent hard cash, but they glue its Should be well rotted and orumbly, ff stacked for a few weeks in a wells packed pile, It will rapidly decay and will lose little of its virtues through leaching, - Poetry manure 1s also an excellent fertilizer, containing a great percent- age of quickly available nitrogen. It must not, . however, be used India- ariminately or it may do more harm than good. Stable or farmyard man- ure may be spread over the ground three to six inches deep, but poultry manure must never bo over one Inch just ended has not dealt so hardly deep; In fact, it need not even cover with us after all, despite the unfavor- the ground completely, end should al- able weather of the spring. Blanky ways be half straw. rows were made good by transplant- Poultry manure should be carefully Ing, Instead of having to thin' out stored ate its available nutrients leach the bush beans, where there were out quickly.. Those of us who are unable to get a tali supply of manure should fall back upon fallen leaves. They contain con- siderable plant, food,considered by fnal value to animal equivaient in our enjoyment of •their ,beauty and fragrance, The beet Reeds are cheap, and if they are handled with reasonable care, a ten -cent packet of some choice vege- table may return us many dollars' • worth of perfect produce. We have a letter before us wherein our correspondent tells how from $6;76 spent for seed almost $100 worth of vegetables' and flowers and plants, in addition. to supplying his own table. planta to spare they were carefully lifted with the trowel and used to 011 up the blanks. The came procedure was followed with sweet corn and sev- eral other vegetables. Showers were so prevalent that in practically every instance the seedlings, so moved made good. In the flower borders things looked bad, email -seeded species suffering most. Many of these seeds were flooded out, an dit was difficult to e many to he a q manures. As in turning Ander rye, the acidity which, leaves introduce to the soil should bo neutralized with lime. One method of preparing leaves Is to pack them firmly 1n a Pit three to four feet deep, five feet wide and four - make the blanks good, However, this teen feet long. Several suck pits are was ultimately accomplished, and by kept going all the time. early September the garden had re- Nine to twelve Inches of leaves Are gained its old glorious appearance. firmly packed and well watered, and Tihs was not accomplished, of course, on top of them air -slaked lime is with out some extra ianor ane ei Tgt f 1 p f . sp o 'ow success u crops o vege- tables the fertility of the soil must be carefully attended to. Manuring and liming, lime being applied at least every third year, also the deep stir- ring of the soil when digging or plow- ing, all tend to keep it in condition, Goodisble seed,type, true to v should be purchased; cheap, unreliable nun many 5100 mon nava sot eurvnvea; seed is dear at any price. Cultivation the journey. The seaplane will ac when the plants come through the compilsh it in little more than two I soil, and regularly thereafter until the •hours: The wireless Installation will enable crops are ready for harvesting, is of ; the greatest Importance. telegraphic or telephone end1 fca-Hoeing Is not undertaken simply to tion to' be carried on with both ends of I kill weeds—of course weeds must the route. A special wireless station has been erected to work In conjunc• How He Knew. tion with the seaplane. Peter was just beginning to learn Shoes From Sharks, about birds and was very much inter- Bated 1n the subject. His uncle was From the head of the shark we ob- i teaching him to recognize each bird tain faterial for glue. The fins are' by its song. One day he saw a hum - prized by the Chinese and realize; ming -bird and came running into the about three dollars a pound. The house, exclaiming:_ body nialtes a good fish meal, and the "Oh, mother, 1 saw a buzzard out in oi1 from the liver commands a good , our yard." price. "Oh, I think not a buzzard," replied It is the hide, however, which is•I his mother, "it mush be 'another kind most valuable, as it is almost index• ea bird." tructible. The leather la excellent for I "It is a buzzard," was the confident shoes. Finer grades of the tanned! reply, ' 'cause I heard it buzz." leather are used for upholstering. The outer strip of shagreen must come off in the first place, and a pro- Geniuses have often come from cess has been developed which takes; large families; Balzac was the young - this away. It has the exact properties ,'est of a long line. Napoleon was an of sandpaper of the rough variety. For eighth child, Benjamin Franklin wea very fine work on wood polishing, the, youngest of seventeen, Wagner ehagreen-of the baby shark cannot be `and Mozart were bothseventh chil- excelled. Idren. the .• surface. Then put in another Iayer of leaves, more water, another coat- ing of lime, and so on, until the pit 1s full. If chicken manure is available a thin 'layer may be Incorporated with each layer of leaves, but notin•direct contact with the lime. Keep the leaves well stamped down, and do not fail to water them thor- oughly if they are dry. If the pile Is forked over and thoroughly mixed. once or twice during the winter„ the material should be so decomposed by spring as to be ready as a substitute for manure. WHERE FERMENT OF NATIONALISM 1S STIRRING NATIV1_ ACES '10Race°, i7 G R A i `' .--_ ,../ EGYPT D E ....'‘E SAHAR A ,S0PANISH INFLUENCE ® FRENCH INFLUENCE 'r..': /TAG/AN /WFZUENC BR/T/$H /NPI. 1lE/VCC Aria F - SCE N £ M Ho/y£r / LUEt A AN /N FLUENCE •ZON The various 801105 of Influence' in Northern Africa are shown above. Oe the west, the Spaniards areyielding ground to the Riffs in North Africa, while immediate to the south Framer:, le seeking to extend its sphere of he 1 ES OF INFLUENCE IN NORTH AF RICA flnent•0 1n Morocco. The French re- captured Slrte. In Egypt the relation public has a fairly Orin foothold In Al. of the British claims to the Suez canal gotta, but Is confronted with much nail the trade route to India is clearly disaffection and e0nnmttnistie'propa- indicated, The Mahometan influence gamin in Turtle. Italy 1s.re-assorting is dominant In Ilia portions of Africa her claim upon Tripoli, having just re.I shown in white, "How are you and your hubby bit- ting 1t ott?" "rm bitting him for money all the time and he hasn't hit me yet.". 9 The Roddick Memorial. • The well known McGill University at Montreal is to have a fine peal of bells, shipment of which was recently made by the Meneeley Ball Co. These belie are to he installed in the new Roddick Memorial tower on the uni- versity's grounds which is being built and equipped by Lady Roddick in memory of her husband, the late Sir Thomas G. Roddick, one time Dean of the Faculty of Medicine et McGill. It is expected 'that the installation of the bells will be completed in time for their inauguration Christmas Day, and provision has been made by Lady Roddick to have the bells ruug every day in the year without a lapse for Sundays or holidays, thus providing a perpetual momorial. Tokio Takes Fifth Place Among World's Cities The Older Boys' Parllament, which Mete in its fourth annual cession In the Leglslativo Assembly Ohnmbers, Toronto, Dec, 26th, to net, inclusive, is Ila no sense a mock parilitrant. It la first of all the legislative body • of ail the groups of boys in the evens gellcal churches of the province, fol lowing the Canitdlan Standard Effi- ciency Training Program. The one hundred members elected from the various districts aro all -older boys, and they all represent local Tuxis and Trail Banger groups, and are respan- sibie to them. They meet to discuss mattere of general policy, improve - menta in the program of work, and plans for the financing of their pro- vincial work, mid to carry back in, formation and inspiration to their dis- trict and local groeps. I, Incidentally the Parliament is a splendid training in practical eitizele ship, acquainting these older boys with the actual 'workings of demo- cracy on its legislative and oxecut•ve side, The aim of the Parliament is not a holiday nor a display, but a mean of allowing for expression of older -boy opinion, of crystallizing convictions, and of evolving plans to improve and extend boys' work, and thus to promote Christian manhood in the entire province. , The platforms for the three candi- dates for the premiership reveal good practical sense, a' fine constructive ability, and the highest type of ideal- ism and capacity for service. Thom (Christian) people 01 the pronce will do well to watch the proceedings of this somewhat lengthened session with attention, to be assured that in the youth of the province is our hope. Let us all give thesis older boys our sympathy and support in their splen- did undertaking of sharing responsi-. blllty with their leaders for their own boys' work throughout the province. -L, S. A. Natural Resources Bulletin. The Natural Resources Intelligence Service of the Dept. of the Interior at Ottawa says:— Fishing through the ice in wintez is one of the activities of farmers and settlers in many parts of Canada, especially in tho neighborhood of lakes. This industry is one of con- siderable importance in Western Can- ada, particularly aniong the northerly lakes. The lack of railways or high- ways and distance from markets pre- cludes the taking of the fish in the open season, as there are no means of packing the fresh fish for market. With winter, however, fishing is car- ried on very extensively, and large numbers of teams are engaged !n' de- livering o-livering the frozen fish to the nearest railway' point. The most important fish taken is the whitefish, although pickerel, lake trout and other species are taken in considerable numbers. • When taken, the fish are allowed to freeze solid, and are brought in piled up like fire. wood on sleighs. The cold waters of the northern lakes'produce fish of exceptional gui- lty, the flesh not becoming soft, as is often the cure with that of fish taken in the warm waters of the more south- erly lakes and streams, A largo trade has been built up with the cities of Canndn. as also in the middle and castrr:n States, and good prices are obtained for the win.. ter catch of fish. In Ontario and Quebec, however, the winter fishing in the smaller lekee and risers is done for the purpose of securing a domestic food supply, told. while there is no mean: of ion -twine to what extent this is carried o1e there is no doubt whatever that r.rt- eiderable quantities are taken. In ilii, way the fisheries provide a valuable source of food and a change in the diet of many who are not al n• nye within reach of a fresh meat e'tp»iy. Have a: Definite Aim. A cabbage will grow to its foil size in It few months, • The vegetable mar- row and the prize mushroom are bot11 remarkable for their crlertty at grow- ing. The oak is slow. It never 11151tra8 a spurt. It just keeps on growing. But what a splendid job it mattes et lt! c. This is an age of haste,' lee want everything done quickly Muller it ie well done er not. But a:e the old hymu says: "To patient faith the prize Is sure." The great Moet does not "dash off" his poems like maiting out n laundry Bet, He sometimes w.,it3 for menthe for the right: word. Were it is fottn.l it is the Right Word. The grenteat diecove;' +s n' stileure have not been made in ti lit, not 10 a tltollsand and one nigh The great secrets have yielded 1, (,;taut re. searchers oftett emend rr r hall' a ttnne. Life 13 not Hustle. 1+ ,,, 1,.x:1 • eel, plod -whet with definite ;Lee:. Tokio ranks fifth among the cities Tests of Abii;ty. of the world, with a population of 1,- There are many tests of human m• 917,808, according to a cansus taken ,paelty, front Mr. Ed!eott's questiof in October of this year, says a Tokio nacre 10 the I-Iarvard c terra , a mein) despatch. ;nations, but few ars so i pilo ns rile Although the city has gained 880,- test that a hard-ttaa;le 1 melt'-ivatlo 819 residents since the exodus follow- "down Bast" buslnes9 men tppliea,to ing the earthquake and fires of a boys who ask 111nn for nark. To all year ago, the population stIll is 200,-, or them bo pule one gueell 1r, 'Got a 000 short of the pre -quake tonus, jackknife?" If the boy says "Yes," The latest census shows that theta thorn may be further inquiries if lie are 18,500 persons, representing 7,114 caws "No," the interview ends. "Don't families, who are living le houseboats wont yo. Boy that 0118'1 got gutuptluu on the ItUlnerous canal that intersect enough to own 11 111)100 wouldn't be tiny the city. ' use to mo,"