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AID TO Iiiiefe T1C IN 'I',
About. ri yore and a half ago the
arutmmotive werid was quite excited
about that matter • of brakes and much
talk wee being devoted•to the four-
wheel brake innovation, It was sup-
posed to repreaeizt a big advance in
the amount of control n driver might;
have over his car, It was calculated
that this new feature would tend to
lessen accidents and prevent Injuries,
tIn the light of the tested experience
of the motoring multludes who have
used these four-wheel brakes during
the last season, can they be consider-
ed in general us n standard and gen-
erally accepted feature of the better
grade of ear's?
Probably the (thief question has been
as to Whether brakes could be. operat-
ed on the front wheels without seri-
ously interfering with freedom in
steering. To assure safety in steer-
ing, the front wheels are inclined in-
ward and under -graduated, and the
'steering knuckle pins are set -at such
an angle that they point dlreotly 'at
the spot where the tires touch the
ground, This eliminates the tendency
to change the direction of the wheel
-a .tendency that would otherwise
exist if one braise should hold more
than • another. EqualJzing bar's or
cables similar to those used when only
two brakes were employed and an
equalizer between.the front and rear
parts of brakes are designed to equal-
ize the braking power,
APPLICATION OP a1AKEs,
It ie recognized that in turning core
neer the outiiide front wheel revolves
faster than the inside one. Therefore,
if the brakes are applied equally the
outside wheel naturally would trans-
mit more of the braking power than
the other, To overcome this difficulty
some brakes aro so designed that the
brake an the outside front wheel will
not operate if the brakes are applied
when turning the corner.
To facilitate the operation of the
four-wheel brakes soma makers have
installed planetary gearing attached
to the brake pedal. This is designed so
that it will give quick action to take•
up lost mo inn in tha il'.kage and in-
crease the lq..reroge when the brake
shoes contact with the ertaus•
There is lin..: do,lit that four-wheel;
brakes enable a car to stop more;
quickly. Testa be se played that a car
going at twenty wiles an hour with:
two brakes eou:d he stopped within
thirty feet, and with four brakes
within twelve fest, and that similar
results could be enured when greater
speeds were used.
A car running along at a certain!
speed has a certain anrmnt of energy'
stored in It. This car Irving down a.
hill has the amount of energy Mamas -
SUR WHEEL 13RAIST13,
ed. To bring this ear to a standstill
it is necessary to•ahaorb that energy.
The way to.do this is to turn it into
heat at the brakes, With two brakes
the car,• has a certain area of surface
through which heat is absorbed by at-
mosphere. It has been shown that by
using four brakes the area of radia-
tion is eou'bied, with the consequence'
that the brakes do not heat 'up and
burn -the lining. This also allows the
driver to increase his speed. Yet ho
is not likely to burn out hie brakes
and he has a greater margin of brala
ing safety.
CAUSII Or SKIUDINO, .
The cause of skidding is the tend-
ency for a car in motion to keep on
moving in the same direction and
at the same speed. To stop a car one
must depend upon the traction of the
tires with the road surface. As soon
as the braking force is greater than
the traction' the tire slides over the
ground, causing a skid. One of the
things that controis the amount of
traction is the weight of the car, The
heavier the weight holding the car
to the ground the greater will be the
tractive force, With two ,brakes on
the rear wheels only one-half of the
weight of the car is utilized, as the
ether half of the ear bears on the
front wheels. Therefore it has be-
come recognized that brakes on four
wheels double the tractive effort em-
ployed in braking and halve the iia-
bility of skidding.
Various tests have also shown that
contrary to the general opinion a
year ago, brakes on the front as well
as rear wheels assist a car: in turning
a corner. The tendency for a car in
motion is to'travel in a straight line.
When the brakes are applied to the
rear wheels only there Is a tendency
for tho rear wheels to lose traction
and skid because the centre of gravity
is located midway between the front
and rear axles. By dividing the brak-
ing effort between the front and rear
wheels this tendency is minimized.
This condition is made still better
when the outside front brake is re-
leased and the Inside front brake is
applied strongly, as in the case. of
some brakes, because the car tends to
turn around its own centre and in
the direction of the corner to be ne-
gotiated. 11 the outside rear brake
could be released this would still fur-
ther benefit the situation,
As a result of more than a year of
general usage the cor,::Jusion is that
four-wheel brakes seem to be growing
increasingly popular. The experience
of motorists during the last year has
gone a long way toward demonstrating
that they represent a permanent asset'
to motordom.
Saving Sea. Birds.
1 Thanks to the intervention of human
I beings. the fierce fight between sea
b`•.rds and rats for.-upremacy on Ailsa
Craig, the reeky islet et the entrance
to the Firth of Clyde has ended to the
rout of the rodents.
For ages Aliso Craig has been one of
the two great Bruise -places for tens of i
1 thousands or tea hints. But about
thirty years ago a few rtes. swimming
ashore from a wreck in the :ielnity,;
e•a)al,lieh(•d themselves un, tits island„
and utaitiplied at such a rate that they 1
The Locus in Quo. =0on dsvarnted over the whole rock.'
.rave—"Last week the boys hung A'" the (0t.; prospered the sea birds'
ur mayor 1n effigy."dlaa :pared and in 1924 :ery few could
•i•,arlst--"Sul Where is Effigy?" !be 1-' u. 1.
rei December the Royal Society for 1
!the 'Protection of Birds contracted
Notes About Noses. ; with a certain firm to exterminate the
eine of the purposes of the nose Is rats, and poL ri was used eo efeetiVe-,
to raise the temperature and bitnidity Iy that it is impossible to estimate the;
c:: •dnhaled aur before it enters the number of rats de-treyed. The cost of +
leaps,. The courier and drier the air,' the campaign was about £160, and,
the greater the nee:; for this function, Ansa Craig is now restored to its old i
bat in a rare which has lived long position as a sanctuary for sea birds.
in a cold, dt', environment the nasal i I
passages heroine long. and the nme'• Crossing Sea by Train,
lege and narrow. 1 A through service from London to,
:Kier migration from one type of ern
v.irenmant to the other the adjustment
is not Immediate, hut takes many gen-
crel1MIS, TbAN, tha high, narrow
noses of the dominant. 0(161.88 In Della
tndleate that the latter are compara-
tively recent immigrants from the
north.
Fossil skull= found In h.nrnpe Jude
ram very high, narrow noses during
the lee Age, grx.inolly becoming short-
er and broader as the c'imate im-
proved.
Porti without changing ears or alight -1
'Inv from the train will become Wee-
iive Atortly. when huge ferryboats car-;
vying to.•hts are put into commission!
between hover and Calais.
Sharp Answers.
Many a simrp answer is trade in
blunt language.
Moths Use Their Noses.
fMorias ran smell, asenlisla llavc as-
certained.
MUdT AND JEFF—By Bud Fisher.
One or tile mast picturesque and novel photos of Wembley is shown above. rt was taken when their 31iales.
ties attr:ncl�:3.the Thankaglving service and shows the clerical procession marching arrows the steno.
Pralrie Trees,
Tests made at the Forest Nm'sery l
Stations of the Forestry. Branch of the
Department of -the Interior, show that:
hardy conifers suoh as spruce; lodge.'
pole pine, Jack pine and Scotch pine aro
particularly suited for prairie planting
and thrive under adKerse 'conditions..
These trees are now being widely
planted tliroaghout the Prairie Pro-
vinces,
The Coast Was Clear,
Little Janet, home front school un-
usually early, rang the doorbell, but'
no one answered. She rang a second
and a third time but said iii vain. Then
a brilliant plea struck her.
Sbe flattened her nose against the
windowpane and in a shrill voice that
meet have reached the ears of every;
neighbor, called out, "It's all right, ;
ther'. I'm not the installment man;"'
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What Your Eyes Tell.
We are told that the eyes of the In-
tellectual man are gray, and Itis a fact
that most men of genius have gray
eyes. Brown eyes are said to erpresa
temperament rather Bran intellect.
Although brown eyes flash with an-
ger, 'light up with joy, and change
swiftly with jealousy, blue and gray
eyes can express greater sadness.
Green and black eyes aro supposed
to be the most wicked, Becky Sharp's
green eyes played an important part In
her various conquests.
The "vamp'" in modern fiction usual-
ly possesses flashing eyes of either
green or black. Actually, there are no
black eyes;dark brown or .dark gray
eyes have the appearance of being
black in certain lights. -`
CROSS -WORD PUZZLE
UTHL INTLRNATIONA4 SYNDICATE.
SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS -WORD PUZZLES
Start out by filling in the words of which you feel reasonably
sure. These will give you a clue to other words crossing them,
and they in turn to still others. A letter belongs in each white
space, words starting at the numbered squares and running either
horizontally or vertically or both.
• HORIZONTAL VERTICAL
1—Prayers --• 2—Fish without ventral fins
5—To remove the husk 3—Central line
9—Breathes out 9—A bundle
11—Recline 5—A drudge
12—Land measure of 100 square E—Man of courage
meters 7—To utilize
13—A bench C—A fruit
16—A salute 10—Rank
18—An age 14—Oriental
20—Continued in an Mr:"... state 15—Sagacity
22—For shame 17—Pedigree.
, 23—Reared 1E—To do wrong
24—To bar 1p --1n royal manner
26—A kind of cloth1—Tho Scandinavian language'
27—Discloses se—Surrounded
28—Wild creature t 25 -To fondle
30—Loud shouts 21—Cunning
33—To impel - 21'—Constructed
34—A basic Industry (ab:.r:l 23 -To grow old
36—Narrative' 3r—A' boy
07—Suffix same an "ln" 32—Shabby
3s -Slumber - ^a—A genua Ofplants
40—Coloring matter —Memento
41—Sorrowful Business transaotion.
42—Sheltered condition - �.-..An equal
44—Funeral songs ;—To fasten with thread
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4.8... -Crawl 43—Point of compass (abbr.)
Natural Resources Bulletin.
The Natural Resources Intelligence
Service of the Dept. of the Interim' at
Ottawa says: •
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A •vary careful analysis df-' the
world's silver productir:n allows that
about one-eighth comes from miners
within 'Cho British Empire. Canada's
silver mines have been the greatest
producers within the empire for two
decades, according to Dr, A. W. G.
Wilson, of the Mines Branch of the
Dept, of Mines. To -day Canada. is the
third largest producer in the world,
being surpassed by 'Mexico and the
United States only, who together con-
tribute nearly 65 per cent. of the an-
nual production.
Native silver was 'known to the In:
diens about fake Superior before any
Europeans set foot in' that locality.
Champlain mentions the occurrence' of
galena on the east shore of Luke
Tcmiskaming, directly opposite and
but a few miles away from the la -
mous Cobalt areas of Ontario, but '
knowledge of the presence of silver is
not recorded. Silver ores have since
been found in Nova Scotia, New Brun-
swick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Al-
berta, British Columbia and Yukon.
.Records of production, which have
been kept since 1858, show a total re-
covery of silver to the end of 1928 of
451,000,000 find outlaw. ' Last year
the recovery wos slightly over 20,-
000,000 fine ounces. . The price of sil-
ver varies `daily, the highest yearly
average on record being $1.23,2 per
standard ounce 925 fine, and the low-
est ' 41.2 cents. Preseet ,prices are
around 68 cents per ounce,
Tho mines of Cobalt, SSuth Lorrain
and: Gowganda, all in Northern On-
tario, aro Canada's .principal silver
producers. -Since the first discoveries
in this area, about twenty years ago,
production has been erase to 857 'mil
lion ounces, while present production
is at the rate of nearly nine million
ounces per year.
Silver production in British Colum-
bia :azfd the Yukon is obtained from
lead -zinc ores. In 1901 tho maximum;
production was obtained, 5,151331
ounces, in British Columbia. Between
1906 and 1915 silver prom
•lection ark-
ediy declined, but since 1915 there'
have been slight advances, until at[
present the rate of production .is
f
about 8,000,000 ouncea-per year. A�
number of silver lead prospects were
located in;tbe Yukon, during the past
few years, and rich ores are being
mined in the Mayo district, where the
present rate of production is «bolt
one million ounces
Not a Steady Job.
Ancient Baylug—'"3a,,may 1 use the
'elle, Waage?"
"Are yon going Away?"
"Yes, to Europe."
"By which ship?"
"But there Is no airship eervlce." '
"Ther will he by the ttnte'my wife
to ready." -
Wonder where families' used to put
plunder year's ago wbee there was 00
•garages?
Timely Rhyme --"flush, little vacant
corner, don't you cry; you'll be a fill-
ing station bye and bye."
Heard on a Car,
Met Womam—"Dill your husband
die a natural death?"
' Second Woman—'Oh, yes, he was
run down by a motor car."
Pedestrians ebould be thankful ;that
She had been maid of all work in
the family far more than twenty years.
Like all faithful retainers, she did
what she liked. She even tried to
manage them until. In self-defense,.
they gave her a month's notice.
"Ah,welt, ma'am," she said, "I can't
say asi I'm surprised, Somehow 1 al•
ways felt I shouldn't cult you,"
Elephants' Keen Smell.
African elephants have been „known
to scent men at 1,000 yards,
A Huge Sort of Carp. •
A species of Siamese carp reorlles a
tongth of over five Leet.
Bride (consulting ecok-book) : "0
my, that cake is burning and I .can't
take it out for five minlrtes yet."
more.
Whet ,,is'•funuler than balloon tires
off -Ford. wheels? Well, there's -the gold
monogram: on the -door of a Ford run-
about.
lvlost filvvers are filled with nuts.
Charity eovers a multitude of sins.
SO do 'closed cars,
Alan's inhumanity to man • stakes
titousande hesitate at the curb. - -
Even it a man does per' you with
hug auto, he may be behind with his
payments.
The average chauffeur certainly
takes life easily,
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Let those who never break the speed
law class M.P,P, s f r •breaking the dry
law.
"Somebody put the hootch
le my cal," sounds rine,
But nobody's ever,
Put any in mine.
The noise un automobile makes de.
pends more upon the driver than up-
on the machine itself, '
1T 1s itot eo much the living wage aa
the flivvtng wage' that man demand
nowadays.-
'Correct This Sentence,
'"My dear Sir," sold tate traffic officer,
"you disregarded my stop signal and
jammed up tra0lc frightiitlly, but 11111
along now and try to do better."
If you drive fast you're a lesvbreak-
er; If you drive slowly, somebody
whams you front behind.:
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Avoid Too Much Light.
Too much light can he its bad for
the eyes as too little. Artificial light
is now supplied eo readily and so
cheaply that it is a temptation to Ilse
too much of it—or at least to direct it
with too great intensity on what ono
is reading,; Did you ever try to read
a book or a newspaper with the bright
sunlight falling directly on the page?
If you have, you will understand how
exceselve light can strain and fatigue
the eye. The golden mean in illumina-
tion its 1 neverything else is the thing
to strive for, .. -
Sototion of fast vreek'e vassals.
Outside of That; Jeff's Girl is O.K.
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Radlo, whispering my r1011`::
through the ether to the ears of myr
lade of homes ell over the land, is
continunliy bringing wonder -tales that
wldte- the horizons of mnnklnd, ea
When in days of old far -travelers
brought to the court or Chaz'iemagne
or Arthur their mortar of adventure
that captured and fired the Imagina-
tion of the stay-at-homes, To -day If
WO cannot travel In person to the dis-
tant places we tnny in 'our winds be
wafted by- the megle of Science, as on
a }elating -carpet of Aladdin, to ilio
tat'tl'e remotest ends; and MacMillan
promises, when he goes north, to
charm the world's chiidten of a larger
growth with bedtime stories from
Greenland's icy mountains, and per-
'chance from an undiscovered country
beyond the Beaufort Sea. By the now
device the magnificent distances are
abridged and infinite riolies msfy ire.
carried and outpoured like pirate
treasure in a little roor,1.In view of
eo great an opportunity, there rests
on us all an obligntion to keep out of
the air all that is unworthy to invade
it, as we seek to preserve the water
that wo drink from polluting sub-
stances.
Like "the hound of -heaven," the
power of the air finds es out, however
inconspicuous we may be; and our
own senses even without' a box of
dials and w�reee put our finite lives in
close communion with infinity; Flor-
ence Nightingale carne 'hack- .from
the Crimea to spend almost six' &-
melee in a aiokroorn, but front that
white prison there rn;ilatcd a doc-
trine ,of healing chat has ever
since profoundly affected the well -be-..
ing of mankind. Robert Louis Steven-
son, beholding "the pleasant land of
counterpane," visualized and made
others see the broad demesne of ro-
mance, and translated his owe fight
against the inroads of disease into the
Homerle onsets and at lore of chiv-
alry. And in a Pennsylvania town a
man of science to -day lies in a.rooirr,
but a multitude takes heart of grace
and courage from his determined bat-
tle against the pernicious anemia of
tropic fever, incurred through his
sacrificial deeotlon to science; the
world has made a pathway to his door.
Wherever we are, in crowded thor-
o.tghfare or wilderness, we may climb
when we lie down. Thn.topmost l.,-ight
we reach depends on our own will to
rise, and what we see depends on our
disposition and our training to behold.
A Poem You Ought to Know.
The British Heritage,
Tho patriotic poetry of , i ;lain
sounds a liigber and true/ note than
that'gf any other country in the world.
While her poets praise her they do not
spare her faults nod follies. No pa-
triot poet takes a higher place than
William Wordsworth, whose voice was
always uplifted in the cause of fret..
dom.
It is not to be thought of that the flood
Of British freedom, which, to the open
sea
Of the world's praise, from dark an-
tiquity
lieth flowed, "with pomp of waters,
unwlthstood,"
Roused though it 8e full erten to 0
mood.
Which spurns the cheek of saluta,y
bands,
That this most famous :treats in brigs
and sands
Should perish; and in evil anti to geed
Be lost for over. 1n our halls 1r, hull g
Armoury of the lntinclble knight„ of
Ole:
We meat be free or die, who speak 11(3
tongue:
That•Shakealteare spoke; the faith noJ
morale hold
Which Milton held, In everything ws
are-Fprung
Of earth's first blood, hare titles muni
fold. -
Clociss Without DWs.
'The first clock ot,wlzich there is any
authentic record was invested by
Richard de Wallingford, Abbe.t-of 'at,
Albans, in 1326. It was known to be
going in the time of Mary VITT.
Some early clocks had no dials, so
people had to wait until the hour wee
s1111011 to •learn the time: When (11815
were first fntrodrtcod they Only hud
one'hand and, only marked the hours.
Later the hours were divided luso qna r-
ters and "Jacks," or mechanical ft,p
tires, struck the b01Is,°
Ono of the earliest pocket watches
known belonged to Oliver Cromwell,
This was trade In 18255 by John Olid•
nail and was about the size and shape
of an ostrich egg,
'At ihtet period watches became very':
fashionable and wets erten carried iu
the Banti. .There were Ito wet li-g!trss-
ea, and a shutter.;t ra ngemedtt NOSused
Street Ligtitlhg
'Street lighting is nornpar.ttivk y mod.
ern Pails area the Net city in rho
world to eatablinll 11 le 1055 tee in
Habitants were ordered 10 place„; late
terns containing lighted candies In
front of their homes in 1718 .bowls
of pitch of resin wore substituted. 11•
luminating gee evies that used for
street lighting in Tendon in 1501.
Twelve years tater 11titimore tried It
Not till 1881 1ld electric ere lights ern
pear; they Were Met usol in lee
streets of NOW York City.
There is one foal mere mi "rot Lit
than most people 1111011.
Atnnng some Indian tribes it is met.
sidered 'improper 'fur a motiles in-law
to speak to hoe daughl ir'e hethand,
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