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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1949-7-27, Page 3Every One Of Therm Was Carrying Salt We daily passed patties of 10 or a dozen Tibetans, on their way to Mywa Guola, laden with salt; sev- eral families of these wild, black and uncouth -holing people gener- ally travelling together. The sten are middle-sized, often tall, very square built and muscular; they have no beard, moustache, or whis- kers, the few hair, on their faces being carefully removed with tweez- ers, The women are dressed in long flannel petticua t' and spencer, over which is thrown a sleeveless, short, striped cloak, drawn round the waist by a girdle of broad brass or silver links, to which hang their knives, scissors, needle -cases, etc„ and with which they often strap their children to their backs; the hair is plaited in two tails, and the neck loaded with strings of coral and glass bead., and great lumps of amber, glass and agate . . . All are good humored and amiable - looking people, very square and Mongolian in countenance, with broad mouths, high cheekbones, narrow, upturned eyee, broad, flat noses, and low foreheads. White is their natural color, and rosy cheeks are common amongst the younger women and children, but all are begrimed with filth and smoke; added to which they become so weather -worn from exposure to the most rigorous climate in the world, that their natural. hues are rarely to be recognized. These motley groups of Tibetans are singularly picturesque, from the variety in their parti-colored dresses, and their odd appearance. First conies a middle-aged man or woman, driving a little silk black yak, grunting under his load of 260 pounds of salt, besides pots, pans, and kettles, stools, churn, and bam- boo vessels, keeping up a constant rattle, and perhaps, buried amongst all, a rosy -checked and lipped baby sticking a lump of cheese -curd, The main body follow in due order, and you are soon entangled amidst sheep and goats, each with its tura little bags of salt; beside these, stalks the huge, grave, bull-headed mastiff, loaded like the rest, his glorious bushy tail thrown over his buck in a majestic sweep, and a thick collar of scarlet wool round his neck and shoulders, setting off his long, silky coat to the best ad- vantage. He is the noblest looking of the party, especially if a fine and pure black one, for they are often very ragged, dun -colored, sorry beasts. He seems rather out of place, neither guarding nor keeping the party together, but he knows that neither yaks, sheep, nor goats require his attention; all are per- fectly tame, so he takes his share of work as salt -carrier by day, and watches by night as well. The chil- dren bring up the rear, laughing and (chatting together; they, too, have their loads, even to the younggest that can walk alone.—From "I•Iitn- elayan Journals," by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1891). HAS RARE DISEASE—Par- ents of 3 -year-old Ronald Ad- ams, of Galesburg, Ill„ live in constant dread that the youngster will be cut or bruised while playing:' llonnie is the victim of hemophilia, a rare disease char- acterized by excessive bleeding from minor injuries, During the last 18 months he has had 12 transfusions to replace blood lost through skinned knees and el- bows, No cure Is yet known for the ailment. AfMer You One of those frustrated' uharea- tels who are. adults in name only was relentlessly trying to squeeze affection from a neighbor's atbrae- tive child. "I)o you still love me, darling?" she began as she knelt to receive her due. A perfunctory nod. "Then put your arms around sue, honey, and div me a dreat bid this!" The toddler complied and then turned her attention to a more Im- portant natter — en empty nnhilc carton she had been filling with pebbles when interrupted, The woman's encircling arms held thein prisoner. "iIow much do you love sir, preri'ous?" she an- stairil, i•he °hero!) sadly contemplated the milk carton, "Would you cry if 1 third?" The little girl dutifully nodded. "Show me how you woold cry," the woman urged. "Die first," tilt wise riot eug- gestad, COOLING OFF PERIOD—Pandora, baby chimpanzee at the Philadelphia Zoo, sneers at the thermometerwhile attacking the summer heat on two fronts, When the mercury climbed, so did Pandora—right up on a cake of ice. The ice cream pop also helped her keep her mind off the heat, TIIEFA1N FRONT JokQueLL. HOW TO SOLDER The more machinery and equip- ment that is added to a Farm, and more conveniences there are in a farm home, the more' necessary it becomes for a farmer to know something about soldering, So to- day I atn going to pass along to you some instructions front an expert on the subject, told hi simple lan- guage. Although you °atn probably do small jobs with less equipment, the following items make soldering eas- ier—flux, blowtorch, grooved brick, soldering copper, scraper file, tin - snips, bar solder and wire solder. For simple jobs you can get }long with a one -quart blowtorch. Fill the fuel chamber about two- thirds full with cleats gasoline through the filler plug in bottom. Next pump air into the chamber; ten or twenty strokes will usually give enough alr pressure to force gasoline out. Hold the torch so gasoline will flow Into the generator cup. As soon as the cup is filled, shut the needle valve, dry your hands, and light gasoline in the generator cup. As soon as the gasoline fire goes out, open needle valve and ignite the gasoline vapor. Adjust needle valve to give a bluish flame about four Inches long. Heat soldering copper by putting it on the solder- ing (topper holder with the hopper part in the flame. A plain brick with a grove hol- lowed out in one face can be used for tinning copper: Melt some sol- der and resin in the groove. Then stopper should be rubbed In groove. A two -pound (four pounds per pair) soldering copper will be about the right weight for most jobs. A lighter copper is easier to handle but loses heat too fast. A scraper can be made by heating an old worn-out file, bending it at right angles about three-quarters of an inah from the -end, and then sharp- ening this bent end, The most common solder, called "half-and-half," le composed of equal parts of lead and tin, It aomes in ban's, solid wire, hollow wire with flux sore, and ribbon. Bar solder is usually more eaonomioel, but for small jobs acid or paste sore solder is more convenient. One of the first things to do in soldering is to clean parts to be sol- dered,, This you can do by soaping, filing, rubbing with steel wool or emery cloth, or by using fluxes, You may have to do all four. When metal is heated It oxidizee rapidly, For that Penson a flux is used to re- move this oxide just at the instant you solder. Soldering fluxes eau be had in liquid, powder or paste fors. Pastas are sold under various trade nanae, and are easy to apply and usually less messy than liquid fluxes. Ivfurl- atic acid diluted with equal parts of water is satisfactory for .iron or elite; but be careful not to get any 011 your hands or elothee. 2Mc chloride, known es "cat sold," is another aonuton liquid MDR, Make It bydnasolv htg Pis es of zittein muriatic (hydrochloric) mold. Zinc should lye added a little at a time into a esuahl, wide-mouthed bottled or porcelain dish until some of the zinc remains undissovled. Be sure to add the zinc slowly; if you don't the heat may break the dish. Adding two heaping teaspoonfuls of sal ammoniac to each pint of zinc chloride somtimes helps, For ' electrical work, zinc chloride should be neutralized by adding one part ammonia and one part water to each three parts of acid. Powdered resin makes a good flux for lead, tin plate, galvanized iron and aluminum. Tallow is a good flux for soldering lead. Do not use more flux than necessary. Be careful not to get flux on parts not to be soldered, as malty fluxes are corrosive. A new or unused solderiug cop- -per will need to be tinned before using. Heat the copper to nearly rad heat. Clean all sides of the copper with a file, sandpaper or scraper. Do not file more than necessary, and do not use file at all unless necessary to clean and shape the copper. Rub copper on flux or dip it iq the soldering acid, Rub copper over piece of solder or rub solder on copper. If solder does not stiek to the copper, melt a little solder on a tin plate and rub end of copper oie tin plate with force. Alternate rub- bing on solder and dipping in flux will give the eopper a coating of solder for about an inch or more from end. Wipe copper with a pleas of damp waste just as soon as it is tinned. To heat a soldering iron with a blow torch, place whole end of iron in flame. As soon as the iron is hot enough, pull it out of flame. If copper is heated too hot, tinning will melt off, If copper is too cold, solder will not flow smoothly. Right heat for the copper varies with the work. Very little heat is needed for lead or zinc, Medium heat is best for iron or tin. A hot copper Is used for brass or (topper. When using soldering iron, hold flat face of iron, not the point, against met- al being soldered. RUNNING SEAMS: Clean sur- faces to be joined. Apply flux. Pick up solder on copper and draw cop- per down along seam, If heavy seams are being run, instead of picking up solder on copper,, hold stick of solder on tip of copper near end and, as it omits, stove copper along seam. To get best re- sults, seam should be hot. Heating DI done as soldering copper la drawn down seam. As'eoppor cools, handle of soldering (topper should be low- ered, thus bringing more heat to the seam, The work may be smooth ad by applying more flux to sol- dered seam attd passing hot copper lengt'hw'ise over aealn, TO SOLDIER WIRES. Olean insulation from elide of whet to be soldered and serape ends until bright, Place ends parallel to one another. Starting at middle of cleansed part, wrap ,ods around each other, wrapping one end t0 the left and the other to the right. Hold hot copper undo twisted part and apply flux,Then nick up sol- der front solder bar with topper end apply to twisted part until all spaces between wire, are f'h`d, Ap Few Realize Costs Of Train Operation !n Canada, more people travel by trait than by any other transporta- tion service, and yet, only a trifling portion of those who use the rail- ways have any conception of the huge costs involved in the construc- tion and upkeep of these lines. Alongside the Canadian National Railways' track, runs the company's telegraph system, There are ap- proximately 36 poles to a stile, and these, along with the wire which they support, cost an average of $800.00 per stile. A 39 -ft. rail of 100 pound weight (100 pounds for every three feet) costs $50.00. Thus, one mile brings the price up to $18,550,00, The ties, which support the rails, cost $2,34 apiece and there are approximately 2,850 ties to one anile of track. Splices, which are used for fasten- ing the rails to the ties, are worth four cents each. There are 13,000 spikes used for every mile. These items alone bring the cost per mile to $23,770.00 without tak- ing into consideration, grading, bal- lasting, bridges, stations, signals, switches, tie plates and other ex- penditures which bring the total much higher, Nor does it include the cost of labour, upkeep, nor the original price of the land. The Can- adian National Railways operates 24,178 miles of first line track. The upkeep of trains is also very large. For example, the C.N.R. has one train called "The Continental Limited" which 'operates daily be- tween Vancouver and Torontotoo twecn Montreal and Vancouver and Toronto and Vancouver. The min- imum consist of this train is: 1 locomotive; 1 express car; 1 bag- gage car; 2 day coaches; 1 diner; 1 tourist car; 2 sleeping cars; 1 ob- servation b- ser a ioti car. Sixteen trains are needed to maintain this daily ser- vice and the cost of one such train is $1,481,800. Thus to operate only this one of its many regular ser- vices, the C.N.R. has to keep at least $23,708,800 tied up in equip- ment. Actually this sum is much higher because locomotives have to be changed at stated intervals and the length of the train often in- creases as cars are taken on to per- forin local or connecting services. Now The Horses Are Wearing Nylons Wildly kicking longhorns at the world-famous Calgary stampede this year are expected to be roped with nylon lariats. Bucking horses will wear nylon bridles and their saddles fitted with nylon girths. This news comes from High River, Alberta, where an enterprising couple—Mr. and Mrs, Hope Hunter — have gone into the business of hand -braiding western riding equip- ment of nylon—the same stuff that goes into making those ultra -sheer hose demanded by modern Canadian women, The Hunter's stock -in -trade in- cludes lariat ropes, bridles, halters, tie -clowns, breast collars, reins, belts and saddle cinches. These items are woven in a variety of colors or combination of colors. Their lariats have become highly popular with both American and Canadian rodeo ropers and ars claimed to be the strongest rope in existence, yet much easier to handle than ropes of grass or man- illa. Tests have shown nylon riding equipment to be resistant against the ravages of weather, wear and tear of range work and the chemical action of horse sweat. - Unlucky Number "I'd just like to know how many girls you made love to before you met me," said the wife during a quarrel. "Twelve", groaned her husband, "but I forgot to count until It was too late." ply flux and smooth work with hot aopper. Bind joints with rubber tape, then friction tape. SOLDERING HOLES, Clean surface for somer; distance batik from hole and apply flux• Touch heated soldering copper to solder until some solder la picked up by mapper. Place this solder around edge of !tole. Keep adding solder until hole is cloned. Apply more flux and smooth work by palming hot eopper over soldered hollow. SWEATING THE JOINT. Tin both surfaces, then press together and heat until solder, which is coated over the surfaces, melts and flows out from between them. Af- ter they have been heated and prelo- ad to gether, leave until tool before moving. 1..1TILE RE(GGxIE_. Ancestors ray Richard ltfUi Wilkinson "I wish," said Auue Butterworth wistfu ly, "I only wish there hada been one one in our family who really did something, something worth while, something —" she smiled as she said it—"I could brag about," Fred Butterworth laid aside the morning paper, gulped down the last of his coffee, shoved back his ehatr and said: "What?" Aime overlooked Isis redness. "Tice bridge club meets here this afternoon," she said, "and I dread it, 1 dread it because Aggie Spen- cer and Gertrude Wilcox will mon- opolize the conversation with stories of their ancestors. Fred scratched his chin and con- templated the wistful look in his wife's eyes, Suddenly he banged the table. "By George, I'd almost forgotten it! Darned if I hadn't, You sit here a minute, sweet; tit! I rummage arpund in the, attic. i'll give you something to brag about!" Later he returned with a book. "But what is it?" asked Aime. "It's a book of poetry, that's what it isl Written by my mother and published 20 years ago. There's talent in my fancily, I'll have you know," Aime's eyes lighted, t en lowed with sudden joy. n reda you dear! Is it really? Was your mother really a poet? Oh, why didn't you tell me before! It's just too excit- ing!" xciting!" Fred grinned delightedly. En - route to -the station he began to smile, And by the time he had boarded the 8:15 the smile had de- veloped into an occasional chuckle, Tom Cooke, who usually sat with Fred during the short run to the city, became curious, "Say, what's eating you this morning? Let a man in on it if You've got something that'll fetch a laugh these dull days." Fred laughed outright, "I'll tell you, Tont. Lt'e too good to keep, Burt don't on Your fife breathe a word. It would kill Aline." Tonle made solemn promises and cooked ids ear, "Well," said Fred, "Aline was upset this morning be- cause oh* didn't have anything to brag about at her bridge club. The other members, it seems, have ar- tistic anceetors. It made Afine feel bad to think she married Into such an uninteresting family, so I dug into an old trunk said produced a book of poems that mother pub- lished 20 yearns ago, end told her to brag about that." "How'd you carne out?" Toot asked. "What did Alme say?" Tom looked puzzled. "Wit slat's wrong with that? 1'd say a mother- in-law poet was O.K." "But here's the rub," Fred grin- ned, "That book of poems is an oldt that belonged to nn manuscript g y grandmother. After grandmother died, mother found the 'script, thought the poems were worthy of publication, added 'a few of her own choice verses, end submitted the retyped copy to se publisher. Mr. Publisher ate the stuff up, "Mother was thrilled. She thought she must have real talent, and went down to the library to study up and read the masters. While per- using a volume of Walt Whitman she discovered some of the very poems that her mother had sup- posedly written. "Of course, mother immediately wired the publisher, advising hits to cease manufacturing the book, end explaining that her mother must have copied some of her he vorhe Whitman poems, in order tp save them, But Mr. Publisher had already prinked about 2000 poples, which wore ready for distribution, Mother bought up the edition and destroyed ail but one, which she kept for ssn'titnentaA reasons. That one is the bootc I gave Aime this morning," Torn Cooke arrived at the station a few minutes early the next mom - Mg and when he saw the grinning countenance of Fred Butterworth owning down the street, he went •ea.gerly to meet him. THE END What's New At The 1949 C.N.E. 11 your club or group would litre an outing at thio year's Exhibition with free admittance to the grounds, g meal as guests of the Woman's Division and a chance to win $100, then this news is for you! The "How Well Do You Know Canada?" contest to take place September 9, is open to as many groups of three as your club cat round up. In this competition they will be asked questions like, "What is the population of our newest pro- vince?' "What is the population of the Dominion?" and "Name the 2 last Governor -Generale," Judges will be a panel of outstand- ing Canadians. There is no entry fee. But your entries muet be in to the Woniete'a Director, C.N.E., Toronto by Aug- ust 15th, Second prise is $75 and third, $50. Going over the accounts one eve- ning, the young 'husband said re- proachfully, e•• pY, roachfult "Look, dear, ear theani: just returned your check."t The bride beamed, "Isn't that wonderful, darling! What'll we bey this time?" WIRE BLACK AND GALVANIZED. 9UITAusesi FOR. BALING, PENCE REPAIRS. TINETARDB AND f.F.NRILAI, FAItts (1855 ivrst'rx� PAM BROS.., LTC 156 Pert,,to,, Av. North HAMILTON, ONT. T-D2rt RECOREEMEENtatifitaBEWEEnang MAYOR RESCUES NEIGHBOUR TRAPPED IN BLAZE MAYOR " EDDIE" SARGENT of Owen Sound, Ont. smasheshis way into burning bouee Realizing that his neighbour: was trapped in the blazing house. Mayor Sargent, 33, climbed onto a porch roof and smashed a wia- ow with its fist. The blast of eat was so terrific that he wait nocked to the ground. Entering the back door he paw hie neighs hour on the door. He wieder. drag kmt out b twice the heat drov8 hlmback On his third tnyhewags successful in getting the man out, keisalute the centavo( of Mayoly preees`t�dta�otel An all-round athlete, Mayor Sargent was determin- ed to rescue his trapped neighbour. Climbing to the porch roof, he smashed the window with his fist. 2. 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