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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1920-2-26, Page 2CO Acquainted With Your Limousine. strokes. On a our cYlinder Mete Article No. II. t I there ie always one power stroke mu There may be a Perfectly geed one of each of the other strokes at th enotor in your car, the gears and same thne^ brakes ad tiro and other members The explosiop or power. stroke dye May be ell that could be desired, but not 00310IflInulnr "'Pen"mnth unless tho engine works the ear never cylinders, that le, they do not fire 1 will get anywhere, It would be in- 2, 0, di lesuallY it is 1, 3,4„2, throng) toesting to know just 1soe't meaty of some nietore leave it 1, 2, 4, e, In ino the inaltion motorists Understand the Ors with a largerainnther of eYlinders working of the motor and how the the Order varies, elm Bring order for power is applied to running the car. an eight cylinder motoe being 1, 4, 5 Oh, yes, they earl Start the engine 2,.?, 6, 8, B. —sometimes—and can steer the etee It will be seen from the .foreang but experience indicates that a tre- that it talcs three things to make an mencleus percentage of drivers have engiue go:1A proper niixture of gaso- but a primitive acquaintance with the line and air, compression and 'ignition mechanirsen and the principles under- at the right time. A 'proper mixture lying its action, would be considered 200 'cubic feet of The motor generittes power which' air to a pint of psoltine, but to 1:1- dle-Iles, the automobile, .This is done sure peeper scavenging ' More air deyetakting into the motor gasoline, usually is introduced. In starting letieheis burned and in that preeess more gasoline is . admitted to the expands, creating pressure. It is the Vaporizing chamber to give a rieh, function of the motor mechanism to easily ignited Mixture; in running a transmute thislnessure into usable lean mixture gives better results. The • power, The gasoline useatIly is car- compression ale° must be good, so ried ill a tank loceted at the rear of that there is a dectided resistance the ear frame. From, this tank it is when the motor is cranked over by drawn, by suction from the intake hand. The compression beats the Inanifolce into a entail tank lmated mixture alreost to the firing point, near the engine, whence it feows .by and when the spark occurs ignition gravity to the earbareter. I is easy. TO insure good compression, Raw gasoline burns very slowly and there must be the proper relation be - is not suitable for use in the automo- tweeu piston rings and cylinder, and ttlie engine, weeee comparatively fast there must be a seal of lubricating oil burning is required. The function of in addition to make the combustion the carburetor is to mix the gasoline chamber practically gas tight. Valves with the proper proportion of air and must seat properly and cocks, gaikets tarn it into a vepor to make it burn and other openings be frde from leaks. more rapidly. III addition to mixing Not the least important is the and vaporizing, the cateureter is fitted spark. This comes from a battery, with a throttle valve with which the or mageeto, in low voltage, stepped amount of mixture allowed to enter up -bo high voltage by means of a coil, the cylinder may be regulated, In this so that the spark produced acrose the way the development of niotor power Points of the plug is hot and possessed is controlled. 1 of the requisite "kick"—something The gas is drawn from the tarbure. more than 2.75 being needed. It is ter past the throttle and through the distributed to the cylinders by a fillet valve Auto the cylinder on the tribute; or timing device, so that the suction or intake stecike. It is then spark comes at the point of highest compressed and ignited by an electric compression. In starting the spark spark, then expands and gives ,the As *retarded to prevent back pressure, power, or 'notion, and when the engine is The eetion of the motor that by bitiming tlie spark is advanced so that drawing down the piston a vacuum is ignition of the mixture, started before created in the upper part of the cyl- the piston is top of cylinder, will be Indere called the 'combustion chamber. At thee right moment an inlet valve openeerand a charge of mixture is entieleeefeeme The nalvetethees and the peockhessinge cominesees the mix- ..trareadeett the highest point of piston aniekon a spark is produced at bhe the burned mixture is ejected into the plug, the mixture is feed, expands open air. If there were simply a pipe and forces the piston down with from the Motor without something to power. Through the connecting rod deaden the sound ,the burned gas-com- . the downward forceis changed into ling from the motor under pressere rotary motion in the crank shaft and would make a great noise, knocking •tbe reptition of this process gives the a great hole in the air as a gun, or as power tehich driver; the car. The fly- lightning does. The muffler permits the gas to cool and contract before is- suing to the air, and lets et out slowly • and with less 'vehemence. Gas heated full as the piston starts to descend on the power stroke; insuring full power from the combustion. Another device whose importance is much .underrated by the Steerage driver is the muffler, through which wheelcarries the crank over the strokes which do not prone° power. There are four strokes to each mo- torcycle. the four cycle being in strict expands rapidly, cooled it contracts parlance a four stroke cycle. The rapidly,' naturally a cooled nets would be of smaller volume than that right from the motor and would make less , of a "hole" in the atmosphere. The difference is easAly illustrated if there bt a cutout on the .cap. . Action may net always bring hap- piness, but thee is no happiness two eireles, two up and two down without action.—Disraeli. ' first, taleng 'in the mixture, is the suction stroke; the, next, as the,pisten rises, is the ;compression stroke. An e-xplosion 'sends the piston down on the power stroke and rising as the exhauet valve opens on the exhaust etroke. • The four strokes take two full revolutions of the crank shaft, or It Couldn't Be Done. - The 1111111 Speeded np his car to See if he couldn't beat the train to the crossing. He couldn't. Another man struck a match to see_ If the gasoline tank In his.garage was empty; 'It wasn't. Another man who insisted on lead- ing a Mill by a rope thought that he could dodge the bell and climb the tereee if tile animal became furioue. He -couldn't; he was .careled through the gate, Angeher men took it for granted that a dilapidated bridge would support his tractor.. It tvouldn't--his' ev,idow will meth or the fact. A woman took a spoonful out of an unlabeled bottle, supposing that she wee caking cough syrup. She wasn't —but ha cough was stopped, The gunetlitit isn't totaled le not tlie ouly thing that claims victims wee do not stop to think thins all the way through, " • Desire. 0, to have a little house! 'To own the hearth arid stool and all! Tee heaeed-up Sethi 4113011 the fire, The pile of turf against the wall! To have a clock with weights and ' chains And pendulum swing up and delve; A dresserefilled with shining delph, Speckled white and blue and brown! Anil lenepraeing God on High, And I'm praying Him night and clay, For a little house—a house of mY own— egg of the wind's aud the rain's way. able. Try Some of The Vegetables. Every ,gardener should' try out some new vegetables e'aeh year along\ with the eegulae ,erops of standard 'sorte. Among the older vegetables, which - should be given a trial is- Swiss•chardi which gives quantitiesof succulent leaves -for- greens from spring until fall.. Another useful:plant for.greens in the fall is kale, which stands much coed without injury. Eggplant is a fine vegetable, but it ie not widely grown because of its delicate consti- tution. It clops well, however, if good plants of the right variety are set in rich ground, and the potato bugs or other insets -are picked Off. , Salsify anti winter radishes ,are root crops, valuable for winter use. The former vegebable has a distinct oyer -like flavoe, anti the latter le used as fresh finger radithes or is cooked like turnips. Beds of persley, as well as mint, thyme and other herbs which are so useful for flavoring purposes are not found en many gardens, although these plants renew themselves from year to year without replanting. Red cabbage, although it is hand- some) of extra quality, and sells for twice as Mec1t as ordinary cabbage, is seldom seen. All Of these useful vegetable are being neglected by the gardener. Of course, most attention should ..be given to crops that are already knowtf and liked, but every gardener should' tryesomething new each seesen, He will probably find Something vale - A Curiou s Escape r thine or peace, as well as in war, O ate continent of Europe, a mien I•o es liable for milltery duty often Miele it most difficul1. to escape from tho country, ln this relation there is told an interesting story or the escape ee 0110 Peen Comm from Ilnegany, 'viten, on account of the himending war, the decree had gone forth that me men between the ages of sixteen and fele-two should leave the country valtrein a passport • ren, who_ was a Rinnaniah be b -I: and bad in the 'elnited mod nat get a passport, He tt wont to the agent of a transat- • g line and bought a ticket for thc: Metes, on the assurance that the regent would get him mit of Hilegary, efter fAlveral day tt of suspense, Oman, (erith three other fugitives, Was Sent to a place men the border, where they Wore met aceordirg to agreement by a bend of Itunsatiane disguised as gypsy musteinne, feta Of whom eareled liege bass viols,. The backs Were reliloVed froin the viols, and in each there wan a small seat. Cocati and his fellow fugitives took their reuse, the backs weroefastened on the viols, and again the magicians set out for the border. All passed the \ guard safely. except (Mean. His bearer got into a dispute with a soldide of the guard, the quarrel waxed violent, the has viol fell to the ground, end the back came Off, with the emelt that Comm was landed in e ditch by the roadside. Ile Was arrested and sent home. He tried the seine trick again-, but oh a diffeeent foad, end at a place on the border far removed from tee -first attempt. 'eels time he Made his as cape; •but as the nitiefelans were crossing the bordoe, the soldiers ot the guard demanded a Bine, mid 00- 0011 endured 'Bid agony oe sitting ha tilde ethitee Viol while it wirte penned upon, The ediee in the narrove epace vette deafening, Atter lims limey alvetturee, Cotrin arrired eately in the United -Statee, • THE RA1301T, By'elidwin Peale tegemeegegge The expeetee bad happentel. When the new fshal, Yiu auu k, tally three larigeffs weer fienei tee Old Slip Let of tioaaly mentere, Dane :Hobart— more eamiliarly known as Tee Reinter —awl. told Ine Matee teat it was It Welty proeeeding, anti had shelcen his uelY head forebodeiglY, Ten4spolce to them elite his limns, tor lie was a cleat inute. IaMole. Mune had tieee beetowee n hiel be- cause he did unmistaltehly reeemble a white rabbit, Hie hale. was tooted coloeleti eme seek ae the eoney's pelt. Teeth was a briglit plakinese abelle his eyed, Ills nostrils, his env, hers mouth, He was hare -lipped, wftli two yellow preerdeing tedth, ehin end forehead sloped away abrupt- ly from his nose, throwing thatAong flat feature into unsightly Prominence. Even when his face wee begriated and his hair blackeeed with coal (lust hie likeness to a rabbit still endured; but then it was an evll emiet—a rabbit poseesseci of a devil. Yes, aespite the malignant ferocity or. liis expression., there was not ie all Prestcombe e man more innocent or harmless. His age was a, problem nobody could solve. He had worked in the Mimi for over thirty years and knew every seam and gallery, with every one of .their iiintitherable ramifications, as well ad he knew the bacn of his hand. Yet he did not seem even middle- aged. He was active and lithe as a eat, and strong as a gorilla. He had, moreover, a child -like quality of mend that rendered hen peculiarly docile and affectionate; but he did not lea' manliness for all that—,as unsophisti- cated cowaieds who would have made him the butt of their witless shafts were apt to discover through a scarlet inlet after a crowded three rounds or lase. He was a "warm" man, it was teed; 'had' a nice nest -egg in the bank, and owned the house he lived in. And for this cause, despite his deformities, he was reckoned an eligible bachelor. Buck Anderpon had fairly thrown his daughter Deborah at his head; and Sam, being deeply in love With her in his speechless, dogeike way, had ac- cepted this gift of the gods with rap- ture. That was at fleet. But as their courtship ripened Ile intimacy he be- gan to be troubled and downcast. For he perceived shrewdly that she shuce deresl under his caresses even whilst she -affected to respond ne them. She would meet him with a tremulous mouth, sometinfes. And when he kissed her she shut her eyes. He had taught ter the -finger -speech' 'and would ask her: "Did she love him?" She answered "Yes."elle shooic his hear., slowly, unbelievingly, and frowned. His fingers flashed out: "Who was the other man?" And she confessed, sobbing, that his name was Davy Smart, ance that she loved him dearly. But when Sam offered -her her free- dom she would have gone down on her knees in the coalygsludge of the mar- row lane in which they were walking had he not restrained her. "NO, no!" she cried. She would marry Sam. She must! If she did, not her father had threatened to beat her to death. She had not intended to mentionleavY. It was not true that she loved elm. She loved onlY--- "No," he said:dumbly, and even his ears had lost their pinkiness, "No. You do not love me, Deborah. And you do love him." His .goggling eyes were moist as his fingers spoke, and he turned away his head. And thereafter, though be walked ,nightly with Deborah, he did oot so much' as touch her hand. And' when he was away from her a darkcloud sieerixed alwayseto brood over him; -. • Now Ilevea S -mart ana The Rabbit, -with three others,' Al and Po Hawk ana Iall Cromer, were toiling side by elide hi the new workings when the expected thing. happened. The two men were not friends, for Davy was a debonair, gay youth, and Stun was one of a dour, austere tem - imminent, who spent no more in a pay -week than he did im a "buff," and wain twice to the church on ehndays. ' In the same instant Davy hoard the dun roar of the oncoming torrent, and Sam felt the thrill of its heavy impact on the outer walls of the rock: At once Sam knew what had ham: pened. The Old Slip Pit, three fur, longs away, was a flooded mine, and the waters from that sink of death had burst into the new working. He stood for 'a moment, listening, Then he pointed to the distant foot ot the shaft and started at a fast, scranth- ling trot to lead the way, uttering eke. race noises as he sped -towards the "sump," • Now and again he pensed and turn- ed to beckon his companionrom His beast -like face elione wet in the light of the "Comet" tamp, .and his thick, pink lips In their inky setting grove piteoesly to expeess the terrible eeed for haste. • But suddenly he stopped: and as the otherseerowded on hie heels they hdarda eon, stealthy lappeng on ahead --,e liquid gurgle which told them that the pitiless flood had reachottee. the shaft tareadY. They turned, tie with one accord, to The Rabbit. Ire waved' them back, thrust his way 'through them,. and_led them by the sane path they had just been fol- lowing into one of the windweys. As they climbed breathlessly up the slope they could see the foul waters, lashed to grey foam; crashing through the deeper gullies hi the seam where they had lately gasped and panted. - They had not leit their heads no their lights, and time bright beam flashed on the tortured stream The five sat huddled, together end welched and .walted, helplessly. They had inanaged to escape hemediate death, but their ultimate end seeined hopeless, They had elung to thole tools, but there Wee 110thing they mead do. They could only eft and wateitthe 'swirling, Waters rise higher and high et tentacle them, bah by ince 14 rose with reniteree- lose rapitlfty, Near the Meirth of the wieder-6Y 'Wee quite shut 01141 alid it nould be Mit a Metter of imemente, tiette thellglit, DOM -they !Inlet ineVite tibly IM engulfed, TIM' set dente their.leiraple 400011100 le a eitzeter, end' eheolc bends' eolenetn- ly, pot speakilut, All except Tee Hee, tea And when they tereed ee leen at aim tliteY Mane tea he Was ,FgellhIg, It was not a beautiful einfle at the bed of times; now it tioeined Sientlisb fee ealleue 1111311301t1J,y, Jo Home et- terea a "Minh!" oe (neatest and scowled'," kull 314s -brother Al Weer, ed out: "Dint tiny o' You ella-Ree know a bit of a hymn like, to sing?. Anil 13111 th'elher raised a Musky voice. But even ue the firet notes went booming, holepw eee muffled, in that giumtly °eye, the steady rieing of the water .ceacted. A PIM or wind .wrinla fed its monies; teen it was still nud 171y.e, 1s0.,tiiiInciaaiite lye,1 as 011, . " IBM Cromer 5e -ticked Ten Went mod on the calth pool with a look of thereinto self -autistic - tion, as if tee wonder were of hie waking. It Was plain that lie had kuown Ude Orange peenomenou would Main, end now he proceeded to make it plain to the others Mem The wind - way being airtight, lie pointed out to them, the swelling flood had imprieon- ed the air in tee slope, compressed lee end 5() had been checked by it, But In their muddled state of mind they could hardly unclefestahe, iniT'pettiallotilyein.thatiobypb.eit?" Davy Senart Manfred, sat motionless a while, reflecting, his finger on his lips; then he nodded slowly, gearelY; then he shook hiseintact , He thrust, hlshand into the -belt of his cord -breeches and. dee* out a flfthy packet of tablets. He tore off one of the sheets and began to write, whilst they looked on in a pulsing agony. When he had done writing he hand- ed the scrap of paper to Bill Cromer, who was the oldest man among them, together with the pencil, and spelt out on his fingers: "Sign." The two brothers and Davy Smart craned their necks to see what this mysterious doeument was, fully ex- pecting to read some instructions for their deliverance. Instead they read this curious -testament:— "I, Samuel Hobart, of Prestcombe, In the event of my death, give all I possess to David Smart, on condition that he weds Deborah Anderson.— signed, Samuel Hobart. Witnessed by ... .. ." And here Bill Cromer had added his own signature In thick, crabbed characters, Something like a howl of mingled disgust and despair went up -from the two brothers Hawk and Davy, etewd fule! What be the use of it?" growled the legatee, derisively, elf one die, all (tie, I reckon. If one be saved, then 011 lie saved. Show us It way out! That be seise now." Sam, -his eyes on Davy's wrathful face, smiled sadly. Then he told them that there. was a weld chance yet whereby they might save themselves, Between them and the free air was an obstacle of solid cog some twenty yards. in thickness. Inn they had their mandrils— 4 Not a man of the four waited for the conclusion of that sentence, but seized each his implement. Tap -tap -tap! "Hark!" cried Al Hawk, Tap -tap -tap! They had been toiling about two hours. The handles of their tools were sticky with blood, so fiercely hag they delved. And now they could hear dull sounds,. telling them of hu- man aid—of sturdy, muscular heel) at They labored now as men possess. ed. They uttered no word. Their faces were grim. The flying grit drew tears from their efes that coursed down their cheeice in pale, crooked channels: The sweat poured hissing over their naked shoulders— far they had long since discarded their shirts. All night the tireless week went on In a greened, tense silence. And as the dawnbroke on—the upper world they hoard at last the faint 'vague voices of thenerescuers. e Bill Greiner tried to drag a rapt "Hallelujah:" out of parched, cracked lungs, and. swooned. The Rabbit stepped working. His haggard eyes searched the faces of his companions and divined the glad meaning of the look they bore. Het uttered a low, laarthe cry, seized Davy's arm, and hurled him back, so that he fell. Then he attacked the two brothers in a sort of frenzy and drove 'them away from the wall also. His demeanor was so deeperate and men- acing, eine. yet there was such a be- seeching light of eutreaty in his eyes, that they could not resist or gainsay hint Now he worked - on alone. Once or •twiee the others would have joined him, along with Diii Cremee., who had now renovered from his swoon; and then he turned on them a face weai. ung an expression of such horror- stricken pleadiug, as if lie would warn them of SOMe dire, impending peril, that theh. hearts were damned Suddenly thee, beard a shove share crack he. Sam's mandril dove through the last thin partition of rock. And then there came a sound hi their eare as of a mighty, rushing wind, as the pea -up air thundered out - through the ,fissuree wall the tenfold force of a tornado. liefore that furi- ous. blast they staggered itepotontly Were hlOW11 oath ageltist the othele Thdy Mood swaying in a clingine group, hard against the coal- face. At last thd ethnic tompeet down. They relinquished their bold, and, tottering blindlY, looked for - their devoted mato, A. shapeless mese, flattened tegelnet tee side of the hole, hie body tattered to a lifeless Pulp by the eyeful throe ,of the 0M:rushing air, was all they found of the here 'whom they had known eforegme—and pitied—as 'rho Rabbit. mithi NomLoakeble -bil Can, An Oklahoma man has invented en oil can that does uot leak If tweet, a rod inside the spout keeping it closed ueless. the bottoln of the can Is pressed, -----e--- Velitiltitfon of barns is Meer more irepatent than when they are closed during cold weather.. BRITISH SELLING VAST WAR STORES FROM BATTLESHIPS TO EGG •Cups. , ,AAAAAA-.A.A. Submarines, Rolling Stook and Whole Camps Go to the Highest Bidder. Two complete hattlethips, nalf dozen submarillee, Handley -Page and De Ileviland aeroplaites, 30,000,000 meths of ball cartridges, guns, aerial bombs, pistols, a peddle steamer, a train ferry capeble of cerrying thirty- nine 10 -ton wagon, a road briage complete lied locomotives, are . but a edw 08' 1lm ,1;elic'tlittYlriliV4111rillliett";:yti40°18 afber- Munt- times hn what 84 W,Ith011t doubl the biggest sale in history, sae% a Ieonaon de`sPhaetaet rtalogne of goods is a rot mance in itself, Brough4 out ae a 111 - monthly magazine, Itis heeled °Metal' ly by the Ministry under the tiLld et the Surplus, at filx meet's a copy, each number taking up something over 190 pages of closely printed matter. Only a cursory glanoe is necesearY to realize, apart from the usual supPlY ot equipment, ammunition and food - tuffs, what a tremendous commercial uudertaking modern war has develop» ed. e, During the war the Ministry of Munitions acted as a -sort of geneeal stores to supply millions of lighting troops on alt. fronts, froth France to India, the North Sea to the Suez Canal. No item, however small, was too fti. consequenteno herneon too tremendoas a scale to be included in these wonder - fill stores. One Whole Camp for Sale, The Ministry was solely responsible for the eupPly of army huts, building material and factories, machinery, ma- chine tools and engineering stores.; army boots, water craft, textiles, chemicals and metals, foodstuffs and motor vehicles, and so on ad inflne tulli. In the flfteenth issue of Surplus, published on the first day or the new year and announced as "the official organ of the surplus government Proe peet-ye Disposal Board," there are no fewer than nineteen sections of dia fawn classes of material to be dis- posed or. Tho Admiralty ere offering floating docks, yachts, trawlers, driftees, sal- vage stenemers, steam whalers, motor launches, coastal motor boats and old naval steam, sailing and pulling boats. Ono "item" offered for sale is the entire IVIllford military camp. This lot includes regimental institutes and dining thorns, medical inspection and hospital huts, a timber -built motor garage; altogether about 400 huts, buildings and stable erections. In thle case, purchase can be made either by private offer or public tender. Another Item Is the Biggin Hill aerodrome; complete with builders' plant and ma. teriaA, including 50 c.arbis flares, '60 hurricane lamps, 12 stone forks, dia. phragra pumps., etc. -- At the other end oft -the scale, there are all kinds of furniture from a gal- vanized washbowl to an oak ward- robe, and a portable cast iron copper with removable Pair to an egg cup, chairs, Ouches and butter dishes. Even so humble an article as brown Paper is included In this wonderful catalogue. Humble household commodities are equally plentiful. _About 4,355 tins of chicken broth are for sale, together with pork and beansamaplemeat and half -pound packets -Of fruitarian cake. Still Useful as. Fighters. The obsolete warships for sale are battleships Jupiter and Elxmouth, both of which cleft played their part lu the anti-submarine patrol .. in- the -great war. As the Ministry- of Munition -tactfully suggests, failing purchase for some private little war or other, they might prove very useful for scrapping or conversion. With the battleships are offereed the Beitish submarines A-4—oneof the earlier claes—A-6, A-12 and C-2, five torpedo boats, the destroyer Dove and the old war vessels Pembroke and Firebrand, eONV lying at Chatham. Purchasieg a babtleship or two is not so complicated a matter as icest people would imagine. After filling up a form ahd supplyiug the necessary cheque, the ship rs the buyor's to do what he likes with. Again, if the purchener requires a factory complete with railway sidings it can be supplied, for there are no fewer than ,nitieteen Per eaie uii van - o118 parts of the country. The Minis- try have a round dozeu of aerodromes on their hands, A coast guard station in Dorset, overlooking Wenefouth Bay, is an of- fer. Then there are huts tued buildings in rorty -seven districts. There an bridges, hydraulic press- es, all kinds of plante and machinery,, steani. engin, petrol tradore, about 120 different icinds of tradeemen's tools, textile goods, civilian overcomts and nits, leather goods, medical goods, furniture, etc., for sale. The Call of thc Blood. Grime! There was much excitement hi the etroot wlitni it Ivies see11 that a threa- ten motor lorry had dashed into the little moioactir, clemaglag it severely. A policemen arrived, produced his Ifolabook, lickea his pencil alid his lipa, runt began aelsing Lite lorry-di:leer queetIons, "Yliwat's your Immo?" he demand. ed. "11Ileflool" replied the delver, "leleClee, is nie memo he Pleetal; part of Oireland do ye come from 4" "ShUre, from Colin ty bown," nlIcattd, Ye dot Pin otter (mining from there mon lijnt ye wait bore tin seconds, T. step aleng and run the other spitipeett 111 NV betide! fete yowl" •ie Thetto ere over 50,000 boot and shot) Workelle in Groat Britain\ Superstitious of Nally Lauds Menet entiaeity lo in excefie ee power to Interpret end nrieerstailei coneequently lie guesses, end eaten lie sueseee whlully end inaceuretely others, of a Mier flute col/ his guess separate time hong after people have elearie neon teat teem 18 . no retioent eve donee for the thing believea the euperetitiou Heger% Tlio thirteen at table euperetition, whieli into sprefie to thirteen of any- thing, le an example. The origin of the prejudice EleAhlei, this ember le tuntelly supposed to be ehe fact that thirteen persons eat dowe at the Last e3upper, after which oecurred the most tragic event of the evoridei history. Reefed says 81 18 unlucky to sow' corn on the thirteenth or the first month, and au old Norse legena Bays Una the twelve great divienles were teeing at Valhalla eveen Loki, the' god 01 dis- tend, appeared, and a :marvel evith Belder et:en:Tea in wince Balder, Leo god of pence, was killed; The Friday seperstitien arose be- cause the crucifixion lit eupposed to leave taken place on mat (ley; Some persons think it 1 tellucky to spill ^ salt, lineage elides Iscariot 008100 te be ;willing it In Do Vieelei picture. °there think that It le beceaute tent ie to symbol of incaruptibilitY, end :milling it le, therefore, it eigu of breiteil friendships and general upsete, There ANO 030.1110 curious and very widespread customs or it superstitious nanire about snecoing. Veopio some- times say "God bletse you)" to tee 1111 5131161', In Medlar eirctuustunces the Beiniana tteed to arty, ',Meteor preserve you!" The Greeke del the SAM% and the custom was ancient es"en him tho tb»e of-Arbetolle, who endeavors to ac- count tor it in hie Problems; but he evidently knew nothing of its origin. Whou a Miele tweezes tee bystand- ers ore put, "Live!" anti the sneezter replier), "With The Zulu thinice eneeelne is 31 sign that good Heide' itre with hint; other peoples believe tbat lt mewls that evil spirits are he - rug expelled. Tee prejudice About being the first oecuplers of a new house is perhaps a dim recolleotion of our prehistoric ancestors' attitude toevant a newly discovered cave, There might b wild boats already in decupation, Peace -Time Uses of Hydro- r Aeroplanes. One of the peace-tIme uf. ale - Craft. of. is tor torest fire patrol, In the United States, experenents have been carried out in• some of the Western" gates, under on arrangement between the Air Service and the Forest Ser. vice. These trials produced such pro- mising results In the prompt discovery and reporting of forest fires that a greatly enlarged programme tor the purrent year is under consideration, Col. H. H. Arnold, of the U.S. Air Service, has presented to his Govern- -ment a report recommending that an air patrol be inuagurated to cover all lands, Government, state and private, In western Wymelng, Montana, Ida- ho, Washington, Oregon and Califor- nia. This would require five cone, plete observation squadrons of 18 planes each, or 90 planes, with pilots, observers and complete squadron equipment, each plane to be equipped with radio sets for sending location of fires discovered, and two planes in each squadron to be equipped with wireless telephone sots and cameras. Operators for wireless stations-- at bases and sub -bases, and the estab- lishment of pigeon lofts at bases and sub -bases would also be required. • A resolution of the Western Forest- ry and Conserv:akin Association 'points out that the ease of airplanes to protect the nation's forests gives op- portunity for the training of pilots and observers, •while serving a 3111 - pose. which, in itself, fully Justifies the expense involved. The experiments along this line in Canada have been comparatively limited, being confined, durinE the past stnnmer, to two seaplanes loaued by the Dominion Goyernment to the St. Maurice Forest Proteceive As - sedation, The Quebec Government has also co-operated by aiding the work with a cash grant. In Canada, the whole question of the Dominion Governmenee programme of air services is under consideration by the Air Board. As the 'possibilities and limitations of peace -time uses of aircraft have -been by no means fully demonstrated, it is logical .that the Dominion Government should take the lead, in compergition with the pro- vinces, as to services of an essentially public character. Experimentation aneel demonstration are essential if this wonderful new development, re- sulting largely from the war, is to play its full parten the peace-time.develop- ment of Canada. • •••••••••-•05. Forest Proteition and the 'Newspapers. Newspapers are absolutely depen- dent upon. the forest, through the medium of tint paperenaker, for their existence. It Is' not surprising there- fore, that the publishers are taking an active interest ihi the source of their raw material. Since itsreincep- tion, the Commission of Conservation has advocated the protection of the forests from are, the regulation of cutting, the burning of slash, the re- gulation of settlers' clearing fires un- der the permit system, and the re- quirements -that railways take ade- quate :precautions against the occur- rence and spread of fires due to rail- way agencies. With the adoption of these Measures, towards which au ex-. cellent beginning has been made, tile forest will bate a reasonable chance of existence, n1 will eventually repro, cluc'e itself, and continue the supply of pulpwood. Much, however, still re- mains to be acomplIshed in these directions. Imenense areas of Canada are suit- able only foe forest groevtle These should be permanently set aped; dexe!Isttuilleigd. et.ioleeinigs greTlatintaireTetheed'carnopd —tor the forest is a erop—while long-time investment, would be a pay- ing one, and would assure the con- tinuance at the pulpwood supply. The Price of pulpwood aucl its product, newsprint, to -day, Is Inge, and will veey proleibly remain tso, due to the heavy denuma and the highee cost ot production. lee intensified cutting of the forest to meet tine demand makes itenecessary that every precaution he taken to protect what ,we have and to take measures for the teproduetion or rap/anti:1g of forests on our cue, over' or butned.over lands to add to tho To 51t1hPePliriterestok 'e 'solf-prepervation, the newspapers should do everything possible to educate public opinion on the necessity ot taking care et our threats, Naive of the Andes. 1.'he Awe; an anlinal noted for the strength and fineness of its wool, Is a native of ,the Andes. It is of the sable genus as the lame ead retoinielne the-canel Ili many respects. elebite paint can be cleaned very quickly if, insteed of soap or any othott cleansing agienti a little am- monia is used in the Water, Side Issues. As life grows TIMM complex and tha range of choiees enlarges there is in- creasing need of a wise and balanced judgment as to the way to take, A thousand distractions compete for our attention. A thousand pressing interests insist on their importaneo. The mail brings invitations which we must quickly debate, in order to de- cide whether their place is the waste. basket or the wire-liaeket, All life is asking us at every turn to take part in it; the importunities of friendship plucking„,at the sleeve are bawl to re- fuse. A near duty calls and a distant ambition allures; we went to -travel and we feel hound to stay at home; we spea•much of our time in bal- ancing the pros and eons that we May be wise in our use of the rest of the hours. There is an account to be kept with minutes even as in money; and we have on deposit a number of years in- determinable, and We only know that this deposit may not be overdrawn. It is so easy to waste the precious substance of our strength and the minted gold of ea moments on that which does not matter; and a man must strictly determine that which he can and cannot do to best advantage. That best advantage is not to be his own. It must belong to the race of which. he Is involuntarily a member. The strong and useful people as a rule are those that concentrate end specialize; yet the rule is somethnes magnificently broken by men who defy the danger signals, evade the doc- tors, conquer wearinees and weakness, and spend themselves in various good works that leave others wandering what personal advantage ia derived from such activity. The lazy—who load their burdens on the busy—are ever ready to ascribe to the latter some ulterior motive for their industry. They are ever ready to say of the busy one: "He does it from a love of power. Ha seelcs a prominence, a con- sequence. He is puffed up by the sight and the spread of his name before the world." The strong man, unmurmuringly carrying bhe burden that his slanderer refuses, has made up his mind that something is.important andthaMthing es relevant for him. He cannot pick arid choose fer *there. That which is ' rightly the main purpose of his fellow is for himself a side issue. Nature has decreed a fortunate diversity of taste and circumstance and individual capacity. There is a work to do for every sort of man; and he is happy when he has discovered where he fits in the universal 'scheme and what he can Wet that commands a value. 34 is no use to rail at circumstances and to blame it on our luek when our stabion is below our notion of our own deserts. The reason we are where we are is that we did not choose one strong, firm line of action and subor- dinate the bywhys to the highway, We permitted ourselves the tangents and excursions that find us presently with a youth epent and so little to show for lit. We did not distinguish soon enough between side issues and the main business for which we were set on this earth to serve it. All We can do is to redeem the time' remain- ing by our best endeavor. H. C. L. Incentive to Extrayagance. One deplorable result of the in. ereaeing cost of living is that, instead of being a deterrent, it may even be a direct hicentive to extravtigauce, Thin is so, because, IP a man desires to bey anything, he may reileet teal it is probably better to buy it in). mediately rather than defer till the Pricl'oe p81.1581.4 113. ‚30 way: It nionee is worth 6 per cent., then MO will amount to $106 at the end ot twelve months. But, if the purchasing power -et the dollar decreases by 6 per cent. during the same period, the investor is ue bettor off at the end of the year than at the beginning. lee has lent his money for nothing. At best, he has only preserved hie capital erom tleffoc'sv evolatel°r1,1.this condition should nee delve us in aeepair to squander money on "consumption" goods, i.e., on uh- necessary articles which merely minis. ter to one's pereonal enjoymeht, The meetly is ratner to invest saline hinds in productive enterprIsee, It prices rise, the increase may be earn - Delimited by apprectetion in the Nettle et the property one of the goods pro. ducoci. Moreover, greater production will tend to overtake the preeent scarcity and thus etebiliee Me price leV:Tryi' -83.a-- it eew specialliee when order. tem farm and garden seed, Try one new vegetable we year.