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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1921-05-26, Page 7- ommiwzasaand the worst is yet to come Owner fs To :Blame. That phrase in the aeltoMobile wod "getaranteedioveti and so many miles.," has been 4 %nave ens} a ,delia- sloe, to many a mototrist, It IS apt to give the :driver a a car the imerreseitm that me matter how or where the auto is driven nothing can prevent the tires lasting that many roilee, :Didn't the manufacturer put 'that guaranty on his tires going that fee under the most adverse conditions before he took the lie* involved in his guaranty? And if they don't go the prescribed dis- tance isn't the manuf acturer end -not the owner of the car the loser, since he has to make his .guaraesty good? No, the owner is the loser, if he doesn't get, through good care of his tires, every possible mile out of them. A tee guaranteed foe 5,000 miles ought to net its oevner 10,000 miles under vormal conditions, The manu- facturers win out if tires are not given proper ,cere, since more tires na,ust be worship, is said to he the beet thne for wing the pressure gauge. If there are twenty pounds a aix tp every hull Of •tire diameter the ,owner can topo ter a day ef rest' free from tire tosiblest if not, he -will have just enough time to add •the desired am- ount of air while, fried wife is putting the finishing 'touches on her Sunday- go-to-rneeting ,gown. It pays big to give the tires proper neurishenent. It means fewer puneturee and oesequent expensive operations and longer life of the tires. ' Small injuries to 'tires need proMpt end careful attention. A bruise in live rubber means a dead spot. It should be fixed before gangrene sets in. Like humane, tires need a bath oc- casionally. Cleantirsess is highly de- sirable, and Saturday evening is reit a had time to ,elean tires. Grease, oil and gasoline, which 'ere frequently conspicuous on garage floors, when brought in contact with the tires thode bought under such oirounisteaces. to deteriorate them,. Yet the maker a tires prefers to Tires need proper ,thelter. The hot have his product treated 'decently. If sun is not geoid for their complexions. •hiS guaranteed tires at 10,000 miles Rain and mud are a handicap to their instead of 5,000 the buyer le apt to be healthful condition. When not n use so plea,sed that he becomes a perma- a. well-built, dry garage is the best neat 'customer. If the tires wear less habitat, than the allotediniles there is apt to A change in .scenery is .often highly ' be controversy and dissatisfaction in desirable. When a rear tire shows the necessary settlement, which makes wear, let it change with a forward the *customea vow that the next time One. Do the same from left to right he buys tires it will be from another When the outsides show wear. A tire concerm gets tired of always ,gtaing in the game If the •owner, through carelessness, rut. rtOOttel iortre What Do We Plant? What do we plant when we plant a tree? We plant a ship which will cross the sea, We plant a mast t6 carry the sails, We plant the beams to withstand the gales— A keel, a keelson, and prow and knee; We plant a ship when we plant a tree. We plant the houses for you and me, We plant the pillars, the shingles, the floors, We plant the Studding, the laths, -the doors, The rafters and roof, all parts that be; We plant a home when we plant a tree. What do we plant when we plant a tree? A thousand boons that we daily see; We plant a spire to out -climb the crag, We plant a staff for our country's flag, We plant a shade, from the fierce sun free; We plant all wealth wh en we plant a tree ! —Henry Abbey, beard a dead thud, a whiae of engeish, then Joe's voice muttering, gleefully: "That's finished, him." Thee heard, too, the metallic snap of, power -Ail jaws as the wolves leapt time after time to the attack only to meet the keen edge of Joe's axe or to come violently in contact with the wooden walls of the shanty. Artistic French Notes. All the French notes were heaut • fully decorated with Artistic • designe. Even the paper money 02 the smallest denominations had stile -11M figures. A 50-Ceetime note of one department carried engraved ,statuee. of Joftre and Charles, Martel, thetwo nisei Who had .How long the Struggle lasted they kept iletofeli-letialanIk•bay.RotTarheellealealit'slOrratlane e did not know. To them it seemed an Bastille When it became apparent eternity. Suddenly they heard a low that vermin was to be one of the turn - groan and Joe's Voice whispering. ing pointe of the war engtavings of hoarsely: "Mother! Mother!" Heedless of the risk she was run- ning, Mrs, Stherbrook threw the dom open, and found herston cheeping to- ward e it through the ,snew on ell fours. At the threshold ley the body teaerete of the brown and white wolf, its skull Demons of the Trail.haven't been able tone e smeshed, while a little distance. away But their adventure was by no means ever. No sooner had the door can't bring about complete destruction Sharp turns do more damage to closed than they distinguished the within the prescribed mileage limit tires than sharp stonee. Don't skid, sound of muffled enai•ls outside and and the tires go bad when run much turn 'sharply or stop abruptly, wean, the patter ot moving paws. • Evidently wither; he 18 disappointed that his welt uertre-racking expeeleseges cat the ,wolves were taking stock of their stroneueld. One of the brutes leapt troubles came outside 'the guaranteed be avoided. Quek ,stops•are akin to epn to the l'OCE, while another sniffed limit and straightway decides to try collisions foe allearouod damages to Aese round the edge pf the window. another brand. So while the misase tires and the car in genera 'The window consisted of an eigh- of tires creates a demand for more ,of skidding is tire ttestruction at per, teensinch square cut in the log walk them, the makers still encourage their The anatomy of a tire is made up and over this aperture was nailed a customers to apply common sense to of six major paets--the tread, which stretch or transparent skin. which ha,d the care of this important part of an is at the point Of contact with the beeu burled in hardwood ashes to take automobile. No tire is good enough to score 75 per cent. against a driver's indifference or neglect, and f olks who make tires want their prodacts bo score 100 per cent. One cart .guess at the inflation in the price of tires, if there is 'any, and, yet be 'helpless to remedy the causes. But no one need to guess at the inflation of the air in his tires. A pressure geaage has been invented to bake iihe guesswork out of this inflation proh- road; the breaker strip, which pro - teats the earcasis against ruptures; the oushion, which alesenhe shocks; the side well, which 'protects the earcass against gravel and, water; the carcase, which carries the load, and the bead, which holds the tire in place on the rim. • About one-third of the cost of run- ning a ear goes into tires, another third into gasoline and oil and another third into general weal; and, tear. On Off the fur, and then cured in sett soap. The door, -eyes 'made of cedar logs nailed together, and, instead of being hung le thermelinaey way, was pivoted at one end. There was no e bolt; it was secured by means of:a, ..' stake placed.at an angle between the • lioer and the lower batten. The only invulnerable part of the whole abode was the chimney," which .was ' built M stone, Joe's, father having been a . . - maseu by trade. . . ,tem. A peeson may think that a lock tiles basis, a third of the, owner's at- Joe wiped the perspiration from his at a -tire or si pound on it, with a. tette:to to his ear should be devoted to forehead and piled more Wood on the minikey - wretch as a eg.00d enough the tires. Some .such ,proportion of fire. "Willeam was kicking at the doer test, 'but it certainly isn't accurate, . Ville:A.?. ;tile tires would ,increase the eno..0,truitine, Sunday eneraingt jest 'before StarE-, latie ittio.-:-(3e4:relit4 the ettPettae of. the wolves away- g in tile hone of drivel% ing with the family to attend divine ritteOring tremendoosly. tMothere' eWhispeted, . Joe: drawing her aside, 'it' S that brown and white a I m cettein ,1 saw a wolf sneaking .walh that. nearly finished Petrie, the through the underbrush towards me minima" ' THE KING OF THE.. just now. ' Look!" _ To_Save His Mother. WOLF PACK , He was kin pointing, but though the . moon was shining brilliantly Joe-oould tha1 The widow , _ . looked more alarmed . . g eg i , i see nothhhe at fiest. Then he dis- placed theni in the whitlow -ell, where - Canadian timber -wolves will raretv coyered a faint shaelow moving along , upon the sniffing round the, framework e hack huMan beings unprovoked. but the edge of the bush' towards them. It ceased. Althest immediately, however, occasionally aa exeeptiooally daring was a W olf, without doubt. The brute one of the wolves started seratehieg War the presses of several European animal LS rust with, aed a tragedy strolled oet into the Moonlight, regeed- at the door. working with such savage countries, particularly Germany, Atm- btarties the oonneueity. ,_ ing them curiously. and Joe saw to hie energy that stile heavy structure vi -:''411a.', Russia and Turkey, have been There are exceptional wolves, Just horror that its coat was shaded with brateth They could , hear the brute turning out pa.per money with little as there are exceptional men, and broWn: Quietly he took nm his axe tearing away great pieces of wood aed ' regard for gold or any metal what - sometimes a bold old wolf will gather and gripped. William's hand. ' bark With its teeth • then there was a *wee as a basis. To add to tnese woes round him a pack ot particularly dar- "Wee" beet get eta et twee, be mut- . low growl, and appatently the other :ettie,s have rapidly disappeared from lug •rollowers,,ewho soon earn for them- tered. ,"I dont like the looks of that wolves joined in. The littlentb he , circulation, so that other tokens have brute." had to take their place—tokens with - selves a bad name. oreased in volume and for some. rt was a pack such as this that some • "Tbeow the axe at him," S'uggested ' minutes it eeented as though the gill- . !out any more intrinsic value than tire 111 s wouldtear le door don. i e .1,„ :bushels of paper notes. eears ago terrorized a certain. valley ' William. "That will fix him." 1 i. ul t • tl P ' - in. New Branswiels, The leader, curt- ' Joe had' more sense, however, than ''sently one of tbein returned to the 1 rom, 1914 to 1920 there has been. ously enough, was a white wolf with f to deprive hiteself of his only weapon : window and deliberately tore away a i 7 ---- brown fere-quarters. The story went He lin/stied out ot the timber tete the ' pOrtiOn of the parchment. The cold 1 that this -animal was uot a pure-bired open, wheye he felt sure the wolf . night air wafted into the cabin, male i wolf ---that, indeed, he was one-quarter Would not follow.. •Just aoroes the ex- in,. t.he candles gutter and smoke. the reek Dr Verdun beetime populen Mast of these notes have been h.:Sited TOT 110 years rer less, but they have been renewed ntere thau once. As a natural consequenee of the in- crease in paper, there has been a dearth of coins-. Fiance oece resorted in her e,xtremity to the issulag of "1 hardly expected it," Joe answer- a second wolf sat disabled on its lea.ther money, and postage stamps, epee for you." . The manager looked at the boy' dis- • maiming three had drawn off to a re- relatsY. haunches., whining miserably. There- have be.en extensively used as cur- ed, quietly. figured face and hie crippled bands. In Englend naper money was hardly "Think you could manage to tun the known before the war. az there was launch with those heads of yours?" he enough gold and silver coin for cur. inquired. "There't four and a half dol- MKT, but during the war and sinee work." ' England has istated paper Dooley in tars a cloy to it, ancl it isn't heavy , ,"Guess I can try," auswered .Joe. , This is a true story, and one ot the few authentic cases on record of tim- ber -wolves having made an unpro- voked attack upon man. •:* EUROPE HAS ALL KINDS OF MONEY PAPER, LEATHER, POR- CELAIN, ALUMINUM.' All of Excellent Design .and Workmanship but Lacking in Purchasing Power. International exchange 'in recent months has been doing more 'slight of hand tricks than the most skilled ma- gician. This is largely because the markets of the world have been flood- ed with paper money to such an ex- tent that currency values have lost all Stability. Since the beginning of the World dog and,the rept wolf. This was high- eanse of slot* gleamed ' the homely 1 Things viere now beginning te leek ly probable, :since the Indians ine,ke a lights or the Shatity, where all was ! very ugly, and those laside the cabin 'me following notice was read out in Preetiee of tying out their clogs to comfortable end safe; . anti Joe hod i knew well that there was small chance ea church In Englan.c1; "There will be proceseiou next Sunday afternoon in breed with the wolves, so as to pro- ueeer heard of a timber -wait that"; of outside assistance eg- Joe had the 'grounds of the Mouastery; bat if . duce a therotigbly hardy strain of would auproadi a lighted hut. . 1 long intended buying- a gun, but hits ceall': sled -dog. . . On ' this oceasion, however,. he was I :meagre saViege had never quite, run t 0 1 it .1a4xis in the afternoon, the peaces- ! sett. Wilt take Vitae in the morning." A Narrow Escape, dealing with an excepthenai . leader. such extrevagence. Bitterly be ret i . A men arriving eery late nt, a ton. At any rate; the tiews reached and an exceptional. peck, and.. what !greeted it now,but never had they con- li nee party 'Fratecolee Settlement that it • wiry lit- was his,. dismay Wheathe saw that not ; templated sech a centingency ae this,. I sten. ,, was overcome with confu. ; s i ern). gee riate,e li`ei Elalett.ms.orry to be so shoekiegly, Ile French gaide had been attacked on I Dray the brawn wolf was 'followh ing i "Mather; e 'said, PresentlY, . the trail by wolves, the leader (the them, but alto. tour eery large conelug out to maket fire. Those brutes nd •itshite welt) leaping on to peptone, The brutes were drawn out meat). tearing the hat down," ' 'Th.e genial hostess, auxions to brown aes- his sled and toaltiots frantic endeavors . - I sure Wm that he was still welconie, re - it the shape of a crescent bellied and You stay here," hie mother advised . plied, ,emphattcally; "Oh, Mr, ----4 to detach the load of caribeueneat. en either' side of theln, ,and in the "They'll go •away presently„,' 1 you„eane come too late." inunediatety. a woltecare followed.. neateesiget Joe am,d walloal could4,see "Vtrill they?" aneweeed Jee. s4gaids1 .A prisoner who was under sentence The children were packed oft to sehool the sparkling oryetale ot ice an their eantly. "They'd have gone away he- 102 death. was taken serious's, ill on in sledges, guarded by thew elder% cofttS. The two at once ealekened fore if they meant leavieg ste." •• and`the old preset speat mita .or his their pace, when suddenly the piebaltil 'With this he snatched iip-a bunting tithe persuading mothers that • there waif, which Was on their right, 'hound- 'faggot, and, holdieg it In his right WAS liO•I'e.a.1 need for alarm. ed forward and got between them and hand and the axe ia hie left, he went About four .or five utilise oat of the -the ea bin Nttallein pee a try of outside, Tile ' wolves retreated at eettlement a widow -named Stoorbraoh alarm anst gripped tits brother's hand once, and, sOraPing ewer the snow moved from his cell tti the place of and her these cella:ten lived iri e tine' tighter. jog raised his axe le readl- :toe shouted to the othets to throw oat exeCution withoet imminent danger to weeder shanty by the shore of e small, nees, zeta, shonting et the wolt'lzept ot some kindling. They did so, but as he lite lite." lake. The eldest of the family ewes, weft*: ahead. . • stooped to lay the foundatibus Some- A. singer who WaS due to appear at lee, It lad of about .eighteen; the:n. To their horror tits brute seemed not thing leapt from the shedowe dashieg a concert. in Ireland met with an aced'. mettle Ruth, aged fourtemis and Wiliam, move. It stood diteotly in front of ,the burn4ng ft .1 fromr his heed. I1 deets and the re being a Junior . among .who Was. only Mae.These people had tbem, . regarding.tbent Wittfully, but wee' -the dreaded browe -end White the: pnblic that it would be impossible• lived-in the forestSal their liVea. and as they dtrew .tilettitst He mane rose wort! ' tor him toopoear, en advertisement had little fear aftevolvee. joe was the menacingly on ead. itt the meantime, Joe slammed the door, ,then steed. was inserted in a local aewepaper. It bread -winner at the reality, and work-. pie tette renialnieig members ot the with Itte ,back 'against the wail,hie reati. "Signor --- has 'SO fet recover- ed at the sawmill tor a miserable Pit- peelt had, stated themselveS te a circle het ting-kolfe it 031e band and 11151015ed that he will appear in three pleees." tanee, oti Which tbey managed some- cuttlee off every way of escape, and in the other. 'The plucky boy had An attIV titan :tells of a chaplain bow to eilet, . • from their attitude Joe, (Weld tell thet made imp 'hie mind to tight it mut with who lamented the fact that teeny Mel) ' .kt was deal/Slag near to the close Of the hrutes Tete deeperata end meant thsatvolves there and (Aim rather thau. spent their evetmingset the club, "tin- , winter, atkei the Worteeare was almost hustneee, .. . ' 'take the mak of the brutes breakingdoubtedly," he .eald, -the elub is the forgettee, when Joe eeturtted Nate They were no*, hoWeVer. within -a. into the shanty:and killitts those fornlstee ter a bechelor. It- is not right, late one night to find his mother Pear- hundrell yertle or the cabin, and, put- •whom lie telt himself responsible, however, for A married man to poss ly, Wilitain had Nett ont to chola the ting his bands to bis moeth, toe called Hie mother celled to him th conte in the ,eveuings away from hie home, fieewoott bet he was ouly a very small to his mother to bring a 'sopa. Wil- but he shouted heel that they , were while' his poor wife sadly ('00125 the boy, and: had tiot eit %vett onougn, so nani was. elroutleg et the wolves With to ,keep the dose' closed, and ONO; be cradle With one foot anti wipes away . „ *after hie supper. Joe took UP His axe all the oleos. 01 hie young lenge, aed meant "teaching these waives what her tears with the other." and Went ouL William accetneanYing fortune tele their united cries reached they were up agesinet." "Harty up," staid a wife, hens tient Let Ithet te 'ieein Carry tild wised. the eharity; l'he door opeeled and their ,htor hall he rang to, wait, The greet ei lave. you never bratened a dress be- , The two messed the lake. and Were mother appeared, -holding aloft a dem, brutee 'opened the attack &meet lin- hind betort?" .. • busily at woiSte whee presently Wit- lug toreh ef hemp soaked in re$111.• At toediettelea snapping savagely at his "No.h replied ber hitsbalitl, also ine. 'liana ran beset to ilia brother, corryitig sight .of the gleenthig light the wolves legs and Wrists, _Hie mother end the nalleutly; "You haVe .. 'never WO e ' Wood. vvith one bandana' poiptitig With drew 11Auk- tted 10 two Minutes the two children listened with thumpingI 'dress that hellonea before behind„" the: ethea. -Joe," he ,eitith ',exaltedly. lads heti setely hill ISO the %bin, hearts to , the scuffle Outslitic They 4 young 1,114)11 was ,gtiting a graphic spectful distance, and with savage side glances were watching the faint- ing Joe. Little William snatched up the axe, and withangry eries ran towards the wolves. Fortunately he had lacked off the denomination of one pound. his snowshoes on first entering the Germauy has had malty differeet is. hut, and he did net get far. Ruth and •stles of Paper money since 3914. Every Mee. Stoorbrook hastily dragged Joe kingdom, grand duchy or other diva into the house, and, calling the hot.. stole of the empire bee had Its OWII Is, headed: William back, fastened the saes. tn addition numerous 1111111Np. a-1 banke have issued note:5- of their awn, Paper money in Germany has been issued in all sorts or denomiaatione. Time smallest paper currency itt the world --the pfennig—has been issued tram German presses, The nate is 21,c4 by 1% Inches in size, and is now in general cleculatioa throughout Ger- door. Finelty the wolves diepersed, but not before they had dragged the remaining parchment from the win- dow and eaten it. POOT Joe had been •horribly mauled and mangled, and to this day his wriste, chest and face are covered with scare. Thanks to his mother's care and the generous hositality 'of neigh- bors, however, he finally recovered, manta and now suffers little from his terrible The city of Neuenburg quite recenely encounter. iseuedpaper motley with artistic de - A bounty ot tw-oImadred dollars had • sighs illuetrating Gtaram's fairy tales, been subscribed for the scalp of the S'e popular was the new money from a p piebald wolf, and Joe got it. When at!ictoral standpoint that It was bought length Ire returned to the sawmill, up before it had a chance to go into general circulatien, and -tr Amy saved •Soine weeks later,htlee, ma.nag'er said, in a curious tome of voice: "Sorry we by artistic and curio collectors, no lees than 600 per cent. increase in Foreelain Coinage. the paper currency of the world, while It remained for Germany to istue the gold reserve behind it has the only porcelain coins; during the creased only 40 per cent. The four war,. and. indeed, beemea paper, the Central powers ---Germany, Austria- Only .subatityte for metal 001115 resort - Hungary, Bulgaria and yurkeyeeshow an advance if billionsed to by any government during the , But Central Europe is not alone be • war' Blit Gernla" w`, Pleb'ed it,s excessive impel. money issues. /a for coins that porcelain, was "coiner even though it had no intrinsie value. eine year elect. the signing of the arm - The istice France has increased its paper porcelain (loins are issued iv 20 pfennig, pfeunig, 1 mark and fi money by $1,000,000,000. Every city mark denominations. The reason fot and Wesel and hamlet that had its oWn this issote that the mark has bank received permiesiou from the precetted to sueh nu extent that it government • to issue paper money. Five and 20 franc detiontinatiohe have Crniq haret-E P"lo"'Intitt111134111"g mere valuable than eopper or iron, been most frequfint. but 50 centimes, and porcelain seemed to be an ex:tel. or half franc -notes, also have been is - leer medium of exehange. sued, and some honks even went to In Russia. ruble values are so lew the extent of issuing 5 and 10 centime notes. at present that the Bolshevik goverte ment 11.0W issues 10,000 rebto notes. These notes are already -considerexi eaten ehauge and are carried around in. sheets by shoppers, which is not surpriebag, asthe price in Petrograd Unconscious Humor the evening before the day fixed for his execution. The prison doctor was called in. He sent a berried note to the, Governor to this effect: "In my op -Solon the, ptisoner eantot be re - account of a narrow eecepe he had had from an enraged bull. "1 seized him by the tail," he exclaimed, "and there I was. I was afraid to hold on and 'I dared not let go." "Between the horns of a dilemma, as it were," ventured a listener. "No," replied the young man. It waen't between the horns at all; aad, besides, be wasn't a dilentma--be was sajelers'oery'd. a farmer was heard"rougbt Durieg a very wet day after a long pI to remark to a friend: An hour or this rain ,will do more good in five minutes than a month of it would do it a week at any other time." "Why didn't you come when 1mug," demanded a mistress, impatiently. "I didn't hear the bell ring, ma'am" re- plied the malt "Well, in future when you don't bear the bell ring you ri.ensssi. come and tell nes," said the nee - til An Irish woman. recounting the troubles of her ohildren, saki: "Lucky are the parents who have uo ch ildren." "Ile was speechleas &unit .and us - lug awful hteguage" is taken from the, evidenco of a Isondoe policemee. . A stage :manager, directing a stage crowd. called out to them: ladies and gantlemee, 1 want. you to do this simeltateously, one after the other," "Sleepieg in iborch IS a sin people etontnit 'with their eyee epee." is how ah Irish pastor admonished his 'Soak. The tollowieg adveti element appear-, ed an lrish newepapee: "Wanted - A gentleman to utderieke lime sale of a patera mdicine, Tbe advertiker guaranteee it will be profitable to the undertaker." Willie attother emoting aliehree;sIi tis °ltIll.:;111test, 1s"ag% lkId • i irri:e' ovens owner hats betel in it ror'eeven- ' teen years,' for two pounds of tea is 1,000 rubles, and the price of one pound of butter is 3,500 rubles. tan luteresaing view of Russia's al- titude toward paper money was brought to this country receutly, Le - nine, it is said, plans to manufacture so mach paper that It will de,stroY money's value altogether. He is ob- sessed by a plan to do away with money in the world. "Hundreds of thousands of ruble notes are issued daily by 'our tree. sury" says henine. "This le done nol in order to Write cotters of the state with pre et cel ly wort h 1 ese paper, but web the deliberate intettion of des- troying the valne ot meney as a meane .of paymeut. There is to instilleation for the exieteace .of money in a Sol. ,sheistst etate, where the neeeettities ot lite SIMII 1)ft paid for by work alone." Rubles are so cheap now that they axe 3gOld otmiy le five -ruble denouthia- tiotes for five ceuts a piece, or a penny ruble -one fiftieth of their previous value, Pretty soon. it 'Levine is in power, tie will brave his WIS,11. will be kept only AS souvenirs, and will be free for the asking Then they may he cheaper than wali paper and Just as pretty, All in Good Time, It was at u utile -Irene plonk:. and they, Were playing xi farmyards, each youngeler pretend:11g to be his or her ter orite totintal. The woods 00110410 with grunting, barking, ate crowing hot one little girl sat client. "Why dent you play?' asked out! of the leaehers, • "Please, wise, 1 ern playit.e." she rootlet', -What are yon, theti?" • "Meese. mise, , a bee, laying se egg. When I've 0. Shell t•tteltiet" • ett shed, I