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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1921-06-23, Page 7PFiao,igand tae» i,. Safety Ii irst h `,louring. out unneeesearily. Nar shhoul'd! braises A few simple rules for safety first be too loose, for they 'will not act do &ruing a ear will eliminate meet quickly enough to 'avoid danger, On Of the thui ter elements, In the arse the propeller shaft brake there is a d,l,a.e , test the brakes when taking out nut on the brake bard ',finch can be the car by throwing out; the clutch and ,applyine the brakes'. If they do not .appear to be working efreetively, fix, them or get them fixed .before proceeding ori your intended . trip, Pedestrian's are not the onlyones adjusted, to make the brake• neither too tight aror too loose. The brake rod' eau be turned either to the right oe to the left to make it the proper length for efficient use of the brake. Oat the axle or wheel drum brake, injured in .a,• lio 'accidents. Motorists where anequalizer is used .appay the themselves ere often found in, the brake when. the engine is still. Adjust casualty lista. Then, too, your oar is the equalizer until it is parallel with Worth something, and elle small ass- the axle. On the external type of pence of repairing your brakes will wheel drum ,brake, tighten ,or loosen *be -less than a broken fender on your car or smasi:ed parts of some ; one. else's •ear that you may bang into be- muse your bea_kas will not hold. Spee to it that you have lagood type the adjusting nut an the brake band and equalize the length of the brake rods.. On the internal type it is nee- eseary to remove the rear malteds, ad- just the cam plates ,and adjusting nuts, of brake linine, and be sure that it is and equalize the length of the brake properly in Sled. Some linings are roots, When in doubt about your brakes jack up the hear wheels :and .apply the brake far enough so that it is just possible to turn tale wheel by hand. Then adjust the brake on the other wheel' so that the same amount of energy is required to turn that wheel by hand.. A lot of brake trouble will be avoid - boo soft or tut thick. They easily be- come matted and need oonstant ad- justment. The, best linings are woven with plenty e_ asbestos and have 'cop- per wires wcven:in. It takes a good auto mechanic to install . brake linings. These linings ishouPid be fully stretched to avoid -wrinkling and the rivets ,eleculd be ed by using this important part of the pproperly. sunk. Ottherwise the metal' ear properly. When comging to a stop of the rivets will .core the brake Arum on a straightaway shut off the t+hrot- and the brakeenvay not hold: properly, ole and leave the clutch engaged until Once a nnonth it is in line with : just before you come to a stop. Do -gaiety first principles to remove 'blue not Shut off the ignition until after real wheelsand wadi 'the brake lining you have stopped. in kerosene. This will remove the orl. and grease which lhand;ioap the proper action of the brakes.. The brakes on :a car should never be oiled. A ,squeaking brake is a nuisance that can be ;aaoidect by proper adjust- tnont. This annoyance can often be stopped by removing the wheels and roughening the brake lining with a file: Tire. brake inechenism should be wiped off and riled about omoe a month, or once for every five hundred miles of driving. . More accidents are probably cause& by fa -Laity adjustneent or application of brakes than from any other thing. It should be a fixed habit in the life of eery ear owner bo make a systematic !make inspection regularly. For in- stance, the lass of a cotter pin might lead to aserious accident. When a lock washer is used it is safety first to use a new one instead of putting t+he. old .,ane, beak.. Brakes''shoulcb.not drag, for draag-. ging heats them up• and wears them In going down an ordinary hill leave the clutch engaged and close down the throttle. But in going down asteep hill or ai, noderate hill with a heavy loud put the gear `in inter- mediate or low speed at the top of the hill and leave the clutch engaged. Shut off the throttle, and if desirable turn off the ignition switch. In ordinary driving use the brakes as little as possible. When an emer- gency stop is necessary leave the clutch engaged, apply the foot brake and pull the hand brake. But do not "Dock the wheels." Keep the wheels rolling to avoid skidding. A large part of safety first in driv- ing a oar is taken care of when the brakes are properly cared for. It is criminal for any automobile owner to do less than give thoughtful coneid- erationl to this vital factor in motor- ing.. Safety first in the use of brakes means less broken bones and more real joy in the lives of both riders and walkers. Famous Last Words. "I wonder if it's loaded; I'll look down the barrel and see." • "They say these things can't pos- sibly explode, _ no matter how much you throw them around." "I- wonder whether this rope will hold my weight." `"That firecracker must have gone out. 1'11 light it again." ',Watch me• sl ate out past the 'clan- ger sign.' I bet I can touch it. "These'trai%c policemen think they own the city. They can't stop me. I'm going to cross the street now. Let the. chauffeurs"look for me." "I've never driven a car in traffic befc•re. But they say it's, perfectly simple." Oh, listen! That's' the train whistle. Step on the accelerator and we'll try to get across before it comes." "Yes," captain, Summer ployees The Military Police. proudly announced the ex- who swho is manager of_a new resort hotel,' "all our em - are formerly service amen, every one of them. 'The reception clerk is an old infantryman, the wait- ers have all been non-coms, the chef was a mess sergeant, the house doctor was a base hospital surgeon, the house detective was an intelligence man; even the pages were cadets." "And have you any former military police?" he was asked, "Yes," he replied joyously,- "When there's a good stiff wind blowing we set them to clean the' outside of the windows en the eighth floor!" Perhaps the loneliest white woman in the world is Mary Reed, head of a leper colony in the Himalayas. R . , Son th to Worry About Here is a passage from a very dis- couraged man: "If what I feel .were equally dis- tributed to the whole human family, there would not be one cheerful face On earth. Whether I shall ever be better I cannot tell. I awfully for - bode 1 shall not. To remain as I am Is quite impossible. I must die to be better, it appears to me." Another man equally spiritless wrote this: "Why, forsooth, am I in the world? .Since death must come to uie, why • should it not be as well to kill my- self. , . Since I began life in Suffering misfortune and nothing • gives''me pleasure, why should I en- dure these days, when nothing I am concerned in prospers?' Poor miserable failures! When the price of white paper is so high, why should I be allowedto soil a page with the outpourings of such incompetents? Well, the author of the first passage made a considerable reputation for himself in later life; • his name was p.braham Lincoln, And the cry of de- feat was uttered by, a gentleman $named Napoleon Bonaparte, There is a very popular notion in the world that men are divided into two classes—the fortunate and the un- fortunate,, In the one class are those to whom every good gift has been given. They have health, and joy be living, and the ; natural capacity for achievement. The other class inclucles those who,, by setae handiCap beyond their ability' toii conquer, are kept from being : the successes that they ought to be. This is the popular notioat, t say -- a notion invented by us ordinary folks s an alibi for our own shortcomings, We like to assurno that the reasons for oar mediocrity are .beyond our Control---tlio.t if only we had `been A Lesson in Life There are sermons in stones. There are poems in the running brook. There are grand hymns of sweet content in the snow-covered mountains. The voice of nature constantly calls to us, and would lewdus up to nature's God. I would not take any sum of money •that can be named for the pictures that are painted en my memory of some of naure's scenes. For instance, the grand old mountains, their bases green with tree and shrub and, above, the great rocks jutting out& sometimes in great cliff masses, telling of the old struggle with nature's imreasu 'able• forces and unendurable fire; Above are the peaks, white and cold with their snow masses, calm, serene, and changing not, keeping watch of the valleys below and watering them with their ever -running streams: No pen can describe the beauty and majesty of these mountains; no soul that is alive can withstand .them charm' and power; it is better than ten. 'thousa""nd" sermons at : see 'tliem," standing, there so pure and steadfast and unchanging it gives to the soul No Place.for Fear. Most every day -brings some grave Situation,. Not to be feared, but faced. Alternatives offer, in state and In na- tion, Not to be feared, but faced. Dilemmas confront us each hourof the day, Presenting both right and erroneous ways, These quandaries shouldn't depress us; for they Aren't to be feared, but faced. Each day of our life brings a problem or two, Not to be feared, but solved. We've off with the old one, let's on with the new-- Notto be feared, but solved. The puzzles involving the right and the wrong; The question how not to be weak; but be strong; These "suns" in life's school -day come hobbling along, Not to be feared, but solved. given more health or more money or more education or more something or other& we would have been something very different. It pleases us to indulge ourselves in envy toward those who just couldn't help succeeding. But what are the facts? If any man ever lived and attained remarkable success who did not have some `" serious handicap to contend with, I have failed to discover that man in my reading. Beethoven could not possibly be- come a great musician. He began to grow deaf at twenty -sae Pope had a wonderful alibi for not trying to amount to anything. He was a hunchback. Demosthenes stammered; Julius Caesar had fits; Lamb was tied to a clerk's desk; Byron had a club foot; Doctor Johnson was a constant suffer- er. Whether success is worth the effort and sacrifice to attain it has been much debated, You and I may, if we choose, decide that a comfortable mediocrity is the most satisfactory answer to the problem of living. We have a perfect right to that de- cision. But let's not fool ourselves with the idea that sortie, handicap is re- sponsible for our mediocrity. The difference beween great men and the rest of us is chiefly a difference of spirit—of determination and the will that refuses to recognize defeat. Nature is a very jealous distributor of gifts, Nobody gets a hundred per. cent, equipment for life, The game Is to see how much we can do with the cards we have to play, The real good sports- do not talk about their handicaps; but• you can depend on it that if you knew all the foes y t . ca would discover 'that ceitiry olio of them has something, --Bruce .Barton. new strength for new resolves, and courage to carry them out. I thihk-to-day that I am altogether too far from my glorious mountains•, How ridiculous that I should be wor- rying - that I have hay out and it threatens rain; that I should care. whether what I touch turns to gold. I must go back there and let their peace and impassiveness sink again into my soul. Perhaps you have climbed one of the foothills until you stand on .its summit.. When first you began' the ascent you could see no higher moun- tain -you supposed that you would be at the summit of the world when you had scaled it. But as you look farther yousee.that'there are yet many peaks e peak seems as far away and as high as' this;. one did when we began to climb; it. Th.ere;,_is a lesson •in life. We are always• thinking; -,"When I have at- taiq�' �ithis end I will have attained all for,A._ 'fait!,r',c;atr"da'or"care , Yet there is always more to do just' beyond. Each day in the field there arises a foe, Not to be feared, but fought. He's not to be dodged or avoided,; you know-- .. Not to be feared, but fought. There's nothing on earth unmistakably right That we may maintain without stren- uous fight. Intrenched we find always iniquitous might— Not to be feared, but fought. A Remarkable Legal Memory. "Have you ever appeared as a wit- ness in a suit before?" asked the at- torney. "Why, of course!" replied the young lady on the witness stand. . ' "Do you remember what suit it was?" "It was a blue suit with a white collar and white cuffs and white .but - tone all the way down the back, re- plied the young lady. Willie Knew. One morning little, Willie was tell- ing his mother. and his little sister Dora about a wonderful dream he had dreamt the night bofore. The dream interested his ynother, but his sister look puzzled. "What is a dream, Willie?" she In- quired, "Oh, don't you know what a dream is?" replied Wilile scornfully ` "Why, itis proving pictures in one's sleep!" Tt costs the commercial concerns of the United 'States over $250,000'n year to correct errors in invoices and ether papers dos to poor writing. Marriage Market Revived in France. With a superabundance of comely marriageable women unable to find husbands, the ancient marriage mar- ket idea is being revived in some parts of France, particularly in western de- partments, such as Poitou and Vendee, says a Paris despatch. There tourists are witnessing some extraordinary sights, • as 'scores of would-be wives line up in the central market place, each armed with a huge colored para- sol. Kissing is as common as smiles, the whole day being given over to os- culating youngsters, abandoning all else to : press lips, but always under the watchful eye of the market guard. Frequenly during the market a will- ing swain is accepted,the usual sign being that the couple turn their back on the rest of the crowd and continue their kissing behind a sheltering para- sol. But oftener the market fails to bring immediate results and the applicant is rejected by receiving a hearty blow on the shoulders with the parasol. Officials insist that the practice Should be .extended to all parts of France, pointing out that in districts where wives are chosen like 'vege- tables there are more happy marri- ages, fewer divorces acid fewer illegite mate children than in any other de- partments. • In Paris the movement has taken another form. New matrimonial bureaus are opening daily, all of them being designed to lure spare francs from the working class of girls, but apparently operating in good faith, and well equipped with long lists of the names of men who are 'willing to become husbands. The usual fee is 200 francs, paid in advance, with the promise of another as soon as the spouse's confidence is obtained suf- ficiently to enable the wife to "touch" him .for a loan on the pledge of wifely obedience, I Wonder? Just a faintly- scented letter and a dead forgetene-not, Tled around with faded ribbon in a' tattered lover's knot, In the musty, dusty corner of my granny's old bureau. What secrets. does it treasure, what romance of long ago? DM granny's heart beat faster 'neatu her sprigged or flowered gown, When she read, "Sweet Mistress Mary, may I wait an you in town?" Did he ever come,. I wonder? That, alasi we'Ilatent' knave Bute oho letter; was from "David,' and ,grandpa's name ways "Joel" s, fomostabeastliving-room,of • The Missing Element in Prosperity. Students of nutrition have told. us for a long time that we need balanced food; -thee 1st that owe ueedL ta..,R;S,pes-ate all the elements• of nutrition in the proper proportions. Recent investi- gations have shown that we require more elements than was formerly realized, and that if any one of them is lacking, or if there is not enough of it, the body will suffer, no matter how much of the other elements it may be getting. The same principle applies to the feeding of plants. No matter how rich the soil in a certain field may be in all the elements of plant food but one, if there is not enough of that one the crop will be poor. The principle of balance applies to every problem where several factors have to be combined. It applies very definitely and directly to the matter of industrial prosperity, which is quite as complicated and depends upon quite as many things, all workiug in combination, as the problem how to feed plants and animals. No matter how many elements• are present or .how abundant they are, if one is lack- ing or is present in too smaii a quantity the lack of that one will limit pros- perity. If the other kinds are abund- ant, they are likely to be unemployed a large part of the time. Careful study of the problem is like- ly to discover that as many hitherto unrecognized elements are necessary to economic prosperity as to bodily health. It is easy to think that all the essential elements of prosperity are present, and to weeder why pros- perity does not come. From that it is a short step to conclude that the lack of prosperity is owing to the machina- tions of some person or group of per• sons, whereas deeper study would probably show that it is owing to a lack of some necessary thing the need of which. has hitherto been unrecog .- nized or unappreciated. There may, for example, be an abundance of manual labor, as there le in China, but a lack of knowledge of agricultural science. There may be an abundance of manual labor and technical knowledge, as in Japan, but a scarcity of land. There may be an abundance of manual labor, technical kuowledge and land ,as in Russia, but e lack of capital. There may be all four elements, es there are in this, country to -day, but a lack of men who know how to organize them all and get them to working together smooth- ly. In any of thane and in a multitude of other instances, the mass of the people may be poor merely because some necessary element is missing or not present in 'sufficient abundance. The part of wisdom is to try to dis- cover the missing element and them take such measures as are necessary to increase the amount of it, That plan will produce more durable results than laying the blame on some one else. The cocoanut palnn supplies all tho needs of the natives of the ,South Seas, The leaves of the tree when young are eaten, when • old woven into clothes, baskets, bedding, paper, hats and thatch. Spears, arrows, brooms, torch- es, and paddles are made of the .ribs of the alder leaves while the flowers yield wine sugar, and vinegar, Tho fruit yields food, ail, matting and; cord. Giant Development . in Asia Near The continent of Asia is larger than North and South America combined. During the present century it pro- mises to be the scene of the world's greatest development activities; and China holds the key, China is nearly one-fourth larger than Canada. From east to west it extends over about an equal distance; measured from north to south it covers more degrees of latitude. Thus the climate of northern China is cold, while that of the far mouth is subtropi- cal. The future development of China must depend largely upon improved facilities of transportation. For lack of railroads, water -borne traffic has been highly organized, with the crea- tion of innumerable artificial water - Ways, most important of which is the Grand Canal, 850 miles long. In the region of the lower Yangtze and the delta plains are thousands of miles of small canals, which take the place of roods. Anciently a great system of well- built highways existed in China, ex- tending to thO far. coruars of the em pile; but these have fallen into disre- gard arid, speaking in a general way, the roads in that .country to -day are so wretched as to be a serious obstacle to the commercial and industrial de- velopment of the republic. The automobile problem in China is a question of roads. Natives who can afford the luxury take readily to mo- toring; but at present the sale of cars Ls restricted mainly to the treaty ports and Pekin. In the vicinity of the capl- tai eighty miles of good highways of- fer an attractive invitation to matore fists. Pekin, though a. thoroughly modern Chinese city, with a relatively small foreign population, has well -paved streets, with street cleaning and traf fie arrangements not interior to those of Montreal er Toronto, Its police is efficient and well organized; and it has no slum quarters. There are now 6500 miles of rail, roads in China. Twenty -ono thoesand additional miles are needed to snake available the great resources•, onorme. ous production and mighty roan -power of the country. For the money with which to build those roads China looks to America; and it is expected that their construction will raise Cm volume of Chiira's foreign trade from $1,000,000,000 (where it stands to-dayl to $3,000,000,000 annually,