HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1921-06-30, Page 7Saving Fuel.
It can make a loot of difference in
the household budget in the course of
.a year whether or not the motorist
'has a care about his gasoline bills. To
get t'het most out of a gallon of gas
'should be his concern, as reach as it
is his, wife's problem ,to get the great-
est possible wear 'out of Johnnie's
etockingn.
A number of things enter into the
economical use of ;gasoline. Te get
as neamy miles as possible out of each
galleon of gas that goes into the tank,
a1'1 moving parts must work properly.
The proper inflation and adjustment
of titres tends to reduce the ruumber
.of visits to the garage fo!rgas. Proper
•in hancati,osi has a einular efieet. So
does the correct firing of each cyIin-
xder of the engine end the proper ad-
justment of the carburetor.Exxoessivc
.carbon in the cylinder causes a decid-
ed doss of power, due to back pressure
an the piston, and the partial clog-
ging of the muffler indirectly con-
sumes extra gaseTfne.. It is tremen-
dously important to keep the Muffler
- Free.
To insure, each cy+under getting its
proper power without waste the en-
gine should be driven with the spark
lever advnanced as far as possible.
without causing back pressure. The
spark pdnig gaps should be properly
adjusted to insure a thorough ignition
of the charge; the spark plug should
be ke St clean to prevent the loss of a
charge of gas through nor --ignition..
The interniipter points and the dis-
tributor should also be kept clean and
praperly .adjusted.
Boosting the Gas Bill.
Dragging brakes and .Clipping
clutches boost the gas Bilis. 'So does
a loss of oompreserion through leaky
valves weak valve springs, poor gas-
kets, en spark plugs ,or valve caps. In
a similar fashion, gasoline waisted
thr=ough loose pet cocks, cy 1inderr
hexads and piston rings •ixncrearses op-
erating coats. The mean wh.o gets the
meet out of a gallon of gasoline is
one who keeps every part of his car
properly adjusted. And thisis only
what every car owner ought to do
anyway.
The intake manifold has to do with
the distribution of the gas mixture
front the carburetor to the several
cylinders, A leak at the carburetor
side woudid prevent d'rawtng into the
manifold a. sufficient supply of the
nnixtume, so that the cyltb der. would
be oeantily supplied --perhaps one or
mare, not supplied et all. Likewise,
air would be drawn into the manifold
through the leak and this would thin
the mixture coming from the carbur-
etor. As the mixture in the cylinders
would be t'hdn, it would fire badly or
not at .all, and the power would be'
lessened..
The natural thing to do when the
mis-firing is noticed is to open the.,.,M
spray or needle valva, admitting more
gasoline to the mixing, chamber and'
making a highr consumption with no
gain in power. The primer thing to
do, *however, is to look for a leak in
the manifold.
Look Out for Leaks.
One of the most common caur,es ad
gas. loss is from leaky supply pipes.
Where there is a 'solid pipe from tank
to carburetor, the only leak, barring a
break or perforation of .the pipe,
would be in the connection with the
tank or carburetor.- Such a leak is not
only extravagant from the standpoint
of gas con umption, but is also 'dan-
gerous, for a stray flame or spark'
may ignite the gas.
A proper adjustment of the car-
buretor will be no little heilpin, keep-
ing the gas bill within the bounds of
reason. The adjustment should be
such as to mike the mixture as lean
as poseirble and have it fire readily,
and to hare the float not too high.
One sure indication that the mixture
ars too rich is the presence of black
snnoke. One should avoid black smoke
as he would the devil,. If he does, the
gas itenn in the budget should not,be
excessive.
The motorist should figure the num-
ber of miles he can he reasonably sure
of getting to a gallon of gas. Then
he should, estimate liberally the num-
ber of milers lie expects to go during
the next month. On this basis, the
cert of .gas will be less usually than
his budget estimates — per'haps
enough less to help his wife buy more
stockings foe Johnnie.
IMMIGRATION IN
DIMARITIMES
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DIFFERENT CLASS THAN
THAT OF WEST.
Conditions in Eastern Pro-
vinces Are Suited to Settlers
Froxi'>i Rural British Isles.
The greater part of the immigration
tide to Canada since this influx has
assumed xstch importance as a factor
in Dominion Development has been de-
flected to the newer areas of the West
to the neglect of the older Maritime
provinces. The boundless area of the
Western provinces with its atmos-
phere of vigor and energy would seem
to instil a tireless virility and over-
whelming confidence, and its inlua'bit-
ants Have never been slow in spread-
ing broadcast the glad tidings of what
awaits others who will settle there.
Westerners are their own best immi-
gration agents, and this desire for
publicity and the realization of its
value has been one of several factors
which, have contriuuted to building up
the West to the partial neglect of the
East,
The Bast is, however, awake to the
advertising of its several and diverse
attractions, and the efforts it has put
forth quite recently are expected to
bear fruit in the immediate future.
Provincial authorities are sanguine of
excellent results in the present year,
and look forward to a substantial im-
migration, especially from the British
Isles, The atmosphere and general
conditions of living in the Eastern
Provin•ce,s, with their smaller farms
and cosy villages and hamlets, more
closely approximate the rural districts
of the British Isles than does tbe more
bustling West, where everything is
performed an such a gigantic scale,
and may poisons coming from across
the Atlantic in the past have passed'
by the provinces of Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick: and Prince Edward Island
for a lack of knowledge of what these
provinces offer them. There are oppor-
tunities equal to those In the West for
people desirous of purchasing farms,
for the farm helper and the household
worker.
Settlement Increasing.
In the past twenty years, or from
7uly let, 1900, to March 31st, 1920,
there entered Canada for the first time
4,428,824 persons, of whom only 157,-
912, or .043 per cent. of the total;
came to the Marititnee, In the seven
menthe irons May t6 November, 1920,
the total immigration to the three pro-
vinces on the Atlantic coast was 4,-
06,, a monthly average of 662.28, or
.044 per cent, of Canada's traal limed.
;ration for that time, Of th' se people,
3,047 arrived by ocean porta • and 1,389.
from the United States, whilst the
totals of the iud1videal provinces, were,
lava Scotia, 2,905; New Brunswick,'
1,340; and Prince Edward Island 19.1.
Immigration in the Maritime, ,pro—
vinces is naturally different to that of
the prairie provinces and the hinter-
lands of Ontario and Quebec with
their large open areas, and a selected
Pollee -4s found necessary ai Carried
out. Encouragement is, more; particu-
larly given those who have a small
capital and are physically fit, as well
as the farm laborer and the house-
hold worker.
In Nova Scotia, the Bureau of Indus-
tries and Immigration, which is in-
terested " in the settling of vacant
lands in the province, was instrumento
al in 1920 in bringing from across the
water 276 agricultural helpers and
farm purchasers, who brought with
them capital to the extent of $129,-
293. Prom inquiries it has received
and •other indications, the bureau an-
ticipates a heavier year in 1921 and a
greater influx to the farms of Nova
Scotia.
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Refused Both Oi'f ers. .
The statement made by Mr. Charles
Schwab, the American ,steel million-
aire, that Germany by her industry is
winning the peace, recalls the story
of how the Germans tried to btibe
lien,
Mr. Schwab went to England, saw
Lord Kitchener, and promised that
the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, of
which he was the head, would supply
Britain with anything she wanted.
When. he returned, Germany offered
him 425,000,000 to cancel British con-
tracts. Britain countered with an of-
fer of £36,000,000. Mr. Schwab mere-
ly laughed., and said the British and
the German Empires• together had not
enough money to make him break
faith with Lord Kitchener.
The Stately Dahlia.
The hardy flower known to us as
the dahlia, and which has been culti-
vated • from its original form into
scores of varieties, is a Mexican pro-
duct. It grows wild in Mexico, and
it was not an American but a Euro-
pean who first realized its, poss'bili-
ties. This discoverer's naive was Vin-
vent Cervantes, who brought the roots
to his native Spain in 1734. Two or
three years later the Swedish botanist,
Dahl, who gave it its present name,
cultivated it. Shortly : after the
Frenchman, Andre Thouine, made fur-
ther improvements in its growth.
Highest Paid Chef,
The highest paid maitre d'hotel in
the world Is Oscar Tschirky, New
York City, better known as Oscar. The
popular chef recently signed a,• con
tract with the managenleiat of a large,
hotel involving the payment of $50,
000 yearly for th=e period of ton years.
ago �
Soule time ga Siberian million-
aire left his sone large fortune on the r m
lfery copany objected to the amount
singular condition that if ever he took x of compensation they were called up -
to himself a wife he should go through out to pay, alleging that the man. was
the ceremony in sackcloth and ashes. well able to work on the colliery dirt -
So far froin this condition acting as tip which they offered him,
a matrinionial deterrent, a few Itis honor, Judge Ruegg, I.i.C,, deter -
months,
,
months later the son appeared et tho, mined to try the j.ob tor himself before
altar,i is cleric bi this caro so >r°eceeded to
duly clad m sackcloth, his 'head c d g did
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WHEN T ;. KING
SHOVELLED COAL
JUDGE WHO TOOK TURN
ON A TREADMI14.
Royalties and Peers Have Of-
ten Done Hard Manual Work •
Just to See What it is Like!
During the stoppage of the pumps
at the coal mines recently, Lord, Bled,
isioe and his two sons 'helped to keep
them working at their. Norehard. Col -
leery, says an English magaziree. While
assisting his father, the Hon. Riley
Bathurst, the younger son of Lord .
Bledisloe, who was firing the boilers,
took hold of a pipe nearly red hot,' and
severely burnt both his hands-,
The most distinguished gitest .thei
stakehold of a vessel ever had was
King.Gearge himself, when;: he was the
Duke of York. He wase re -Writing'
across the Atlantic duringbins trip
round the world, when he expressed a
wish to visit the stokers.
Donning a suit of overalls, he in-
spected every part of the gloemy re-
gion where the stokerswork; and in
order that he might get some idea of
the severity of their task:, he seized a
shovel and did quite a long spell of
work,
Too Much for the Judge,
One of our judges, who ,had often
sentenced men to hard labor, which
in those days included long spells on
the treadmill, bethought himself that
it might be in the interests of humani-
ty to take a turn on the wheel himself
to see haw it felt. It was not long
reutrned to the. court loking very tired,
and dismissed the company's applica-
tion to reduce the amount of compen-;
pante.
Built by the Congregation.
Prince Alexander of Teck, the
Queen's brother, was, before the war,
stationed with his regiment at Hamp-
ton Court,, when a large number of
men were suddenly called away ,fo a
distance, leaving the barracks very.
short-handed: The Prince saw that
there were several hundred horses, for
instance, to be fed. and grdomed and
watered, and but few men for the job,
so he, set his brother officers a good
example by working he the stable -yard
vrithshis men, and it goes without say-
ing that his comrades followed so good
a lead.
The village church of Pixton in
Hertfordshire, had long needed a new
transept, but as no funds were avail-
,able,•tne vicar conceived the idea of
gtarryinglocal stone himself, with the
atd of his "flock." Each evening for
months they went with pickaxe and
spade ta,a neighboring old quarry, and
geecnough stone. to build;. The 'CI -an-
-Opt t :has'isoot completed' some years.
Separating the Sures.
Among oddities patented in England
recently are what is called a "safety
ship," which is a great hull mounted
en three boats and entirely above the
water; and a tin cape to be worn by
a man having his hair trimmed.
Another fs a boot with a sole so
thick that it can contain a chamber
into which hot water is poured in or-
der to keep the feet of the wearer
warm.
But the oddest of all is an. apparatus
for determining the sex of any living
thing. Of this the inventor writes:
"The appliance is operated by magnet-
ism derived from the contact between
before he cried "Enough!" his lege al- the user of the instrument and the
most refusing their office, human being, animal, or egg. The
But once the wheel had been started device is operated by holding the
it had to go until it stopped automats- handle as lightly as possible, so that
tally, and by that time his lordship the wire around the handle touches
was almost in a fainting condition. the brand. The instrument is then
The 'Prince of Wales on several oc- held over the subject to be tested."
ca,sIons drove the engiaies on both his The handle is of cork, wound with
late tours through the Dominions, and copper wire, from which hangs by a
once at least handled pick and shovel silk thread a pendulum consisting of a
in a coal mine. casing containing steel wires passing
The King, of Spate is fond of man- through a cork plate and surrounding
ipulating any kind of machinery, as is a central needle which penetrates a
shown by his furious driving of his cork stopper at the lower end, When
motor -cars. But he is also an. excel- held aver a male of any sort the pen -
lent engine -driver, and has aften taken duluni swings to and fro; when it is
a turn on the footplate. In fact, so hold over afemale the pendulum
skilful is he that if the trade of gyrates in circles -
monarchy should fail, he could earn --oma ,
his living as an engine -driver. Creationof a Woman.
Some years ago the Duke OP Sara- according to Hindu legends the god
gess was actually an engine -driver, Vulcan created the world, When lie
although his estates in Spain are very started on woman he found he had
large. When dressed in the sough garb Used up all available materials, but
of an engine -driver, there was nothing knew that the world would be nothing
to distinguish him from his =tee, ex-
ceptperhaps his • habit of smoking gold- without woman, go t•tk;
tipped cigarettes. He was fully quail_ The rundunesof the moon.
The undulating curve of the ser -
fled, and preferred this life to the life pent
of ease which he night have enjoyed. The graceful twist of the creeping
Ladies on the Footplate.' plant.
One of the daughters of the late The slenderness of the willow,
Theodore Roosevelt is among the very The velvet of the flowers,
few ladies who . have not only ridden The lightness of the feather.
in the cab of a Transcontinental en- The gentle gaze of the doe.
gine; but have actually driven it at The frolicsome reflection' of
express speed. She had, it appears•, dancing sunbeam,
Whilst travelling on the Atlanta and The tears of tlhe cloud.
West Point Railway, unsuccessfully The inconsistency of the wind.
sought her mother's permission to The timidity of the hare.
join the engine -driver on the footplate, The vanity of the peacock.
but at a wayside stop she managed to The hardness of the diamolyd,
e. ale er patent and tan e -d o er Tho ern of the snow
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e. *.Che ctloing of is turtle dove.'
the coal in the 'Fender to•the.footplate.
She then' drovot he engine for thirty.
All these ,he comptiaed to form this
She then drove the engine for thirty- glorious being--ivdinan,
an hour. _-_a;'.
At ion -ton, i1} the Potteries, a col- We Are Always Travelling.
Even those of us who stay all the
year round in one place do much long-
di,stance travel, In a climatological
05005,
In the summer time (from this stand-
point) we sometimes find ourselves in
the neighborhood :of the Equator, .Iii
winter, on the other hand, we inay.
visit the Arctic Circle,
the
lillysteryof
un Spots
",l'l e recent "magnetic sterna" Which as good as another's. I+'kw"' o; year or,
interrupted telegraphfe come tnica- two hardly any are seen; I,6n they'
tion
oyer a large part of the United
States was attributed to the aur. ora
boreaYis, or so-called "Northern
{ lights:" Tbiy theory ie 'yet to be
{ proved, though many arguments are
;made in support,
The aurora is on,e of the most curi-
ously interesting Of natural phenorn-
ena, and lath long been recognized as
electrical in character., 'It is almost
unquestionably caused . by those tre-
mendous solar outbursts which we call
"sun spots,"
According to the theory now accept'
ed, sun spots. are the producers of mag
netic stories on the earth. In a word,
sun spots are the cause both of such
storms and auroras; the two pheno-
mena have a common origin. Excep-
tional displays of Northern lights and
Southern lights (the latter a South
Polar equivalent) always seem to coin,
tide with the appearance of sun spots.
It is observed that changes in the
earth's magnetic field coincide with
changes in the spottiness, so to speak,
of the solar luminary. There seems
to be no doubt of the fact that an out-
break of spots, on the sun tends to
make our weather cooler. Perhaps est -enduring spot on record held on!
the group of spats which has newly ;.for eighteen 'inanths. Eventually th.er
made its appearance will mitigate the surrounding photosphere crowds in
heat of thin ttummer. Sun. spots are and covers it. Bridges of Iight, oftenl
an astronorr)cai mystery. Nobody many times brighter than: the norniali
knows what causes them. But it is solar surface, push across it, and the
supposed that they are produced by appearance is as if luminous.. matter
solar eruptions of a super -volcanic were tumbling pell-mell into the
character, masses of gas inconceivably chasm. The sun spot is eat -aced -from:
enormous being thrown up, to be
thereupon whirled in a mighty, cyc-
lonic vortex.
So vast in size is a big sun -spot that
imerease gradusily to a, maximum,'
thereupon diminishing.
During an eclipse of the sun any,
body looking through a piece ,of
smoked ,glass may see the wonderful,
filmy streamers of the cordons extend,
ing outward millione of miles from'
the edges of the solar disk. These+,
are now believed to be clouds of dust,
the streamers stretching most notice,
ably from the sun's equator. But when,'
shots are much in evidence the stream-
ers spread fanwise. It is another'..
puzzle.
Sometimes a spot .will form .in s.
day; or it may take weeks to form.;
For a while before its apnea-rano*
there are signs of disturbance on the
solar surface. Luminous dots arei
seen, and among them black dots'
which enlarge to grayish patches, ass
If a dark naso lay veiled beneath a
thin layer of bright filiments. The
veil thins and vanishes, revealing the'
spot, which usually is more or lees(
circniar in shape.
Spots usually oecur in groups. Their,
average life is two or three months;
some last only a few hours. The long:
view.
The sun has an "atmosphere" huee
drede of thousands of *riles Hoick. It
is a term not correctly descriptive be). •
we can hardly realize its immensity. cause an atmosphere means some
The planet on "which we dwell, cast thing that one can breathe. But, call -
into the middle of it, would be like a lug it what you will, it is largely com-
posed of hydrogen, and has been as-
certained to contain nearly all the
elements with which we are acquaint-
ed—erne-mg them silver, tin, coppea-,
lead, zinc and aluminum. Doubtless it
contains gold also, but the spectros-
cope has not found it.
The reason for the influence which
sun spots exercise upon terrestrial af-;
fairs is unknown. It is surmised that
the whirling vortices of the spots may:.
carry electrically charged particles
which, develop an energy capable of.
influencing magnetic fields on the,
earth. But it is all a guess.
child's marble thrown into a roaring
furnace. The group of Spots recently
observed was 94,000 miles long and
21,000 miles wide.
The first discovery of sun spots was
made in 1610, almost immediately fol-
lowing the invention of the telescope,
in Holland. Astronomers .for a while
were puzzled about them, and it was
thought that possibly they were
planets. In France they were called
"Bourbanian stars."
They occur in conspicuous numbers
at regular intervals of eleven years.
Why? Nobody can say; your guess is
Automobile Designed to
Jmnp Obstacles.
The jtmiping stunts of automobiles-
in the movies are the result of trick
photography. There has been pro-
duced in France a light car that does
many of these spectacular perform-
ances, not only pictorially, but actual-
ly.' "Inas a'smallnliglit"ear'With a speed
of 25 miles an hour. The particular
feature that enables the car to nego-
tiate all obstacles with impunity is
the manner of connecting the car to
these rear wheels. It has been com-
pared with the action of the human
knee. A jumper tends his legs at the
knees and straightens them out rapid-
ly to get the effect of a spring. The
rear wheels do the same thing. On
striking an obstacle the wheels rise
independently of the rest of the car,
which remains horizontal. Under test,
when driven against an obstacle 40 in.
high, with an approach sloping at 45
deg., the ear was lifted to a height of
57 in., and landed. at .a distance of 20
ft., all four wheels striking the ground
simultaneously. On landing, the
spring in the wheel connection cus-
hions the concussion of the wheel with
the ground, again resembling the ac-
tion of a jumper's knee, which bends
under him as he alights.
Brains and Baldness.
Those people who lack hair, accord-
ing to a prominent French medical
man, are the brainy folk of the world.
There is a tremendous amount of
energy needed to grow hair, he says.
If the brain is exceedingly active, it
absorbs the vital force that would
otherwise be taken by the hair. Fur-
thermore, as the brain expands it
forces the cranium to rise and con-
tract its pores, thereby stifling the en-
feebled roots. The result is that the
person become bald through having
done too much thinking. _
In pursuing this remarkable theory
further for the benefit of the skeptical
reader, it can be pointed out that fur -
bearing animals are known to be the
most stupid. It is indeed no compli-
ment to call a friend a "woolly sheep,"
as this animal is renowned for its
stupidity.
On the other hand, we find that the
elephant, the smoothest skinned of all
animals, is reputed to be the most
sagacious; while the horse and the
seal, which latter is often trained to an.
exeeedingly high, degree, are remark-
able instances o peasids lvhjcA groy.
comparatively• little hair, end are pose
sessed of a fair amount of brain power.
Therefore, we might argue, bald-
headed men are wiser than their well -
covered brothers.
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A `Bit of Table Talk.
"You are a bit reuugh nt times," said
the nutmeg to the tall, erect figure at'
the other side of the table, "but after
all you are the greater part of my
existence."
"And you, my dear," was the ans-
wer, "are the spice of my life, May I
dill you Meg?"
A Family Affair.
Before steal pens were Invented the
pinions of one goose wore often used
to Spread the opinions of ai other,
Hot Rooms For Storage.
Experiments conducted at the West
Virginia University to determine they
vitality of various, species of insectse
such as maths, carpet, and grain beet-
les, under conditic•ns of abnormally
high' temperature, have shown that;
such vermin cannot lire or propagate
in a sustatued temperature of 100 deli;;
F. or over. This finding points the
way to a solution of the somewhat!
vexatious slimmer storage of furs,
clothing, seeds, grains, dried fruits,1
and the like. At present cold storage .,
is the method used to protect these!
from the ravages of insict pests. If the;
suggested methoda are put into opera-
tion, instead of combating nature,'
those in charge of storage houses will;
accept her as an ally and, reversing.,
processes, increase the storehouse;
temperatures with the expenditure olt
very little fuel or power, to a point in -I
tolerable to insect life, but perfectlyi
harmless to the stored merchandise..
Use Strn Rays in Cooking.
Long years ago, a gentleman in In-,
dia cooked a meal for some of his,
friends by reflecting the rays of the
sun from a mirror onto his cooking,
utensil. This was of course out of the
question on rainy days and during the,
night. Now comes a mechanical har-
ness for the heat of the sun's rays
wherein it is preserved for night and
cloudy -day use. At the Smithsonian
Solar Observing Station on Mt.. Wil-
son
ilson in California is such a device. A.
large 'I by 10 -ft. mirror, built semi
cylindrical in shape and made of:
aluminum -covered steel plates, focuses
the rays of the sun on a 11/2 -in. pipe,
placed centrally in its frame. This;
pipe carries an oil of high boiling
point:, which after heating from the re-,
fleeted rays, rises to a reservoir that
is insulated to retain the heat for a
long time. Oven compartments ars'
embodied in this reservoir in which
the foods may be placed for cooking.
ea --Don't, Kiss Your Cat!
Cats are known to carry the germs
of diphtheria. Recently, a woman's,
loath was proved to be due to the fact?
that she had caressed a cat infected'
with disease germs.
It has been known for some time
that the cat carries germs in its fur,.
while cultures obtained from them
have shown the presence of virulent
diplitherie bacilli. PlissY is always a
srsea ale t nc slelµi ht to
viiisten but hit1h rte kin'OpporteT
warnings that she inay be capable of
more barm than scratches are now
proved to be true. The prevalence o$
pyorrltcca in pet dogs (which are of-
ten, n : •Y+Allaived totick the lios
anu mine of their owulersi is regard-
ed by medical inen as a contributive
factor towards that troublesome die-
ease in human beings.
Animals should be kept out of doors
as much as possible and not treated
too familiarly,
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English Put Bees In Mourning,
In certain parts of rural 'England it
is still ilio custom when there is a
death in the house to "pint tho bees in
lciourning" by Dinning a piece of black
cloth on every hive,