HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1921-08-25, Page 3What's Y.pur Driving Style.
I like to watch the cars go by
And see the different kinds of driving;
Some sit up straight with heads so
high,
Some crouch --as on the point of div-
ing.
Some hide behind the steering wheel,
Content that just the head is showing;
Some look alive and keen :as steel,
Some hardly know where they are
going.
Some signal to the ears behinds
While others see to quite forget it;
Some hog the road and do not mind,
Some try to pass—and then regret it,
Some shift the gears with greatest
care,
But some make such a dreadful clash-
ing
I'm fairly driven to despair,
And wonder just how much they're
smashing.
And in the crowd I see each day
There are some who are very grouchy,
And there are many who are gay,
Some dress so well and some are
slouchy.
And where they come frown, where
they go
And what they do upon ,arriving
No one can `tell; I'd like to know
Trow some, though, get the cars
they're driving.
Home Repairing.
To the average small -car owner of
limited means tires are the greatest
expense of upkeep, especially if he
lives in a rural district where good
pikes are rare, In such a locality even
a new tire will show bad cuts and
jogs after only a few miles of run-
ning, Loose rocks are the cause, and
many roads around small towns have
patches composed of this material.
Damage done by these small stones
is only slightly less •than that done
by broken glass. The usual result to
the tires is a small patch of rubber
tread totally removed, or a semicircu-
lar cut leaving a flap of loose rubber:
These deep'cuts•are the beginning of
sand pockets. Deep cuts expose the
fabric, which in a short time wears
through, and a !blow-out is the result.
Cuts of this nature, unfortunately, do
not look bad—not nearly so bad as
many less harmful bruises and" scrapes
—so they are neglected. Thousands of
tires are wasted this way every year.
Such cutslook formidable to the
owner inexperienced 'in making his
own repairs. It is useless to insert
tread filler, so he sends the tire to the
repair shop or lets it wear as it will,
Shop vulcanizing costs from ,$3 to $5
and is' .entirely -unnecessary if the cut.
!;'taken "in..•;time
Ahy tread cut 'up to, two or three
inches can be quickly and success-
fully repaired at home with one of
the snail gasoline vulcanizers now on
the market. Tire-vulcanizng to the
uninitiated seems a difficult process.
It is really simple to make a; thor'
oughly satisfactory permanent repair
on any.. part of the casing, excepting
rim cuts in the tire fabric. •
The main thing is to take the cut
in time. A tire that is cut through
the fabric must be sent to "the shop"
but if only the rubber is damaged the
home vulcanizer is sufficient.
First, thoroughly cleanse the cut
with gasoline. Then, with a sharp
penknife, trim all jagged edges and
loose ends. In some cases a piece of
tread which is not torn clear off may
be stuck back into position by revul-
canizing, but for holes up to an inch
in diameter it is better to remove all
loose. rubber. Next, slightly bevel the
edges of the hole with the knife, '•Chit;
gives the new lubber more surface.
The next step is to cover the entire
cut with a rubber cement, made espe-
cially for vulcanizing work. At least
two coats must be applied, and it is
well to leave each coat dry for fifteen
or twenty minutes. If there is time
to spare, three coats would be even
better, These should not be applied
too thickly. When the last coat is dry
enough not to stick to the fingers—it
maybe tacky but must'. not be wet -it
is then time to apply the compound
or filler.
This is unvuleanized tread stock.
Though a small . quantity is usually
supplied with the repair" outfit, it is
better to buy it in pound or half -pound
rolls from a motor accessory dealer.
If the hole is large and the portion
of tread to be replaced is thick, the
stock may be cut into pieces roughly
the, size of the hole, and packed . in
layers. The corners and edges of the
hole should be filled by Butting thin
strips of the stock and pressing them
into place with a toothbrush or simi-
lar strong non-metal tool.
If the compound is warmed slightly
before using, it will be found more
plastic and easier to handle. Do not
allow the filling to protrude above the
surrounding tire •surface, but make it
as level as possible. Slight inacur-
racies are :.not important, as the rub-
ber will run together in the heat of
vulcanizing.
All that remains now is the placing
of the vulcanizer. Usually it is at-
tached to the tire by means of two
hooked bolts. Just insert apiece of
waxed paper between the tread and
the vulcanizer. To test the vulcanizer
for .-correct heat, wet the finger and
touch it to the top of the iron after'
it has been lighted about ten minutes.
It should hiss at the touch.
The time required for cooking a
patch is frequently underestimated. It
can accurately be foundby experiment
only. A deep hole will require halt
an hour or more while .small holes will
require proportionately less: Notice,
I say a deep hole. The time of cook-
ing ehould•1be gauged by the depth of
patch, and not by the surface size.
When the vulcanizer is removed and
the tire is allowed to cool for a few
minutes, the rubber in the patch
should be tested with thefinger nail.
If it is possible -to leave an impression,
the Tubber s, not c9okede+'skzffieientl- s".
Tf, on the other hand, it is not possible
to make an, impression, it has been
cooked too lng. If the job has been
done . correctly, any 'impression you
stake in the patch should not show
when you remove the pressure.
Rubber in a perfect repair should
of course be the same consistency as
the rest of the tire -that is, soft
enough to receive but not to retain
an impression. Ie the patch is under-
cooked the vulcanizer should be re-
placed ,,and the cooking continued.
There are small gasoline vulcan-
izers on the market ranging in price
fa.oi'-$2.50 to $3.50 that will practical-
ly last forever. The only additional
cost is for tread. stock. Gasoline is a
small item, as two 'taiblespoonfuls will
cook a large -patch. As a rule, a mea-
sure is provided with the outfit. Re-
pair work may be done in the even-
ings or on rainy days, to avoid inter-
fering with other work, although it
takes little time.
The great advantage in repairing
tires in this way is that no time is
wasted in taking the casting from the
rim. The car is simply jacked up, and
sufficient air let out of the tire to
enable it to conform to the vulcanizer
when it is screwed on.
How a Tape Machine
Works.
Those busy little machines, which,
clicking away inside their glass cases,
print all the latest news on long strips
of paper, are one of the marvels of the
age,
Yet really they are quite sinnple.
They are in two parts—one for trans-
mitting the news an the other for re-
producing it. One transmitter is cap-
able of working any number of repro-
ducers. At first glance, the former is
,not unlike a piano, with only thirty or
so black and white keys. Each key re-
presents one letter• or other sign, and,
on depression, cc.inpletes an electric
circuit.
This current passes over the wire to
the transmitting machine , and ro-
tates in it a wheel, on which is a com-
plete alphabet of letters. Above this
wheel is another, which is merely sur-
rounded by a pad rim. Between the
, two wheels passes a narrow strip of
paper upon which the message is go-
ing to be typed.
As the type wheel presses up, forc-
ing the paper against the pad on ,the
wheel above, hey presto! the • letter
required appears on the slip of paper.
Messages are not sent 'very • fast;
about five seconds being »]loved be-
tween each letter, yet even at'thi's` rate
It can be seen messages' are written
in 250 different places. at one and the
same tilne, in far quicker•'timo than
they could be dispatched and received
by ordinary telegraph,
Say, with Balzaci,, in his garret,
do literature,
when told that , which he
had chosen for his calling, a man must
either be a kin or hodrnan,, "Very
Well, I will be kingl"
At Sunset.
When work is almost done, I softly
steal
Up to niy tiny window where I kneel,'
And watch the sun in clouds• of won-
drous. light,
Sink low upon the .moors and out of
sight.
And while I watch this radiance, I
seem
To lose myself completely in a dream,
That carries me a million utiles away,
Where troubled thoughts of work can.
never stray.
My room becomes a bower,- my house
a place,
The fairest lady would be piont to
grace,:
Position, beauty, worldly wealth and
power,
Are my possessions for this precious
dour.
Then, froin fry dreams I waken with a
start:
"Muvverir A voice is tugging at my
' heart;
"Conning, dearheart," I call, and..w , :ith
a smile; .
t `travel back from dreams to things'
Worth while: *.
—Katherine Parsons,
No human being has, a second stom-
ach; but every hey has a second ap-
petite.
A loss of more than '35,000,000 its
*Old population has been traced to
the World War. Battle deaths were
0,000,000. The other loss was caused
by war epidemics, food blockades,.
Starvation and the fall in the norfnai
birth rate.
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Here and There in. Canada.
The population of: St. John, MB., iSis
estimated to be 67,050, based on the,"
new directory, which gives 2,340 never
names, an increase of 913 over last
year. Last year the estimated pope
lation was 64,305.
More than one and a quarter million
barrels of apples were -exported from
Canada last season, thegreater bulk
of these going to the United Kingdom,
it is pointed out in a statement issued
by the Department of Agriculture.
A report has reached Montreal from
London, England, stating that at the
Founder's Day at the Barnando's, Vil-
lage Home, Sir H. H. Stileman men-:
tioned that the emigration of boys and
girls to Canada, which was suspend-
ed during the German submarine came
paign, has been resumed, and nearly
500 children had been sent out to join
the 23,000 already in the Dominion.
A party representing the Hoffman
Pulp and Lumber, Corporation, left
Sydney, N.S. recently, on a tour of in -
British Pear! Fisheries.
Coning down the Highland railway
recently, where the line runs along-
side the Tay, the writer saw two men
in: a boat, one of whom was leaning
'over the side, holding a sort of box in
the water.
A friend who was with him explain -
led that the men were . pearl fishing.
The box was a "water glass" used for
eliminating the surface ripple, and so
examining the bottom of the river.
When a mussel is seen, the fisher-
man pushes down a length of stiff
wire, thrusting it between the open
shells of the fish. These close at once
on the wire, and so the creature is
drawn to the surface.
These mussels are of considerable
size, and quite a fair proportion of
them hold pearls, though' only a few
•of these are sufficiently well shaped.
or lustrous to be valuable. -
Yet the mere fact that pearl fishing
'still goes on in a good many Scottish
and Irish rivers proves that it must be
spate:pi of the G.oinpany's timber liojd, aiYth ewhile. ;T4ft. p, inpipal Scottish,
ings at Hamilton Inlet, Labrador: -The �riyers'•for pearl mussels are the Dee,*
purpose of the visitis tosnake an ex- Spey, Aon, and Esk, while another
centre of pearl fishery is in Ulster, in
the Foyle and ib tributaries.
Pearl fishing goes on regularly in
all these streams, and the proceeds of
the fishing ars.sold to local jewellers.
A jeweller at Strabane gave $40 for a
pearI which was found in a small
stream near the town, and plenty of
pearls worth, five to ten dollars each
are ;got ever season. Most of these
fresh -water pearls are white, but now
and then very beautiful pink ones are
obtained. No special. skill is required
in the fishing, and amateurs and,holi--
day -makers have almost as good a
chance of success as the professional
fishermen.
These pearls are accumuled
around •a nucleus consisting of the
dead larva of 'the distoma, or fluke.
The full-grown fluke inhabits the
bodies of the eider duck or black duck,
but the pearl mussel acts as host to
the young in a certain stage of their
development.
ploration'of the territory and .to' take
all preliminary steps which would
lead to operations next •spring. Mills
will have to be established and hous
ing accommodation for . a thousand.
men erected. The territory acquired
by the corporation covers an area of
148 square miles, and it is the inten-
tion to cut a minimum of 100,000 cords
of pulpwood per year.'
Starting iu 1911 with an output of
90 tons, the chemical pulp industry in
British Columbia has increased year
by year until in 1920 the output reach-
ed 108,670 taus. The first year in
which mechanical pulp was manufac-
tured in the province was 1917, in
which year 65,000 tons was turned out.
In 1920 this had increased to 108,000
tons. In 1913 the output"of paper was.
45,816 tons. This increased to 146,500
tons in 1920. The value of pulp and
paper production in 1920 in British
Columbia was $21,500,000, making it
one of the most important industries
in the province. `
A survey will be made of the mus-
kegs of the North this summer by the
Federal Department of Agriculture to
determine their agricultural possibili-
ties. The question of developing the
muskegs- will be fully investigated
and experiments on a large scale card
reed out. If the experiments prove,)
successful,, several ridh areas will be;
offered to -agriculturists, and the re-
sult will undoubtedly prove of great"
value to the western provinces.
Saving His Face.
A recent writer on the old-time mer-
chant marine says that the first steam -
I• ship to visit China was the Jamesina
froiu Bombay. When she entered the
Canton River and in accordance with
old custom had taken on her Chinese
piiot•at Lintin she resumed her course,
proceeding under steam against wind
and tide, The pilot showed no curiosi-
;ty and asked no questions. Soon in a
perfectly matter -of -course manner he
began -to give occasional directions to
the helmsman—such directions as
he would have given if the Jamesina
had been a sailing vessel. That was
too much for the British captain, and.
he called the pilot's attention to the
fact that the ship was propelled not
by wind but by steam.
"Oh," replied the Chinese coolly.
"It is a method that is no secret in
some parts of the empire: it was com-
mon once, but it has now fen, some
time fallen into disuse!"
Modern Forest Fire Fighting.
Great as has, been the advance in
fire fighting methods and equipment in
towns and cities in Canada in the last
five years, the advance in fighting }
forest fires has bean even greater. Do-
minion, ,provincial, and private forest
organizations are now using airplanes,'
power launches, railway speeders,
automobile tracks,' and portable gaso-
line pumps, besides the old reliable
horses, spades, hoes., turd wet sack,
in their protective work, and are call-
ing men out to danger points by means
Of telephones, heliographs, and other
signalling apparatus,
Empire's Largest Landowner.
The new Australian knight, Sir Sid-
ney Kidman, is a self -!made man, and
not only a. public benefactor but the
,
r 'inn the Empire. largest landholder1 e. I3'e
controls over 82,000,000 aeres, which
carry about a quarter, of a million cat-
tle and many thousand horses,
Potted Voices.
Although Madame Patti, :$the great,
soprano, had passed her best when the
gramophone carne into being, yet re-
cords of .her matchless voice are in.
existence, and were recently used to
demonstrate the art of the great sing-
er.
Many young people who are in-.
terested in music, or sing themselves,
ask whether Sims Reeves sang better
than Thomas 13urke, if Jenny Lincs
sang as well as Tettrazini, or whether
1Vla;dame Clara Butt has as pure a con-
tralto voice as Antoinette Sterling or
Madame Patti. Old concert -goers of-
ten stick up for their early loves, but
comparison is impossible, for their
Voices are long silent, and new ones
hold the field.
But the gramophone has ended that
phase, The new singers to cone can
be compared vocally'with the singers
at present holding the field. The
'gramophone has got all the great sing-
ers "in pickle," and everybody will be
able in the future, even long after they
have passed away, to taste their'
beautiful quality,
Yet what would we not give to be
able to put Jenny Lind or Joseph Mass
or Madame Patti on the gramophone,
and Hetet; as our fathers and mothers
did, to their entrancing Bangs? What
would "My Pretty ,Jane,” sung by
Sims Reeves, be valued at to -day, or
'Caller Herrin'," sung by Antoinette
Sterling, and sung as elle alone could
Mg it?
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Dangling belplesrly for Iroure over
a bottomless pit of ice while his arms
and legs gradually froze -that was the
experience of ,john Lothian Cope, sur-
geon and biologist to the Ross party of
the Shaekleton Antarctic expedition,
Dr, Cope, who is one of England's'
most exporlenced Antarctic explorers,
had been leading three anon over a
dangerous glacier and lied failed to
notice a narrow crevasse that was
bridged with snow. Suddenly he felt
the snow give way and fell headlong
through space, But twenty feet be-
low the edge the sledge harness,
which he had fastened round his client
and shoulders, caught and held him
suspended. Fortunately his com-
panions saw him fall and immediately
made the sledge ropes fast.
Cope looked round him, The cre-
vasse widened downward until its
sides disappeared from view, and be-
low that—darkness and illimitable
depths!
"Are you all right?" came a voice.
"Yes, but I can't get up; I'm hung
here."
"Hang on then!" shouted the man
above. "We'll make a rope ladder."
With that he disappeared.
It grew colder and colder in the icy
, erevasse. Grape's mitts fell off, and be
watched them drop, striking the ice,
mall they disappeared. His hand.;
• were soonnumb, and bis body half
frozen; Now and then the roar of ice
falling down some far distant crevasse
broke the silence.°
At last the ladder was finished, and
the men lowered it Since Cope'ssense
of toue].was completely gone by that'
time, he had to watch his hands to see
that they clutched the rope as be
climbed, Swinging backward and for-
ward over the pit, he gradually nnade
hie way toward the top, But just be
fore he reached it his harness •came
off. If he slipped, nothing would save
him from being dashed to pieces. He
was so numb and exhausted that he
could not stretch his legs far enough
to reach from one rung to the next.
He called up•fainitly to tie men, and
they lowered the harness until he was
able to push .Ns legs through it. Half
settling in it and feebly grasping the
rope ladder he was hauled the few re-
maining feet to the surface. He had
been hanging over, that apparently
bottomless pit for three and a half
hours.
Airplane Efficiency in Forest
Protection.
To have a small airplane, supposed-
ly big enough only for scouting and
forest patrol work, pick up fire -fight,
ers with tools and supplies and trans-
port them quickly to the scene of the
fire and thus prevent a conflagration,
has been the happy experience of at
least two of the forest services with
which the Air Board of Canada is co-
operating this season. This co-opera-
tion has been established by the Air
Board with the federal and several of
the provincial forest services. The
first instance of this prompt action oc-
curred in the Sioux Lookout district
of Western Ontario, where the Air
Board co-operates with the Ontario
Department of Lands 'and Forests.
Here the air patrol discovered a fire
under- circumstances where speed was 1
necessary if a disastrous fire was to be
averted. It was seventy-five miles
from the base, and in less than three
hours from starting two fire rangers,
were fighting the fire. They stuck to
it and held the fire down for two days,
when they were re -enforced by unen
sent in from another point by canoe,
and•the fire was finally controlled and
extinguished. The canoemen had pad-
dled a day and a half to get to the fire.'
The .. second case was in Northern
Manitoba, where the Air Board is co-
`operatin with the Dominion Forestry
Brae . se
covered late in the evening. At day-
light next morning the airman and
two forest'officers were in the' air, ar-
riving at the fire et 4.30 a.ni. The
three started "'the fight immediately
and by noon the fire was, dead out.
The Forestry Branch inspector for
Manitoba praises the keenest; of the
airmen in tb•eir work and records the
excellent co-operation between the
two services. The present season will
do much to determine the place the
airplane is to occupy in forest protec-
tion.
Testing Canadian Woods.
The announcement has recently
been made that the Board of Works
for the United Kingdom has added cer-
tain Canadian timbers to the list of
those used by the department. That
the qualities of Canadian woods might
be understood and the timbers there-
by put to the best possible use, was
the object of the Minister of the In=
terior, Canada, in establishing the
Forest Products Laboratories in con-
nection with the Forestry Branch. The
laboratories are making mechanical
and physical tests of Canadian woods
and the results are published from
time to time as the investigation of
each species or group is' completed.
The information obtained is proving of
great value not only to timber users
in Great Britain and other countries,
but also to Canadian engineers, archi-
tects and builders. Beginning with
the more important species the in-
vestigation is to proceed until all the
woods having any oommercial value
are tested, Bulletins 59 and 60, the
two so far issued on this subject, may
be had free upon application to the Di-
rector of Forestry, Ottawa.
A Scotch Inheritanc- e.
An American professor •who was
studying at Edinburgh University
roomed at the home of a thrifty
Scotch family. Each, morning Mrs.
MacAngus would come in with an age -
scarred dust -pan and a well-worn
broom and sweep the floor, stooping
about the place in back -breaking dis-
comfort.
"I should think you would find. it
"easier to use a broom," the professor
ventured one morning,
"No doot,Hoot," agreed Mrs. Mac-
Angus, "but I hae the brush and 1 Imo
not the broom, my wither having left
the broom to the oldest child. The
youngest braether got nasthing but a
turkey wing."
The Cleanest Town.
Which town Is the cleanest in the
world? We know several that are not.
The cleanest town in the world is said
to be Brock, in Holland. It has been
famous for its cleanliness frons time
immemorial. The yards and streets
are paved with polished stones, inter-
mingled with bricks of various colors,
What is beautiful is ,good, and who.
is --good will soon be beaut:tul.—Sap-'
pho.
Bits of Canadian News.
A syndicate is being formed with
Lord Morris, late Prime Minister of
Newfoundland, at its head, to take up
the development of Alberta •ooal re-
sources. The syndicate proposes to
acquire a coal mine in Edmonton dis-
trict and by a special process' trans-
form the coal into briquettes. It Is
expected that a plant will be built
shortly and operations commenced.
A co-operative marketing scheme
for the disposal of potatoes similar to
that already in force in Michigan and
Minnesota, will be tried out this year
by Alberta farmers, according to J. H.
Hare, oomrnissioner of marketing for
the Alberta Department of Agricul-
ture. The scheme will involve. the
establishment of a grading station at •
which all potatoes will be graded for
shipment. Inspection will be given at
thie other end, potatoes going through
in such cases subject to rejection.
About twenty-five tons of oil drilling
machinery left Peace River recently
on board the steamer D. A. Thomas
for the Fart Norman ell fields. This
machinery, is being shipped by the
Canada -United States Oil Refining
Corporation of Chicago, which com-
pany has already sent a large con-
sigement of machinery to these north-
ern fields for the development of their
holdings. there.
The value of bacon exports from..
Cana' 2 Rle.R.. , 009,000
An'actiVe -Campaign is beig,eiiduct
ed ' by the Dominion Department of
Agriculture in co-operation with . the •
provincial departments to increase
trade and incidentally to maintain the
quality of" Canadian bacon, which
years ago procured for it a steady mar-
ket in Great Britain.
A gold discovery has been reported
to th.e Ontario Department of Mines
by A. G. Burrows. It is located near
Go'dreau, Ontario, a short distance
north of Lake Superior. A number of
assays have been made giving a gold
value at the rate of $31,20 a ton and
quartz at $48.80 a ton.
Efforts of the Department' of Agri-
culture to improve the varieties of
fruits and vegetables grown in Canada
are meeting with considerable success,
officials of the department state. S:e-
clal attention is being paid to the cul-
tivation
ultivation of apples, plums and other
fruits. Experiments have also been
conducted for several years with po-
tatoes, tomatoes and lettuce in an en-
deavor to produce a strain which
would ripen faster, produce a larger
yield, and be of better quality than the
ordinary variety.
According to figures published by
the External Trade Division of the
Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Cana-
da's• trade with the United States is
reaching a more normal level, In 1920
goods imported from the United States
were valued at $660,503,487, while ex-
ports only amounted to $488,974,570,
with a resultant balance of $371,534,-
917 in favor of the United States. In
1921, for the year ended June 30,
Canada imported goods from the
United States with a value of $766,-
393,077,
766;393,077, and exported gooas valued at
$501,933,266, reducing the trade bal.
auce in favor of the United States for
the year to $264,459,811.
Forest Protection Advice
From the Clouds.
Even old woodsmen, who might be
supposed to be prejudiced in the op-
posite direction, testify that the print-
ed notice, the fire warning bill or post-
er, is the utast important weapon with
which to fight forest fires. Keeping in
close touch with every part of its vast
field tho Forestry branch of the De-
- t
e-tmont of the Interior now prints a
completely different set of posters
each season, so as to keep the warn-
ings as attractive and striking as pos.
sable. This season two new forms of
notice have been added, the first is
composed of sti:kers to be placed on
the wind -shields of automobiles enter
ing-Dominion forests and the other of
site of tiny har:i bills to be dropped
by the morn of the forestry air patrol
as they 3iy over camps and picnic
Parties. One of these latter bears the
words "Citizens! Help the Forest
Service to protect your property by
being careful with fire in the woods.
'Co-operative] Aerial Patrol--1aorestry
Branch Air Board,';
Drive yourself, hot others,