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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1921-09-22, Page 7an4 the worst s yet to borne, GOOD ADVICE. ON TIRE CARE. „iraceab.�e to a long list of causes.A,I 1 1 Rubber tires in the •period of one blowut may Occasionally effect it :gen�errati;on have almost completely replaced 'tires merle from all. other inore durable materials on, bicycles, nnotorcyolea, automobiles and trucks."the demand has been mese and more for speed pan traction, for greater 4ein riding and for saving of the vehicle ennd;, the road, and inmes- panseto the demand tire :construction has ehan?,g•ed and progressed so_ tepidly. the equipment which four years ego averaged 4,000 miles, as eonrstructed at present will render out is to exercise intelligence and sie lent the proper size tube and flap for the casing, keeping the rim in ;good'. condition and using care in the as�sem.- bly and mounting of these units. What Makes a Blowout. Ordinary blowouts that affect both ceasing and tube are the result of a weakening in the fabric of .the tire darcass. All tires blow out in time if the tube, More often, however, •n volyes both tie and owing. A blow-, out' or retold leak in the tube aloneit is mere often the result of a tube! pinch, caused by mounting on inn -t proper site ,or ,cliety rims, by lack of soapstone lubricant, by dirt be rough spots er rupture in the easing, by im- properly fil eng valve, by folded flap. or :by catching the tube under the bead. Reasonable insurance .against tube pinching amid resi hinig Leak or :blow - mere the,,nn double that mileage, in spite of these melted m'anufac- tOrang ihnprovemeots in tine develep- ment and in quantity production, im- provements that have :given a stand- ard product and at the same time re- duced, its cost 100 per cent. to the ooeisnzaner, the motorist himself has not been made to realize Chow much .walldittional saving he calf add by giving used long enough, but such natural his tires the same intelligent care failure's cones late in tire 'life. It is draft he gives Brie motor or other parts. the blewont resulting from the abuse The Motorist hes faired to arpprre- that is eosbly and that inust be .avoided chute that 80 per cerjt..of the materials if the •tire is to render its full service. that go into a highgrade pneumatic The most flagramt tire abuses, re- •lire are of a 've'ge'table nature, -and suiting 'hi premature blowouts •irn consequently perishable, and that the casings, are: Overload, under-infl'ahlon, rapidity of perishableness depends to. overspeeding, miselagrmnent a wheels, a nsiderab a degree on the extent of driving in car tracks and ruts, nag- ene ecesseay expose -are oe the tine to lected cubs and improper use of anti - deteriorating combinations of muffs- skid devices. A :brief detailed clue- Lure, light end'he:att, aswell ars avoid- ' .:able destructive abuses • such as cuts, abrasions and ruptures. A Billion for Tires. cussion of each of these major abuses follows: All tires have a load 19th. Con- stant slight or occasional heavy over- loads •shorten tire life. To determine Steel tires ate practically immune accurately the load carried on a ve- 'irom human abuse, bar uber tires Miele tire, weigh separately the front •are not, and their careless destruction and rear wheels, and divide each -becomes a world -wade eeonoaude loss, weight bytwo for the tire load. To with an annual tine hill of consider- this can be added weight figures oar - 'ably more than $1,000,000,000. By responding to "the average front or peeper care 10 pear cent. 'rear passenger loud. The maximum tine mileage could be obtained, wh!ieh, actual the load should not exceed the teanslated, means a yearly upkeep maximum load carrying capacity ad - saving of over $100,000,000. . Beady vertised .by responsible tire manufac- failure of tire equiprnenrt can be check- hirers. ed and oarreehed by persistent public- Importance of Inflation. itty methods. Proper inflastion .as as emportant as Keeping in mind then That without pr aper loads. Tires are not built to partment of Naval Services. The sta- rubbex` ices the matte vehicle as we take the place of steel springs or of tions are 3,000 miles apart and;}; the ,avow it to -day could 'not exist; that •shock absorbers. Under -inflation the Leafield station is the first one of the 'the rubber and cotton in tires are of a ,sults in an unnatural flexing of Imperial wireless chain which is to: es - h e infants fm''layers of fabric, which causes �separa- T per s3zn{b9te nature amid✓ aro tion. end early, td'estruction of the dare tablisih communication between allrthe, the Dominion Bureau of Statist cs. ding abuse ; and that by oh- d 7 709 wvtikvstan abuse; carcase; If easier Tiding is desired serving some �,l:mnle• peesatut ons, oversize tires may be used, and such the .:,. f h. t rtHn ap NAIAD/NI- PICNIC AIADA4 PICNIC oF 7.1-16 9 CPNP *040A1 450400L f/ - Bits` of Canadian•News Bis Majesty s •Press Agent Though the profession of Press agent is whet we. might call a new one, nearly everybody now is a,walte to the utility of the publicity expert. The stage folk first called the Prase agent into. being, and now Society people, learned bodice, great commer- cial concerns, obarities, and even -Gov- ernment departments, employ astute and experienced gentlemen to give out information to the newspapers and correct any false reports that may creep in. But very few people know that there lee, publicity expert installed in Buck- ingham Palace itself. Naturally, he is not employed to "boom" RZpyalty, which needs no specially prepared ad- vertisement; but leis. job is none trio less onerous and exacting. Every newspaper man knows that Royalty and its movements and inten- tions is a topic of the deepest interest to the great mass of the'British pub- lic, and to the world at large. And every newspaper man`also knows that the printing of incorrect and inaccur- ate statements on this theme would bring unpleasant consequences, This is where the Buckingham Palace Press' agent comes in, i Suppose a newspaper man gets hold of what in his printing office slang he calls a "story" about Royalty. Ile dare not print it without confirmation. So he rings up Buckingham Palace and "gets on" to the official who attends to all Press matters, and who will con- firm or deny the story. Perhaps ,he will even add a few oorroborative de- Announcement has been made that to the acre, and there were also 217, - the University of New Brunswick has 000 bushels of seed, the average yield created a new chair in Forestry. Since per acre being 7 bushels. The fibre the department was established some and tow have not yet been sold, but thirteen years ago' there has been but the seed, at $2 per bushel, realized one technical forester in the employ $434,000, of the University. The demand for A syndicate is reported to have been foresters has • been so heavy in recent formed • to undertake extensive gold years that a second instructor has mining development in New Bruns - been, appointed, and it is hoped that wick. Prospecting work has already still further development will come in . been carried out in Victoria county by the near future. other companies, but it is not the in - Messages have been exchanged be- tentnon, of the new company to in- tween Leafield wireless station, near vestigate the possibilities of that cope - London, England, and Barrington` Sta.- t- at the present time. tion, N.S., it is announced by the De- The total value of repair work in Canada in plants devoted entirely to' this branch of Industry in 1919 amount- amount - ' ed to $26,586,138, on an aggregate he vestment of $24,186,265, .according to British possessions. The LeafieldSta This industry in 1919 employe , . tion communicates with', Polson E1,i'Cs, !shop workers .earning an aggregate lability Anne rs ex ra of 250 -kilowatt capacity,' The chain wage of...$7,480,604. and 1,299 office ca silly w iltlrin a of .tarry > , titres, an addition to urn wrrg - rear will later on be extended to South -Aire workers earning a total; -salary of $1,- tire life can .be prolonged 10 Ten tent. reis:ilnen�cy give Imre :tr0otion . an aca and through India to Australia 301,607 tri haw toreview the, 1 t 1 e i it a ;came -aim upkeep os ro eedin apace, sober Erasers. reaidjustmemlt of the •speedometer; an i ation project i p e, g • pneumatic the fail- h will probably be established later on., and progress beyond anticipation is A a latjority of pie ores stake the foam of a punctuate or a 'blowout. Punctures are ' generally .easily understandable, ahice they re- sult frcmi a :sharp 'substance piercing both casing ,and tube. Well,construct- ' -ed tires of proper size .for the car do not puncture ea:tfly •.ox frequently. 'Because of their fieaobiuity cord con- structed casings puncture less easily 'than the squame woven fabric type. Blowouts, on the ether hand, tray be -i:s it not wor • ,w o xevat wheels •and'. .supply gree ei ' mileage , , eat Britain Work on- the Lethbr ,ge ,Northern, Commirnication=betiv een'Gr essentials of : li d 1. Canada, and Canada to Australia Irrigation However; 'oveistizing times requires' s. " otherwise the recorded distance.will be lees than that actually traveled. Do not 'change Mutton pressures with eham,ges r ;atniospl endo tempera- were incorporated in -the Provincef tire, since more damage results froml Saskatchewan, as compared with 248 endeavoring to compensate fox an in companies, capitalized at $10,218,930 crease in the tire temperature than as I in. 1919 and 184 companies, capital $3,-. caused by the increase; in temperature' 767,480 in 1915. To .the end of 'July, itself. Avoid ruff ing en a flat tare' 1921, 121 companion were incorporated Such practice ruins the tube well with -a capital of $3,734,000.:In addi- breaks the casing at the bead or sate tion 40 rural telephone companies. wall with • capital of $17,445, were incor- dC During the year 1920, 280 companies, being made. In the month o u y with a capitalization of . $13,172,880 'excavation', of 650,000 yards was made, o *Melt, is 150,000 more than the' quan- tity ,1ioked for, so that construction will be completed by the time allowed. Canadian` student's in Paris will soon have a.- home while attending universi- ties there, it is announced by Hon, Athanase David, provincial secretary. The City of Paris has granted space wt a c p , to construct a commodious edifice on norate.d in 1920 To the end of ,July, the grounds of the Sorbonne, and it tails, There is great joy in the reporter's breast when this happens; there is corresponding depression :when a courteous reply comes back over the "Brainy" Bits! - Elephants and whales are said to surpass human beings in the weight of their, brains, But, compared with the `weight of the whole body, there are not many animals which can beat mat—in fact, it may surprise the 'read- er to know that there are animals . existing which rank ahead of humanity —taking, of course, the weight of. the brain as against that of the whole body. Many kinds" of monkeys, certain members of the squirrel fancily, and a few of the mouse specie, all being small animals, surpass man in brain so we are told, Any animal, however; which is larger than a .man, has no brain which is relatively as large as his. It would appear that man's meutal superiority is due rather to the quality and organization of his brain than to the size. The usual weight of a man's brain is said to be 49i/2 ounces, as against a woman's 44 ounces. A small head is no criterion as to the brains of a person; it depends upon the cerebral convolutions as to one's brain power. Indeed, it is said that large brains do not always denote great mental capacity, Many celebrated men in the past have possessed brains weighing less than the average 493/2 ounces of man- kind generally. A brain weighing over 50 ounces— said to have been the heaviest known —was the possession of a man who never earned more than ten dollars a week during the whole of his life- time! Another man who never earn- ed a large sum was said,.to have a re- cord brain for weight, so'that size and weight are nothing to go by. Fishes' brains weigh a 3,88th part of the whole oftheir bodies. There isn't much hope for the per- son who can not see and take a joke. Try the Sun Bath Cure Bathing in the sun's rays for health is an ancient ceremony, handed down to us from the earliest ages; Wise- acres in bygone times used to bathe M the sunshine, Believing in the great value of light as 0 destroyer of dis- ease; Light was the secret and uni- versal medicine by which they cured many diseases. Sunlight is the greatest factor in our planetary existence;' If it felled all life would perish. One has only to look. at . }V•ature for potent examples. In vegte able, animal, and humazn lite the in- 1!}tence of sunlight is strongly mani- fest. Compare the vegetation in the ardens' of a back street away from e sunlight with similar growth in tile open country. Compare tib e child - n of the country with those living *Own a• narrow street of an industrial town. 'For creating good general health atilt happiness no medicine is so effec- 'tive as the direct rays of the sun. A sun bath consists of letting the rays of the sun bathe the skin each day, preferably during the morning, The body is, of coarse, .wholly or partially unoovered Of course, this, must not apply to the. head when tiie sun is very strong, al - 1921, 22 coniptnies were incorporated 'is :'aid that as soon as possible the 130 with a capital of $8,290. According toinformation received Canadians now in Paris will have suit- able' •accommodations on the grounds by • the Division of Economic Fibre of the University. Production of the Central Experiment A. shipment of nearly two million al Farm at Ottawa, the -area sown to feet•. of British Columbia fir, • from flax for fibre in 1920 was 31,000 acres, Vancouver, via the Panama Canal, ar- all in Ontario, as compared with 20,262 rived at Three Rivers, Que., recently. acres sown in Ontario in 1919, The yield of flax fzb;re was 3,720 tons, the average rate per acre being 240 Ib. Flax tow yielded 1,860 tons, or 270 lb. wire to the effect that Buoking?haV Palace is unable to confirm the report. On more than one •occasion the writer has been to the King's London home to consult with the Royal pub- licity man. It was extraordinarily easy to get into I3uekinghain Palace. At the big iron gates fronting on the Mall one simply told the big policeman on duty whom one wanted to see, and with a wave of his white -gloved hand he he dieated the prober door. Inside that door a pleasant -manner- ed official explained the way to Mr, - -'s room. Down what seemed several miles. of red -et rpeted corridors' . one tramped, and finally found one's quarry in a very desirable sitting -room looking out on the oourtyard. There was no fuss or bother at all. I have had more trouble getting to see some jumped-up celebrity of t'he mo- ment, than o-ment•than in penetrating to the heart of the King's Palace. Contrary to the general belief, Royalty takes a great interest in the I papers, and'eaeh member of the Royal Family has his -or her favorite journal. iBoth the king and the Queen show . consideration for the members of the 1 Press in the execution of thein duty. Not long ago the Queen was taking a leading part in- a function in South t London. Noticing that, owing to { faulty management, some reporters were placed where they could neither hear nor see to any advantage,' the Qneea directed that they should be put, nearer the Royal dais'• Contrariwise, any inaccuracy in a newspaper report is soon detected, and an official rings up the editor and administers a correction and a re. buke, A Public School Idyl. Ram it in, cram it in, Children's heads are hollow; Slam it In, jam it in, Still there's more to follow: Hygiene and history, Astroncmice mystery, Algebra, histology, Latin, etymology, Botany, geometry, Greek and trigonometry. Ram it in, cram it in, Children's heads are This is the first vessel, it is under- stood, to make the trip from British Columbia to Quebec ports via the Canal.. The March Past. Show them the way, Dominion men, Steady the ranks as in days of yore. Dress by the right: let us see again How steady you'll swing into col- umns of fours, For Byng will take the salute. By the left, quick march! Canadians .011, With eyes as bright and faces grim As they were that day when you heard the call And formed in line to march past him - Who to -day will taire the salute. Forward again, and you seem to smell though sunlight is a greater beautifier The sweat and the dust and to feel of the skin and hair than any preserip• the load tion of a beauty specialist. Sunlight Of years ago, whoa you swung exercises a most soothing and- bane- through hell ficial effect up -ort the skin by rousing And tramped out again down a shell- its dormant energies, thus stimulating ripped roads the whole nervous system.; To give 01' Byng the salute. People who live in the sun are far more cheerful and healthy, being al - That long, white road, when you suss - nicest entirely free from the "nervy" gled by, tendencies of those who live in dull, With the whine of "heavies" over - grey climates. A simple test of this head, statement can be made with one's And the dead trees naked against the friends on dull and sunny days. Wia al • sky; them! The effect of sunlight upon a How you straightened up; and every highly nervous subject is marvellous. head Sunlight is fibs! One touch of the Turned round and gave the salute. sun brings smiling Nature back to in- stant life. Where people are in the Pass on, parade! Your empty files- close to the cathedral; habit of getting as much sunlight as Nay! can we forget the sacrifice From one of the windows' overlook - healthily it is found they are optimistic, made 7 ilii the' moat hangs a rope attached to li-ealtliily affectionato, well -mot people, Car•i•y on, men!, with the same old a bell, �Liil when the swans are hungry with a big heart and a clear eye. with their beaks, hollow. Rap it in, tap it in, What are teachers paid for? Bang it in, slam it in, What are children made for? Ancient Archeology, Aryan philology, Prosidy, zoology, Physics, clinicto-logy, . , Calculus and mnatheinatios, Rhetoric and hydrostatics Hoax it In, coax it in, hallo `- •-ntirildretree4iBiids••are. w•r-- - Rub it in, club it in, All there le of learning,w Punch it in, crunch it in, '` Quench their childish. yearning For the field and grassy nook, Meadow green and rippling brook; Drive such wicked thoughts afar, Teach the children that they are But machines tocram it in.- Bang it in, slam it in, That their heads are hollow. Berlin's Best Jokes. Is the ex -Kaiser as popular in Ger- many, as 'he was before the war? It would appear that he is not the wor- shilntul idol he was. AJ one time his very name inspired fearful admiration among the German people—their great ruler who could do no wrong. Nowa- days he is the subject of mustahall jokes. The 'following patter was given by two cross -talk comedians (Germane both by .nationality) in one of Berlin's leading vaudeville theatres recently: "Good -.evening Hans!" said the first comedian. "So you're back from the war?" `Food -evening, Fritz!" replied the second, "Yes, I'm back from the war,' but it took me •a long time to get back!" "I suppose, 'Jens," continued Fritz, "you must have been the last one to leave?" 'Noi Fritz;' there ie one who isn't hones yet" The "one" referred to was the ex - Kaiser, and the house roared with laughter. - Swans Ring for Dinner. One of the sights of Wells, in Somer- set, is the family of tame swans on the moat surrounding the Bishop's palace, smiles, they tug at the rope The magnetic rays re -charge one's Sons of a breed that Is never afraid, nervous tissues, electrify the blood, Eyes right! Your leader salute! and purify the shin. to the sun bath ~� A fitting completion ". e,,a lass of water Life is a Mirror. cure - is to think g which has been exposed to the sun's Life's a mirror: if we smile rays for ten minutes.. It is one of the Smiles come back to greet us. finest tonies in the world ----and the if we're frowning all the whits, cheapest! I Frowns forever nae'et us, and so Hag the bell, and food is then thrown thein from the window, About sixty years ago, between 1855. and 1869,- Miss Aden, daughter of Lord Atieklaircd, Bishop of Bath. and Wells, taught the swans • to ring the bell, and they and their progeny have rung for theirMeals ever since. Scold it in, mold it in, All that they can swallow; Fold it in, hold it in, Still there's more to follow; Faces pinched and sad and pale Tell the same undying tale, Tell of moments robbed from sleep, Meals untaeted, studies deep, Those who've passed the furnace through, With aching brow will tell to you, How the teacher crammed it in, Rammed it -in, jammed it in, Crunched it in, punched it in, Rubbed it in, clubbed it i,. Pressed it in, caressed it in, Rapped it in and slapped it in, When their heads were hallow. —Puck. A Curious City. The most curious city`in the United States of America is the capital, Wash- ington, To prevent jealousy between the various States it is not in any one State brat in an entirely separate area called the "District of Columbia," in which the inhabitants have no votes whatever, but are ruled by a commis- sion appointed by the Federal Govern,. neat. The city was planned by a French- men, L'B nfant, on the,lines of Ver, seines. The Capitol,..tlie, building in which Congress meets; is in the centre of e city, aliti all, ttvo main streets radiate from it and are named after the t}ifeent States, Near by is the Congressional Lib- rary, whieh contains, among other in- terest;ittg documents, the original "De - *rattan of 'Independence." While he is in office the President of the United States. lives at Washington, in the White House. outside the city is Mount Vernon, George Washington's home. It be- longs• to the 'State and la open to the public., the rooms being filled With Growing Insect Powder. The bug powder market in 'Japan is said by 'news dispatches to be "de- pressed." This should be cause of elation to the bugs. During the war there was an enorm- ously increased demand for bug pow- der—known in the trade as pyrethrum or "Persian insect powder"—great quantities of•, it being used in the trenches. The price went sky-high. Japan exports the stuff by millions of pounds annually. But since the end of the war the demand has fallen off and the price has dropped to one, .• fourth what it was. It used to be a mystery. Nobody knew where it came from or what it was made of. For centuries it was familiarly known in Asiatic countries before Europe was a,cg33ainted with it. Although the secret was carefully, kept, discovery was eventually made' that the "Persian powder" was simply • the ground -up flower heads of a plant our common field el'aa ely�as e'mbl,itig daisy,' Its efficiency as a pug killer is due to a volatile oil which suffocates insects. 1' i Europe thefait was fiest grow . extensively in Dalmatia, where at the present time it is cultivated on a vast scale. The United States Department of Agriculture, wishingto introduce, it into the States, imported the seeds again and again, but they refused to sprout—the reason, as eventually as- certained, being that they had been previously baked by the canny Dalma- tian- planters. At length, however, they secured some live ones, and it is now produced in California on a big scall, a single farm near Stockton having 300 acres devoted to the plant that yields pyreth- rum. What It Costs. What one thing holds humans back more than any other one thing? What is man's most serious handicap and woman's stumbling block? ' What one thing has cost you more friends and, without. doubt, more money, than any other one th'•ng? Answer: Anger! Anger comes in when reason goes out. When you are wrong, you usually get wrathy. When you run into a rage, you lose all control of yourself and of others, When a man is in a frenzy, he is more than foolish he often is crim-t inal. Consequently, losing your head is sure to lead to some serious situation. getting angry means that you are suffering from a form of physical or mental weakness. When your hands get cold, your face livid, your tongue dry and thick, the shock means that you have shortened your stay on earth. 4 Shark. Skin Found Good for Shoes. Recent tests of sharkskin uppers for shoes by the united States Bureau of Standards wero made in a way both ingenious, and practical. Pairs were made to order, with one upper of kid `and the other upper of shark leather, and these were worn by employees of the bureau. It was found that the shark leather wore better and longer than the kid. It has the special advantage of being eighteenth -century furniture and relics waterproof. of the. Washington:. It is offiically announced that shark In Nov'embar an lnte'rnational Con hides ,yield leather of high quality, Terence will be held in Washington, suitable for many purposes and st- and another intersting chapter will be tractive for travelling bags,: brief written in the City's history, Solomon's Temple, for the building of whiz practically the whole man- hood of Israel was commandeered, r to con- that there is an important future world have east $5,000,000,000 ahead of the shark fishery. Strutt at present prices, cases, desk sets and the like. When the value of the livers tor "cod-liver" oil and the availability of the flesh 'as a meal for feeding auimale are taken into consideration, it seems obvious