HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1921-11-17, Page 7Hada .' SOLVES ENGINE i R
The conic the weather gets the
more difficu tit is to make the engine
start. • No else indioating that ears
have acute sttaeks of bronchitis can
be heaed. iso earg from •garages these
snappy •cold mornings. Merl, can be
seen running back end forth from
house to garage armed with 'steaming
teakettles and dishrags.
Now, to the novice, the new owner,
the first inclination would be to !blame
the manufacturer of the engine. It
isn't the fault of the engine at all, it
is because "the gasoline doesn't gas."
However, there is a solution of the
problem, et least enough of a remedy
to make life a little happier for the
owner.
This condition of gas was absent for
several years. In the early days of
automobile construction, before the
enanlufacturers were able to devise a
carburetor for vaporizing gasoline
under all conditions, we had this sante
trouble a5 soon as. the weather turned
cold. Pers? tent•
s experiments pro-
duced a carburetor which overcame
the trouble. Then, almost as soon as
a carburetor was developed which
would ,vaporize the gasoline under ad-
verse ,conditions, somehow the volatil-
ity of the gasoline was found to have
decreased.
It is tree that the gasoline now sold
has a greater heat -producing quality,
if only we eaii. get it properly Mixed
and volatilized. It may be that the
gasoline producers, by putting heavier
gasoline on the market have been of
a real service to auto men, once we
have learned to utilize it economically
and efficiently. They may have had
in mind higher power, but they have
given us 'a gas .whioh is hard to vap-
orize ena frosty morning.
Must Heat the Air.
In changing gasoline from liquid to
vapor considerable heat must be sup-
plied. When the atmospheric temper-
ature is too low there is not -s""efficient
heat in it to vaporize the gasoline
sprayed in to the carburetor. When
the engine is warm the process of
vaporizationgoes on from the needle
valve to the moment of ignition, but
if the engine is 'cold the ::pr.acess is
retardded more or less, and under some
conditions it is possible for thoroughly
vaporized gasoline to be again con-
densed. The man who does not under-
stand is inclin11d to say uncomplimen-
tary things about the engine and talk
about "fireproof gasoline." The only
trouble is that the temperature is so
low that we must heat the air before
we send it into. the carburetor.
Practically a tivalip all the carburetor manu-
facturers put: out a "•stove"to heat the
air supply, which is: attached' around
QELEM ON FROSTY DAYS.
the exhaust pipe, so that the hot air
surrounding the pipe is .conveyed to
the carburetor, which warms the air
entering the intake, thus supplying
the heat necessary to effect vaporiza-
tion. This "stove" or gas warmer
might be ealled a "hot lair furnace."
Hove to Raise Tepiperature.
The process of vaporisation, absorbs
a large amount of heat. To *raise the
temperature of the liquid ,one degree
takes a eertaih amount of heat. The
amount required per degree remains
the sante until the point of vaporiza-
tion is reached, when several hundred
times that amount of heat is required
to effect vaporization. The "hot air"
furnace supplies the extra amount of
heat. •
A great many carburetors have the
mixing chamberwater-jacketed, •. and
the water from the cooling system is
circulated through it, supplying some
heat in that way. Sometimes that in
itself is sufficient, but et present it.
semis advisable to use both. Neither
one of these is in operation when the
engine is .started; the "hot-air furn-
ace" 'depends upon the exhaust pipe
being heated and the water-laeket
upon the engine. itself being heated
long snotrgh to warm up the circula-
tion, so that it becomes - nec-
essary to find some means to supply
neat until these warm up.
When the car is •started in a waren
garage : the gasoline will vaporize
properly •and the engine will run in
good shape, but as soon as the car
goes out into the cold 'air it will cool
the engine so that some of thegaso-
line will be condensed. Therefore we
close the radiator eover partly or
wholly until the engine is. thoroughly
warmed. If the car is started hi a
cold 'garage"the teakettle and dishrag
method must be resorted to. Wrap
the cloth around the intake pipe and
the carburetor • so that it does not
cover the air intake, incl pour the
boiling water on the rag, taking care
that none gets in the air intake. The
hat water will heat the carburetor and
intake pipe end raise the temperature
of the mixture so that. the engine will
run. In some cases it maybe necessary
even to drain out the •cooling system
and fill it with hot water, so that the
combustion chamber becomes heated
up.
Of course, sometimes the skipping
CM be overcome by enriching the mix-
ture by the dash control, but with the
present heavy gasoline the enriched
mixture does not seem to do much
good and is simply adding to the
sup-
ply of gasoline, which is ,alreadY,
re-
fusing to vaporize. Therefore, it
seems to be the stove and dishrag for
the cold engine.
Forest Fires and Land
Clearing.
Most citizens are aware that prac-
tically all the forest provilnceshave
adopted brusdi-burning laws which pro-
hibit the use of fire to clear land, ex-
eept during certain menthe of the year,
unless the fire ranger in. the district
gives written permission to burn on a
stated date. A paragraph has been
going the rourzd+s of Canadian news-
papers this autumn to the effect that
as a result of a forest fire a settler in
the north country was able to clear
the debris off two acres and get the
laird ready for crop for twenty dollars,
whereas had he attempted to clear it
by logging and without the aid of fire
it would have cost him $200. The in
frenee fromthe statement is that had
this forest fire not broken out the
settler would have had to use the
more expensive method. Andthe
paragraph went on to state that
Porest fires were therefore not wholly
evil. The statement leaves out two
important facts,. In the first place
settlers are not, in any province, pro-
hibited from using fire to clear their
land, Settlers are permitted, and
thousands in every province . every
year avail themselves of this permis-
sion to burn off. their "slash," when
the season and the conditions are such
that there is a reasonable expectation
that the flee will not escape from their
farms to the property of other settlers.
The second point omitted is that every
barest fire, running wild, even though
it does -not happen to result in loss of
life, ar to burn houses and barns and
other Iike property, burns .timber
which would -have been harvested by
• some person for his own good and the
good of the 'country, Besides, some of.
the worst 'forest fires in history have
been caused by escaped cleariing fires.
There e never was and: never will be a
good forest Tiro.
The Sticker and the Striker.
A hammer once said to a nail,
"Your value don't begin
„Until I knock you on the. head
"And start to drive you in
"You have a head, I must admit,
"But nothitngseem to ktiebw.
"until you are to usefulness
"Awakened by my blow."
"'Tint tette," replied the nail, "but I
"As soon an you are through,"
"Stick on the job, my first and last,
"As I was meant to do.
"I ale no rover, once in plac'o
"1 never start to hike—
"While yen Whig this •way and slvieg
that
"Forever on the' strlke "'
Making One's Place.
If you've made the place you toil in,
Then you have not toiled in vain.
If you fashioned out of duty,
Out of service and of pain,
Something nobler than the average,
something finer than the rest,
You have .crowned your life with hon-
or—foe you .know you've done
your best.
Make your place, and then you'll know
it,
Then you'll master all it brings.
All that fills with peace and power,
Gives you comradeship with kings,
Forit's better than a kingdom to have
made a place in life
That shall lift you ant of shadows and
shall save you out of strife.
The Seaweed Harvest.
That every year there is a harvest
of seaweed is a Pict which is not
generally known.
This industry is carried on in Hol-
land. The seaweed is mown with
scythes, when the tops almost reach
the surface of the water. The har-
vesters., clothed in watertight gar-
ments reaching to the shoulders, work
when the tide is low.
When. this industry began, only one
scythe was used at a time, but now
several are fixed to a line which the
workers draw to and fro In a sawlike
manner above this base of the weed.
After the weed. bas been cut it is
spread out in order that it may be
withered in•the sun. 'When it becotnes
black it is soaked in water. The
fresher the water the blacker the sea-
weed turns; and tire blacker thle'weed,
the higher becomes its value,.
After 'being soaked tor a few days,
the product is sjiread out in; the fields'
to dry, and when throe<cughly crisp it
is made up into bales weighing about
one hundred pound's. each. It is then
ready for the market.
• Seaweed has lately been found to
produce gelatine of a very high
quality.
Shade. ,
The kindest thing God ever made,
His hand of ;very healing laid
:Upon a fevered word, le shade.
Green temples, closed against the
beat
Of naontlrne's burning glare and Treat
Opens to any pi9•griir1's feet.
This is Coed's hospitality,
And who so tests beneath a tree
Has cause to thetas Him gfatefully,
—;Tlraodosia Ger••rlson.
nlr'..yr
NM
yet to come
geee res,
SOME FUNNY TALES
a
OF FLS LANDS
BADEN - POWELL M. I S -
TAKEN FOR A NEGRO.
Lord Frederic Hamilton Re-
lates Many .Interesting Ames
dotes of Life Abroad.
English." The secretary considered it
Ogee Lieutenant -General Sir Robert vulgar to use the term "'pigeon -hole."
Baden-Powell arrived at. Trinidad and A .young Guardsman accompanied
all the Barbadian or Badman boatmen Lord Frederic Hamilton on a voyage
and cab -drivers struck work and hur- to Jamaica. "The first night the
ried to the landing -stage. Guardsman, who had never been in
A Negro, questionelc on the matter, the tropics before, ,rushed into his
replied with hauteur: companion's room. "I have drunk
"You ask me dat, sir? Yoe not nothing whatever," he faltered, "but
know dat our great countryman, Gen- I must be either very drunk or else
eral Badian-Powell, arrive to -day, so mad, for I keep fancying -my room is
we all go welcome him.
Even more interesting are the na-
tives of Montserrat, the little island
in the West Indies.
Lord Frederic Hamilton once went
ashore there. He was greeted:, by a
jet-black 'coxswain with the
re �r
n'rk
:
"Tie the lee si eI will be golirgog,
theway your Honour will,get-
ting wet, for them baok-seas are
mighty troublesome,
The brogue was dueto the fact' that
the Negroes naturally learndnglisli or flesh -color.
in the fashion in which their masters "Very sorry, madam," was the re -
spoke it. Cromwell had deported ply, "we bab no pink silk stockings,
many Irish to the island but we hab plenty of flesh -colored
While sailing down the Volga, in
Russia, writes Lord- Frederic Hzmil-
ton in Isis book "Here, There, and
Everywhere," the chief engineer of
the boat—a burly, red-headed, red-
-bearded man—came up and began ex-
plaining things. Lord Frederic. could
talk Russian quite freely, but the tech-
nicalities of marine engineering were
rather beyond him. He stumbled
namely somehow until a small
red-haired boy came in and in the
strongest of Glasgow accents • cried to
the engineer: "Your tea is welting
on ye, feyther."
Too Much Red Tape.
you mean to tell are, Daddy, that the
People living in these queer houses in
this odd country are really human be-
ings like us, and that they actually
have human feelings like you and
me?"
A Flaw In His English.
The Chinese secretary to tire Gov-
ernor of Hong Kong prided himself
on hie accurate English. Asked about
a certain paper, he said: "I placed it
in the second business hole on your
Excellency's desk."
"Pidgin" means "business," and
"Pidgin English" as really "business
full .of electric lights." These turned
out to be Jamaican fireflies, which are
peculiarly brilliant.
The earthauake at Kingston in 1907
destroyed the whole town. 'As soon
as it was over a rough -looking shanty.
was erecteda sign proclaimed it
and
evas a steam bakery. The names over
the door were two Scottish owes,
A woman shopper in Jamafica asked
the black forewoman at the counter if
she had any silk stockings, either pink
ones," taking down as she spoke a
great bundle of black silk stockings.
Another story told by Lord Frederic
Hamilton concerns a Sussex shepherd
who, when ill, begged the vicar to
read to him tine hymn, "The roseate
hues of early dawn." One day he said,
"I fancies myself on the downs again,
and can just see 'them rows of ewes
at early dawn'!"
g.
Humbug.
When you say that something is "all
humbug;" do you know what you
mean?
A train was having a long halt at This expression had its origin dur-
a small Indian station and an Anglo ing an European war, when ninny
Indian, who had some official sonnet- falsereports were circulated in: Ham -
Indian, who
the ?Gast. Bengal State Rail- burg. It became customary for any-
one wishing to signify his disbelief of
way, spoke aboutit to the immensely „
Ham -
pompous native stationmaster. The a statement to say, "That is Ham -
latter asked the white man to enter burg," and .so the word ""humbug"
a ,complaint in the official book. The found its way into our laargrtagis
Anglo-Indian was conducted through When we nay that something s "not
wort
long passages to the station -master's h a rap," most of us imagine that
office, where a strongly -warded com reference is made to a rap of the
plaint was lodged. knuckles. The real origin of the
"And may I ask, questioned the phrase dates from the time of George
irate business man, "ween you mean i., when the rap was a counterfeit
to start this infernal train?" covin which was frequently passed off
"Oh, the train, sir, has already de- fora Halfpenny but which was really
parted these five minutes,"answered worth nothing.
the bland native. Wheal we speak: of a "baker's dozen"
The last frontier telegralili host in,ive are recalling the time when! bakers
Tirlia is a terrible Inane of captivity were fined so heavily for giving short
p weight that they threw in an extra
for white people, but the British see. loaf .in order to be on the safe side.
gearit arnc1 four privates wlro were •in .;,
charge of it were high-spirited. The
men had notices stuck up in the de- Canada's Pension List.
serted place: "This way to the swings Canada's annual petiole/1 list, in re -
and boats," "The public are requested aspect to the late war, amounts to $30, -
not to walk on the newly -sown grass," 802,608 payable to 50,287 disabled sol
"Try our femme shilling teas," and differs and 19,411 dependents, accoe'd-
"•All season tickets must be shown at ing to a report published by the De -
the barrier." partnent of Soldiers' Civil Reestab-�
The Tooth of Buddha is held sacred Iishmemt, They include allowances to•
itt Ceylon. Lord Frederic Hamilton 25,41,3 wives, 34,721 children anti 178
was present at the uncovering of the parents of disability pensioners and;
tooth, a most iutrioate ceremony, 16,142 olriid+ren of dependent pension-
There were seven cases, and In the ere. alp to June. 30th, 20,126 additional
seventh, composed entirely of rubies pensioners • heal accepted a final pay -
and diamonds, reposed the tooth. went of their claims which coet the
The original tooth was stolen anti government la all $8,127,052. The 'to-
destroyed by the Portuguese in 1315, tai :,aiuount paid out in pensions, up to I
but a --stew tooth was made out of ti Atigrst 31st last was N$I101,414,216.
ea-
of Ivor which was readily
lace I
p 3
oepted by the 13titiclhiste. The seventh,' Johnny Was bead Right. ,
ease was made in Bond Street, Lon- the teacher had been telling her
don. clads about the • riri!noceros family. ?
Another story concerns a. little "Now mute some things," she said,,
white Bermudian boy who had never "that are very dang-eroase to get near'
seen the motherland and was brought ,to, and that have ltor'ns/'
on a trip by his father, As the ship "Automobiles!" promptly, answered
was passing Cowes the bon sant: ".Cie �oharny
tit
That Use Riff
Almost every bird and beast which
is unable to defend itself against its
foes seeks safety is bluff, an art high
ly developed in many animals. •
Take a porcupine, 'which is opener
the better blusterers, and observe at
when tte tuemy approaches. Not only
does it turn itself into a living chest-
nutburr, but it also rattles its quills
against one another to proclaim now
impregnable it is, and at . the same
time to hearten itself up a bit. When
it shivers with aright the same rattling
takes place, and deludes its enemies.
A lizard, which is common In Aus-
tralia, and has a frill like an Eliza-
bethaa solute, is another clever brag-
gart, Millen attacked, it starts a
comical performance, openirleg its
frills and raising itself on its haunch
es. Its front raised as high as Pos-
sible, It sinks its bead between its
shoulders until it looks like a minia-
ture umbrella.
When in danger, the opossum pre-
tends it is dead, falling down and curl-
ing itself up. You may roll the crea-
ture about with your foot, explore the
pouch, pick It up and carry it by its
tail, offer it almost any indignity, and
it will, in cases, neither resist
nor complain. But if you take your
ayes off it as it lies upon the ground
it will jump up and scuttle away.
An• owl and various other birds
throw their wings forward and use
there well in a struggle, but one—the
magnificent Argus pheasant --spreads
then in front of him. This not only
magnifies his appearance, but serves
as a shield in the combat that may not
be avoided always.
The wing -s farm suck a screen in
front• of the bird that it can withdraw
its hexad altogether behind it, and then
strike through at its antagonist in
some altogether unexpected place.
Tactics of this kind, are said to be
the secret of the extraordinary suc-
cess the ground hornbill of South Af-
rica has in killing snakes, writes AIL
Menest Ingersoll; in. his boak, "Tire Wit
of. the Child," Viae birds- advance, ,on
the snake, stud with their wings out-
strea:het proceed to annoy the reptile.
As soon as the snake •strikes at the
feathers the birds close in and violent•
ly peck the foe with their long, sharp
bills, quickly withdrawing again when
the snake lett• go. This they repeat
notil the anal' s dead.
Most harmless of the reptile brag-
Warts
ragBarts is the hog -nosed snake, which can.
really hurt nothing bigger„ than a
mouse or a fledgling sparrow.'
It tries to inspire terror by swelling
out its head and neck to twice their
size by , expanding his ribs. Theta it
blows and hisses and makes believe it
Is the ugliest sort of viper—and, As a
rule, succeeds. But if it lees its bluff
Is detected it falls limp and literally
goes into convulsions of terror, u
Quite as clever in its way is the
caterpillar of the sphinx moth --a
, slow, fat, green worm. It has no are
leer or spines or poison or ability to
defend itself, but, the instant anything
approahes it,. at cute it :reare up and
wags its horned head. In this way it
looks so formidable' that few of its
enemies leave the nerve to tackle it.
Some fish, are very good "bluffers,"
particularly the. tribe of globe fish or
porcupine fish,
These fish when quiet look much
like others, except that they have a
rough, leathery skin instead of a scaly
one. When alarmed, the globe fish
changes completely. It sucks In water
by rapid gulps until it swells into a
baIi studded with stiff spikes.
In this condition it rises to the sur-
face of the water and -spins and bobs
about, giving queer grunts and mak-
ing a most conical appearance. If
another fish takes the little fellow into
its mouth it spits it out immediately
as ,something horrible. In reality,
the spines of the globe fish would do
no harm, but the little fellow succeeds
in lite as well as if he wore a real or -
MOT.
Love Beside the Fire.
The pride of autumn fades away on
wooded vale and hill,
The days are growing grayer and the
nights -are growing chill,
Then hey for home, and happy eves
andjoys tbat never tire,
We'll face the worst that winter
brings, with love beside the fire.
0, sweet as youth the springtime was,
and fair were summer's bowers,
And gaily flowed the pagentry of
autumn's golden hours?
With sadness• from the hills we saw
their sunlit days retire
But winter brings• us back again to
love beside the fire!
So bolt the door against the blast, and
- start the cheerful blaze, ..
Andu
let
sweetheart of- mime
. s sit,
and talk of olden days.
Of days- when first you woke In me the
dream of young desire,
When yet I hardly dared to hope for
love beside the fire!
—Denis A, McCarthy.
Montcalm.
He heard a firing in the early morn,
And lo! the Plains of Abraham along
Was stretched a steep red line. He
heard no song,
But only saw, where quiet grass and
thorn
Had been, an army strong, moving in
Semi
Of all his batteries ;• a scarlet throng
Of fighting, resolute men, who knew
nor thong,
Nor clogging fear; men that were Bri-
tish born.
O warrior brave, 0 faithful son of
France,
Who met, uaquelled his hour, with-
out a qualm!
Snatching from black defeat and re-
creant chance,
Triumph unstained, rich ' touched
with victory's balm:
Wrenching from Death, in direct cir-
cumstance,
A cleathless name that fills the
world: Morvtca:lrn.
—Anna Durie.
Millions of Trees for the
Prairies.
The Dominion Government . has al-
ways been aware of the necessity for
encouraging tree culture on the
prairies, but it wee not until 1901 that
a really ,definite and practical scheme
for assisting settlers in this work was
put into, operation. It was in that year
that the first distribution of trees was
made under the co-operative scheme
of -the Forestry Branch of the Interior
i Department. From a small beginning
l the distribution of trees from the nur-
3 series at Indian Head and Sutherland
has grown until it now averages about
five miilian seedlings and cuttings
each season, half of which are planted
in Saskatchewan, and the balance in
Alberta -and Manitoba. As a cense-
Nuance of his distribution,
n,
w
e now
in in all parteof these proainces ea
iamples
of excellent farm shelter -belts.
---Norman M. Ross, Dominion. Forest
Nursery Station Indian Head, Sask.
e
About the Same.
An old gentleman boarded the tram -
ear, and, luckily ifinding a seat, sat
down next to a friend.
He nodded pleasantly, paid his fare,
and then said. genially:
"Won, what do you think of the,
weather?"
"Oh, horrible!" said his friend.
"And how's your wife to -day?" said
the old gentleman.
"Oh, about the same!" was the re-
ply:
Irish Chivalry.
Two Irishmen had a fight. During
the scrimmage Pat Icst his glass eye.
Terry became frightened and stopped
fighting. Picking up the pieces he
handed them to Pat, saying: "Sure,
Pat, an' I didn't know ye wore a thing
like that or I wouldn't a' hit ye."
"Oh, begorra, an' don't be worryin•
about a thing like that, Terry," replied
Pat. "Sure an' I ccu;dn't see very
well out o' the thing annyhow."
"Garage" Once Meant Boathouse.
"Garage," now used exclusively as a
name for the housing of a motor
vehicle was originally used in Prance
to denote a place fop keeping boats
and rolling stock.
Romaatic Tale of a Forestry Poster
The Forestry. Branch of the Depart-
ment of tits lutenot', Canada, issues
fire warnings in about sixteen different
languages and dialects. These notices
are nailed to trees alonlg'trails• and at
camping places, and, according to all
who have to do with the forests, they
constitute one of the greatest factors
in forest protection. They are always
"on the job" reminding all who travel
it the forest of the need of Care with
lire. Many Canadians are unaware of
the•existence at a.wonderfui system of
writing known as Indian syllabic
"script, an invention of a missionary
and used all over northern Canada by
tite Indians. The Indians 1•earn it very
quickly, and it is read and written by
many Indians who never saw a white
man, While the same script is used
for all Indian languages, eiteh Indian
ran read only those books or com-
munications written in his own lang-
uage. It is a misdemeanor to pull
down or deface n th'o notice and this
law is catefully 'enforced by Dominion
lire rangers, and is generally observed
all through our Catladlan forests,
Sometimes a porcupine will eat one
for the glue it contains, and sonie-
tinies rt moose or a strayed steer will
•
lick off the ink because of its salty
taste, but, generally, mere and animals
leave them alone. One conscientious
ranger, however, recently had a prole
lent to solve about posters. One post-
er on his. beat, printed in Indian syl•
labic, was neither torn down nor de-
faced, but ft was partly detached and,
on turning it over, the back was seen
to be covered with syllabic writing
done with the juice of some herb. The
ranger could not read syllabic, but
fearing that this was a message incit-
ing indlane to disregard fire lave, or
making light of authority, he took
down the poster and showed it to
several leading men of the bared of In-
dians, who smiled In a• curious way
but professed their inability to read
it. Sure now that so'iatbing was
afoot, he sant. the suspected document
to Ottffeya..The translator also smiled
as lie read it, and then trauslated the
characters into a love -letter and pro-
posal of marriage front a bashful In -
dean swain, who being without writing
materials had taken• this means of ad-
dre•ssing the object of his affections.
The translation was duly returned to
the coin r:ientious fire ranger whot
etch relieved, danced at tho wedding,
and all lived happily` ever after,
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