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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1923-08-30, Page 7.---AND THE WORST IS YET COME •. BRAKES ]BRING SERIOUS WOES IF iiim.,Bu'] D, - It is difficult to picture a situation brakes liar enough so that it is just with greater possibilities of•disaster, possible to turn one wheel by hand. in it than an automobile out of con-' Then adjust the brakes on the other trol. As: long as the driver has his, wheol so that the same amount of car in hand he is tot apt to get into energy is required to turn that wheel serious difficulty: !by hand. Among the most important factors , A lot of brake trouble will be avoid 1 governing the control of a motor car, ed by using this important part of the are the brakes. For want of proper i car properly. When coming to a Stop brakes on a car many folkke have been 'on a. straightaway, shut off the throt- killed or crippled or have come - to some' tle and: leave the clutch engaged until i sort, of, grief. : Even if it were pos- i just before youcome to a stop. Do not Bible to avoid accidents with ineffee- shut off the ignition until after you `tine brakes, it is not possible to enjoyhavestopped. • motoring. No driver of a car is justi-1 In going down an ordinary hill fiedin taking his ear out on the road leave the clutch engaged and close without first .being sure • that the down the throttle. But in going down, , brakes on his vehicles are in- good a steep hill or a moderate hill with a working order. • i'heavy load, put the gear in inter- I top those,_wu#;omobilists who would mediate or low speedat the of the .give the walking public a fair chance hill and leave the clutch engaged.' °o live out their lives in a useful fash- , Shut off thethrottle, and if desirable ion, a few simple rules for safety first to still further reduce the speed turn in driving a ear, especially in relation off the ignition switch. , i In ordinary driving, use the brakes as little as possible. When an emer- gency stop is necessary leave the In the first `place,._test the brakes, clutch engaged, apply the foot brake and pull the hand brake. But : do not when taking out the` car by throwing lock the wheels. Keep the wheels out the clutch and applying the rolling to avoid skidding. brakes. If they do. not appear to be A large part of the enjoyment in working effectively, fix them or get driving a car is guaranteed when the them fixed before proceeding on your brakes are properly cared for. It is trip. Pedestrians are not. ianyautomobile owner.to tater a. mail steamer welch had just country to afford raom far oonsLder- h endedcriminal for m able gardening, d flock of consider - intended r- the only individuals injured in auto do less than give thoughtful considera- asi ed, and threw on board a tin; Danis and` a Jersey cow, and yet within ren- accidents. Motorists themselves are on to this vital factor in motoring: Reuters ter containing a report, tion sortable distance of Henry's suffice In to give in. Tell this • Mr. Peters we also found in iso casualty lists. ,aThnd• F id A relief . ,� n need th n ou a anile al � you q.-=---= neuter's to the brakes, will eliminate most of -the danger elements. CARL URGED'FOR BRASES. /i • ONE GSL IN A THOUSAND BY H. LOUIS Re/ROLD "13ut, Hoary, it's the dearest place —roses rover the front door' and' a little Porch, aid a bed of pansies in front!" Ellen Mary's voice held just the s'us- ,plcion of a sob. "`I know, .dear," returned Henry, and hie iu�fleotion was troubled, "but the place tele man knows about has three acres• at land and a tight earn and an ;apeit-front p47'ul+try-house, all of which are more important than,roee or pan - Oleo:" `'1: don't care," declared thie•.'irl he was going to marry shortly. "If you'd only look at this house,' "you'd be as crazy important issue but being a syinbo9'' of what „night be expected in the tuff tole. Dwelling inwardly upon til Aspect of the. case, Henry rose stiffly: s+crry," lilt seta, "but when it to as itlein as possible that I have foluid just what' we 'want, it is not quite talus for you to inswst on having your own way." Enloe Mary had risen also, and al'" though she was nerwouuly twisting the end of leer blue sash, she managed to be quite es dignified as Hoary, if we ' are not going to agree about things,/ it is as well that we: found it out le , azy about it as I am!" time!" Well, I can't," said Henry flatly, Their first .quarrel! There was o. "because I've got to tell the fellow in. tae morning what we've decided; Tru moment's- silence during what th•$ not the only one ,after it. It was just misery on bothfaces waded have melt a stroke of luck my ovei"hearing himi ed a atone. Then: "I'11 tell Peters In I the morning that we—I—'am no longe s+ay he hada place for rent out in i interee'ted in llouslea,.. Good night." H. moved slowly toward the door. Then he felt a touch on hie arm and. turned to catch ea the gi'rl's face not the look of apaiogetic contrition he ex- p•eeted, but .ane of startled Surprise, "Who did you say? she asked, "Peters.," said Henry shortly, "His wife owns. it' "Oh, said Elllen Mary softly. "Oh'" Dimly she was recalling the rose. For several months Henry and Ellen pansy Cottage as set in a large tract " Brayton.' ide says it le, the only decent once there is in town," "VTail he's wrong about that. I r r • was tri- umphant, of one. Filen Mary umphant, ,while' on Henry's face dawned an;express+lou of dismay. Was t1Lis small person whom lie was going to take so d+oon under hie, protecting masculine wing and who had thitherto always been so docile, developing a strong will of her own? Mary had been house -hunting, discov- ering In the 'process that houses• for rent were as scarce gas, proverbial hens' of land with barns• or chicken• houses or something out in the back, and that the real estate agent who was- showing teeth. To be satisfactory, the place it to her liad scald something about must: be sufficiently far out in the. asking a Mrs. Peters if ,screen dome went with the place. "Henry," said Ellen Mary, "on sec. and .thoughts, I feel that it is lay duty Tales of Reuter. • ' the world-famous news agency, are moving from their pro too, one's car worth something, and Folding mises no results. • the small .trouble or expense of re- tjfiice received "ofliclal intimation' yieldedthis i look a • t recently tl v Embankment c Y e Thames mb a year have the T err � this had v • i •ts Healy tis catxo Y + a t Enghsli V But tonight so i Boat. do Old Jewry to the .building op at:Mafeliing two days before the -'Wer• j.the city: So far, their search had will take the place, and let's 3 it" arrived ed full I go right out i s evening to o+o - at Hen. Mary you dark i rY ' "Ellen r c� ' io of E a description nY . .m over p 0 f e t>Ithusias, S trice.closed, .the .n his: writer. Getting •h� dosed o wr `x hiG c I . ish I• •ar n,s w 'a broken fender one the car or• that a one a folding boat that lits into a sson. se s+aan English a else's car that one person. ItIn 1849 Julius Reuter established a'Soznetiines; ter taking more violent apparently precisely what theyEllen doceulitle wife<to.be. "You'e one parts a some and may be carried et by fold pg crash into because the brakes will of the folding canvas pigeon :post between Aix-la-Chapelle+, exercise than usual, such :as• running, :.looking for, only to be met by may cr a1 is the outcome p one oars o. Now and Brussels. But, being an ambitious you' may feel a pain in .tea slide, near' Mary bubbling over wilh.a similar ex- girl in a th.ousand!" not Bold. • I canoe Cha es' G. s y .E . ' iiu�siness+ and "t lower ribs. It makes You want to uberan::4a over her own discovery. The "Oh, no, dear!" said Ellen. Mary ` +e is a good type vel A.E.P. hes man he transferred his• :Ole w would give it? meekly, I m quite sure. the other eine of brake lining, and be sero x as just- •brow flit from Germain: a light- - openei an •o r � r � ` j gninety. .nine linins areboat capable o£ car- change Bushing, Landon; where his oettor. Zeis pain generally And.paint was a nice one, involve hundred and nn properly installed. I collapsible ap g ing not. only the present more or lase actly the same'." I g relight ca too soft or too thick. They easily I ryiaug two persons easily, and one that staff consisted of one •affice-boy, F. J. `by th© name o£ stitch." It is really come matted and need constant adjust- Seems an advance, over the single Griffiths, -wh•o later ,became secretary. suothtng 'to worry s+eriousl+y over, ex be - mint. *The best linings are woven seater of the English. suitcase variety. to the company. Dept that it is, Nature's warning that ith plentyof asbestos : and some haven Capt. Perceval's boat; with paddies At first the company confined itself ,yau :ars overtax -ng your breathing ap- w Copper wires woven in. land ease for tra�nspartetion on the MS.- to market quotations, but. eventually parallel. It takes agood auto mechanic, to ningboard -of an automobile, wetghe Reuter formed the agency into a con I -. The act of running. uses up the oxy- install brake linings. These linings only thirty pounds. It 'can be as- cern to deal in news. Their first work, seri in our blood very quickly: To re- ts g � y should be properly stretched -to avoid sembled in five minutes and its sim- was to lay a' cable across the North !'pieuish it, we must breathemuch. • I t4 has. only twenty Sea,from Lowestoft,. at the first` sec more rapidly and deeply than we are wrinkling and the rivets' should be'pinlcity is such tea t properly sunk. Otherwise, the metal oompan++eat parte•. Packed it makes a tion of a telegraph route to• Indio.. accustomed to doing: e P .g muscle to 'the of the rivetsAwry: , Our main breathing will score'the brake, drum, bundle six- inOhes u diameter and Reface the Great Fire, Old J though ,strong and and the brakes ma not hold properly.; fort -eight inches long. Expanded for contained a palace belonging to Henry �,dtaphragm, which, tho g 1 " ; ' becomes a two seated boat VI.,on the site of which, swept clean broad in itself; elide in small fibres Once a month, if a ear is used noels, _ setwxce at b o with safety, comfort and 'fifteen feet long amid has waterproof by the fire of 1866, was erected a where •it -s attached ;to the six lower It is in-line s y pairing ones brakes will be less than been buying a novelty in the form of sated by the Port of London Author Lty w . "Stitch." See to It that thee, g t Cart Chortles G. Ge 1 fIiee in the Royal Ex .halt You stop for is ene and it knowngeirs questionthe was, which w g d i 1 ety nine would do ex that 't""'}* 1' ht d 1 - h d a e i arils son each sides of the only. t e're t lb 0 e h v �,•, ,. .. i spray• • hear!. I eathe uicl.l , . keno- ' or oozn7xn s� make the: col- of Reutet s. • . ,..,, Y ,'a , i i s -wtt1 nwales ng , ar tivheels t arhieIds• -at each:• end. _Thus high'' building which, is now the very he +tee s ometim e r nd a cut ,-� •. uch ., s. low cea]ings, a p titrivern ,.grease :wh,ich:hainiiicap the" Proper ac- py seller, :arid; >,t pronnsesl-to add m thick v a 1 , .. , ., . : � ,,. _ � l n tLil. the. ':. 7t Ga which the diaphragm is at - roans faetion ;two and wash the brake 1 x ng r gu ,...his i tws• mov+e .rn ore z•apidty, t : • xh � i •boat• fairs � s!afe; :oven ?n estop- To thve :dinigy till build ing, w to i the ribs, too, Feng. . 7.lris will 2esxiavo the .o and Ia2aslb e Y , es straining th w f: tl e rakes, The brake linin to the pleasure of automobile fishing staircases, conies all day long, fibres, oi? t b g p tsched- Then it is that' we feel the trips: t' year round, the newsof the woslxl As shewintgits seaworthiness, Capt. !gathered by an excient and widely-; "stitch,'' Perceval says it was a boat similar to spread organization: Reuter was '; -When we get this pain, we have to iThis' annoyance can often be his• that was. used, by Sir Roger Casa- I created a baron by the Duke of Saxe• halt' until the muscle feels rested me it annoyance removing the wheels. And meat .when, he landed on the toast of Coburg -Gotha in 1871, and his title was., (again. That teaches us to go more stopped by x g rougheningthebrake lining with a file Tire1and from., a German submarine 'and recognized by Lord Salisbury in 1891;' .quietly when we' make a fresh start. The brake mechanism should be wiped attempted to start the Irish revolution • In the days before the cable,. the', :You will only get "stitch" when you off and oiled aboutonce a month or. in 1917: once every 500 miles of `driving. " More accidents are probably due to The Winning Way.. faulty adjustment or application of An Irish political candidate who brakes than from any other thing. It felt sure a certain elector was against should be a fixed habit in the life of hint was surprised to have that in - every car owner to make a systematic dividual ,call and :announce that he brake inspection regularly, For in- would support him _to the limit. stance, the loss of a cotter pin might "Whin the other day ye called at lead to a serious accident. When a my place and stood by the pigsty and lock washer is used, it is best to use talked for half an hour, I didn't budge a newone instead of putting' the old an inch," said the visitor. one back. "But atter ye'd gone, I got to think AVOID DRAGGING. . in' how ye reached yes hand over the w, .• °' should not be oiled. A squeaking brake is a nuisance that can be avoided by proper adjust- - Brakes should not drag, for drams rail and scratched the pig's back till he lay down wid the pleasure of it. ging heats them up and wears them "I made up my mind that whin a out unnecessarily. Nor should brakes man was sro amicable as that w•id a be too loose, for they will not act poor fellow-crathure I wasn't the bhoy quickly .enough to avoid danger. On to vote agin him the propeller shaft brake there is a nut on the brake band whish can be adjusted to make the brakeneither too tight nor too loose. The rod through which the brake is connected to .the pedal can beturned either to right or to the left to make it the proper length for efficient use of the brake. On the axle or :wheel drub brake Where an equalizer is used, apply the brakewhen the car is standing. Ad" - just the equalizer until it is parallel with the axle: On the external type of wheel drum brake tighten or loosen the adjusting; nut on the brake band and' equalize' the length of the brake rods. On the internal type it is .nec- essar. y to remove the rear wheels, ad- just the cam plates and adjusting nuts • Prospects Bright and equalize the length of the brake Friend—"Why have you been In rods, • suoh a happy frame of mind lately?" When in doubt about yotii• brakes Divorce tawyer---"Haven't you seen jack up the rear wheels and apply the tbe•extraorclinary list of.duire brides?": WNA C'5 THe M1T E, R ITH DUMMY, PICK agency had the news of the murder of Abraham Lincoln a week before any- one else in Europe, Its New York corresrponvdent set out in a fast tug Aare out of condition, for with practice. yon learn: to ,distribute the strain hnangst this various muscles, so that no particular one is affected unduly. 1 GOMMEt"1D 1ION I sayto my aunt when Ivo ea+tkii the..grub she has :deftly • prepared, "Your cookery cannot lienee tem, and much like a king I have fared The onions weave ft'?idd2as, I wish them, the turnips were 000l;:eld nobly well, the prun e —ohs, no other could dish them. so' tempting to palate and smei,! The soup was a seven -time winner, the pie was a sight to bleteee+ii,; at cooking a soul -stirring dinner you're surely a peach an ''a queen" The peaisle that I. lavishly :sprinkle convinces my 1:p t elle hoe clas+se it's not Eike the nynilsais that tinkle, it's not ileo.14e. sounding of brassy Far praise is a blessing forever, and lilways it's bound to prevail, be spiring to higher endeavor, and thia,,pingthening haiels that might ttl tail. The :.voice of my aunt is ns,16endiing in song as she chases around; the words I have spoken' ai•e lending a happiness truly preform& No doubt she is thinking, "BY thunder, to -morrow I'll give him a, treat; I'll diis8r up .a mall that's a w.on+drer, a m'e'al. ra-�th,mi might eat." To eq.:wile are working around nee 1 that a seraph, g eq. hand out the langsrage of praiee,ii'ancl, turitinies never confound me, calm and caland sere'n'e are my de)e. OH N`'5 JU5T CRYII`l'. L 4~ CI�l1S HE'S MIND '. RABBITsoRo E. WALLO'-'J D .tkiS i. °Al_L PPN :iUCKEl "IN.1 H A FIT 0' TEMPER -fl SrxlYsititnte Material'. Untouched. Substitutes of all sorts for ell kinds II never pluck the ro<:e;. the. vlolet`e of things came into common use dor-1 head ' img the world war, and; paper was the Hath shaken with my .breath upon its substitute material used most ire- Ivenbank, Germany suits of clothes, And not reproached nee; the ever - even,, In, G 1� ewere made of paper, -and sacred cup only f Li�l hath between my recently some California .bathing OE the pere y so ,popular on ,the screen 1 hands: beauties Felt safe, unsailed; nor,lost,ono gx rlu: wore paper gold, bathing suits that' dad not s+eesn to •' have melte• td even after the wearers really; went into the water. Now from Germany, home of 'ersatz,' or substitutes, comesthe news that coffins are being, made of paper and heavy cardboard. - With iReverse E ng I`ish: •''f:8r9 'ill; tixi zrf Weld," reoiarlted`th$, lsaita , a long gon - and heated argument on the In line with the governmental policy question of mail's 'superiority overwo- of ohealtenin+g the 'cost of ererytlring, men, "at least there is one gaod,•sweet use of the paper coffin hasp been legal- and perfect thing which a. man •Dan kzed and the old regulation forbidding have and a woman can not." anything but metal or wooden coffins I Never! erketl hie wife, passionate will go into the discard. In its of ly, "Never! I deny it! What do you forts' te further cheapen ..the cost of mean?"' dying and burial the Berlin City Conn- ell plans to tax costly ,funerals and all neortuary trappings heavily. Not only that, but it will ;demand that graves The small girl had been beaten in be made shallower and' the mounds over them lower to save the costof the school swimming carnival, her gravedigging•, It is even. proposed, to rival winning by about a yard. The. have nxlass transportation of the dead : girl, to her family's, surprise, took the to the municipal cemetery in order to beating nonchalantly. lessen the costs still xit:ore. It will be 1 "You see," she .explained, "Eugenia,' required, :however, that where paper I Graph+er should swim better thanany- coffins are used that the body be- first , body else. Her father keeps a fish encased in ,5n ..airtight, waterproof shop." wrapping, something like the -wrap- pings that swathe Egyptian mummies: Her Blessing. "A wife," replied hubby. Came Natural.. When Mrs, parley learned that her old friend, airs. Tanen•, had become "stone deaf," she went, with a long face, to s+ee h•er. "It must be an awful cross., Harriet, she wrote on the slate which Mrs. Tarlerpres,ented to her as swan as she was seated. " 'Tain't, either!" snapped the af- flicted lady, who, though. deaf, was by no Means dumb. "Mks, that have got anything to say can write it on that slate, And Caleb Walter, that's had to put 'a club on his tongue for upward of thirty years on account of the high temper he took from his =ether's folies, is now afire tol+ay an,yt+l.LLng he ldl.os to me and no feelings hurt. '1 cornu my (teepees a. real blessing, How's your rheumatisan?'r Milk will scorch less easily and the i+ii1 is more quickly cleaeed afterward it it is rinsed with cold water before the milk is heated. r-, She—"Do you think my bathing serer) Is in good ' form?" Ile --"I'd say it was vies versa." Any fruit,stain on linen that can.•' not be removed by hot water will disappear like magic by simply satur-' ating the stain with .glycerine. Let stand an hour or so, rub between the hands and wash in the usual way. /\(e) ONLY 51)CIKE2 tIT AN HOUR i?J T e a 4 a