The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1926-3-11, Page 2Tht:A0totilf,)131.1.p..
SPARK TACTICS MEAN MU CH TO RUNNING. ENGINE/.
Ignition, emnpreesion and gas in the the other inovable. The movable one
cylinders 'are required to start an is operated by a cam which ie. driven
. automobile engine. The first of these through suitable gearing by the crank
is obtained by means of an electric abaft of the engine. The spark is ob-
spark. The carburetor receivee the tainable by briuging the movable pint
gasoline from the fuel tank, vaporizes in contact with the fixed point and
it and nix ee it with air to provide the then separating the points. The spark
oxygen neceseary for rapicl eombue- occurs as the points separate.
tion, Tbis maXture is drawn into the The ignitor also has a distributor
• cylinder ad compresee,d for the pur•e which directs the spirits to the differ -
Pose of increasing the power. This ent cylinders in the proper order of
compressed charge is ignited. •As it their firing. To previd• e for changin.g
burns, heat is generated which gives the time at which the sparks occur in
a high pressure on the inside ef the the cylinders, the ignitor is arranged.
cylinder, forcing the piston out and eo that the interruption points may
turning the crankshaft, which drives b ade to open earlier or later in the
the auto. To obtain the most efficient, stroke of the piston. This action is
operation of the engine the spark called advancing and retarding the
should give the maximum pressure in ' spark. It is controlled by the opere.tn-
the cylinder when the piston is in the through a small device called the
best position for turning it into usefulspark lever.
work.
AS BURNS RAPIDLY.
The gas is drawn into the cylinder
by the piston moving out. The piston When starting the engine thilever
s
should be placed in the retard position
pressure
m
oves back in to compress it and the to insure the spark occurring afterthe
of the explosion forces it out
again. If the spark should occur while crank hs the top head crtre
and the piston is reedy to trave, out
. ,
&rem the compression stroke, the gee on the power stroke. As SOOD as the
the piston was moving into the cyan- '
would be ignited and a pressure gen_ engine attains speed this spark lever
ere/ad that would force the piston should be advanced so that the spark
will
back out of the cylinder before the h?ce,ir eatir'-V enough to get the gas
- '
crank had reached and passed the - " ' duce the full pres-
sure at the beginning of the power
dead centre point. This ce '',1 cause
strok,
the engine to kick back. Ti is espee •
e
. „,i It will be understood that the gas
mai y true if the enne tu ming ignite and burns very rapidly, so that
sIow-ly. Should it be running at a
the explosion would seem to be inetan-
gn rate or speedspeeci tnere might rnxgt Le Sut- taneous. However, there is a fraction
Relent power stored in the flywheel to of a second consumed in getting the
overcome this back pressure. Thus the gas fully ignited. The piston of the
engine would run in the proper direc- fast -running engine would travel sev-
tion although with loss of power. eral inches in this time.
If the spark occurs after the gas In addition to the speed of tl
has been eompressed and the piston motor, the amount of gas being fed to
has started to travel out of the cylin- ' it a.ffects the 'position at which the
der and the power stroke has been spark should occur. The greater the
partly completed this will also de-
•-- quantity of gas taken into the cylinder
crease the power delivered by the en- the more retarded the spark should
gine, Most of such loss consists of be. It is well to experiment with the
unburned gas which goes out through'
1 spark advance lever. Advance it to
the exhaust valve and completes its
burning in the muffler.
TIMING DEVICE PROVIDED.
There is a particular point in the
travel of the piston where the spark
should occur in order to give the best
results. This point changes as the
a point where the engine knocks, indi-
cating loss of power, then retard it
just enough to remove the knocking.
Because present-day battery igni-
tion systems require a wide range of
advance and retard to over all run-
ning conditions an automatic spark
engine- speed changes. In order that advancing mechanism is usually pro -
the spark may occur at the proper vided. This is operated by the engine,
time in each cylinder an ignitor or
ignition timing device is provided.
The ignitor is equipped, with a pair
of interrupter points, one fixed and
in addition to the hand spark lever.
This device makes it unnecessary to
keep shifting the hand lever for each
change in engine speed.
Australia's First Rabbit.
The first pereou to introduce: rabbits
Into Australia, Mr. John R. Collison,
has died at the age tit eighty-five. Mr.
Collison was a great traveller in his
early cave, and owned a large march
• TO TACKLE! ram LAKE a etA:a BY r, oroFt SLED;
• Above are shown Johnny Janes, the well-known explorer, prospeetor and northern taaveler, of Terorao, and
kb a aeroplane engine driven motor sleigh which he bopes to mit on the Red Lake trail in the near Wire.
“,,-•ii-onsmer.
•
Behold, 0 man, that toilsome pains
dost take,
The flowers, the nada, and all that
pleasant grows,
Row they themselves do thine en -
sample make,
Whiles nothing -envious nature them
forth throws
Out of her fruitful lap; how, no man
knave,
They epring, they bud. ,they blossom
fresh and fair,
And deck the world with their rich
pompous shows;
Yet no man for them taketh pains or
care,
Yet no man to them can his careful
pains compare.
—Spenser.
"Coins" Made of Ice.
A French electricity undertaking
was convinced that one of its consum-
ers was -obtaining electricity for noth-
ing through a francin-the-slot meter,
but inepeetors, could not discover how
the electricity had been obtained.
In despair, the consumer was -offered
a monetary reward, when he confessed
that he had fromn water in moulds to
the diameter and weight of the COM
normally used. After a Flort time in
the meter the ice melted and left no
trace.
Why Water?
"Phwat are thim buskets for on the
Last -Barn's Luck. ehist in the hall?". asked one Irishman
Candlemas Day, February and, was
formerly known as "Cradle -Rocking
Day," from an ancient custom once
widely prevalent, and not yet wholly
extinct
This co ts of rocking in church
the most recently born baby- in the
parlsb.---zymbolilaing the presentation
of the chha Christ in the Temple.
The cererraev is regularly perform-
ed on this day IT are parish church of
the Nottingbatrishire village of Blid-
worth, amongst other -.places-. the
cradle with the last born u..o; aeing •
placed. inside the alter retie, and sol-
emnly rocked by the vicar while dedi-
cating the child to God.
Candlemas Day means the Pellet, or
festival, of the candles, the title being ,
reminiscent of the times when church-
es used to be speeially Illuminated
with candles on this anniversary, in
commemoration of the purification of
the Virgin Mary. and the hailing of the
infant Christ as a "Light to lighten the
Gentiles."
The wale -spread belief that Christ-
mas deeoratlous must be taken down
at latest on Candlemas Eve, or ill luck
wiLl fellow, has its origin in this fes-
tival. Obviously, it would be highly
dangerous to allow dried-up brandies
of holly and evergreens to remain
hanging In churches in (ease proximity
to some hundred e of lighted candles.
The credit of introducing rabbits Is
a doubtful honor, for its effects. have
resulted 111 a loss of ala0,000,000 worth
of crops a year. $5,000,00 a year has
been 'went on efforts to exterminate ,
the rabbit, and 10,000 miles ot wire ,
netting erected ars protection.
Although ferrets were Introduced to
kill the rabbits they uefortunately de-
veloped a taste for poultry. Foxes
were tried, bat they made friends, with
the dingees---d.-s--and their pro-
geny created havoc among the sheep.
Rabbits infested with poison virus
have been released aanong thole fel-
lows, but the poison did not work.
Alto,gether the effects of Mr. Col-
uson's act have proved expensive to
the oountry.
Answers.
what is heaven?
A state of mind,
The sunlit way.
The leaves at play,
Or being' kind.
What is God?
Power over all,
And peace in prayer,
bight everywhere,.
The poplar tall.
What is death?
An. opening. door,
A dream fultilieel
That long has thrilled
Ask them -me more.
--George+ Ellieton.
France learkee nearly 26.000,000
pairs of gloves, yearly, avid of these;
18,00,0,000 pairs are exported.
• . .
of another.
"Can't ye read? It says ou them:
'For Fire Only.'
"Thin why do they put wather
thim?"
Britain's Reforestry Plans. I The Game of Life.
LOOK OUT FOR
•PNEUMONIA
Njult. es and Paper IVE13 Lead
to Agricultural Development,
Mineral and foreet wealth and
water power haye done Much to de.
'VW.op and nettle Canada from an agri-
cultural standpoint, Water powers •
way have permitted the development of
Pneumenia, tuberculoale,
• be Owed as a home disease. During industry in areas which otherwise
wouad have remained =exploited. The
the eaela air teeson, in both oases and
deaths, pueunionia, reactive its, lowest ,fOreets and mines have supplied the
ebb. When the cold weather ueleees raw material to feed these industries.
In the season ilk NV Ilieb people are The Industrial communities thus cre-
ooespellea to live beatioae, pueumoula ated furnish profitable local markets
oasea and deaths begin to- increase for farm and garden produee, They
month by mouth. Only wheal the oven LSO form. an outlet for surplus 'Aber
in sleek seasons or when crops are
air season agate domes around do they
begin to decline, poor, They furnish an opportunity
While tbis disease was welleanown for the settler's ehildren to learn a
to the old Greek physicians it has eon- trade, and the oommueity organize -
tion resulting from the industry per -
tinned through all the, centuries to be
one of the most dreaded and fatal of nits educational, hoepital, trading,
ait disuses. While there is now a religious and social' advantages other -
serum that gives good results in the wise impaesible in a pioneer district.
treatment of certain types of pxurn- Both mining and pulp companies' are
monia--no preventive ham yet been alwaye in the market for wood pro-
found that will confer flarannitY to that ducts which are used as underground
dread disease. timbering, structural work, firewood
In Canada about 6,01)0 persons aie and for pulp manufacture. This per,
mits the settler to sell for cash the
each year from pneumonia. This feet
1 in,dio te that neumonia is a wood he cuts in clearing his land. ,He
r n s replant ng to ore i see e eente ,esees wee, . e 1 f may also get a good price for the use
Iola -during the war, William Ling : ---.? ----.'- ""---""- - -- - -rg:nv'ts ch
Taylor, in s. paper read at the last Men gave them wire and striag and diewh.oettlesseonsr reh.opae-act,maunsta, tenaet against
of his teams in the lumber camps and
boys; 1
meeting of the Britisa. Surveyors' Ire nails, aqd tin .•• for hauling supplies in seasons when
guar&
whiob. vie must be contiuttally on
the farm work is at a minimum.
stitute said the ultimate aimed. at was
And said: "A prize to him who best pneumonia is oftee
tflfl referred to as Mining, power anti parer manufac-
employe 1 an inmuee air disease. By this, we hiring companies pay dire'n• eeyelties
,
land in Britain ria suitable for other . Theea useless things and brume his a
mean that close confinesneat in -oyer- to th•e Crown, thus helping to reduce
heated badly ventilated Meseta offices. taxes. They place huge orders with
ploytneut providedin I. he now foreste Then from these trivial bite grew and, workrooms, lack of exercise and manufacturers and tradesmen. for
approximated 20,00 men throughout the shits anal/.
One lad. the model of a castle made i peeenspoeing
!impropee nutrition are meet common equipment and supplies. Lastly they
canees. Influenza or the provide heavy and proatable tannage
summer months and over 3000 th. the
. And there I saw us all, who win, who ,common cold and measles, are the die- tethe railways that have already been
winter. fl. ,
Thal unemployment \NILS appreciable,
fail,
but its growth. was dependent arum a ,..4.11b.eugh awes but a game the pay.arrdonly need traffic to make
steady adherence to n eettled policy. I
atolls. played. Young- I feeTee:unl'heriechof aprioreuthineoninla7t
ons of influenza or these other The great clay belts of Northern
Life gives ua bite of joys and bits of
Economical,eases weaken the body anal:thus pre- Ontario and Quebec owe their rapid
Ing a rather superior brand of tobacco,
Jock noticing that Sandy wa,s smok- And bids us fashion something as, a monia. to attack. and get In their ment to those factors. The great
whole !pare the way for the germs ot mime and successful agricultural develop-
! ly work. mining camps of Porcupine, Cobalt,
cares •
producing his pipe, scraped the inside We choose our owe, design, and if it ' Extremes or temperature either cold -Gotvganda and South Lorrain, and the
!or het, the resistance •of the in paper mills at Iroquois Falls, Smooth --
with las knife, tapped it on his boot, beam
then ou the palm of his hand, but to 'The stanIP of merit—God rewards the dividual to pneumonia infection. Over- Rock Palle and KapuskasingOntario
no effect.
"Hae y got a match Sandy?" he ask-
ed.
"Aye," said Sandy, passing one
match.
Jock began to act desperate "Sandy,
soul. 1heated air which is always laclthig in have to a great •extent made the
--Edgar A. Guest. moisture, dries the lining of the air Northern Ontario clay belt the slic-
e—a_
passeges and so produces those con- cessful farming country that it is to -
A Tree That Bore Fruit ,1 dittowhich invite not only pneu- day. The adjacent belts of Ouebec
Early.
monia but ether respiratory diseases are rapidly being settled as the Rouyn
mining area approaches the produc-
"Oh," said Sandy, "then ye winna The observanc
:as well. ,
es of a few common- tive stage.
ae
I do believe I left My 'baecti iiome„" A Persian emperor when _heating
saw a very ca.1.1 man planting a walaut
----a-- -- --- hie age. The peaenut replied, "I am
asked hem.; &ease rules ef living will-ao a ng The news that a huge newsprint de -
way in strengthening the fortifications
wantethat match." ' tree, and, goiug up to ham,
asked
is about to be commenced
Th Right Time. four years old."
There is alanys some work, sweet- ing such au answer, but the man re -
heart - for every season, not plied, "You censurd me without eauee.
against attaolse of pneumonia which on. •the Kapuskasing river promises to
The emperor rebuked him for mak
leach winter takes such heavy toll of vastly strengthen the position of
life. Northern Ontario as a farming as
Remember that pneumonia is very well as an industrial centre. Its sig-.
tobe done before or after. That as The NVISia to uot reckon that time easitYa
•c ught and. that there are car- nificance to the federal and provincial
why we need never be afraid of grow- which kas been lest in folly and the tiara of this disease just ite there are government railways cannot be over-
ing old„ --Elizabeth Charice.estimated either, since forest products
real as to be that which has been of other diseases.
Do not neglect the so-called "corn- constitute a major source of earnings ,
caree et the world. 1 con -elder my
No Salary for General Booth. passed in serving Goa and diecharg- mon cold" for in so doing you may be even with the present limited develop -
Genet al Booth, world head of the ing my duty to society." neglecting the forerunner or an attack ment of the pulpwood resources of this.
Salvation Arniy, receivee no ealarY The emperor, 'struck with the sin- °f .
friends 'PM. gularity of the old mune remark, con- pneumonia. couinnttrhiy.
from that organization, :s conection it is interesting to
tinned. to talk with lam. "Thou comet '
the conunonseriso rules of healthy liv- note the analysis made by the Tetras -
These precautione are, after all, only
viding him with au lucerne.
not live to nue treee you plant mg, e as e N . 0 MUC ' kaming ancl larorthern Ontario Rail-
, a•to ne rant ,an aattealailaainiaalonia- way Commissioners as to, the tannage
How to ;avoid Pneumonia. (about laa million yearly) moved. by
"True," replied the Mat; "but, since !
Be regular in your habits of living. that road:
, others have planted. that we might eat, I
I a is right that weaeliould Plant DDT the Eat nourishing, easily digestable food.
ee-etntk,ate a
Latent.
And uuder every common sense
That (loth its daily use fulfill,
There Hee another, more intense.
Anci. beauteous eat'. . .
The light which to our sight belongs.,
Enfolds- a' light more broad and
clear;
Music but intimate the songs
We do not hear.
Aliee Cary.
MUTT AND JEFF—By Bud Fisher.
.41r.....sraaniCrA6=11=XMILGT.
but their obs ry will d b.
4 • ,
Forest products ..... 41 per cent.
benefit of others. Keep the bowels. well regulated. Get Manufactured and
"Excellent, old mam
n!" said the e- .
!eight boars! seep every night with the miscellaneous .... 32 per cent
peror, and. be gave the peasant a purse berroom windows, open. Mines products , .... 22 per cent.
full of got pieces I Avoid undue and prolonged expos- Agricultural products 4 per cent.
The peesent bowed low and said, "0 use to wet anal oold. Animal products .... 1 per cent.
king, other tuella, trees come to pal, I Get regular exercise in the open air
One reason that the agricultural
have borne fruit as soon as- planteD
d." 1
i reSe. so that you are comfortable
feetion after mealy years, bat mine each day. products do not constitute a larger
av
"Bro!" meted a h
the king, ane gave whether indoors or out. Avoid ex-
proportion of the total tonnage is that
She old man another purse of gold, tremes iu tate matter of clothing. Tmost of these products are consumed
oo locally while the industrial and mining
wle,eTeheuption Ilexes:, itihi: ... bear ,
onlyt • herniful as . too little ,
i mueh clothing ruay peeve quite as products are shipped to outside points,
once a, year, but mine hayielded ! Keep the living DOOM at a tempera -while machinery and other heavy
equipment supplies
two Ci'(}5 in a ?art" are shipred in
,
gave him a third puree, :rater whiela, ale windows open.
Keep feet dry and, warm,
i "Dellaheful!" wealthe emperor and the bedroom
putting ;spare 5,, hie horse, the men- , Ar°Id "'uglier's' and sneezers'
arch withdraw 'saying:
"Good folke., 1 dare not stay longer,
lest their wit. ,shottld exhaust my
treaeuryl" . . .
ea• .
The Moors. .
For the moors! Foe Ibe moors! where
the short grass
Like velvet bellka ill Uti should lie!
For the moors! For the moore! where
the high rase
Rose sunny agaluat the clear .sIty
ve!
. Lure not exceeding 70 degrees. Keep
from outside points.
The Abitibi Paper Mills supply a
total movement over the T. & N.O.
lines of seventy cars per day including
22 care of finished paper shipped
south daily. It is expected that the
proposed mills at Kapuskasing wftl
supply an equally profitable movement,
in the benefits of which the Canadian
National Railway and tho fertile
farming district west of Cochrane wall
share.
HUGE SILVER NUGGET PUT 014 DISPI AY
Atra e i shown the huge silver nugget wbirh bee been mounted in the r0.1` the moorswhere the linnet was
front corritier of the parliament buildings for visitors i eee. • It is a product 'trnng
of the Keeley ague ana has juet been returned from Wembley, where It was
Where the lark, the wild skylark, \vas •
Its song on the old granite stone,
Read Meters.
Vie:a--"Oh, he's a poet, I'm sera tiontov,ars,, p r,
on daplay as the leaoat and mca va.ueble single jeerer ot. silver ore ere), tilling park around the monument of
Every breeeet with I lel II o• as .1-ibleve,eyeen expert at meter read- Public
of the is:ands. The
Captain James Cook British aaviga-
rreducea in the Bratea aaepire. it weighs 4,442 pounds. when the govern.' .
menebeuget it, the rerreeee eriee, at (tin eants per tunee els sliver, was own. I may eepwa, /mein_ ne vanes, Fee tor and discoverer
Wail 6.
Honor Captain Cook:
Governor Wallace R. Faeringten, of
Hawaii, has received word indicating
that the government of New Zealand
will give 200 pounds as its contribu-
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,. months ago to include the area in a
A Nifty Chance to Square Accounts, Thought Jeff publc. park. The area surrounding
the monument is British, being deeded
to that government by owners of the
land several years age.
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Good Produotion in Mineral
Prodtietlen in Canada. _
Mining, now third in rank among
Canada's twin ary liaise:: ries, contri-
butes extensively to tIte wealth and
proepority of the 'Dominate. according
to the Dominien. Bureau ef Statist:lee,
Lerge tonnages of freight move from
and to th 0' Minns; nianr !=absidiary
(blades depend moan iso mantra; tie
dutery for their proaperity. Canada's
progress in the produri on of mineral
wealth line been netaele pertiCultely
in recent eare acrd t11' las.io1uuctl0
establisieed ilelda, 1. diseevere of
now mineral erne aud linelly the eur-
paeaing at all previetia receras team;
the mincrei indertre or the
eateet factors in Caezelaaa initeetrati
and commerefal lite.
Ile not curate:is n tl.yulC,nor t.on-
lus..x1itt *.vordi, nur nmb:int; in
theetghte-Marcue Atli.;.
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