Loading...
The Exeter Times, 1923-7-26, Page 6s STEERING GEAR REQTJ IRES PATIENT STUDY. There are few visions more unpleas-; wird; the steering knuckle ping There- antfor the motorist to contemplate contem' _lore l o r leverage is exerted., This. e P -t ' excessive e tthan "tvlrat might happen if tlsesteer- 'urtdergather would cause' eu, n g> g. failed to Pune- wear on the tires if both wheels wore Yr.�, „car of his. machine T a tion, Consequently manufacturers, pointed straight ahead, or, in other have taken greatpains to build carstwords,� were set parallel. To'prevent a e that are pretty sure to go wherever! this wear the wheels are given what the man at the -steering wheel directs.; is called foregather, which means that A utoists,;therefore, have greatfaith i they are slightly closer together at the in their oars' ability to take them;front edge than at the rear.There is where they want to go and justly, so.' only about three-eighths of an inch dif However it is well to know somethings Terence in the measurement, but it is about the steering apparatus and to'' important that the front wheelstoe-in cheek up on it often. that much. To make steering easy and to give This does not apply to the rear the necessary strength coupled with wheels which, in practically all cases, the required'flexibility f the front are directly parallel.. Wheels of an automobile are given cer-ACTION 1.4FoN WHEELS. At the lower end ofadditionforegather rain peculiarities. In to� foze�and under, the shaft, on which the hard -steering gather, the steering knuckle pins are THE REPARATIONS DELiBERATIONS' _g seat Reparations Con - "?1T � seat ra,nclfatltei•��o•ecu lied this sea„ when en the p yg' � 1 Loudon iiniou. f or oiu once: Fron'Lond O e cec m d• z I wheel is located there 'is a. ear, This as to give at e ,t? gz` en a slight rake so � p, is very often of the worm:. type, al castor effect to the front wheels. This though other types are sometimes em- rake •consists in Placing ing Ptoyed. This gearing makes it pea knuckle. itis so that they are further sible to swing the front wheels with theto than the toward the rear. at P Y, very little effort on the part of the bottom. , The result of this 3 are ori; the driver. At the same time it makes it.y,: Isteering s 4 tis t'r"a t the centre of; zez necessary 'fo > great pressure to be turning is a'httlaahead sof the point' on t7te front wheels to ztrovo excreted of contact where thetzz..• touches the the steering or hand wheel.road. This is done so that the drag EAJX6.ON1tioz, For �vEx. incidentt to pushing the wh el along en:ent the driver givesthe road is back of the centre of turn -1 This arrK'!n h jug- The result is that the �vh..els will: easy control of the direction in which the always point directly forward, unless he dasil•es the car to move. It is Y P j samerinci ple as is demonstrated interfered with, p P � that - many tunes his ow; weight for a short, when a -ilial; with a crowbar (;an raise! This action is the same as that, .t , ` which can be observed in a castor on I bed or piano and the same which en- dzsiance. I ride a bio e e without gear _ atlas one to y An arm from this steering con g i toa steering placing the hands on the handle bars. n:wcis through a drams link � _ knuckle upon which one of the front For this reason if the tie bars between wheels is mounted. The : other front the. two wheels should become discon- . :t he_.d stearin and 'straight a wheel. is made to move in unison welsh n•-eted,g the first' through means of a tie rod eves; slight turns can be made through connected to its steering knuckle. one wheel attached to the steering `,Chess knuckle joints are necessarily'ear. The other front wheel just g •points of weakness as compared with trails along. things' One other eculiarity of the steering a. solid axle. Therefore certain tri is P are done . to give -them the desired mechanism is worthy of consideration. $-tren. tlz.The tie. bar which connects the two If the front -wheels were placed in - i front wheels is attached at either end . =_ a perfectlyperpendicular endicular osition ` to the; arms that form part of the P o? p uekle. These arms' .instead there Would be considerable leverage' steering kn a -, exerted' an the steering knuckle pins -'"of being parallel and thus making' the ie rod the same length as the distance This would not- only make;torr weak; t is l 'between the•steerin length as pins, -construction but would a -..o cause. ag P - are, set_ at- an which .ma lnentgreat resistance to the tazniitg moveanglemakes the ° incidentto -steering. To over- -tie rods shorter 'than an this distance. l h come these faults the meront wheels are .fife result, is 'that when the car is given what is termed under g ath r f g e ,, turned, say, to the right, the right that is, the distance between them at; hand wheel is swung more to the left theP ointwhere theyg touch the round' than the left-hand' wheel. Each wheel, is less than at their `toP s• therefore, follows closely its proper 1 hen turning This construction causes. the weight arc. The reverse is true w of the car to bear directly on a line] to the left. Luggage Increased Ella—"Ridiculous, this ruling that everyone must wear a two-piece bath- ing suit! Simply increases one's lug- gage, you 'know. Stella—"How so?" ;ilia--"I:couldn't possibly get such a suit in one envelope, my dear!" A Question of Terms. Isaac Blumstein had. a toothache. A friend recommended a dentist. So Isaac went to his offiee. But 011 the door he. retard: First visit, $5. Subset quant visits, $2. This was, pretty tough for Isaac. Ile thougib.t a minute very hared and then he opened the door and walked in with a chirrupy: "Good manning, Doctor! Here I am again." Out of Luck. An. Irishman was oars° day tooking in- to the window of a drug store. He noticed that all ,the drugs' and medi- cines were being sold at a reduced price. "Sure," said he, as he turned away, it's just my luck: I am never ill when I ought t^ be." . . Don't Tease Swans. Swans can fly at the rate of 100 miles an hour. No one knows hovr long they can keep en the wing, but the trip from Scanclinavita, to Britain seems 'bo be merely a pleasant flutter. They pasts from one side of Canada to the other in huge ficcl : at certain times; of the year., and at eery high altitudes. It is not safe to tease or sleek fa- miliarity with swans in summer time when cygnets, as young swans ar ecall- ,ed, are about. The male, swan is very pttgaetcitous then, as a bather in the Thames found- to his cost quite recent - There Is a traditional impression that a blow from a swan's wing will break an average man's leg, and thetre is on record a case of the death of a fox from such a blow. The force of the ewaru's wing blow is; .emphasized in a story from Bucking- hamshire, Which rroeords the attack of a male sa"an on s. boat being rowed near the- nest' The pinion struck the gunwale of the craft, and as a 'result was laid bare to the bone, being strip- ped of both feathers and akin.., Caught Both Ways. Pat was 'srtanttieng in the road when he noticed a motor -car coming up the street. He stepped back a little. - The car caught up with him, and, just as it wads passing, the driver had occasion to turn off down aside street. As he moved the steering wheel the ear skidded,, causing ithe back and of it to swing- around, striking Pah and knocking him down: Pat was seen to get up and look af- , ter the car and say, "Now what: d:o ye I thank o' that? Whin ye stand In front o' thin', they run over ye 'and Whirl ye git out of the way to let him pass, tli,ey turn around and kick ye." Down. House.. SleepingUpside A Little • iI' Everykind of animal, including tsglad our house is a little house, - i Not too tall nor too wide; leave adopted seine lar man, seems; topar-; ocular posture in which to sleep !I'm. glad the liaverirrg butte rflies The ordinary uan s.eps eithe • on '' reel free to came inside. with his �i z 'eft side,tiz z his right . or his 11 ' g i d� ,h use, rhOur little house Yncn..15 ho knees drawn up. 'When, however, he . e p fati 1e or iro- +tt entree t has ezldur e� n g 1 It 1,s not slay or vain; . gossips n'ith the, talking trees, longed pain a man may sleep in all d pe sorts of positions, Men have been ob-1 served to sleep wrlteiz standing or walk Mg, when at-admittingTor• driving a horse C. or even -when bound to the stake. Some animals, too,' are able to sleep while standing, A clog,, especially when old, may do, so occasionally; horse often .floes, ;while an elephant never lies clown to sleep. Longlegged birds, 'Such as storks and gulls, have been observedto sleep bal- anced on one leg. Most birds, how- ever, sleep with their heads turned. round over their backs. Often their beaks are hidden among'the feathers between the wing and the body. But :there' are some curious exceptions to this rule. The owl sleeps while sitting on a branch while, some 'Indian par- rots and bats 'sleep only when sus- pended from a tree-. A duck ,is the most unconventional of all: This bird sleeps on, the open water, and during its slumbers paddles, itself: with or foot 111 circles -to avoid drifting to the shore:. Even suC1. •a bulky animal as the „S Gth She S.z upside e down, banging ing by its four feat and with its head tucked ,between the forelegs. The posture adopted by the domestic cat is typical of many' other animals. Fo'ces and wolves sheep curled up with their noses and the soles of their feet all close together and often; covered by their tails. Some animals sleep with their eyes open, others with them closers. Nearly all fish, belong to the latter class, as. do also hares and snakes. Salmon and goldfish are said never to sleep at all. Perhaps no other, things -have such power to -lift the poor out of poverty, the wretched out of misery, to make the burden bearer forget his burden, the sick his suffering, as `books. And makes friends With` the' rain, `, ud. oriel- leaves, cast a s_.i,mineir o A, quick &Ise'e�z Araimst-cur whited walls 3 And in the p111ox the courteous: bees Ore paying duty:calhs. -Ch ristopher Morley. a cD Signs' of' Summer "•, "Co'nfound tliist 'sticky fly -paper!" • The earliest known surgical instru- g merits are copper'°knives found "din" a y. y e Ship's Bell litido,:brad,.- .iii tftat Were caught were fl dart; Wen.the Taco, penned ill• t among sonme lietat ng„ wrackao't once teethe cebinsit alie tette ;held:se' that it ,ttived the. life 01'•t1 c+ e rani wi,o,:tirue tr '0 5. inaTessublo'any' lentger• to tow fhe his calling; end feta, is 111 the 'fare of 'ship, death, would not desert lila ,shaking' It wa.s, pitch: dtark, and the weather SI>_•ip. wars vievy colo!` when, titre tug and thio During; thio war; en .1),ecomb or 23,;; drifter cast off the Tines from the 1917, 'says a wit ter in the New York% Yinovia, When the tug cants nein' Times, the Cunard floag�hben° Vinovia;: enough Captain Gronow shouted Uh bu��'i` a megaphonetl t s� tr t of seven thekerali� tons bound eato e skipper 1 c a! 1 ou d from New York to, ho t.l'on was about ten that he would, by the ehlilp to the miles off'Lour' �, „i 1 end, _It,camp:;atshalf past •eight,. •They . Land's d, Os nwa 1. FOr„. ''three days it hold' heou -t c tofsi'm vas+ ort"thee `bitiilge, •very' weal . s Uct...rg atiunrt in aheavy.eea .w:'tlh. c'sbrorrg northerly for 11e !l�md •1"est much blood"enrol had T' -, . n sui701 e i from `fatigue and exp,csrrre.' gale Zhc, tt,tisblur .eia5 �ia�d sni:as�heid the lLftsboats Ina the ra,f,bs and had As the Vtnovia sank under his feet' 'he carried tire fragments ovea-bnand, and tt.usl;•edl the canvas awing�awith' the the steacly onaiidln, ' ctf tthe,wia,vers hta Wootton `star,lclr ;ons that ,the shock of , 3 p S d U'•r�phen tllie tere; the- cat,t,ain—his' the torpedo had cast loose. 1 name iS Gronow--head leen' i-ctrking, At half past twelve en the zinc ling. with the 'crew for two .days, rigging ging a of December 24 the lookout man oil a juicy tinder in 'ifs place. ; drifter making for Penzance heard what at hie thought ctugtht was a snealil ship's ' At five ci clock in tthtn•afternoon a bell tink'.i.s:1g eteesy now and then as if German totp'etdio- struck ,The :ilii ant i;t were dears by an the suit -taco of the • kilted aevente,^n of they crew•, A Bri-` etsra. :ile c.,�'1 tthe +slozi pier, ;1if o stroll- p tl'll destro'yt,ea eanlo u i sllton ly after- peel rho sual�l craLt, 1.nd tlr'oy bolt'lis--^ wards, to take off , r,1 tLia temetd'.aasd:-lt�eatl tltie' boll �ihi�stllivctly. ireighter'eas ,badly1110 aged and ti111' tea <l,.�nglny was lcrSv+ers,cl, and two of sure to sink 'n a shirt time. The con 17, o, 4. t , Uit!a crew pulled in.the -direction of the meander aietel Captta.in Gronow`to go sound. They found a quantity of with them but the ca,.�taln declined i. •:::. al I wr �clua� to ainivi �liit c g d 'til , cls wars a and said he thought the movie could ` 5 V t t+rtat;is bet.l lashed to a tiwoodten fi•si+iii,e- be rtoweta ').„It , ,s.1-33.7,11low water n$ ear Pen- tltte bell Lad been fixed over the wheel• zance fort ml,l,e�st away; lie requested i y y + rwa;n's head, oli the bridge �of the V.n- the ole, i`'o •err to ste_vd -out tos. Sooni 4 � ovia. for him tJ s�tn.l.a -the -Hours by aftei•waacls a tu, and a drifter arritre � � d and Cat rt -+in 'ronow'.mta i the ltiu'es l G a lana+ern this .staill;o,i"s Tai fire Biiigy.salv fast foie avid: Jitislt as h+e� wase c�oml ilct• . 1 slue unoomtstcieus catpGain half upported i,ng his difficult task:, a big 3103 pounced l by true. oanvasaawniings; his hair was over the bow and, dashed isina on his f rh ro..en, and there e was blood on• this face gate wheelhouse clock:` By the light of" 1 g,.,- back against 1 the sharp resat of a par- b �t �t s r F 1 p and �iteick, :.• :, Ovane ,11 instrument that'•10 usled for cutting mines adr.ft. The blood began fie, flaw front the wound, but in his, ex- citement. . he did. not nc!titete it, gale le was ,'blowing harder than; taint „ -'Ch+e ba t, aIn Gronow was unconscious for; aver Two hours latex the bow of the twenty=four hours aftea• his rescue, It Viitavita was three feet under wnater, wtas. mlitdnis +lit OR Christmas Eve when 8 O .. m s as v1 e ,ntheengine1,mM-and bailer room •lee openedei;s eyes, , '; , time. a, -fid o0 1 0 1..5 ayes for the ;list t_me:-�± tomb 1500 B C "Wherefore, when we 'build, let us think we build forever.: Let it not be for present delight, not for present use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for, and let us thing as we lay stone on stone, that a time :is to come -when those stones will be held sacred because our hands have touched them, and. that menwill say as.they look upon the labor, and wrought substance of them, 'see this our fathers did for us,' "—Ruskin. 4,4 ►ifr Weal THE FAULTFINDERS As I'dlo my daily walking, to reduce my am,pie size, 1 hear. people knockim!g, knocking, finding tartlet with other guys.Jasper. Jinks a :house is building, a•ncl iln+ten,ds: to paint it green with a g stripe of ornate iding round about eacih witnitlew screen— -- And stripe the knockers stand and view it, watch each timber put in place, and they cry, "Ohs Ghee! ' Beshrew it! Such a house is a dist•. gria:ce! Foir the doors are out of kilter and the chimfey ist too law, and the winter!ralns will filterr through, those shingles, dton't you know and he's gone and put the cellar„ where, the attic ouglut to be, and it sure would jar a feller, tartish a crazy house to "• see.:' Jasper hears the sidle jeering of his =nolghhors, at the fence, andhs heart its doubting, fearing, -het has fantods most intense. And his pleasure is departed, all the pride lately knew, his 'building job was started, with a cozy honia inir.view.".And fig jaded soul grows; sicker as he tools; on d'ay by day, for the knock ling of the kicker drives,:the worker's joy away.:', There should_ be a 1n* imposing fifty Y ears inyonderspen .on. tela gent whose drearyarresting chills the hearts of Seilllow men. p g TY,Iev hauled him., int the b cat and brought him to the drifter where :they` wlrlapptotcl hint to".bls,nleets. • Then the craft miatlle all tsoeed"to Penzance. ! Car 1 I O ;gin of A' am Ua/ P r .s,v. The expression, "a pig in a poke," originated 'li Northampton Market, originated n 1• _, -when seine wags .put a cat •.i1 a bag or poke, and sold it as a pig to a coun- tryman. When, the buyereoipened: thll bag, out jumped the • slat, This also gave rise to the expression, "letting the cat out of tIre bag." "Kicking the ,bucket" Ls a phrase ;that owes its Conception to the days of the great gold rush to California and Australia in 1349-51. Many tiinfcrtun- `ate seekers after gold, losing their all.,, in an ulav atifting` effort: to find the pre- cious dust," committed =suicide. The suicide tied a rope to a beam- in his but Then, standing on au upturned bucket, 'he would adjust the other end of the rope round the neck. "When 'all ; was really ha sir npy kicked. the bucket from under his feet. "Worth a Jew's eye" probably cam+e from the fact that King John extorted large sums of monney, from Jews under threats of nzutiiaition. Alit the teeth' of one 'Jew -in Bristol were extracted to satisfy the King's rapacity., From a corruption of the Anglo-Sax- on we Kett the phrase, "as maid as a hatter. It taxa noth'ang .to de with a "haste's," really. The word "mad" in Angllo-Saxon meant furious angry, or even venomous', and ``atter" mtean,t ,an "adder 'or viper: " Thus the whole ex- pression really means "as ventorinous as an 'wirier." Marl yig;ig Ages. �- I In Britain .tilde age at which parties may legally Maid thanisekvest in mar riagte is fourteen in the case of boys and twelve in that of girls. In Germany a man must be at least eighteen years ' of age before he can marry. In Portugal a.booy of fourteen i considered marriagetablet, and a gid. of twelve. In, Greece a youth must have seen at least fourteen summers • and ':the girl: tweiive.' In France the man must be oeigiliteea and the woman sixteen, and !in Belgium the same ages. In Spain the intended.. husband must hexane passed lila fourteenth year and the wife -her twel:f+tht. . In Switzerland boys from this age of fourteen enol girls from the age os twelve are allow- ed to marry. In Turkey any youth and macllen• who can walk properly and can undersitand' the necessary religious� service are a.1 Bowed to be linked for llife. The earliest ,known phsician lved in -the third Egyptian .dynasty, 4500 Grand The haurentido Co. -Ltd. of Co.,,. nd. Mere, P.Q., have about. 20,000,000, white ;spruce : seedlings and '.trans plants, in their nursery. .RAB 11'L OR( I DON'T ,L41; TH . WAY • YOU VE. BEEN TRE.t flN' ME LATEL1` l=ANN'Y'rLP,PPER ! IS ,,T"H I ? 1 Ln "FIAVG -`?06 "i`9, It does not'requireuuzze much imagination to visualize the things which would reduce the fatigue of the housewife and improve the family life; a stool or high chair'. and a rocling- chair in the kitchen, with COM- ' fertable, restful chairs " else- where in the home; running• water, in order to eliminate the g of carrying water via er from a well Y or outside pump; a mid-day rest period; the services of a com- munity nurse; prenatal care for mthe xS- proper and sof -. Tient clothing to Meet all emer- gencies and opportunities • for recreation, are not luxuries;,;; they are necessities. Part of the Loot. It was his first morning at the -coal - yard and he was instructed to deliver a load. As he failed to return a search was instituted, and Ire was'dascovered at the house where he had delivered. the coal. • After putting It in the cellar he had taken up his quarters in the kitchen, from which the cook could` not gct,him to leave. "Wirat'do you mean by such con- duct?" his ,employer asktd him. "Why,'" che •repliedsenip'ly, "I tliouglit I w,as sold with the •coral -I: was weigh- ed with it.' 1 '0 Cartda" O Gagada, unlike most g eat gongs, was composed backwards, The ttute, lyes. made first. It was in 1651, at:a great convention of St. Jean Baptiste lnz Quebec City, when+a call atose frons the delegates for seine sort of nation- alizing hymn that should express the: n aspirations,. of the French-Canadians as -a nation in Canada. A. committee's was ,'struck, ;with Judge 'ltouthier as, chairman, for the purpose of getting• a French-Canadian composer -to �do this,"on behalf of the convention. The only: 1''rench-Canadian composer cap able of .such, an isiepiring task was pianist then Galixi;e Tlavalloo, a famous�1 living in Quebec. flo quickly was it all done, so ;111011 after the manner of an inspiration, that the very next day the composer sent word that he was ready: When the com nittee called up on him they found that ]re, had' coin - posed not one, but four or five melo- dies,all of `which he played on his 1 y'the' accepted: the piano. Unanimous 3 Y melodysince become so famous, as the voice of the French-Canadian race. Catchin • up the'inspiraticnai mooed of Catching the composer, Judge l?outhier at once rate his memorable verses to fit the vv tune and before the convention broke up,both `words and Music were en- thu iastically acclaimed adopted, and en- thusiastically sung. Within; a, few ars -thousands had learned this of French-Canadians majestic hymn, but it -vias almost y twenty yoars�beforeit got up as far as first a t Ontario, where it was used n military tattoos in Niag i,ra Camp', ,later as a march -past in. the reception ac- corded the present king, George V., in l; Toronto, when A. S. Vogt, then con -• di:otos' of the Mendels,sohn Choir, .ask- ed a banciitaster, ";What is. that wrong, derful thing'?” On being told, he made a note of it, and a iso wears later, much to auks to the adinieable choral and orchestral setting, and English translation, all made by Dr.;T. B.•Iiich.- ardson, of Toronto, who had become familiar with the piece when an officer at Niagara Camp, -the Mendelssoh.n Choir gave the first choral lie -sierra.," ance of 0 Canada: Since that time, scores of Anglo-Saxons have written Eng n, English versio s one of which istnow . , in use in Ontario schools; and a dozen: composers _have written- various, ar- rangements for choirs, men's voices, quartettes, ea Bu t t the original ginal La- TeII-Tale' Time "Wouldn't you say she's- ' older than she says?" "I won't any—but tim eW-1,11 tell." es. Faith is something and enthusiasm for somethipg make life'worth living. E"c<1 I D1D N 'T KNOW YO'1A/FRf- R`J AOR:'[ -I T"'% vellee•Routliier setting survises• as -the greatest of thein all, and by long odds one - of the greatest national 'hymns ever known under any ilag—Musical Canada. 0 Canada.' 1. 0 Canada! The land tour fathers• - found, How bright the garlands on thy tore. head bound! Far the sword thine arm hath in",battle borne, And hath raised the Cross on high'; And the poet's *pen finds its highest theme Thy simple -.history. And thy bold hearts, filled With de- voted faith, .• Will guard our homes and our liberty. 2. Neath Heaven's eye, ` beside mighty stream, Great grow thy stens, as they of great- ness . dream, For the race they spring from is full of pride, And a blessing hails their birth, And the powers on high have prepared their place, With the great ones of the earth; And the high faith that doth inspire their hearts Counts their flag's honor as life's greatest worth, Counts their flag's honor as life's greatest worths -Translation' by B. Morton Jones. • Here is anew verse by Canon Scott. It was first sung in a Y.M.C.A. tent in Belgium. 3. 0 Canada, my country and my love, O Canada, with cloudless skies above, Where'er I ,roam, where'er my home,. My heart goes back to thee. Thy lakes 'and streams, thy boundless dreams, Thy rivers running fee, O Canada, 0 'Canada, God pour His blessings on thee from above, O Canada., my country and my love, '0%.11. Pet Cowardice. Fear is only a gap between -our, re- sources and our Courage,- says Torn Masson in "That Silver Lining," and if we can make a contact between the two, fear goes, "I have always' been somewhat of a believer in fear. just as I have in Ivor- ry," lie explains. "I have knbvrn a number of peepl•e ,who have written books about it, showing how to got rid oft it, bet 1 Layo found them to be; just about as other people arc. Upon oe- casien, they -would r•un_ if any one said 'Bob!' to them., "We are all cowards, u1,01,0 or Fess. . Men Who are rat afraid physically will be afraid morally,,' A man' will be a hero on the battlefield rind ,shrink from Ills wife, Each 011,5 of :1- hos a pet cowardice. "Fear isonly void .because, It Is the absence` of anything coustr"n1Ctive. It is a kind of gap, b,etweon.one's 'ccur- ago and one's resources, If youcan melte a contact between the two, fear goes. "The sitlange part of all this 'is, that fear is something lacking in ourselves. Wo nevem ivaliyfear anybody else. 'We only fear that we may not be equal to tlilln. Isn't it Curious? ' Think it wv .0 .313 54,.x'1'"