The Brussels Post, 1920-11-18, Page 2Wabbly Auto Wheelser-
rife to depend on watchmen. Wig-
.
To test the alignment of your weg electric flaehlights may -be out of
wheels, stand the ear with the wheels order and el may electrie bt1S, which
eta nearly in line eta pes„eible, beetleg are euppeeed to rug as a train ap-
the same distance between the lutProte'he
a the wheels on each side of the car.
Measure the distance between the Practical Paragraphs.
front wheels directly in front of the Spring Cmiericant.—One of the :most
axlo. by drawing a steel tape-meastire satiefactory compounds with Which to
from the inside of the felloe of one spread the leaves of the spring is made
Wheel to the inside of the felloe of ef paraffin and graphite mixed. The
the other wheel. Atter noting the ex- paraffin may be secured in "locks
act. measurement, move the wheels from the grocery store or candles of
one-third. -to one-fourth turn and re- this material may be used. The par -
peat the operation. titan should be melted on the eLove
The same method may be used in and the graphite be thrown into the
measuring the rear wheels; except molten wax and the whole stirred
that the measurements may be more -thoroughly.
conveniently taken directly back of 'Vacuum Tank Needs Draining—At
the axle. If three cm four measure- the bottom of the vacuum tanks, which
ments do net show a variation of mere are now used en so many cars to se-
thnn one-fourth inch, the wheels are in cure proper fuel feed, there is loeated
good alignment. Oar mannfacturers a drain cock. Many owners seem to
allow a variation of three-eighths cf thing this is some sort of an orna-
an inch, but wheels are seklom so far: ment, but it should be opened at inter -
out of lineonce a week or so. Generally a
When taking measurements., if it ist little water and possibly some rust
. vals,
found that the front wheels are from; will flow out before gasoline begins to
one-fourth to one-half inch wider than! mete. In many eases it will be neve-
the rear wheels, do not become ex- teary to insert a bit of wire to clean
cited. This has no bearing, on align-' out the draM cock of an accumulation
men t. I of foreign matter. If this latter is
Extuseive wear On tires may be! permitted to remain long enough it
mused by other things than improper; will work its way back into the ear -
alignment; a bent axle, a noose or; buretor and make trouble.
• worn hub disk, a defective steering! Weak Valve Springe—Weakening of
rod, or a too "short or too long con-; the springs which close the valves is
meting rod will cause treuble. Loosea common cause of faulty engine op -
bearings or tight brakes will have. the eration. 'Whenever the valves are
same effect. taken nut the springs should be ex-
amined, to see that they are all of the
Identify •Your Car at a Glance. same length, or rather that all of
If you have en automobile that is the inlet eet are of the same length,
not distinctive in type or coloring, an end all of the exhaust, as the exhaust
inexpensive moans of quick „itlentsfic.a- springs will probably be a little longer
tion is to paint or pe.e your initial: than the others. If ane spring- is
on the gisee of the rear window. A! shorter than the others in its set it
pereen handy with brueli and pencil: eimuld bo stretched or else a metal
can easily design and put the initial' plate must be put wider it to bring
on permanently. 'White paper lettere; tension up to equality with its fellows.
cut M pretty fashion, same eix inehes, Pince:feint Cement—A mixture of
high. Pasted en the window, can le ten parts of iron filings with three
seen from einesthe frsta er teak. in „parte of chloride of lime mixed to a
daylight cr dirlEn„ees. paste with water makes an admirable
Beside the persensl advantage., it pipe joint eement. The mixture is ap-
helpe parte friends. unlamiliar with the plied to the joint and the clamp and
machine and totally' ignorant af its becomes solid in twelve hours.
number, to locate you. I was once Making a Magnet—It is possible to.
separated from my relatives when on
a shopping trip to a strange eity, and magnetize a file by taking about s,
though the ear was neer. I had no dozen turns of a strang of the cord
means a Identifying it. to which a lighted electric bulib is ate'
teethed. Thie will give enough magnet -1
ism to the file to permit of its use for,
wimp: up small parte, strews, nu
Stop. LC.01,7 and Listen:
Every day the repose have an item etc., that have fallen into inaccessible'
of automobile parties being hurt or places,
at railreed There is An Obscure Knock—A knock dn..;
airemutely only one safe rule in going cult to locate is sometimes caused by:
over railroad tracks in a ear. Conn one of the pistons touching a shoulder
to a fall stop, look up and down the in the top of the cylinder because the
trask, make sure nothing is coming,. packing between cylinder and crank
put yam engine in law gear and get case has been worn thin. Obviously al
over
as quickly as you ean. It is not thicker packing will cure the tronble.1
Campaign to Save
Waste Paper
The number of Inquiries reaching
the Commiasion of Conservation in-
dicaiee an increasing interest iu the
saving of waste paper. Schools are
taking up the work, and in some
vales, a friendly rivalry among the
Ranol children has resulted in a
much larger quantity being secured.
The schools of Vancouver. B.C.,
hate taken the work up with ener-
ge, and, during last season sold over
60 tons. Great interest is taken by
he children in this method of obtain-
idgeschool funds, and the school teach-
ers agree that the work teaches them
vidually in collecting, but all money
vidually in celestine', but all money
earned is pooled in the interest of
the, school, Baseball, basketball,
cricket and other athletic equipment
is purchased for the use of the pupils,
and the possession of these outfits
tends to promote inter -school compe-
titions. School skating rinks can also
he supported by these earnings.
Apart altogether from the financial
returns, the work is one that is of
national importance. The demand
upon the forests, for pulpwood is enor-
MOUS, and, while the utilization at
mixed waste paper for the manufac-
ture of newsprint Is not yet com-
mercially feasible, it is being gener-
ally used in making building and roof-
ing papers, box -board, etc,
Unfortunately, in some portions of
Canada, distance from a market rend-
ers the collection and sale of waste
paper unprofitable, but this condition
is rapidly begin :overcome by the
higher prices being paid for the ma-
terial. The Commission of Conser-
vation will ,supply the names of deal-
ers in waste paper and of paper mills
utilizing waste paper to those desir.
ing to undertake its collection.
Scaling the Sardine.
The most expensive sardines are be-
reft of their skeletons before being
put up in cans for market. Mostly,
however, they are merely gutted and
scaled.
The scaling of these tiny fishes by
hand is e process necessarily labouri-
ous but the newest method for the
purpose utilizes an ingenious machine.
The sardines are placed in revolv-
ing perforated cylinder. Continued
rubbing of the fishes against the rough
edges made by the perforations re-
moves the scales, which, as they are
detached, are carried off by a stream
of water.
The sardines, put into one end of the
cylinder, are carried by gravity to the
other end, out of which they drop into
a tub, freed of their scales.
Germany began the war with
twenty-eight submarines, By the end
of the war she had lost at least 186
of these craft.
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fetter would tem
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TRANSPORTATION TRIUMPHS
Holding Canada' s Wealth in Trust
"Any person studying the political
and constitutional history of Canada
sees arising out of its mists a nation-
al form of beauty and strength, re-
quiring still development. At the
present time, Canada is in a stage of
selaconsciousuess, a stage in which
egotism may develop to its injury,
or where it may be guided by sane
thought into aate paths. Its greatest
dangers are selfislusess and waste,
a selfishness which does not exist
shuply in the present disregard of the
rights of others, but a disregard for
the rights and interests of those who
are to follow us, and for whom as
well as for ourselves this heritage
was given. Selfishness lies in a sacri-
ficing of the future for the present.
We are told that that which Is seen
is temporal but that which is not
seen is eternal, and the Canadians
of to -day are not simply to act for
Use present moment, but to build for
the future; they are to conserve and
save, not to exhaust or destroy any
part of Its heritage.
Nature has - been very prodigal
in giving us such marvellous nat-
ural resources, the greatest of which
is perhaps the fertility of our soil,
for Canada is essentially an agel-
cultural country, whatever else it may
develop into. If from misuse and
lack of care, the soll is exhausted,
the country is going to suffer and
future generations will condemn us.
It is to consider `the conservation of
this ,soil and the present proper use of
it that you are now assembled.
"Well might Canada as a whole,
so abundantly supplied with all the
provisions necessary to sustain the
life of many millions in happiness
and health, with bowed head. and
lifted heart ask the blessing, that
our natural resources might be con-
secrated for our use, not to be
,abutted, tot to lie disainated, aeot
to be wasted, and that the people
of Canada so. using them may be
employed In the protection the devel-
opment and general service of our
country. Why should'it in any respect
barter its future for its present
wasteful enjoyment?" --Sir A. J. M.
Aikins, Lieutenant -Governor of Mani-
toba.
Trade Names for Furs.
Misleading names for the pelts of
some 'of our fur -bearers have been
the cause of much confusion in the
public mind. Processes have been
developed by which varieties or furs
are produced in •imitation of others
until only an expert can identify the
original akin, This has. led to the
use of many fanciful names and to
substitution and misrepresentation by
unscrupulous dealers.
At the Fur Trade Conference, held
in Montreal in February last, under
the auspices of the Commission of
Conservation, a committee composed
of leading furriers and the Deputy
Head of the Commission of Conserva-
tion was appointed to consider the
question of "trade names" for furs,
This committee, after careful consider-
ation, has requested the government
to introduce legislation prohibiting the
use of inaccurate or misleading names
of furs. The Committee recommended
that, "in cases where pelts have been
so dyed and treated as to appear dif-
ferent from their natural state, the
original name should be retained, with
the use of a properly descriptive ad-
jective prefixed.
Under this regulation "Hudson" or
"Baltic" seal would be described as
"sealed muskrat" or "seal' muskrat"
or "seal -dyed muskrat." "Near" or
"electric" seal would be "'seal -dyed
rabbit", and "Alaska sable" or "black
martee" would be known under its
own name as "sable -treated eltunk",
or "sable -dyed skunk" or "'marten -
dyed skunk" or similar name which
includes the name of the fur -bearer
whence the pelt was derived.
Canada Is the home of many cllt-
ferent species of fur -bearers, and is
also cultivating a large fur -farming
industry. It is, therefore, essential
that this industry and the purchasing
public be protected by the sale of
furs only under properly authenticated
trade names,
Guarding Against Dust.
Dust is notoriously a danger in
many industrial plants. As a safe-
guard agaipst it in metallurgical
establishments, flour mills, etc., it is
customary for operatives to wear "re-
spirators." For the peril here discus.
sed is not of fire, but of breathing.
Such a repirator may inclose the
mouth and nose; or if the eyes also
are to be protected, it may take the
form of a inask with eye -pieces.
A simple and familiar form of the
device is called the "pig snout," a
term rather strikingly descriptive,
which contains a moist sponge. It
is inefficient and so uncomfortable that
worlemen commonly prefer to tie a
large handkerchief around the nose
and mouth.
There is urgent teed for a respira-
tor really satisfactory for use in the
dusty trades. It should keep out the
dust and be not so bothersome that
workmen. will refuse to wear it con-
tinuously. Tanfortunately, a contri-
vance that meete these regairements
has not yet been invented.
What is known as "miner's con-
sumption" is a disease of the lungs
that destroys thousands of lives an-
nually: It is particularly an affliction
of "lased rock" miners, who breathe
particles of cinartz and suffer conse-
quent symptoms somewhat resembling
those of tuberculosis. The particles,
which become embedded in the lungs,
are exceedingly tiny, measuring from
one to ten thousandths of a
nzllIl-
inoter in diameter.
This means very fine dust, and to
keep it out requires an extremely line -
mesh filter—much finer than the cot-
ton or silk gauze or moist sponge COM-
monly used,
The man of 26 to -day is often in the
same economic position of the man
of 21 in pre-war days, owing to his
period of war service.
lingRinpos
#, Walt Mason
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THE CONSUMER
I'm the Ultimate Consumer, and my eyes are full or tears,
for I've carried an the burdens of the world, a thousand yetsrs,
and len doomed to pack those burdens till this planet Is 110 more,
AO my eyes are full of sorrow, and 311T heart Is sick and sore. I've
a right to groan and grumble and deplore my many ills, for I'm
paying an the taxes, and I'm footing all the bills; to defray the
world's expenses I am always sweating blood; I'm the Ultimate
Consumer, and my given name is Mud. Oh, the farmer gets a
rako-off when be Belle a load of wheat, and the miller, white and
dusty, gets a rake-off and repeat, tend the Jobber gear a raite-off
when he sells a sack of flour, and the dealer gets a rake-off, or
You'd see him looking sour; and the 'Ultimate Consumer, when he
buys a dinky sack, has to pay these divers rake-offe, while pink
pains run up hls back, And they tax the woolens maker, who
in commerce cuts a swath, and he hands along the taxes to the
gent who buys his cloth, and this gent just hands the taxes to
the fellow lower down, till they roach the busy tailor in our
little country town. And the 'Ultimate Consumer pays the taxes
in the end, when he buys a suit of raiment with a stylish Gre-
cian Bend. len the Ultimate Consumer, and I sound' a plaintive
note; I'm the guy ado) pays the fidaleaym the universal anat.
What Constitutes a
Load of Wood?
The fact that, on out -over bends,
hardwoods are becoming the prepond-
erating species and that a very limited
market exists for this timber demon-
strates the desirability of the greater
use of hardwood for fuel. The coal
shortage could bo largely offset by
using the fuel which our forests pro-
vide.
One drawback to the more exten-
sive use of hardwood for fuel has been
the method of marketing. Prices are
quoted per load, and a load may con-
sist of any quantity, depending upon
the dealer. Naturally the public Is
reluctant to purchase an unknown
quantity,
The experience of one consumer
with what is known as "millwood"
emphasizesthis point. The dealer re-
fused to sell it by the cord but quoted
it at $3.00 per load. Measurement of
the load discloser, the fact that $3.00
per load was equivalent to 828 per
cord. On the basis of heat values,
this was equivalent to 856.00 per ton
of anthracite. This class. of wood was
later sold by the municipality at $7.50
per cord, and. hardwood (one cord
equal to one ton anthracite) at $13.50.
One Canadian city has standardized
the size of wood delivery wagon boxes.
A by-law provides that the capacity of
'a "double load" box must be 168 cubic
feet, which is considered to be equal
to one cord of wood as ordinarily
thrown in. The box for a "single
load" must have a capacity or 84
cubic feet. The by-law also requires
that the driver of the wood delivery
wagon shall before unloading invite
inspection of the lead by the pur-
chaser or his representative.
This regulation might well be adola
tad by all municipalities; it would uu-
doubtedly enlarge the market for wood
fuel, as the consumer would no longer
be compelled to purchase a load with-
out knowing what quantity he was
getting.
Would You Believe It!
No existing species of birds have
teeth.
The British Museum contains 16,000
copies of the Bible.
In Holland all Christian names after
the first are taxed.
Bands of Hope first appeared in
England about 1848.
Six hundred cubic feet of space is
allowed for each soldier in barracks,
The •first city to attain a population
of 1,000,000 is believed to have been
Babylon.
Said Too Much.
"Oh, Auntie, I heard nava! tell Mrs.
:Tones that there wesn't
Mall like you in the world."
"Ah, the dear man: Did he, Bobby?"
"Yesim, and he said it was a mighty
good thing, too."
To a world oppressed by the con
stantly rising price of cud comes tan
talizing news from Stockholm that Et
'hew vein of coal nearly two metre
thick has been discovered in the tea
flelde near Braganca Bay in Spitz
bergen. But Spitzbergen is a long
way from OUT coal bins.
Part-Tivne People
Taking the crowd in the street as
we find them one by one, we see 00
every side people who are partly use-
ful and partly useless. They start
something with enthusiasm and do not
put it through. They are great nt be-
ginning, They beat a claurn and mam-
mon an army and postpone the aotion
until the fortunate moment hae gone
by. You can depend on them here and
there, They may be setisfetotory por' e
formers when all conditions favor and
they have things their own way. But
you cannot be quite sure of them.
They may fail you in a pinch. Their
eloquence captivates, their brilliancy
inspires, but when it comes down to
sober, humdrum, day -after -day pro-
duction they disappoint. They cannot;
keep office hours. They cannot ener-
gize consecutively. They function by
fits and starts, Do not book to them
for regularity in action or a definite
and punctual delivery.
The able and the justly distinguish-
ed among the sons of men are those
whose productive labor is not fitful
and casual but incessant. They do
not wait to go to their work until they
feel like it. If those who carry the
burden of the :workPe toil consulted
their moods things would be at a.
standatill. The engineer may not feel
like climbing into his cab; the good
wife may not feel like cooking a meal;
a men may feel too ill to write books
or paint pictures or build bridges or
set type or sail a ship. A thousand
disinclinations spring up in us to pull
us away from exercise that is not fun.
But the reed man says to them all:
"This is .something I have to do. Duty
is the overlord of inclination. I can-
not quell my conscience as if it were
a troublesome ineeet. Some unsub-
&male voice evithin me will not let
me rest. I must be &Nut my busi-
ness,"
This is a time when honest labor in
some quarters is not in vogue, and
pretexts for sloth are sought and of-
fered unitehamedly. The work is still
to be clone, and if some refuse to do
it the rest must -be all the busier for
their refusal. The places of trust
will not go to the demoralized; they
will go to those who have shown them-
selves fit to be trusted. They will go
to the ones W11OSP minds and bodies,
disciplined to steady industry, owe, -
come mountainous obstacles with a
minimum of waste ande, friction.
Blessed is the toiler who puts in a
full day's work for a full day's pny;
Elms° thought and hand are given
unclistraeted to the immediate task;
who is able to concentrate utterly and
say: "This one thing I do." Such a
one is worth several ef those who give
but one lobe of the brain to what they
aro doing; who bestow two fingers
where they should take hold with all
s the hand. Their wits and their affec-
t lions are afar off. They move as in
dremn. Amusing they may be in an
interlude of social entertainment, but
they cannot stand and hold their own
against those stalwart, valiant souls
who give all of themselves all of the
time (with reasonable epnees left for
play) to the eerious occupation for
which they were set on eerie,
Fixing The Widths of Our Roads
The present unscientific system of
fixing the alignment of roads is ac.
comparded by an initially unscientific
system of fixing roads widths. Most
roads are too wide and many aro too
narrow, and those that are too nar-
row are restricted in width by reason
of the law which requires the others
to bo too wide. It may be claimed
that, both in rural and urban terri-
tory, a general average of 66 feet
is wide enough for all purposes and
that no community, even when re-
latively closely settled, can afford to
lay out andpave streets of a greater
average width.
The minimum standard in Ontario
and elsewhere is 66 feet. This sten-
dierd applies to the main arterial
thoroughfare required to essay heavy
traffic and to the short residential
street required for the purely domes-
tic needs of a few houses. In many
districts acres of macadam, asphalt
and ooncrete laid in a few streets
might with advantage be used over
twice the length of tatreet now pav-
ed. Ono consequence is tb.at the
cost or local improvements in ninny
16e,alities is so great that money is not
available for necessary purposes or
public sanitation. Another is that
the tax burden on the property ownees,
is so heavy that they are proportion-
ably limited in the capital available
for making their houses sanitary
and durable In construction, and they
are compelled to crowd their laud
REGLAR FELLERS—By Gene Byrnes
with buildings in order to pat it to
economic use.
But even at this late day, with all Heaviest of All Metals.
the lessons we have ima fw---est
a Anybody who has been allowed to
land and unnecessary expenditure of
for purely local traffic. there are thoae have been astonished to find how
capital in providing far too wide roads Ptehic.lb anlitto, nnefilswt
oeacitaa,1 lama or d 1811 to
streets narrower than 60 or 66 feet as heevy as lead. Yet it is not the
who regard any suggestion to ''make heavy it was. Gold is, in fact, twice
as reactionary. There are few how -
heaviest f metals. That rank is heldever,
ever, who, will deny that 11 is Ina by ostutam, which is one-sixth heavier
o
practicable, 10 ails- community where than goat,
tively open, as in Canada, to provide weights we have labium, which is so
the density of building is compare- At the other end of the scale of
land and make satisfactory made or light that it: will float on water. It
stredt to a greater average width
than 66 feet, What happens is that
is queer stuff. Put a small cluink of
11 on your desk end you will soon ob.
the land provided for roads or streets,
as the law requires, but that few of serve that a is .growing smaller. Be-
fore long it will disappear entirely-,
the roads or streets are ever properly
constructed, the reason being that
there im too much road surface for
the population, even when the land
Is closely settled. lilxcessively wide
streets, instead of securing more Mr remarkable Inc its lightness of
weight,
vaporized..
Magnesium is nearly three times as
heavy aa lithium; yet is is consid-
erably lighter than aluminium, whites
eve are accustomed to regard as. RO
space, rause congestion, e,g., in the
erection of apartment houses in
towns, because without such wages -
Con tho frontage could not afford to
meet the cost of locia improvements.
This is being proved in Canada where
The eggs preserved in waterglass
should be fresh and infertile. They
should be good uniform stock and free
from all checks and cracks. The hens
the tendeucy towarde the tenement
need plenty of oyster shells so they
building is being created by the wide
will place good firm shells on all tho
street. In the rural dietricts, although
eggs,that are to he preserved, -
land is plentiful and 'cliema it Moods
to reason that'all roads should not be
Enthusimem can very well be liken-,
of the same width, and that there ed to electricity. Thereoney be in a
should be variation to suit the require.
meets oftruffle. plant an electric machine of wonder-
,
ful potentialities, but if the electric
current is withheld from it, it will
stand idle and useless. So with the
human machine. It needs the electric
current of enthusiasm,
A. league of world peoples is neither
a wild dream nor a clever plot. 11 18
tho inevitable outworking of a truth,
namely, that from the first were
"made of one blood all nations of men
for to dwell on all the face of the
earth,"
The belief that most typewriter rib,
bons aro discarded when only one-
eighth of the ink and one-fifth of the
fabric have been consumed is given
at, the reason for the recent appear -
nee on the malice-, of a tiny attach-
ment witith gives lodger life It the
ribbon, It is attached near the reel
of almost any standard machine, and
consists of a container in whiCh are
a wick of felt and a brass roller. Be-
tweet these the ribbon is threaded.
The wick is saturated at intervals
with ti deep Of oil introduced through
o hole in the top,
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