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The Brussels Post, 1921-2-17, Page 2Ventilating the Garage, leets dust and impairs the finish, A Repute are pitibliehed from time to' coating of soap on the gasket and time of eases of- gasoline poisoning thread will prevent leakage, even occurring among persona in private though the tank is full. When joints garages, Such cases usually <veer in the fuel line and around the car during severe •cold weather when there buretor develop leaks a coating of is et tendency to , elose windows and; soap will usually prove effective. ventilating shafts in garages to pro- Compression tester from spark plug. test the radiators from freezing. —The shell of an old spark plug, used When a motor of an automobile ie with a tire gauge, makes a useful allowed to run in a closed garage the' conrpressian tester. The porcelain of exhnuse gases soon 'contaminate the the plug is removed and a washer fit- atmoephero. If the ventilators in the' ted at the bottom. The gauge is next garage are shut off, these exhaust inserted and the tracking rammed in fumes, wlien inhaled, may glee rise' around ie. The packing nut forces the to headache, dizzhtess and even un -I packing down around the base of the con.riousnesa. I gauge until, a perfectly tight joint is aaa.aline poisoning le not a neer dis-, ?aside._ Thin instrument is screwed ease, but the publicity given to a num-! into the spark plug and when the her of deaths Whitt have recently oc-' engine is turned over by hand the curved from this cause has created compression is registered' by pounds. the impression that it is a new one.' Remember that the Betting of the The extensive use of gasoline, due to' spark plug points is an important fu- tile rapid increase in the use of auto- i tor usually overlooked by the amateur, mobiles, is likely to snake poisoning, with the result that other parts of the from gasullue more frequent. Warm' electrical system are blamed when ting is, therefore, extended more ospee-1 they are not at fault. Do not guess at dally to builders of homes with attach -1 the space, but form the habit of using ed garages to make ample provision a gauge. for ventilation in private garages. Continual misfiring in one cylinder Persons testing engines, or workingis usually traced to poor compression in garages where several motors mayor to a bad spark plug, which should be ging at ane time, should, steep en' be remedied immediately, need the necessity of proper ventila-1 Platinum points should he examine lion in order to earry off the ancon -led at regular intervals to see that sunned gases coating from the ex -1 they are clean and free from oil. If baur te. It is a good plan in small' you use too much oil in the distribu- garage= to keep the doors open when'. ter it will find its way to the points making repair:; to mace:Mee, more and cause occasional weak spark, or especially whet, tem motor ie running,' misfiring. because wind:eve tet:t:lation is often I hake a regular inspection of the •undegrate t, rt eve quickly the un- wiring for loose connections and see eonsumd:1 ga-e,, f that the insulation is not worn at any Every work,eitap ard garage should place. If so then tape the worn part be equipped with suffieieut ventilators or replace with new wire. to insure et, ... re: ,te :apply of fresh air 1.,:a1 r ria,t.et for the exit of gen- era-: ' ir:r. cf-. Pc.r:rms easployed in g,. :Ll ., c upon the safety - fu t' .. tr against sic,:.ss or nr: •' i, f -, g ,evict.' pc+ -411- i n , h 6: t rtte1 prec, •table. ,:eep {car ('lean. I, a >r..* i ucn"ci of pro,•e:lure n_ -:c :,.t ,1u t and dirt to collect, in to t in tee litteeier, on the tlaar,t i• ii e ephe'etery.or /nem, any part of; circ ecletee rd the car. If the owner, wi" tenceni.ce treat teeth epot of dust' or dirt i c• he eer and shortens it.: cares le 1 v.,•1! vederstand that; fee+ fur,:;, i. f',1. ., ;;a by grit and diet. eine .. e e ,apse cf the Que-' bee Lei lee. l::ter personal attention`; wit! i.a given i.y him to the near god -1 lines, of tic::nl:rees. How to Vse Chains. Ila u 1 apply your lire chains?) Social Service Council Thie to 1> n e rerhap3 more lm - Heads of Canada. r Ivw parts a +dicer than ever before{I Dean Lewis Norman Tucker, of St. in } i t r } :tante of the unpre-! Paul's Cathedral, London, who has cecieeted r ranker of motorists utiliz-! been elected President of the Social Mg the:, ar: during the cold months. Service Council of Canada. Dean Lump r r slung in ice and dirt ruts Tacker, who was born in the Province and l-our,•,iing against the pavement' of Quebec and started his ministry as with „hoe, equipped tires is a nares- a travelling missionary in. the Eastern sit, From :, r.:rfety and traction stand- Towashi to Is a divine of international po:nt, bet yon ea'; quickly ruin n good repute and has represented: the Church set of tlree by improper application of England in conferences in the of chalr.s. Ti:-,u.rcnds of tires will be United States, Great Britain and the unduly pea,..;; •l this winter because (•cntinent. IIe enjoys the distinction of tart t -re s. of baviug occupied pulpits in Paris, (.•h ar c e1- nhi be left loose enough Prance, and of having preached in the GO that c:cry t e the wheel turns the French language. cross chain: will rot strike the same spot in the tire- The rigid, tight, ad-: justnrdnt tears rl unks of rubber from Wisps of Wisdom. the tire iee:.d, The loose application Try and you may; don't and you distributes the (-bates' blows over a won't. section of the tire and does not con- Wasted opportunity is the cause of fine ti-ent to one spot. most failures. T. is a question of wearing out eith- Great opportunities come to those er your tires or the steel of your who make use of email ones. chains. Loose rhains wear out the It's better to get licked than never ste-e:•-light elinins destroy the the. Useful hints to Motorists. Draining the all from the crankcase and replae:ng it- with fresh oil is al- ways good icor the motor, but it is vir- tually nares: ary in cold weather. A fresh supp'y should he put in place of the old at least once a month. Soap seals gaspipe leaks -Ordinary soap can be used very effectively in stopping leaky joints in the gasoline system. Frequently gasoline leaks out around the filler cap, especially when the tank is full. This is very objectionable in view of the fact thea to -day tanks are placed on the rear of the car and the spreading gas rol- to have put up a game fight. Don't think that anyone who doesn't bappeu to agree with you is a fool. t`nless we put our ideals into prac- tice they are no more than empty dreams. Imagination without knowledge, training, and experience is like ligltt- ning--uncc,ntrolled electricity, liable to do damage. We do a great deal of gambling about the rough journey of life whoa we might be using our strength to bet- ter advantage in mending the road. The photographer never takes peo- ple seriously. He invariably tells them to look pleasant. - Mt/SWAM BACK Stick To It! "Open Your Mouth, Please!" There are numberless rungs to the eMany people who go to a palmist ladder of life, or phrenologist would be muco amazed And the way to the top, if you know if It were suggested that they come to it, cue instead, to have their characters le strewn with adversity, trouble, and read," says a wel•kiwwn. dentist -."Yet steLfe, the mouth is full' of character. But don't be downhearted-,stlek to "Compare a man with full or loose dtt As you steadily mount never loosen your grip, Let the will point the way, and you'll do it; Take care not to let opportunity slip, Go ahead with a will anti --stick to ft! Though the Journey is long and the way very rough, ISeep your object in view and pure sue it; Don't shrink from a frown or a kick or a cuff, But press bravely no and—stiek to It! So when you start out to climb up to the top, Take the rough with the smooth and win through it; Though you meet with reverses, take courage --don't stop— Keep your eye on the goal and— ntiek to it: Aerial Signposts. It has now been officially announced that certain railway stations are mark- ed -with the name of the town they re- present in big white letters on the roof, as a guide to airmen. This seems to be an excellent idea, and certainly might be extended to practically every station with advant- age. Tho only drawback to this is that these names would not be easily —if atoll --distinguishable in the dark, Suggestions have been put forward that lighthouses might be put to good use in this respect, and that a beam should be directed skywards, iu addi- tion to the sea light. Or, better still, to institute "land. lighthouses." This huggestton was mooted at Lie- benswerda, in Saxony, the idea being to have a lighthouse with a 2,000 candle-power beam. The operator's duty would be to signal to aircraft•the direction of any place required, and the probable weather conditions. It would also be necessary to have some indication as to where the land- ing -ground is situated, as the difiicul ties of coming down in the dark on an unknown spot would be obvious. 'Ideed, enterprising hotel proprietors might have an illuminated sign and a landing -stage on the roof. lips, with one whose mouth shuts firm- ly. Notteo the eIlffet'ences between a eau woman whose smile is a perfectly nee Sailed back upon a homeward breeze, tura expression: of good feeling and Bearing, piled high in every hold, ono Whose parted tips are significant of little inward joy.` "Just as easily an observant dentist can disoeria dissimilarities of charac- ter portrayed by the inside' formation of a mouth. "Other parts Of one's person confirm the impression given by the moat'h. "Take feet for instance. A well - arched instep n'eans a high roof to the mouth. - "Both of these together almost in- variably go with high qualities— men-tal, physical, and moral. High spirits, high ideals, high courage, and an out- look on life which Is buoyant and gay. "On the other hand, a person with a fiat roof to his mouth is generally fiat -footed. At the best the roof and feet are merely arched, with ne height. Such a person, while he may have a sort of dogged courage, is sel- dom Ma jolly humor. "His spirits are usually depressed. Ho sees life mainly through his own bilious outlook. He has no ready smile, and a greeting scarcely court- eous. Fortunately, however, this typo of person is not often to be found. "The generality of mankind belong to the 'happy medium' class, with fair- ly- high arches to feet and roof of mouth. "These, though not exhilarating to any great degree, are usually cheer- ful, with an inclination for the society of more favored folk who have high arches, and bubble over with the joy of life." 6olast! Boost and the world boosts with you, Knock and.you re on the shelf, For the booster gets sick 'of the malt wile/ kicks And wishes he'd kick himself, Boost when the sun is shin- ing, hining, Boost when it starts to lain, If you happen to fall, don't lie there and bawl, But get up . and boost again, If Every Night at Six O'clock. If every night e,t six o'oloolt, Ae• punctual as the postntans knock, Our dream -ships from the dreamland It is but a thin and diaphanous cloak that trade throws over romance. Take, for example, the last quarter's sales in the London ivory market. They included not dilly seventy-three and a quarter tuns of elephant ivory but three and a quarter tons of mom - moth teeth, three-quarters of a ton of rhinoceros horns, ball a ton of hippo- potamus and boar tusks and a quarter of a ton of walrus tusks and whale teeth—in all seventy-eight tons of ad- venture stories. Ripplingianimms y Walt Masan NIGHTS AT HOME I always spend my nights at home, remote from strife and care; a pillow soft supports my dome, my feet rest on a chair; and so I read some gripping pome or volume ripe and rare. My aunts and grandmas play some tunes, or blithely dew and knit, while merry children, full of prunes, throw many a gladsome fit, till lullabys their mother croons—and so the calm hours -alit. And when the morning comes I read how men who roamed by •night fell victims to the auto's speed, were shot up in a fight or touched for all their chicken feed by some unholy wlght, I read of kidnapped maidens fair, and parents in distress, of youths who lose, in White Way glare, the number of their mesa, of misdeeds In the gamblers' lair, and crimes no man dare guess. 1 say, if those who gallivant, would spend their nights at home, with grandma, niece and maiden aunt, and read souse helpful tome; the crime of which the peelers rant would disap- pear like foam, rd rather be with bards who think tban with the men who prance to places where the glasses clink, ani, there are games of chance; a book is better than a drink, or than a tango dance. And when at dawn I leave my bed 1 caper and 1 sing, no hold-up, with a bar of Jead, has spoiled my larboard wing, 1 do not have to stitch -Sly head, or wear it in a sling, REGLAR FFI-t,ERS—By Gene Byrnes The treasures that our dreams fore - tele, Books and ,5nldlera, dolls and gaps. And chocolates. and .currant buns; How happy would be every face! This world would seem a different places - And yet, 4f, Laden stern to stem, They never failed at 6 p.m„ To wander back to me and you, And each and every wish came true, And neer a vessel came to harm, The thing in time would lose its charm And wonder light and glad surprise Would fade away from children's eyes; And we might even alt and long . Por something ewfu•l to go wrong, If every night at six o'clock Those dream -ships all salted back dock. to Canada's Youngest Mayor. Prank H. Plant, who was recent y elected Chief Magistrate of Ottawa, L5 only 37 years of age and reported to be the youngest Mayor in the Do- minion. He was formerly a news- paper man and is now head of a big manufacturing plant. Cured by Wireless. • The University Professor. ( Winter. Wilmer, which is the season for Oecaeianal ,y there aro evidencee! that the ancient idea that a university which' °ity dwellers most efttxt anln- professar works obly abput half as in serato those who live in the Mtn. long and half as hard as do othertry, is both more enjoyable and more people is not yet entirely dyad. Thiswidely enjoyed in the country than in, idea was based on the false assume- cite city. 7;here alto snow lies cleats tion that the professor works only for weeks, a mantle that not only when he is before" his classes and is warms the things that the farmer actually engaged in teaching. Though knows should ho ]cape warm, but also truces of the old notion still remain, lades much that ryould be unsightly ' anyone who knows a university pro- if left exposed. The landseapc itself Feasor of the twentieth century real- When izes that he works harder and longed When the leaves have fallen front than most business men and that his the deciduous trees the conifers an hours of labor are not fewer than into unaceustpmud protninenca, and those of -the farmer: Some people new, Viet", open in, the woods, The say that tho farmer does not work in very souns are tese of creatures winter; the farmer indignantlyde- that goabout their 'business nttdis• nies this, and he is right. Some poo -j turbed by the seasons—thq calling of ,tie also say tbat the professor does crows and blue jays, the barking of no work in summer; - just es indignantly as does the farmer ho denies this dogs, the voices of cattle; and in the clear cold of a Northern winter they and he is equally right,have a wonderful cea'rying The rofe eor's teachingis not even quality and something of music, p & r As to winter• sports, they are all half a the work g -al called upon tothe As born and bred. Coasting down brighter of Dealingyiyouthful int ll ccs .h chef an artitieial chute on a toboggan is cannot afford to fail in preparation of tame when compared with skimming his work; he must be always 'up tis half a actio of snow -crusted, pasture the minute in his informatics, Fin: full of boulders and hidden brush hours to twenty hours preparation' heaps; and skating in a rink is like frequently precede o1 tour of lectur-,.eating canned mushrooms or desiccat- ing. Summers provide a time tor' ed apples. The placeto skate is out reading, for research, for advance- I of doors on a river where :mu can meat in knowledge: stretch away for miles and: see some - Then there is the reading and mark- thing new at every turn, or on a dug of essays and exercises—hundreds lake, or, best: of all, in fooled woods, of "'them. Also the reading and valu- ! where you can glide. into a thousand ing of examination peepers ---again! icy estuaries sheltered fromthe wind hundreds of them. Also committees! and cut shinny sticks time Nature her - for discussion and settlement oft self made in her own factory and build courses, of administrative details, di a roaring fire round which to gather the hundred and one matters, large m the dusk, and small, that have to be considered! The city titan pities his country in the work of a great institution of cousin because he has to get up in a learning. cold room and start the fire and draw There is one art that the average water ftmn the well. His idea of live university professor does not under- ing is to open the draft of the furnace, stand—the art of self -advertisement. hop back into bed and get up when He does his work faithfully, works in the house has got warm. The poor the evenings and often on into tile, follow does not know that the exercise mornings, works when his nelghbors of building the fire and drawing the think he is resting or holidaying, but water and doing the other morning says`IdttIe about It, He is ono of those chores would warm hint more quickly who "do good by stealth," Perhaps and more thoroughly, and' with that this is a mistake, because people gen- eternal, self -engendered heat whio'.t orally are inclined to believe only what they actually see. Messages received by "wireless" are now automatically printed by a special machine, while another apparatua transmits news at the astounding speed of one hundred words per min- ute• A very practical and timely use to which vrireleee telegraphy was recent- ly put saved the life of a member of the craw of an eastbound steamer. The wireless operator on board an- other ship, many unties distant, re- ceived an urgent S 0 S. stating that someone was deaperately ill on board, and no medical advice could be hoped for until they ,sighted land, probably fit some days' time. This news was communicated to the ship's surgeon, who instructed the operator to wlrelees for further de- tails concerning the patient's condi- tion, symptoms, etc. On these forth- coming, he diagnosed the complaint its appendicitis, communicated by wir't- less the best means of alleviating nein, treatment, etc., and within four days received a grateful message trent the other vessel, stating that the man hod practically recovered from his at- tack through the timely aid of this "wireless advice.' Heavy Fire Losses in 1920. Canada closed the year 1920 with a fire loss of approximately $27,400,000, equal to 53.42 per capita on an eight million population, or $17.10 per faml• ly--a new record, and ono worthy of much thought. Au analysis of this fire loss discloses certain facts which are net creditable to the business lite of the country, and which account, iu part, for our packs a wonderful wallop in his hard high cost of protection in Canada, as old fist, compared with Europe. Ono -ball of the fire waste was due to 72 fires, prac- tically in all commercial property. Fires causing damage of $10,000 and over numbered, 301, and these again were largely in business property. A question which every business man should study Is, "Why these fires?" Are we more interested in what we earn than in the means by which we Heavy bestows a comfort greater than any- thing which a stove or a furnace radi- ates. Tho ordinary country dweller probably sits down to his breakfast. with a sense of physical well-being and contentment that the city man seldom has. Na: winter Li nothing for which era who know it wet to be commiserated. It is visile, tonic, wholesome. Let those who wish to Seel: the soft allurements of the pomegranate and the palm, We preferourannual bout with the -vig- orous old chap whose hair is as sn'ew and -his beard as icicles, but who still Small Hands of Mischief. How small a mutter may kindle a great fire is again illustrated in the dispatch from Bombay which de- scribes the riot that ensued upon the killing of two pigeons by European boys. The pigeon is sacred among earn ft?" - Mohammedans; and in the present in - Are we so intently watching sales flammable state of Indian feeling that we cannot devote sufficient atten- agalnat the countries of the West it was not hard for the native agitators to make political capital out of the c t Th o mutiny wasmiden. The hy d by the fact that Indian sol- diers wore oompelled to bite off the Hon to the pleats which make the sales possible?" True, . the average business man carries insurance, but this is charged up to cost of production, and the people pay the Insurance. is it fair ends of bullets smeared with cow t0 rho public, however, to charge more grease, and their religion forbade' this insurance Cost than necaesaty owing defiling contact. to failure to protect the plant from Some years ago two little boys of fire? Newfoundland, playing with matches, With modern methods of flee pro- set fire to a forest tract whose des- tection available, no business man truction meant a loss of millions of should be permitted to -Increase un- dollars, That child's play was costly, necessartty the cost of living through but the loss was material, determin- neglect or carelessness In eliminating able and limited, In the present in - fire dangers. Section tire of the Crim- stance none can say where the mis- iteal Code as amended says; "Every 1 chief ends, for on the wings of rumor one le guilty of an indictable offence,' a story is spread broadcast and a local and Mable to two years' imprlsoninont, misunderstanding is rehearsed and who by negligence causes any fire magnified until it bee:omes a men- -which occasions loss of life or loss of strous general grievance. The author- property." The rigid enforcement of ities in India to -day are striving in this section would. probably do more all possible ways to reduce the temp - to reduce the fire waste than nay ether erasure of the •burning fever of Lhe influence which might be brought to body politic. They have reason to rue bear. the day that these two youngsters of alien breed in killing the birds roused Prehistoric birds resembled the the temper of the crowd to fighting early airplanes in their small wing ex- furyand provided the.seditionists with panne and large tails, accorw'ing to a more campaign material. British engineer, indicating that man's and nature's development work have :been parallel. Flying fish are Importance of the Maple -' more Cultivate enthusiasm; it is con- formation about soaring flight., in the Sugar Crop. tagiouse opinion of another observer, Maple sugar and maple syrup ata two products which are capable of much greater development In Canada: There is a market for al that can bo pr+aduaetl, and maple products are legally protected to an uuusatel extent. Nature se/melee the raw material, in the sap of the staple tree, said as the run. occurs at a time when other term work is not pressing, much more ettcntlesi night be given to securing thio crop, The sap from the maple trove lir One of nature's endowments to the Comedian fainter and ane front which a considerable teddiilote to his Ie may 1;: secured with Mlle et fart, The Publications Branch of fine .Do- I:artment of . Agriculture, Ottawa, luta i.,isueii a revised editdon ot'tlta Mille. tin, "The Maple Sugar Industry in Ctunada," which will be sent nut roe gaest, Cheerfulness is a fortune its ,itself likely thanbirds toyield in- rrHultR-j uP ANp ,5 -r 114E Dtac' c, 1 1 Ju61f st4JA1.1,o44e4 's PIN r ��lf 0 p 'Ysatr`alfttrtrn , Not One Alive. - "Wheredrave. you been? "'1`o the aometery." "Any one dead?" LGlootnlly) "All of theta,"