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The Brussels Post, 1921-12-29, Page 3. WIDENING OP SPARK GAP WILL IIIILP OVBRCOIMI;S SKIPPING. Motors aro like comae Metre When under ,colnerereion. Many manufec- tbey are going at to apr 4 thea per- turors tett the l ea'-'e'ain to see if they fornmetca is exeel;5arie But when beak, =;n„ a spark gap of three - compelled to tweet slowly they ague- quarters of an inch tinier a'h1g'h volt - ter and Ronk. Age. Mow drivers vi"aaat to ]moor why they cannot throttle down the engine, et wee all sight at moiler/1 lege speedy but skipe et a low speed. W]ucme magneto ignition is used this ,betxtus'e them le lase resiatiance offered often may be ovarcoine by adjusting ;by the oarheal than by tike shark gap. the interrupter points fes' a little it short-circuits tee pluig ant; there wider',gap. Thatenlakes tete interrupt- is ne 3gniticee Yet, when this same er pojnts a )jtbta- earlier coed ewes I piing es removed and tested in the open the aPark to occur when the magneto sir, there wrll, be a good spark; the resistance of the .gasp in the oPen . air would be less than tee resistanc'e of- fered by a path through the earbot coating, If, on testing a plug in this way there eeeme to be a geed spark, yet the cylinder will.notfire, clean At low agents a full charge of gas is the plug thoroughly and try it out in not drawn in, and oattnpnreesion is low the cylinder. If it still does not fire, and temperature low in consequence, try a- plug .wthich•yore know is all right The mixture ns net so nese' the self - ignition point when the spark occurs se it is at higher elpeedm, therefore a better eperk ie needed to ignite it. By widening the gap in the plugs the oeooreira 7 current is held back until it acquires high enough potentiality to jump the greater gap, co that when it spas occur art exceptionally power- ful opark"is obtained. Spark Gap Attachments. ]this may IM demcnttratead where the engine is equipped wall a vibrat ping at law ent;ime speed mus -often be dog coil. Set' one of the eylindere on overoeme by egeeangiePle the gap in the top of the compression ready to ignite. Turn on the current, ane, while the vibrator will buzz, the spark imekle the cylinder is not s'tron'g enough to ignite the charge. Now deteioh the spark plug terminal and turn on the current. The extra gap will insreaee the staengtdb of the apnrkk in that cylinder, and it will ignite the cheep, starting the engine. This loss led to the use, in some ca•.ne of outside tmamk gap at'lachmentp, Widening the gap and getting a 3onger spark is net what ignites the. charge. It is simply That the greater gap cuneus the eureent to balk] up to Short•Circuitieg the Plug, If there is eaxben on the porcelain, the current vete' adieu will travel through this under highcompression, armetgtra is an a moms favorable po- eitianeand a wider interrupter gap at the stoma' epee() gives a aepaak with a little snore k! k in it, Wiese:Avgthc•gep of the ,spark plug also wb4 he.'•,p to overcome skipping, and see if it Area. If it does, you may know that the acid plug leaks ctarrent.somehow and probably need's a new porcelain. It is a common error with motorists when leleaning a;ewe* plug to polish up •the points and• call it as job. What really is required is to remove all of the carbon, which is a fair conductor of electricity,, from . the porcelain or mica and get *eve back into the ire substtor again._ When battery ignition is used, skip - interrupter points the same as in the magneto. Tho points are usually set far normal Fuming speed; and when trouble is e:cperienced at either ex- treme high or low speed adjustment is necessary. The gpup at the spark plug pointe husk be greater usually than when magftete ignition ,ie used, because the spark given. 1?y beetery systems is natprally of less volume than that given by the magneto. Therefore, the gap must he greater to intensify the current, as before described. Keep Interrupter Points Clean. hisser pzaxs¢re, ar, voltage," 4lefore • The interrupter points sometimes it will jun'p the gag, so that when it 'become coated with an insulating flees ewer it is of greater intensity. 'glaze composed of oxides and dirt There are several other things about limn vel by the action of the snov- g generality understrod by able interrupter point, or appearance apaskin not The points will have the appearance he novice. The general opinion is of being all right; there will be no {hitt the greater in_.uleting surface of pits or points; nevertheless there may a plug there is inside the cylinder the be enough insulating maternal there to less Mahood iters is of short cir keep the -seemed from flowing and no visiting and consequently the more were win teeur in consequence. The certain will be the spark occurrence. points may 'bo cleaned by inserting This is only partly true. It is true so a very, thin file between the paints faa es short circuiting in concerned, when they are open and then allowing but where the mace is too great and them to cioee on the fibe, being he'd loot or oat= is depo-sited upon the together with no more pressure than insulator, ser lee the earbon,aote as .a the spring exerts, and working the file condenser aux) abserbe the. secondaey back and forth until the glaze is re- ourrent. The•effect is 'that it will not moved- It is neceaeary to have a fiat btald the safficientdy lel vale•tei eurface'that Makes contact across the Jump gapVery y vensrultagra;tioni entire face, so that care inusingthe on the eeeendery wrres absorbs cur -1111e is needed and as little metal as The fact that the .spark jumps The condenser is =lather point of rent in the same way. possible ,should be removed. aerate the points of the plug when it postsible trouble. The condenser in- is nis in the open air does not necessarily ceases the 'volume of the spark: about mean that it jumps when the points twenty-five times. We often find that are ualrlg• cortipression' in running conn: a very weak spark may be caused by dittoes. A current which- will cause' a partial breaking down of the Can- a spark to jump a quarter -Mob gap in denser, or oecesionably to the fact than the 'epee air will cause it to jumrp a ilt is dieeoeneeted at the terminal. gap of only one thirty -second, -inch Condensers are useally hidden away under normal running compressione so that the novice cannot locate Failure to appreeiate this often re -'troubles of this nature, but an externa - sults in a men thinking h'is ignition is' sive sparking at the interrupter or Abd right, when there may be a. ;break, vibrator points, when they are cleans in the insulation so small that it with a very weak spark at •the plug seercely can be seam with the naked points, indicates that the. condenser is gyre when doming the ping, or there, not working properly. When this may be a porous sect in the porcelain,! sparking recurs have an expert et - either of which would leek current amine' the condenser for trouble, SIR A. PEA'', 0 y FRIEND OF THE MIND FOUNDER OF ST. DUN - STAN'S HOSTEL, A Glorious Monument to the. Great English Newspaper- man and Philanthropist. Cyril Arthur Pearson was best. known to Canadians as the fouudol' of SteDunstan's Hostel for blind see die:'t in London, Born in 1860, the son of a clergy- man., he was educated at Winchester School. At 18 years of age he won a clerkship as 100 pounds a year in Sir George Newnes' publication,' Tid ]fits —won it by answering ten searching questions a week for three menthe, Then young Peatraon beaam0 manager of Tid Dila and held that post for six; Teases, when he started Peterson's weekly. He followed tele with several' otherweekly and montltly periodicals, and finally established the Daily Ex - proal in 1900. I•Ie acquired Control of fit, James` Gazette, the Morning Stand- ard and bite Evening Standard, But; itis'Said, those ventures es/allowed up • it large part of the fortune he Bail au- dumulated, Then, a fcW'ycerarbefore Um great "war began, fate :struck him it cruel blow itt au incurable affection of the eyes. Thy the time the Orsi British men bliltd^d in ]tattle wore sent home from Belgium and France Sir Ariliur had not only become totally blind hhu- self but had made and 'won his own struggle with all the forces of doubt and despair that attack the sightless. As he was wont to say, "He tad learn- ed bow to ho blind," end he was eager to show these blinded soldiers how they might overcome their terrible hand leap. History of St. Dunstan's. St, Dunstan's was established In the early spring of 1910. Set in the heart of London, this spacioustoonse with its fifteen acres of beautiful grounds, gave to Sir Arthur, at the very begin- ning of his work, the establishment and the environment lie sought, He 'almost filled the gardens with workshops, cities rooms, offices and other buildings; he made additions to the' house itself. Aa the work grew a ,half dozen or more houses near by were loaned or taken ever, aud.several large establishments at the seashore. or in the country worn given or loaned by individuate and associations to be used as convalescent or holleay re- sorts,, "In days when.I could see, Sir Arthur has written, "I 'liaad ,the dace - Con ofsotto big' enterprises, but St, Dunstan's- became the biggest indivld- nai business that I have ever. conduct- ed: When the hospital was established there were sive sixteenmen to' care for, but by the end of 1918 more than 600 men hati, ate Sir Arthur put it, eariroady learned to be bit ad ottO had returned to their Irt}mes." Then 700 were in training and 200 more still im thp.hoapttale, vrerh soon to go there -- a total at 1,600 men, whom Sir Arthur Arm and :the' Woman u Upper Insert—The back of the land must not be neglected. .A good cold cream well rubbed in will preserve it beautifully... Lower" Left—Pay pedicular attention t`o the elbow joint send 'keep it Well no8rished. tower Right—When one has abapely, pretty arms. -she will look charming in the most simple gown and should never hesitate to wear short sleeves. I3EN firma can be so beautiful It seems a pity that more atten- tion la not paid to them, for with regular care pretty arms can be made absolutely.. beautiful and unsightly - ones attractive- Today, more than ever, with the mode prevailing of even shorter than elbow sleeves, the contour of the arm Playa a most important part In one's appearance. If It Is too thin, which is very often the .case, most benefielal. results .will be Anlckly accomplished by soaking some Bolt old linens in either sweet almond or olive oil. Theseshould be placed firmly -about the arms,.but not so tight that the circulation Is interrupted. The surface should first be washed with. warm water (notvery hot) which will open the pores' and easily absorb the massage oil Beforeapplyingbe sure thatthe skin has been thourougbly dried,: for It any moisture remains theunguent will not be thoroughly. absorbed, A few simple physical culture exercises before the treatment, so that the circulation may he stimulated, will produce much Quicker results. These exercises should be gone through before the oil has been applied, One whose circulation ispoor from insufficient exercise twill be inclined to have red arms though they may even be plump. Tho skin will be eoarse, but much can be done to give softness and roundness of outline by using the eamo treatment as described above. It the skin ie rough (goose flesh) it should be thoroughly washed with warm water and plenty of good, pure soap of an oily nature and briskly dried with a rough towel. In the morning a little glycerine and rosewater should be well rubbed In after the bath, so that the texture will be refined. Massage is also essential. Massage the arms every night using a little lano- line and work it in while kneading the flesh so as to bring the blood to the surface. Withfirm strokes, rub firmly from shoulder to elbow and elbow to wrist, upward and downward. Then begin at the wrist, using the finger tips, and massage with a circular motion up the arm, to the shoulders. If this Is properly done It should make the skin glow and tingle and may precede the wrapping treatment. The elbow Is undoubtedly one of the ]lead enabled to put despair behind them, and to become Quay, self-sup- porting, instead of the helpless de- pendents they had thought fate bad made them. Wonderful Range of Activities. Tho men at St. Dunstan's are taught shorthand writhrg, telephone operating, massage, poultry farming, joinery, matmaking, boot repairing and basketry. Sir Arthur considered poultry farming to be a particularly sir Arthur Pearson Founder of St. Dunstan's Beset] for. the Blind, and himselt a blind ensue who was accidently .drowned itt Lon- don. Ho was tames the world over for his works for the blind, most difficult parts to treat, for at this point it is not so fleshy and there is a tendency for the skin to become shrivel- led and the ioints.to.protrude, Unsightly elbows will spoil the •appearance of the beet dressed woman and it is therefore positively ridiculous for one whose el- bows are disfigured to wear extremely short sleeves, A great deal can be done, however, to nourish, the skinso that it will not wrinkle, Plenty of skin food should be • used, wrapping the elbow in it if neces- sary at night, and after bathing in the morning. douche the part well with cold water, followed by an astringent, which will close the pores and tape 'Up ilia superfluous .skin. I2osewa ter, three parte to one part of eiderllower water and a dew drops of tincture of bensoin Is a simple and inexpensive astringent that can be prepared in the home. In treating the arms, don't neglect the back of the hands. If they have become scrawny or bony, rub in regularly a good cold cream and keep them soft. If it is 'necessary to have the hands con- stantly in hot water from household purposes, rub in an extra portion of cream before doing so and the hands will never become chapped or unsightly. suitable occupation for the blind; he was proud that all who studied at St. Dunstan's proved successful in prac- tice. Shorthand writing in brafllte, a difficult art, has been an important study at St. Dunstan's. and dozens of men have gone front there to their old places as private secretaries, or have found new ones; all of thein have met every standard, required, Some of them now earn higher salaries than they did before they were Minded. And this lends strength to Sit.Arthur's contention that there are certain ad• vanages in being blind, since itcom- e-els him who is thus handicapped to develop faculties that otherwise would remain dormant, and to train all his capacities to a higher degree at pro- ficiency. As much importance is at- tached at St. Dunstan's to teaching the men to play 00 to teaching them 10 work, They learn to dance, if they do not already know how, and ft's- quentiy dances are held; they. even have fancy dress balls, which they en- joy immensely. They row and swim and wrestle and run and try to hick goals at football. They attend theatres, organize coneort9 among themselves, play dress and cards and dominoes, hold debates indoors and tug-of-war ceniests Outdoors, go on long walks and weekend rambles `1n the country. It is not too much to say that the great work that lits been done for the blind throughout Canada eros the early days of the war, owes, its in- spiration to Sir Arthur and to the Canadian soldiers who were his guests at St. Dunstan's, That was tire sett of thing Sir Arthur accomplished after sustaining an affliction which would have render- ed many 'ren almost helpless, and which stands to him as a'monument greater than all his financial and jour- nalistic success. • Convictions for Starting Forest Fir+ • Citizens must have been struck in the past few weeks iu reading of the large number of prosecutions and con- victions for, wilfully or by eareless- ness, setting fires to standing timber. There have been convictions also for refusing to assist forest rangers in Putting out fires. In some ctisoe this may seem hard on the individual, but, on the other hand there has to be obn- sitlered the loss sustained, not only by an individual or Company, but also by the -whole country in the burning of forests. There is another coasidero- tion, also, namely the loss of life caused by forest tires. The record is not yet campiete, bit it appears'tllat at least two man loa;t their lives' in forest fires this season. Then there were the namerotis families' burned ottt of house and Lome this year, the members. of ivhich suffered in health as well lis in property. Fines and jail sentences are not pleasant things, There is mine wee'doos not feel sym- pathy for those so;dealt with, but, once the people make 'up their 'minds 'that forest fires, must stop fires 'will `ce no to an end, anti these'iunishntente, are orle way III which ' public opinion makes It§elf heard, Of the American casualties due to gas in the Great War, only 1% per tort.. were' fatal, _. The skin of the human- palm is seventy-five times as thick as that of ,-the eyelid. Nevar Prom the Maritimes. The .estate yield of .the Proviace of New 13runewick for 1821 le estimate to be 216% bushele to the acre, th MOW in years and higher then an other province in the Dominion, at cording to the Provincial Deparel= of Agriculture, Prince Edward Ulan le'saidtobe second with au averag acre Yield of 20104 bushels, The port of St. John, N, 13., is antioi- pating resumption en a substantial scale of the export of live cattle and accordingly work on the preparation of suede forthe purpose, approved by the Federal Department of Agricu]. tore, is being rustled. Foto hundretk head of cattle this week constitutes the first shipment o2 the season, A forest nursery, operated jointly by the Forest Service Branch of the Provinefal Lands Department and the Forestry Sabool of the University et New Bruns'widk, will be established at Irl-ederilton,14,13„ if preeent negotia- tions result satisfactorily, An initial grant of *1,500 is being coneidered by. the Crown Lands Department, it is an 'derstood. It It reported that the Iona Gypsum Company, Cape Breton, I about to be taken over by Montreal capttaliats. There will be extensive alterations to the plant and in the shipping facili- ties. For the past few years the out- put has been largely to Pifiiadelplea, and was found to compare favorably with the best manufactured in the States, It is estimated that 12,228,514 pounds of maple- sugar were produced in the province of Quebec during the spring of 1921. In addition there were 1,376,635 gallons of maple syrup. The number of apple trees totalled 1,231,- 857, compared with 1,000,033 in 1920; plum trees 322,778, compared with 267,746; pear trees 22,550, as against 18,287; and 408,707 cherry trees as compared with 447,26L Milch cows in she province of Que- bec during the summer of 1921 total- led 1,039,389, as compared with 1,030,- 809 during the corresponding period in 1920, according to an estimate of the -Provincial Department of Agri- culture. Hogs totalled 883,620, com- pared with 836,431; hens and chickens 3,476,729 compared with 3,177,402; other poultry 366,486, as against 360,- 458. Real 'People in ,Books. Many of our greatest novolist'e have d drawn their ehareetoa'eAPIA life, Mid e for title reason their books nava 411 ' nloepll.el'o of reality. Tile beat books are diose which ' slake us exelainl, "dilly, the ohara•cters are just like people I knows" We into The Umbrella Tree. Queenslanders take epee:sal pride in the umbrella tree. which has almost as much, honor with them as that be- stowed by Canadians upon the maple. It looms largely in the history of the state. It was discovered by Banks and Solauder at Cooktown 'while the "En- deavor" was undergoing repairs, and, therefore, belongs to the same seien• title area as the kangarco. If the records are read rigbt, the second report of the existence of the tree was made by hiau,illivtay and Huxley, who visited Dunk Island in the middle of last century. Its rayed leaf- lets varying in number, its studlike Beware closely set on radiating stalks, its plenteous secretion of a mild form of nectar on which birds make merry, and, moreover, the originality of the tree not only in appearance, but habit, entitle it to the affection of those who claim it, as belonging to them, by right of discovery and territorial pride. The tree speaks of the unresting life of he tropics, full, glosey, abundant, dripping life, .411 the hearty birds can- not exhaust the flaw of nectar nor the swarms of butterflies quivering with excitement overfeast themselves nor the blundering beetles stem tine waste. It hangs from the red flowers in spangles and splashes down among the withered leaves for the refresh- ment of industrious and thrifty ants, prototypes of Lazarus, who ate of the crumbs falling from the table of the rich man. Improvements in Detection and Identification Means. Constantly the methods of human identification, and also the analysis of handwriting, are becoming more and more precise. In connection• with the Bertitlon method of identification by means of finger prints, several recent developments have occurred, one of the latest being the inclusion of the sweat pares as an element of identifi- cationExperiments in this connec- tion, in France, have shown that when these Roger prints are examined tinder a microscope there are plainly seen a series of spots in single or double lines, which were formed on the print by t drops of moisture' 0 onr the sweat t. glands. The number of these dots yeries from 9 to 18 to the centimeter I (,4 in,l, and their position, and even their shape, which may be either round, oval or curvilinear, are abso- lutely characteristic in each indeed• nal, As regards the detection at counter- fait handwriting a method has been worked out that is both mathematical and scientific, It has been applied to the detection of freehand forgeries -- not those made by tracing or the changing of letters which are easy to detect.. It is based on the hypothesis' that everybody's handwriting shows certain 'constants that can be =m- eow]. This method is called graphs. metric, and on enlarged photographic 'reprodnaetionns measurements are made of the iheight of the letters, the trace of the curvature, the slope of the downstralte, and other details', and they aro compared with standards that have been estabiiehed by a study of the genmiue handwriting, 4 ------- Brisk wonting will do as much to restore health at any form of exer- cise. to think that the people we sleet )rt novels ;Lave prototypes in recd Ufa, Many anthers make themselves the heroes of their own povele. fault Jew don did to in the came of "Martie Eden." Charles Dickens wee tee hero of "David Copportteld"; while Red - yard Kipling le the original at Beetle' in "Stalky and Co." The original of Sherlock Ilolnee was Dr, Joseph Bell, a lecturer Edinburgh University. When Arthur .Conan Doyle was a medical} student he was depressed by tbie lee- tursr's methode of reasoning. This in spired 'bit to create the famous de"; teetive. ' In "All Sorts and Conditions of; Men," by Sir Waiter Beelint, the hero - lee, .Angela Marsden Ilieseenger, wee' undoubtedly the Baroness Burdett, Coutts, A Mrs. Anne Cooper inspired Ails' ens to write "Little Dorrit," A it a::lit- tle girl she was a great friend of Miele•• ens, and long before he conceived the idea of writing the boat he had Wish - named her "Darrit," Angel Clare's father in Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" was the Rev. Ii, Mettle, vicar of Fords' ingten, a pretty little tillege near Dorchester, England. ' Mrs, F ranee Hodgson -Burnett made' her own little boy the hero in "Little Lord Fauntleroy." This lovable child character proved immensely popular when the book was first published. Sunshine Avenue. Lose your way or findyour way, or how you twist or turn, Come back to Sunshine Avenue, whore all the candles burn; The candies of the Happy Heart that for all travellers bleatn Above the pate; 08 melody in holy lands, of dream. On every step the children dance, and sing in every lane; And every dear of every house is open sun or rain; And welcome rings to those who stray front shadow and front tears To find the Sunshine Avenue that brightens half our years. Give up yen' cot on Grumble Hill and come to this sweet place; Sell off your home of Grouchiness Ned wear the smiling face, For through the world in song and joy, with music and with dew Rune up the hill and down the dale love's Sunshine Avenue. Mental Boomeraio s. The cruelty that stings .rrertally is the worst and most cowardly kind cf cruelty, because it is not .punishable by law. But, in the end, it carries its own punishment, for it proves a boom crane that hurts the one' who strikes more than it hurts his victim. Whatever attitude we adopt toward. others reacts on ourselves. Make peo- ple glad to see you; encourage thoee who work fot- you with a smiling taco and cheering, sunshiny words, and you , will be surprised to see how much it, will do for you personally. Your seine. patty and encouragement not only help them, but the reflex action le worth inillnitely more to you in the growth of your manhood and the de-. valopnrent et an attractive personality, than the effort it costs. The law protects a wife from physi• cal blows, but a anan can stab his wife with his cruel tongue, con inflict all sorts• of mental torture upon her for belt a life time until he sends her to her grave, and the ,law will not touch hint. When the Forest Lookout 1 . Goes Blind. When the forest looltout gees i,lind,' that is when the pall of smoke pre- vents the lookout roan on tt•wet' or mountain peak from seeing where tike fire is, then comes in the espptmtunitii, at the airplane observer. This wase proved during the past sumtnerin the Dominion Forestry Branch nark eon- treing at Kamloops. B.C. Ai a period;' when a smoke pallhid the more'dis-i ant points from the lia'kotrt stations, he airplane observer ens able to ilyi over the smoke soreeu and get a good' view- of the whole Metric.. De was' able to inforul heedquttrie of all In cipient fires and Gana to i:cure theft' extinguishment before alley had reach- ed dangerous proportions Ono aatie•.j tottery feature of this patrol was that the observer was able to see Ma the fighters actually at work and thus in el position to directthem to else beet ad•i vantage. She Wanted t Know. The seine steer was sitting Weise on the hotel vet'andalt, Close by him, eat a young and pretty widow and star six,year-old eon. Pr'esently the little fellow ran up to tee ofileer, who patted him en the head. "What's your 11111116 and ramie" the little boy asked. Ho told pian. A.f a you Married 7a ~sae tto next inquiry, ,1'lo, 1 am not" wee the rojlly, 'then the "ublid paused a moment and, turning to his motster, said: ,'What else must I Agit him., moth. er 7"