The Brussels Post, 1925-4-22, Page 7The Automobile
WI3EN TItER111 IS 1) ANGER OP MIRING,
Aa jt js .aid of time who are get- then the driver should remember that
ting on in years that their thinking the steering wheel will recede° more
tends to become Bottled in grooves, so than the .usual twist in order'to tern
the motorist is always in dangerof the wheels out of the ruts and that
getting into a rut, While the spring- once the front wheels. are out there
time Ploy be un especially rutty period will bet a teildeney for the or to snake
of .the year, these difficult places to a sharper turn than the driver intends,
get out of are apt to be factors in a On approaching an especially had
motoring experience at any time of place a motorist should "Slow down hie
the year, As long as care are called car. If he has been going along at
to operate on anything but improved j twenty-fiveor thirty. rniloa an hour he
highways and paved streets there will ought to come down to fifteen miles an.
always be ruts to avoid, or, if not hour or less' when he ;strikes a poor
avoided, to get out of. strip of highway. "Go slowly" is a safe
When the frost is coining out of the motto, but a comparison slogan which.
ground or when spring showers and is much more important is_"ICeep on
rainy day1 are numerous, getting going." This is the most vital rule
mired with an auto is not. an uncom- for soft ground traveling. He who
(non happening. Even on some Kevin.' stops is alit to get stuck:
Mal .roads where the main roadbed is TRY aACEING Vt',
perfectly hard, the sides are often so' 1s to try backing up. If the wheels Eor:.thoae motorists whether they
soft that in turning out to Pass an -; stopped or not, who are so Unfortlln
other car or. in meeting a car on•the ate as to be stuck in the mud and un -
road the driver may find.his machine able to:proceed the first thing to do'
stuck
sinking into the soft mud, If is
not careful his ear may become spin when undertaking to go back -
in this yielding substance. Surprises ward or forward after ••:one or two
of this sort are apt to occur because trials further attempts along this line
in matey cases the dirt or grass along are apt to be futile. They may be even
the side of the�road has every appear -worse than futile, for the spinning
once of being hard and'capable of wheels simply employ themselves in
belling up the vehicle. But ground in making bigger and deeper holes, from
which it will be more difficult than
ever to extract the car.
In case there are several people -m
. If it is impossible to avoid it -bad the car it- might be tactfully suggested
piece of road .there are certain pre- that they get out and push. Itis not
cautions which the careful driver can unlikely that the car, thus'elieved of
take. In the first place, lie can see,to part of its load and having the ed-
it that his chains are on the tires and vantage of the passengers' strength in
properly eightened. TT the chains are pushing it, will be rolled along to more
too loose the wheel may spin around solid ground, •
inside the chain when the car is stuck. If this fails, however, another pro -
Then ns the driver approaches a bad cedure is to jack up the wheels and
spot he should shift hie gears into liuild,as substantial a reed as possible
either second or first speed as his under them by filling up the holes with
engine is less apt to stall under such small atones. It may be necessary first
conditions. to build-up.some sort of foundation
In case there are some well worn on which. to place the jack before it
ruts he may decide that it will be best Ban be made to function: A piece of
the springtime isnot always as hard
as it looks. • .
TARE !'RCCAUTIONS.
to get in them. These grooves in the
road indicate the path other cars have
taken. A. driver can assume that if
no other cars are in sight then those
which preceded him must. have got
through somehow. Having got into
ruts of this sort it is far better to keep
in them than to try getting out: In
undertaking to get out the turning of
the front wheels tends to slow the car
down tremendously as these Wheels
thus turned have a similar effect to
putting on the brake.
Of course, if it is absolutely neces-
sary to get out of a rut in order to
proceed that is something else again;
board or beick or something of the
kind can usually be found in the car,.
by the road or at a nearby house to
help in such an emergency.
Still another method which has been
found to work successfully at times
When it comes to getting a car out of
a hole consists of digging the mud or
sand away from the front of the
wheel, so that the road fcr a few feet
ahead will be on a.level with tile bot-
toni of the hole. This may make it
possible for the driver in proceeding
to get up enough speed while on this
level to carry him through to a better
road.
TOM'S ESCAPE FROM
A SAILOR FISH
By J. F. Pennington
"This bone sword," remarked Cap.
thin BIatchley, handing nee a 'sharp -
pointed piece of finely polished bone,
about four and one-half feet long,
"came Pear- costing me the loss of 107
only son." -
We were examining the curious and
valuable-coliection Of stones, petrifled
lisle and the like, gathered here and
there by Cn11tain Blatchley In his
cruises, for he .bad circumnavigated
the world three times, when we came
upon this bone,, the sword of the'sail•
or fish, the largest and most ferocious
of the sword-flslt fancily, and as -Wo
passed from specimen to specimen, ha
related the circumstances.
Tom was at the time of the occur-
rence, (1836) ten years of age, and this
was his flrst cruise in the shill Jnniti
ta, Of which hie- father was command-
er.`
The ship was riding at anchor oft
Ceylon, an island, in the Indian Ocean.
The day was excessively hot, and most
Of the sailors were "below," to escape
the heat of the sun.
The captain hlntselr wan in the cabin
and Tom was master:ef the deck, seat-
ed on a cell of rope beneath a canvas
awning, watching the natives sailing
or paddling about, close in shorn, in
their canoes, spearing fish.
Casting his ey0o seaward, ire saw
what he supposed to be a small sail-
boat, skimming over the water at a
great speed. Suddenly it disappeared
beneath the waves, and, to Tom's
great estonislunent, as .quickly reap -
peered on the surfaceof the water.
Opening the speaking.tube, he sure -
monad his. father on deck to explain
the mystery, anti 145 he ascended the
steps, Tont was again startled by a
loud commotion inland, which sounded
like a. great number of persons sing-
lug "Ho! ho!" ineh0rus, which was in
reality the warning ci'y of the natives
that a formidable ant' destructive
enemy wee In their midst, and Tom
sacs them beetteng to draw their (tali
canoes high up on the beach.
Captain Blatchley, as soon up he ap-
petLi•ed on deck, and• caught a glimpse
of the strange black sell rising above
the water, knew what it was.
"Go below, Tom, old call the 1110(0,"-
said he.
The mate obeyed quickly, and ns his
head appeared above:tho tl0orrakl Cap.
cath Bla.tchiey ordered hint to ;summon
all hands nit deck, which was quickly
done,
The long boat was uncovered, anti'
rapes and harpoons were "stowed" in,
"Lower away!" shouted the captain.
The tropes ran out the davits, and
the boat descended, and was soon rif
ing en .the wavt.s• by 'tits side of the
great ship,
As the number el 1000. picked out to
man her had taken their places, and
were about to start out, Toni recover-
edhis courage, and exclaimed:
"Oh, dad! please let me go with Up
then." -.
"Why, Tem," replied his father,
"that's a dangerpua fish. There's no
telling where and when he's going to
strike.
But Tom pleaded so hard that the
captain consented Land Tom, nimbly
descending the ladder, was caught in
the strong'Outstretched orris of one
of the sailors.,
"ele.careful •of that boy," said the
captain.
"Aye, aye, sir," came back the re-
spouse.
The boat, under tee steady, strong
strokes of the experienced oarsmen,
..danced merrily over the waves; and
Tom, who sat near the helmsman, tried
to dip the water with his hand.
"T11i9 is really glorious!" he said, as
the boat receded farther and farther
from the ship.
One° the keen, practiced eye 'of the
harpooner caught It momentary
glimpse of the fin—for it was really
the twelve -foot flu of this monster•• of
the deep—and called out:
"Pulp lively, Men!"
"Aye, aye, lively it 1st
And the boat seemed to fly over the
water.
Suddenly a hissing sound, only a few
feet off, startled all hands, and bear-
ing down upon the boat , with the
velocity of the wind was the sailor
fish, his great dorsal fin swaying to
and fro like a huge fan, and his long,
sharp sword elevated in a threatening
manner.
"Back water, men—quick!" came the
order! t00 late, however. -
'Phe sword pierced the'side of the
boat, crushing it like an egg -shell, and
glancing upward, barely grazed Tom'a
back.
The boat careened, throwing the
men into the water, one of whorl
caught Tone by the arm, just as he was
dfsappeering under the waves; and
theyall s'trltck out to swim away from
the now enraged lisp, who- was lashing
the 'tater late foam and crttshlngsthe
beat lute fragments..
On the deck of the ship all' was ex-
citement. The wrecked boat and help-
less crew were more than a mile from
the ship, and Captain Blatehley order-
ed the cutter to be lowered away,
whichwas done inintediately; arta the
men bent to their work with a will, and
were seen in the vicinity' of the wrack,
picking up the mem
'tom lvas discovered cm the 14 110111(1-
0)1 or 011e of the nen, who was SWim-
in1ng, toward the boat. As soon. Os ho
SSW his father, he shouted;
"I'm safe, dad, but awfully wet and
frightened."
'A third 'beat had followed, by emu -
mane or the captain, and es the Ash
rose again a harpoon. was plmnged into
it, welch only served to lnerea6e its
anger. It bent its. huge body Into a
crone/11, and len111ng high out of the
CROSSNWORD :PUZZLE
INTERNATIONAL weYNeIGTe.
SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS -WORD PUZZLES
Start out by filling'ifi the words of which, you .feel reasonably.
sure. These will give you a clue to other• words' crossing them,
and they in turn to still others. A letter belongs in each white
space, words starting at the numbered squares and running either
horizontally or vertically' or both.
HORIZONTAL. -, g, - b2—To cook -
1—To rub dry •" 00 63—Placed In position for play
6—Otherwise. _ (Golf)
8 -To strike flat•handed VERTICAL I
12—Perfect 1.-A humorist
—13—Preposition
2 -Feminine name
3—Indlvldyat
4—Orient
6—A bird
7—Cozily
B-Gambiing purchase (slang—
abbr.)
9—Counselor .
1O-Exlat
11—Through (prefix)
16—A, term of respect .
17= -Turkish governor.
20-Workaan'e implement
23—Woodland
25—Side glapce
26—Linger
28—South American country
29 --Central fine.
31—Pronoun •
33—Plural pronoun -
34 -Roman numeral -
38—prepoaltton
40—Innumerable
41—Slivery
42—A threat, ,
44—.Tolerate .
40—To cut,ehort
47—To-achieve victory
60 -Does wrong (pi.)
61—Toprepare for publication
62—Point of compass (abbr.)
63 -Males -
56—,To_ grew old
61—Conducted
14—Extra
15—Sailors .
16—To Ignore rudely
18—A water container
19—Tightness
20—Mso
21—To depend
22—Sprite . •
24—At present
27 -,-Famous bail -player (nickname)
28—Nominal value
30 -Exclamation
32—Joyous
94—To hsraea
86—Otherwise
36 -Pronoun •
87—Recllne
88 -Anger
89—Point of: compass (abbr.) •
40—Encountered
41—Part of verb "to be"
'43—Utilize
46—To place
46 -To make liquors
48—Contradictory
49 -Acknowledged
52—A Mohammedan prince
54—A vegetabie
66—Double '
68—To cauterize (pl.).
69—A southern State. (abbr.)
80—A funeral hymn
61—Limits
•
water, straightened. itself, suddenly, - .Unappreciated.
but without doing any damage. He had been reading knightly re -
The water around was soon dyed mance"s and grew dissatisfied with the
with the blood of the now helpless and
dying fish. It was towed to the ship present Yedunrit his dutyutte of the world.•
He believed'it his to inject some
and hoisted on board, and when mea- romance pinto the daily grind.
sured was Pound, to be twenty-eight On a"rainy, muddy day he sallied
'feet in length, forth telt-edema some knightly errand.
In the stretch of sea along the Eng-
lish Coast between Portland 13111 and
Land's End are hundreds,, of. Wrecks,
due to the activity of the German sal-
marines during the grent-war. They
cause heavy damage to the nets, etc.,
of the fishing boats from' Brixham.
.off.. -..
He beheld a bewitching girl about to
step from her car on to the dirty pave -
Ment. Hastening forward, be spread.
lies poet under her dainty feet.
'She looked at htni in surprise.
"Well, of all the darned fools!" she
Stories About Well -Known People
Too Many Prince.,
There are •fortyslx publiahogaes
called "The Prince of Wales", in the
current edition of Kelly's Directory,
and 1 am not !sure that a peeitlon ought
not to be eigued to forbid any increase
in the number, says an English write+'.
Why should our Prince be saddled
with such liquid reaponsibllity? `Why
should he be put lute the category of
Blue Boars, Jolly, Fanners, and Bald-
faced Stags?
The Prince himself tells an am118 11g
Story of an •nccuslon when he wee
made to suffer Innocently. It was, dur-
ing iris University days. Wbile at Ox-
ford, he wanted to get in touch with
a friend in town, and he tried to ring
hint up an the telephone. He bad a
great deal of trouble, and: at last the
servant et the other end was induced
to admit that his master was out,
He 1"48 a new servant, so the Prince.
forgave him for the length and man
Wer of their fruitless telephone con-.
venation; but, later, 11e said to his
friend: s
"I tried to get a message through to
you, but I think year man took me for
A Publie'boueel"
King and Queen Enjoy Radio,.
T11 finest avl d', uip•
ped with a Jpudailahepeltlter,ra1198
losetbeeneqln-
petalled on the royal yacht Vietorie and
Albert for the entertainment of the
.Klug and Queen oil their bledltetrau-
eau cruise. Both are keenly interest-
ed in recite,llsteuieg In as olten AS pas-
sible when in London, The Rlieoa es-
pecielly enjoys talks and 'leptures,
while both are fond of concerts• by the
Savoy band, speeiadizers in American
syncopated song hitt.; .
The royal pair anticipate spending
the idle hours aboard the; yacht 118•
tening in to broadcast progiatns be-
cause the burden of their duties and
engagements ashore prevent their de-
voting extended time to broadcasting,'
The yacht will always be in constant
touch with London, but this is the first
time epocifie arrangements have been
made to receive radio programs, Tho
yacht •'sbould pick up Madrid excel-
lently, although with a large portion
of the British fleet in the Mediterran-
ean there is likely to be naval inter-
fereuce,
Who Plants a Tree.
Who plants a tree
Plants not what is, but is to be
—
A hope, a thought for future years,
A prayer, a dream of higher things
Thai'. rise froout our doubts and
fears, m
As seed or acorn from the cold
And dungeon darkness of. the mould
To light upspringa.
Who plants a tree .
Blesses earth's children yet to be.
Tatters shall rest beneath its shade,
The dreamers• dream el golden hours,
And frolic youth and winsome mold
Shall bless the shadow that it gives;
Sg, happy birds among the leaves,
And lowly flowers.
View plants a tree
Plants aspiration heavenly;
Youth, with eternal upward glance,
And •vigor, counting not the toll
Teat raises life 'bove circumetanee;
Plants resolution absolute„
And home-bred courage striking root
In native Boll.
her new maid,
When she appeared she wee greeted
by a smiling young man caller.
"What are you laughing at?" she
asked.
"The maid said that you were as
naked as a joy, and that you would be
down as soon as you plat on some
clothes,"
Cinema, Venezuela, is the oldest
English towel 011 the South American
mainland.
Who plants a tree
Plants beauty where all eyes may see,
In mirror of her loveliness, •
Now Nature fashions beauteous forma
Through sunny calms and darkwome
stress;
A parable of human life
That 'grows to excellence Through
strife
'Of beating storms.
-Robert H. Adams,
• Literal Translation.
"Telt the gentleman I am in negli-
gee, but that I wili be down as soon
as I ani dressed," the girl instructed
Battle of. the Railways for Trade .of Rouyn
25 50 75. roe..
N+HtH+(HP EX'S'r,NC% RAILWAjt5
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LINKS
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BOUNDARY
THE RAILWAY 8d
Tho above map shows the railway
situation in northern Ontario 'and Que-
bee ht -the battle i'or the trade of .the
Rouyn goldfields, which reached a
climax recently by the refusal of Pre.
niter Taschereau of Quebec to grant er
right of way into 1119 pr0011110 for the
Nlptssing Central, a projected bisects
of the T. end N. 0. Railway front Lard.
er ]mite into Amtyn. mho premier
bused his objection on the ground that,
Quebec Meting gone to the expense of
developing the Rouyn alining field, an
TUATION. iN NORTHERN ONTAR
Ontario line should .not be, allowed to
divert the trade of the region to their
province from Quebec. He contended
that the projected lite of the C.N.R,
from O'Brien southward into Roslyn
would' be ample tit meet the requh'e-
meuts'of that district, Ile also men-
tioned the Abitibi Southern Railway,
for lvh1211 a charter has Jest been
granted be the Quebec legislature, 'io
ran from Antes 011 the Transco/01110M-
al in a southeasterly 11120011011, rob -
netting up , with Mont T,aurler and
r'
Gems From a Book of
Laughter.
A precocious child found the long
emcee used by .his father before and
after meals very tedious.
One day, when the week's provisions
had been delivered, he Said, "1 think,
father, if you were to say 'grace over
the whole lot at once, it would be a
great saving of time."
* M * N
A celebrated' wit, coming from a
bank which had been obliged to close
its doors, slipped down the steps into
the arms of a friend:
"Why, what's thematter? said the
latter -...-
"Oh," was the quick reply, "I've only
lost my balance." •
* * ♦ .
Jimmy giggled when the teacher,
read the story of the man who swam
across the Tiber three times before
breakfast.
"You do not doubt that a trained
swimmer could do that, do you?"
"No, air," answered Jimmy, "but 1
wonder why he did not make it four
and get back to the side where his
Clothes were."
• * e 1. *
A "religious" who kept a grocer's
shop Ives heard to say to his assistant,
"John, have you watered the rum?"
"Yes."
"Hai"e you sanded the brown sugar?"
"Yea."
"Have you damped the tobacco?"
„Yes.'
"Then conte In to prayers."
9
* f *
"Do you suffer from cold feet?" the
doctor asked the young wife,
"Yes," she replied.
He promised to send hey medi-
cine.
"Oh," she said, nervously. "They're
not--nnt mine."
• * g 0
A.master of a ship called out. "Who
is below?"
A boy answered, "Will, sir."
"What are you doing?"
'Nothing, sir.'
"Is Tom there?"
`Yes," said Tont.
"What are you doing?"
"Helping Will, sir."
* * * *
A you recruit was somewhat per-
turbed regarding a regulation about
which his comrades had. told hint.
'If you please, sergeant," he said,
"the other fellows say I've got to grow
a moustache,"
"Oh, there's no compulsion about
growing a moustache, my lad; but
you mustn't shave your upper lip," was
the reply,
+ * „
During a crass -examination an nn-
dertaher produced his business card,
on which was a telegraphic address.
He was asked, wily the latter should be
necessary,
"0h." interposed the judge. "I sup-
pose it is for th9convenience of people
who want to be buried in it hurry,"
* 0 k 0- _
A clergyman niet a parishioner of
dissolute habits,
"I was surprised but very pleased to
see you at the pracer meeting last
night," he Bald.
"So that's where 1 was!" replied the
man.
Dog Tired, -Maybe.
"It's a hard life," said the il'aflie
polieemaln.
"What's the trouble?" asked the.,
genial old gentleman.
"1 had to call down a fashionable
dame Just naw for violating a bailie
law, The look she gave 111e was bad
.malign but theway. her poodle dog
yawned in my fete was positively in -
5111 t 1119 '
l0 AND DUESEO
nlaniwaki, present termini of t".P.R.
branches. A Turther development is
the right granted by the federal par-
iiameht to the inter -provincial and
James Bay Railway to run a line from
11gliers or Ville 'Marie nn their pre••
sent line to the head waters ,of the
Nottawa River In Abitibi: county: All,
these protected lines and their ren.
neetiona whit existing ,railways are
strewn in the above 1111111, the reelected
brancihes being shown by broken lines.
HOi.: LYHOCK$
py Mfsa Amta Moyle, for the
OutlUlo Ifortioultural Association
My hollyhock corner started from a
seed blown over from my neighbor's
garden, one solitary plant of deep
crimson, it watt ee effective Jo front of
a group of shrubs that ail seeds were
SUMO. to drop.
The ground was kept loose with,
rake, seeds covered and finned With
my foot. Next spring there Were.
two dozen healthy plants, Some bad
to'be moved. Nearly all bloomed,
making a fine show.
In the border the outer side of the
garden a pink and white hollyhock
made themselves quite at Monte. A
Year after an exquisite rose pink ap-
peared. Where they carte from I do
not icuOW, but they added so to the
beauty of (1114 garden that T decided to
have a "corner" in hollyhocks. '
In July, 1924, a packet of the best
seed wee sown in one of the peony
beds. The ground loosened with a
rake, seed aeattered, Covered over,
firmed with -t the foot, and one water.
ing given. By September there were
a lot of sturdy plants ready to be
transplanted, but, as I have found by.
repeated failures, that it does not do
to transplant hollyhocks in the fall,
11:187were left until spring, The bed
being prepared in the meantime by
deep digging, with some coarse, well -
rotted manure from the poultry run
worked In, and left broken up for the
frost to pulverize our stiff, clay soli.
When May comes the plants w111 be
moved to their permanent bed and will
bloom and seed for years, making a
beauty spot with very little trouble or
expense.
0
Sir Hugh Allan
Director of the Royal College of Muse
photographed at Southampton, before
leaving for Canada and the United
States to conduct exeminaticre meter
the associated board of the Royal
Academy of Music and the Royal Col-
lege of Music.
Annihilate Our Enemies.
Evidence of the power of mind over
body is thrust upon us in many ways.
The wonder is that humanity has been
so long in recognizing the emus and
making proper deductions and apple-.
cation. Lake the power 0f electricity
to dive under the 'ocean and leap
throughthe air, carrying human mes-
sages ail over the earth, the miracul-
ous power of the human mind has aT
ways existed, but is only beginning to
be generally realized.
Jaen It is generally understood that
every one horn into this world, If nor-
mal, no matter how handicapped he
may he by personal defects, by oir-.
eminstances or environment, can lig
right thinking, matte his life a success,
'our two great enemies, Poverty and
Failure, will be annihilated,
Even Unto the End,
Isaac Goldstein, a dealer in ready-
to-wear, was just about to close his
business career. He was lying on his
deathbed and around hint were gate -
eyed his80116,
"Are you titer., Benny:" said Isaac.
"Yes, father."
."And are you there, Abe?"
"Yes, rather.'
"And you too, Sammy ie
Fes, father."
"t)eu }vile she. defer izz taking care
of de bigness?'
Solution et lasts week's puzzle.
Mucic Rain In Ireland.
In eastern Ireland rains fall on an
average of two hundred and"eight days
every Year. London has one hundred
and fifty rainy days each year, not
counting the foggy periods.
Marriage' -is an incentive to thrift,
according to 3311 American statistician.
Ho states that while a married men
at twenty-four has 3' per cent. less
property then the average ,bachelor,
at forty-eight he has 211 per cent.
d.
The development of one:, personal-
sty cannot be accomplished in Isola-
tion or solitude the process involves
close and enduring association with.
one's fellows,. If work' were purely, a '
matter of technical shill, each worker
alight bavo his 2011 and perform his
10810 0s in a prison, But work ittvOlvea
the entire personalty, and the per•-
ocentlity finds its complete unfolding,
not do detachment, but in association,
-.Hamilton •Vriglrl 111abie.