The Brussels Post, 1917-11-1, Page 2*IOW Dints to Motorists.:
•1Vfakes Pumping Tires Easier.
To make tire pumping easier, a
board can be nailed at an angle, be-
tween the, floor and the side wall of
the garage. This angle makes it
much easier to pump the tiro, and, as
the board raises the pump, one does
not have to bend over so far.
A couple of metal straps are placed
over the foot plates of the pump, so
that one does not have to hold down
the pump, when pulling up on the
handle. This also makes pumping
easier, as one does not have to main-
tain one position so rigidly.
If the pump is fastened near the
doorway of the garage, any wheel of
the car can be brought near the pump
by simply moving the ear. Every car
owner el-ould have twotire pumps, one
to be kept wrapped up and always in
the car, and the other to be used in the
garage.
Replacing Transmission' Cover
To keep the gaskets in position—
while the transmission cover is being
replaced is not easy, because it is
often necessary to shift the cover
around in order to get the pedals to
engage the lugs on the ends of the
transmission bags.
But if twelve round wooden sticks
or metal bars from one-fourth to
throe -eighths inch diameter are placed
on end, on a wooden box or on a board
supported by trestles, so that each rod
projects about two inches through a
bolt hole in the lower part of the
transmission case, then the felt gas-
kets can be placed over these rods,
with the assurance that the gaskets
will be held in place while the cover
is being put on.
A.f.er the cover has been replaced a
rod is pulled out and a bolt inserted,
this procedure being used for, each
bolt.
Repairs for Top Bows
It is often necessary to repair a top
bow which has been broken by ac-
cident. This can easily be done by
drilling a hole in the center of the
broken parts and inserting a piece of
iron pipe flattened to fit the hole.
This should extendtree or our
A DOG'S AMBUSCADE.
How De Outn�itted the' Coyote With
the Aid of an A11y.
In an account of the sagacity of his
dog, Scotch, Mr, Enos A. Mills tells
his readers in his book Wild .Life in
the Rockies that the dog objected to
the coyotes that lived on a rocky slope
near the author's cabin. Into the
tangled forest of pines the coyotes al-
ways retreated when Scotch gave
chase, and into' this retreat he dared
not pursue them. So long ae the
coyotes sunned themselves, kept quiet
and played, Scotch merely watched
them contentedly from afar; but the
instant they began to howl and yelp,
he raced over and chased them into
One the woods. never settle down again tnto
it ROIJJVL�11a OF RE- PLAYING FOR THE "TQILUS rr From Lies Green Isle SUBSTITUTE
TURNED SOLDIER Groups of Actors and, Singers Cheer FOR. COTTON
Wearied Fighters in France.
"' Scenes from Shakespeare have boon NEWS 19Y MAO# FROM IR
successfully played by British sol- LAND'S SHOE US.
WITH TRADE TRAINING HERD diers, but the most notable perform-
antes at'the .front have not been by,
amateurs. ' Mrs. Maud Radford War'- Happenings .In the Emerald Isle el
ren recently enjoyed the opportunity interest is Irish.
M.H.C. Trade Schools Are Canada's of travelling with a, little group of
Safeguard,! Says Authority French actors and singers who —like. mea.
many others—were giving their ser- Large quantities of hayhave been
On Sociology, vices to cheer the wearied fighters g q
just behind the fighting line, whose destroyed elong the banks of. the
Hoboes are made not born. The need for diversion and relaxation is Shannon River owing to the abnormal
alarmist who declares that a thread oft' well understood. Their entertainment heightA
HOBOES ARE UNKCNOWN,
NEW MATERIAL DISCOVERED BY
BRITISH SCIENTISTS,
The Common European Nettle Forms
the Basis of a -fabric to Take
Place of Cotton.
of the water. The war has assuredly been no re -
vagrancy lies deep in every man, and although in part patriotic or song For gallantry and the securing of epecter Of royalty. Nicholas of Rue -
sees the war turning back into Can- mental, was for the most part gay; valuable information, Lieut. C. E. sia and Constantine of Greece, victims
oda streams of veterans who will ,but in the la era there was a spirt
t Plowman, an Athy man, : has . been of enforced abdication; Peter of Ser-
�� p y.
„„ when w ... „-- buoy in- of passionate patriotism and devotion awarded the Military Cross. ' bia and Nicholas of Montenegro, kings
drivingthe pack into' the. woods,a dustrial scheme of life is absolutely. behind..the comedy. Here is the de -A young Cahir• soldier named Ma- without kingdoms, and Ferdinand of
Paunsupported bythe findings of socio-!
coyote that trotted lame with the ppj g scriptfon of a typical performance;': Loney helped to save the life, of an Rumania, with -his- capital taken away
right foreleg emerged from a rocky logical ieseareh, according to Dr, given in a barn, which the soldiers had English officer by allowing some of from him, all are in a position to give
crag at the edge of the open, ran to Franklin Johnson, the director of the cleared out and provided as best they his blood to be infused into the some firsthand testimony on the sub -
the rear of Scotch and setup a chorus Department of Social Service in the could with improvised stage, and bur- other's veins. Iject.
of'yells and howls, to the great sunny-, University of Toronto, and otne of the, lap curtains that two "poilus" stood Word has been . received from the And now another potentate and one
three h once of the collie, who at once raced forem ready to pull apart front that Lieut, N. Allwyn-Smyth, In.. of real importance to mankind is •
ort authorities in his 'line in
inches beyond the endo the par , so Canada. niekillfn a ne hew of the Protestant
that it can be fitted into the hole in the back and chased the noisy taixnter oto "Lack of vocational training," de- As we crossed the muddy floor, says' g i p threatened with dethronement. King.
the woods. But Scotch no sooner "was the author, a little string orchestra of Primate of Ireland, has been wound-
nephew
ound-
Cotton is. the monarch in question.
other part. Thismethod of repairing turned to the rest of the pack than the Glared Dr. Johnson, the chief a oilus" began,to la While the ed a second time. His dominion is menaced with the in -
makes the bow as strong or stronger Dunning coyote came out again and contributing factor in the scourge of eplay. Martin Downes,Dublin Fusiliers,
than when new. defied him. Once more Scotch,had to Vagrancy which claimed 50,000 men in! performers weft behind the dressingvision of a pretender, sprung prac-
Sto s Rattle of Straps Canada before the war began, and the i curtain I . stayed and applauded the anandaformerly
r erl ler, e l cno succumbediIreland tically unheralded from the humblest
F chase the coyote into the pines, a musicians. At the end 01' their piece,origin, but if all the claims made for
The metal hooks holding the front few moments later he had to repeat action of the government through the i when I told them how good their work wounds received in action at the him are substantiated it may not be
end of the top to the windshield are Inc manoeuvre. He came back from Military Hospitals Commission in of- � wasthe leader said: front: I long before' the industrial world en -
apt to rattle—unless kept so fight this chase panting and tired and ob Tering vocational. training to every "Ah, madame should have heard us I For stealing a wrench from a liar -I thrones King Nettle in King Cotton's
that they are hard to attach—when- viously worried. man who returns incapacitated for before the attack at Verdun! We. had : vesting machine at Wexford Station, stead.
ever the car is driven over rough The incident seemed to prey upon his former livelihood, is not only' a some members'then; but half of 118 James Spencer was sentenced to one The demand for `cotton has become
roads. him to such an extent, says Mr. Mills, safeguard.against new recruits being were lost in that first half hour." month's imprisonment. Iso great and the price so high that
But light, coil springs, such as can that I became a little anxious about made by that army of shirkers, - but len the orchestra began to play] P. Hesston, Armagh House, Bally- industry has had its mon of science
p boon to all of Canada. g macward, haspurchased a farm of
be anchored at the 6 -and -10 cent him. One day when I went for the again and the officers entered,I went scouring the byways of research in
stores, can be cut slightly shorter than mail, I allowed Scotch to go with me. Product of Competition. behind the curtain. Mme. Dussand 150 Irish acres at Ballydonelan, near quest of . a substitute, and -now they
the straps and fastened with copper At the post office he paid little atten- t'No man wants to be a bum.- They was backed against the wall with her.Iriea, for 51,210. think they have found one in Urtica
wire to the top and the end of the tion to the dogs that, with their teas- are made chiefly through the grind of lips. moving and her beautiful eyes' Patrick Mulldowney, Marysborough, i dioica, the common European species
of the
secretary
been elected',
competition upon the mass of unskill-1 somewhat glazed. hasof the nettle.
ed laborers. Once a man' finds his "If I didn't know better," I began, Queen's County Insurance Society.
! , n A Jew, named Sidney Bostic' was British Research Wins.
place in life there's a certain adhe- I should think,"
and hook. These springs
furnish sufficient tension to keep the
top tight at all times.
WOMEN COOKS DI ARMY
Soldiers Suffered Severely Front In-
digestible Meals Before Innovation.
One of the revolutions which the
war has wrought in the British army
has been the admission of women
cooks to the camp kitchens every-
where except in the fighting lines The while we watch the hearthfire's
One of the great troubles of the
Kitchener armies in the early days of
the war was the inefficiency of the
cooking arrangements. Under the old
regulations cooks had to be drawn
from each unit, but, owing to the in-
experience of most of the citizen sol-
diers in this art,- the food in most
units, although plentiful and good, was
badly cooked and badly served and the
kitchen frequently dirty and slovenly.
A MOTHER IN ENGLAND.
Yes, here we sit beside the fire, '
The sleelc brown head against my
knee,
The soft brown eyes that seem to
dream
Of our dear lad across the sea,
For memory stirs us both to -night
light.
We two alone—his mother, yes,
And tried and true through many
years,
His faithful dog—we two alone,
With memories and hopes and fears.
Outside, the soft rain dripping slow,
Inside, the firelight's rosy glow.
"Somewhere in France"—somewhere
In consequence, at a time when young . to -night,
soldiers especially needed appetizing
Upon a cot where lights burn dim In trench or field or, it may be,
food to strengthen them in their un-
wonted labors, many suffered severely And forms are lying patiently.
from the monotonous and indigestible And so we wait—his dog and e_
meals put before them. Moreover, And long and listen. Oh, if he
there was a great deal of waste. Could run in noisily and cry
The first women cooks in the British
army were employed in August, 1915,
at a convalescent camp, and six
months later the formal recruiting of
women for this work was initiated.
To -day there are more than 6000 cooks
and waitresses in 200 camps in Eng-
land alone. Women have also taken
over the kitchen service in all the Above all, remove nothing from the
Canadian and Australian hospitals, engine except as directed in test rules.
and women instructors are being em- 1. Gasoline—Is tank full? Are
ployed in the regular army schools of ; pipes clean. Is carburetor clean? If
cookery. One woman who enrolled carburetor needs adjusting do it, other -
as a cook two years ago and who is I wise leave it alone. Does manifold
only twenty-two years old has risen+ leak?
to the rank of superintendent and is I 2. Compression—To test: Open all
responsible for the whole service in petcocks except the one on cylinder
e camp of 22,000 men, to be tested; crank engine, noticing
The economy resulting from the em- how strong the compression is in each
ployment of women cooks has' been
His boyish greeting joyously
As he was ant! The firelights dance!
My boy, my boy! "Somewhere in -
France!"
—Harriet Crocker LeRoy.
•
How To Proceed If Car Balks.
very marked. In one large officers'
camp the daily messing charge was re-
duced within a few weeks from sixty-
five dents a, day to thirty-one cents,
and, in addition, a fund of $500 was
saved for miscellaneous camp pur-
poses. The rate at this camp is now
reduced to eighteen cents a day.
Common salt and water make a
capital gargle for a sore throat.
So successful have been Italian ex-
periments with reforestation in Trip-
oli that 50,000 more eucalyptus trees
will be set out this year.
Greenland's interior is estimated to
be covered by a shield -shaped cap of
snow and ice not less than 6,000 feet
or one mile in thickness.
But when they strike the surface of
the earth, their energy is transform-
ed into heat, by which the ground is
warmed. Air is warmed by contact
with the warm ground; and the warm-
ing of the lower air gives rise to air
currents that distribute the heat
through the atmosphere.
ci1 d
Y
inder
8. Ignition—A. Test for a spark by
taking wire off of -any plug; hold
wire about one-eighth of an inch
from plug; crank engine with switch
on. Spark should jump to plug.
B. Are the batteries run down?
Does the vibrator (if any) buzz? Is
the timer clean? Do timer points
make good contact?
C. Are any wires loose, burned,
wet, broken or short-circuited? Are
spark plugs clean and the points 1-50
of an inch apart?
D. Does magneto armature revolve?
Is safety spark gap clean? Are in-
terrupter points clean and adjusted
right? Do all brushes make good
contact? Is distributor clean? Is dis-
tributor rotor loose or making poor
contact?
E. Check magneto wires as per "C."
Note—Loose wires and terminals
and neglected batteries, also dirty
gasoline, cause much trouble.
Note—Ta keep a gas engine run-
ning, cooling and lubrication are
needed•
ters, were assembled there, and held
himself aloof from them, squatting on
the ground with head erect and almost
an air of contempt for them; but it
was evident that he was- watching
their every move. When I started
homeward he showed great satisfac-
tion by leaping and barking.
That night was wild and stormy,
and I concluded to go out and enjoy
the storm on some wind-swept crags.
Scotch did not appear when I called
him; and so I went alone. Not until
the next morning did the dog come
siveness in association which holds "Ah, but I am nervous," she said.' fined 52 for selling matches at the a w su mar ne war are, on -
"It's not the ordinary stage fright,1Tipperary Agricultural Show without: nage scarcity and import restrictions
• a license. Great Britain's textile industries have
him in his place.
"Giving the returned man a chance bt something deeper,something near -1- been Navin
to learn trades, and allowing them to er my heart.. .. Do you know, ma -
"Giving The Athlone Guardians have pro- I g n hard time of it. Now
make their own choice, as the Com- dame, that the greatest artists in i vided a young man with an artificial! comes the announcement that the
mission is doing, will not only benefit France, or the most indifferent, from- l leg to enable him to continue his em- Egyptian Government has ordered the
the man and his family but the whole' ble like novices before the soldiers, al- ployment. I cotton acreage reduced to a tithed of
Dominion. though they are always so responsive, I The New Ross Urban Council have, the normal area in order to have more
Trade Develops Responsibility. so devoted—" i reduced the cost of lighting the town wheat raised.
• ' of • k n not. by dispensing with twenty-three of For some time before this industrial
Hei voice bio e a d she could the public lamps. g
"The man who is merely a filler in scientist's had been making researches
the industrial scheme, with no special finish. I Chairman Horgan of the Public wienti view to relieving the cotton
anied
by home, collie that belonged to amrancher part to play rarely develops a sense of! ,The
e vetear narrator,
the duck ii space
le later of Health and Dwellings Committee of shortage. It was recalled that pre -
responsibility. Give hili a trade in
g Y Cork Corporation, says that the hous- vious to the war Germany and Austria
who lived about fifteen miles away. I which he can become adept and feel; the great barn she peered out from' in conditions of the poor in Cork had been cultivatingthe nettle for its
remembered seeing the dog at the post his work is of importance, and he be-) behind the curtains on the blue, dim we a deplorable. fibro, which is long and silky. Then
office the day before: comes not 'tin interested but a re- mass of uniform and those patient, Private William Rutledge, Royal with flit •war fn full swing reports be -
In the afternoon I heard the varied sponsible member of society." Ibrave, standingmen,who had been
The Military Hospitals Commission, through such horrors, and who were
is training every returned man, who waiting so gratefully for the artists
by reason of his disabilities is unable! who were going to bring them a little
to resume his former occupation, for gayety]
a new trade which he is allowed to 1 "Ah, madame," said M. Boyer at my
h Experts h k h'physi-
cal
h '- elbow, ''do not drive the tears back.
cal limitations, his abilities and the
labor market guide him in his.deci-
voices of the coyote pack and went
out with my glass to watch proceed-
ings, wondering what part the visit-
ing collie would play.
There went Scotch, as I supposed,
racing for the yelping pack, but the
choose.
Irish Fusiliers, a native of Manor- gan to sift through the battle lines
hamilton, and who recently was and the blockade that nettle fibre was
awarded the Military Medal, has been being largely used in he cottonless
killed in action. . Teutonic empires for the manufacture
Owing to the demand for Shannon. of guncotton and of cloth fabric.
'River fresh water fish in England, So British research took a leaf out
of Germany's book of economic effi-
ciency and buckled down to work, with
the result that the Teuton has been
xper s w o now is p ysn the price in local market is six
visiting collie was not to be seen. The b h They are worthy of it, these soldiers times greater thehan farmeark
pack beat the usual retreat, and while of France. In our hearts, all of us Michael Hunt, Milltown, Castlerea,
the dog that I supposed to be Scotch y.
cion, and thus he is insured against artists weep whenever we play for has been officially notified of the outstripped at his own game. Not
was chasing them into the woods out learning a trade in which he might them. p• g death, in action, of his son, -Private only have the English produced gun -
not the limping coyote, hurrying .to- not be able. to continue long, or one In the same s irit, althou h with Michael Hunt, Irish Guards. cotton and cloth fabrics from the net -
ward the willow clump from behind for which there is insufficient demand. more fire, the singer, Mme. Nina M'ay; private atrick Curtin, 'R.A.M.C., tle, but yarn has been made to be used
a Frenchwoman frock New Orleans,
M.E.C. Records. gashed out indignantly when she Midleton, has been awarded the Mili- in the making of all kinds of textile
The records show that many men learned that the crabbed caretaker of tary Medal for conspicuous bravery material, spun and woven, and they
who were laborers, teamsters, well- a ,provincial town hall scolded a in the recent fighting at Arras. have even secured an excellent his head as if to bay. Then the un substi-
diggers, unskilled helpers in factories, soldier audience for tracking mud ; -- tete for silk.
expected happened. On the instant a etc., have been so trained during their over the floors. DEARTH OF TRADES TEACHERS. Nettle Plantations in Britain.
collie that I now recognized as Scotch convalescence as to go.: back into "Track mud over your floors!" cried So successful are the tests reported
leaped out of the willow clump and civilian life' as skilled mechanics, of -the sweet -voiced, gentle, blue-eyed, Voeational Training Work With Vet- to have been that the only real dif-
came down upon the coyote's back, fico men and artfsane, blonde lady, with crushing indigna cions Greatly Hampered. ficult.V now is to secure an ample sup -
tion. "They could track mud over my ply of nettles, and as they grow read -
heart if they wanted to!" The backwardness of Canada in talc- fly in almost any kind of soil that
ing technical training into her educe- problem is greatly simplified. Compre-
WHY IS
LEA SHOT ROUND? tions] system, and war conditions have hensive surveys of the rural districts
complicated the work of tje vocational of Great Britain have been made and
show that there are great tracts unfit
for ordinary agricultural purposes
where the nettle is found ii n,, abun-
dance.
Nettle plantations are also to be
established on wide waste areas, and
plans are afoot to make the cultiva-
tion of these tracts attractive to dis-
charged army men. Farmers and
landowners who have developed test
• crops say that the nettles can be eas-
ily grown and will return about $125
to the acre in two yearly crops.
A point which especially recom-
mends the nettle project to the Brit-
ish textile,,manufactut•er is its cheap-
ness. Grown in the British Isles and
with no ocean freights at war time
heights to be paid, the raw material
will have a great advantage over cot-
ton.
-.CROP WORTH $930 AN ACRE.
Broom Corn Provides Three Profitable
Harvests Annually in Texas.
Harvesting three crops of broom
corn from one planting in a single
season, the yield from each cutting
being about one ton`eto the acre- of
broom corn, is what is being accom-
plished in this section of the lower
Rio Grande Valley, Texas, this year.
The average price received for the
brush, which is need in the manu-
facture of high grade brooms is .$810
per ton, or a total of $930 per acre.
Innis region, which,•only a few years
ego was a wilderness of mesquite
trees and prickly pear, situated more
than 100 miles from the nearest rail-
way outlet there is being rapidly de-
veloped the greatest broom corn grow-
ing industry in the' United States.
There is being grown here this sea-
son 40,000 acres of this product and
the extremely high prices which deal-
ers are paying for the brush ere
bringing fortunes to many fermerd.
The fret that the growling season i;g
practically continuous throughout the
twelve months of the year ]calces the
possibilities of the industry unusually
attractive.
The first planting is usually made
in January, and as rapidly ad ono crop
is matured it is cut and from the
stubble there is quickly producc4
second and third crop. A11 of t8hc
broom crop in the valley territory is
grown by means Of irrigation,
which he was accustomed to yelp tri-
umphantly in Scotch's rear;
The lame coyote came round the
willow clump as usual and threw up
They rolled about for some time be- Illiterate men have learned to read
fore the coyote shook himself free and write; and scores have been re -
and started for the. woods, only to bel turned to industrial life to earn sal -
grabbed again by the visiting collie. , arias larger than they ever enjoyed
For a time both dogs fought the before.
coyote fiercely; but he at last tore
himself free and escaped into the
pines, badly wounded and bleeding. I
never saw him again. That night the
visiting collie went home. As Scotch
was missing for a time, I think he I
may have accompanied his ally at
least a part of the way.
Springs Not Always Safe.
Don't assume that any spring is
pure. That is one of the, greatest
mistakes you can make. If the
spring is welling out from deep sandy
soil, the probability is that it is safe,
but if it is coming out of a rock or
near the surface, it is ,probably not.
Drink by preference out of the open
lake, where the dangerous germs
which may be present will be well
scattered, and where you are not like-
ly to get such a large number of them
if they are present.
Instead of waiting until Johnny's
trousers are worn out at the knees,
baste a square underneath While new.
The knee will then wear as long as any.
part.
Oh, Adam was a gardener, and God
who made him sees
That half a proper gardener's work is
done upon his knees;
So when your work is finished, you
can wash your hands and pray
For the Glory of the Garden that it
may not pass away!
And the Glory of the Garden it shall
never pass away. —Kipling.
Not Because They Drop Froin a training -department of the Military
Hospitals Commission in training re -
Height, As Generally Believed. turned men for civil life from the first,
Why are lead shot made by drop- but with the influx of men from the
ping the molten metal from the top of front steadily on the increase, the dil-
a tall tower? ficuity becomes greater daily.
The popular supposition is that they At the outset there were only a Lim-
acquire the requisite spherical shape ited number of men fitted as instruct -
by falling from a great height. But ors and many of these went overseas
it isn't so' The leaden globules are with the Canadian forces. Those who
as perfectly spherical when they start
from the tower -top as when they
strike the water in a well at the bot-
tom.
Plain molten lead will not make
good shot. An admixture of arsenic
causes it to form globules properly
spherical.' The stuff is held in a big
iron saucepan with a perforated bot-
tom (at the top of the tower), and'the
metal drops falling through are the
shot.
In falling they cool, hardening suf-
ficiently to suffer no deformation on
striking the water 200 feet below.
This, indeed, is the reason why of the
are holding positions in established
institutions do not feel that they can
leave their present positions for work
which'is only temporary.
The situation is further complicat-
ed by the fact that the returned men
object to being taught by men who
have.not enlisted for active military
duties. Therefore the lists are scan-
ned eagerly for possible instructors
upon the arrival of each group of re-
turned men, and many men engaged
as teachers now were the comrades of
their students at the front. To this
bond of sympathy much of the re-
markable success has been attributed.
"ANOTHERREAPETH."
When Autumn stands,
By a heaped-up wain
Let her think of the hands
- That scattered the grain.
gad Spring not sown
The living wheat,
Then nought had grown
For man to eat:
And you whose lot
It is to number
Life's sheaves, forget not
Those who slumber—
Who toiled and planted,
Then—fell asleep;;
To you 'tis granted
The harvest to reap.
—Alexander Louis Fraser.
I MOST GO IN AND
ASK TOM HOW .I4e
LIKES MY NEW
QurFIT
tower—to give the leaden globules 's''—
•
time to cool while passing.through the The despised sawdust is an essential
air. The use of the water in the well ingredient of blasting powder's, porous
is to furnish a soft cushion, for the bricks, metal polishes, floor sweeping
shot to fall upon. t compounds, inlaid linoleums, and as
fuel. Hemlock and oak bark is used
Later on, the shot are sed'oped out
of the well and put through a series for tanning leather. Beechwood shay-
of sieves, to sort them into sizes, • ings are a necessity in vinegar face
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MEAN!- I DON'T BELIEVE
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