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The Brussels Post, 1917-11-29, Page 2STORING THE CAR FOR''WTNTER. If you are not going to take the bat - The time has about arrived when I tery out of the ear, arrangements many motoi'i.ats will be thinking of must be made to charge it periodical. Putting up their cars fol• the winter.. Persons who live i.• the city, are not troubled greatly by Boreal' icy blasts, ly, either by running the engine and sending a current through it fibya, the car's own generator or by charg foe they have the street cleaning de- ing from an outside current supply. partments and heavy traffic to keep In any event the job must be done the ways open.. But motorists who about every six weeks. Before put - reside in the country or 'where the ting the ear away see that there is winter is long and the snow deep pre- plenty of water submerging the plates fer that their cars hibernate when of each battery cell.Having added November has slipped by. the water, run the car for a mile or 50 In order that the car may be in the 10 mix the newly added water with RURAL DEVELOPMENT, A -New Report on Problems of Vital and Current*Interest in Canada, The latest report of the Commission of Conservation deals with the import- ant subject ofthe planning and de- velopment of rural districts and small towns in Canada, It has been pre- pared by Mr. Thomas Adams, Town Planning Adviser of the Commission, who has made a close study of the problems of rural development in this country during the roast three years, following twenty-five years' experi- ence in farming,' land surveying and town planning in other countries. The report deals comprehensively 'with the social conditions and ten- dencies in rural areas and the prevail- ing systems of land settlement and development. It indicates the rural problems requiring solution in order best of shape when it emerges from . the electrolyte. The solution •should to secure the proper development and its Winter quarters in the spring' there be at a gravity of about 1,280 to 1,300 economic use of land for purpose of are important things that the owner when the ear is put away, which in- efficiency, health, convenience, and must do preparatory to the final lock- I sures that it will not freeze under any amenity. The great injury which land ing of the garage door, according to B. condition, development in Canada suffers, from M. Therein Motor Age. If they are , Put Battery in Service Station speculation, neglect of public health,. There not attended to, the careless one will 1 If the battery is taken from the car and want of expert business adminis- regret it when the spring winds blow } store it in, a dry place that is free. tration of land settlement; is consider- and he finds hie mount unresponsiveed. Incidentally, the problem of re - to thep from dust. Dampness will cause throttle, finish destroyed, bat -f corrosion on the terminals and otheriturned soldiers is dealt with, and the tery ruined or the like. connection between land development parts. One of the safest things the; lnd such questions as taxation, unem- In spite of all that has been said owner can do with his battery, if it is and written about winter storage , not to be used for several months, is , oyment, and high cost of living is there are still owners who let their,' to leave it in the hands of a battery clearly shown. Having regard storage batteries remain in the car: service station where it will not be : rd to 1"s need for more in an uncharged condition, allowing neglected. Here it can be given an: attention being given to production in the electrolyte to freeze, breaking the; occasional charge and kept in condi- , to the extent to which pro - plates, jars, etc. The two most im- tion to resume its work in the sprin duction is impaired by speculate g' land by neglect of public health and portant things to look after if you have made up your mind to store your TANKS WERE USED becomes accustomed to the surround- riga he is as comfortable almost as h1 would be in one of the sedan auto - CENTURIESAGO m Theo Germans often hurl bombs at tanks, but without much effect. Oc- casionally they run up over it looking for trouble and of one of them hap- pens to get too near a loophole he is likely to be picked off by a, revolver handled by a British officer within, but such excursions over the top are harmless as far as the tan)t is con- cerned, The tremendous power of the tanks can drive thein through barbed wire RETAIN SOME' PRINCIPLES OF BATTERING RAMS. Combination of Fort and Cruiser Made Possible Ivy Deveiopmeint of Tractors. One has° to be inside of a tank and feel that strange, gliding motion with which it goes along before he can real- ize what a tremendously effective war machine it is. And as the sightseer stoops within those steel wales he per- haps has a queer feeling of reminis- cence, for some ancestor of his'hun- dreds of years ago may have gone to attack walled cities or to bridge the iutrenehments of the foe in just such an engine of destruction as this. The tank, as we call it to -day, re- tains some of the principles of the battering rams of ancient days. It is not unlike those armored and protect- ed platforms used by armed men of, old in overcoming fortress, and castle.' Mobile land forts have been used, from time immemorial. The tank' is fort and cruiser, a combination made possible by the tremendous develop-' ment of tractors in the last few years. "HURRY ALONG TOMMY", REFLECTIONS OF A BRITISH 'SOLDIER, In Khaki He . Feels His Sell'•Respect Secure and Finds Life Agreeable. "Last evening, upon a wet and lone- TIIE ANCIENT CITY OF GAZA' TES WERE CARnig) AWAY BY SAMSON. British and Australian 'Totalities' Aro Now in Possession of Famous Town. fences, knock down light walls and Gaza'; in Palestine the lace now send them through frames of ordm- ly road, I sae approaching a figure in captured by the British troops,is the ary houses. Tt.would be an unusual oilskins, As the figure swung past Olid Testament city whose gates were kind of ground. indeed on which its me it said: 'Good night, Tom!' To said to hare been carried away- caterpillar treads could not find sores which Imade rel 'Good ni •'ht XVI., y by leverage. !,. reply: � b , .Samson, In Judges X� I , 2 and 3, the g Jack My name is net Tom: As far' story runs: "And it was .told the Riding in a tank on level ground as I am aware, the gentleman in oil Gazites, Samson is come hither, And gives the occupants the impression skins was not christened Jack. But I that they are gliding. softly along in- was in khaki—a soldier. And he was' side some kind of dragon. There is a sailor. Hence our familiar inter hardly any jerky motion on a level 'change of greetings. road and men who have been in action! "I confess T find that sort of episod ' they compassed him in and laid wai for him all night saying, `In the morn ing when it is day wo shall kill him.' And Samson lay till midnight and e arose at miduigh4 and tools rho doors of the gate of the city and the two posts, and went aivay with them, bar and all, and carried them up to the in the tanks declare that there is not every pleasant," writes Ward Muir in. 'so much vibration as to obtrude itself the London Spectator. "A trifle! But upon them after everything is warmed ; —candidly—flattering. I admit it: ' up for the fray. !these are trifles which make a man' Development of Tractors. on m The English had for years before In storing a car select a place that by haphazard systems of development; trth ucks in eir war�£armini iF Thesermar Perform a Most Dangerous War hut '.for sixpence, after receiving a , e is well protected, offering an even to the importance of increasing the chines were first built at Peoria, Ill. Service, cup of tea from the jewelled hands; ° tem erature and free from humidity: Y ore it is well to a of capital derived from production in- haulm over rough fields and came to the dogs w France. For no longer a greybeard Volunteer desirous of di -j get these in shape first. I horses are ,sept; the ammonia, fumes g g are detrimental to the finish. stead of by bo'i•rowing; the problems be utilized in harvesting and similar is the stray dog despised and unwant- reetmg me through an Underground, r How to Proceed I dealt with in thin report are of vital operations. • ed. The dog army needs volunteers. station whose geography I know Drain off all the water from the and current interest to the people of The caterpillar wheels and belts and ally intelligent loyal little bowwow rathei better than that of my own radiator and water selects and put in this country. garden: these occurrences are curious -d hot d tut' It is always more or less hot inside I vain. To bei called 'Chum' by a fellow - of a tank in action, for the more speed soldier on top of a tramcar; to beI the greater heat. It is necessary to 'hailed casually as 'Digger!' by an make the land cruiser go at top speed Australian who wishes to borrow a so as to' prevent her from being too match; to have a lift -girl in the tube! easy a mark for the heavy artillery. shout 'Hurry along, Tommy!' and fa -i • 1 vor me with a grin which I should THE DOGS OF FRANCE. to behold a van -driver slow down to t offer me a Lift; to sleep in a Y.M.C.A. i never have won when in civilian garb; ; 1•lenron." Then follows. the story of that strong man's ultra -Parisian love and finally fatal' infatuation for Delilah. Philistines and, Greeks.. Yet Gaza has a history that does sot depend on that incident alone for is interest. It was a great place in he Philistine record and later the Greeks made it the centre of Hellenist ulture,like that of Alexandria. At rte time it had a population of 85,- 0�10, but it seems to have dropped, for, G.is..to-day only credited with ip- p •oximate'iy 16,000. It was captured everal times since_it was fust taken y the Egyptians some .time in the oughty times of the Phiet•oahs. The Philistines seem to have hhld it for long after they failed to' invade Egypt. 1 car are the storage battery and cool- P ing system. Therefore Nee*er store a car in a barn where supply of human skill and energy and They were intended primarily for The pound has no more terrors for of a Real Lady; to he intercepted by' i this for The first thing to do is to diseon nect the wires at the terminals of thea soda solution. Leave in There are five appendices. by com• - battery. This is a precaution to keep ; several hours and drain it off. Then patent authorities, and the conclud- it from discharging, as any slight leak flush the whole system with clean wa. ing chapter gives an outline of pro - in the wiring would -discharge the bat -'ter. To'make sure that all the water tery, and it is very detrimental to let ! gets out, run the engine for about two it stand in a discharge condition fore minutes to dry up every particle of any length of time in cold weather. I moisture, If the hose connections Do not run the engine when the bat-. are old, take them off and stuff rags tery is disconnected, for you might! in the radiator openings and jacket burn out the generator if you run it on I flanges. an open circuit. (Concl'uded next week). Food Control -Corner 1 posals and makes general recommend- ations to cover the conditionsa as pre= sentecd. CHILE DEATH RATE HIGH. Healthful Country, Butt Little Atten- tion Paid to Hygiene. THE FLIGHT OF BIRDS. If due attention were given to the genuity of experts first struggled with rear. It is, of course, the practice for used in driving these machines were may offer Itis services to his country. so simple in construction and with- At the'beginning of the war only cer- stood the impact of shock so well that tain breeds of dogs were used and even before they were used as war those mostly for searching out the ly agreeable, - The Correct Dress.. machines the were ven were I able, like some of my, A leading American authority say y put through wounded and scenting out the enemy, privileged superiors, to move about in that "probably the city was not cap stunts of various kinds. Occasionally now ail kinds of dogs are being mufti, 1 should not do so. Never! My', tured by the tribe of Judah, as stated one would get out of control and crush Pressed into service and every regi- clothes are far from' comfortable, at, in Judges I., since the , editorial over fences thus demonstrating what times. The tunic is stuffy. It's con-! gloss contradicts the context." In the tinually tarnishing—and therefore : narrative of Samson Gaza figures pro - continually to be repolishecl-buttons: minentiy. Assyrian. inscriptions are an outrage; the hours wasted on: mention the city only from 145 B.C.; metal buttons must stagger the gods.: but this may be due to incompleteness The puttees are (for home -service ( of record. The city was the centre wear) idiotic. The belt is nonsense.:' of some lively fighting, for it is re - The swagger-cane—without which icorded by these inscriptions that the one is 'improperly dressed'; which 1 King was defeated by Sargon, who nevertheless is not supplied by the took him prisoner with 9,000 of the authorities but must lie b g they could accomplish if such proceed- ings roceedings were necessary. When the British War Office was casting about for effective weapons ment has its training camp for these brave soldiers. Theirs is the most ,dangerous ser- vice of all; that of carrying messages from the front forces that are attack - for use against the Germans the in- ing to the artillery and officers in the most ordinary sanitary principles and devices for silencing machine guns in the enemy to direct a regular curtain French Airman Finds Them at a hygiene the death rate in Chile would short order. Col. E. D. Swinton, who of fire just back of the advancing Height of 6,500 Feet.• he extremely low in comparison with troops, t be that of t t ' South being father of the P , o cut them off from then ofli su ed in Canada passesNinety per cent. of through food dh eon- Ithe eil- I An officer of the French Flying caIn •physicountries ue the Chileans orcin the tank, has had the help of both ancient ears and guns. hands of our women. There is, then, Corps has taken exceptional opportun- a great responsibility resting upon; ity to record observations on the flight them to conserve supplies needed over- of birds and the height at which they seas and to utilize perishable foods.. fly, especially when migrating. Some Waste in all its many forms sl:ouid be! of hes notesGazette. are published in the Pall regarded not only as a sin but as ac -i` Mall low tual disloyalty in war -time. It is ani altitudetituofhsays,000 seem to prefer important that sufficient and nourish- 1 wild usually feet, whereas the ing food should be provided, suited to duck remarkable files at o,0or00 feet. They are also for 'the marvelous uniformity with which they follow their leader. The turns and twists are taken with such si- multaneity that a flock appears to turn and wheel automatically, so ex- traordinarily together do they move. When climbing they fly at about sixty-five miles an hour, and are good for seventy once they have got theix height and have spread out to let themselves go. - Last March he met some plovers at 6,500 feet, which is the highest alti- is credited with ei q oug t out o€,inhabitants and carried them away and modern. inventors in designing The little four -footed messengers one's own pocket—is a silliness. The. into captivity. Living most tbydthey aseashorce on e or mostly e tin this most efficient type of armored au- hihave, after beito a ng degree, solved this difficulty, cap is ill -designed. And yet I am' About 96 B.C. the city of Gaza was g ed and accustom- sorry for any man of military age—, destroyed, and the ruined' city is re- the open air in the rural districts, a Surprised the Enemy. :ed to shell -fire, they seldom if ever nay, for any man of any age—cornfert•e 1 to in ed.finehardy manhood has been develop- fail to deliver the messages. Many pilled to tread the streets in other •• c Acts VIII., 26. Under ed. The highest death rate is in the ; The chief value of the tanks at first � Roman administration the port, ,tow - g have fallen on the field of honor, and rig than this, or than its naval coup-, ever, grew and things again flourish - towns and cities, where dwelling was the fact that they dawned upon many have received the Croix de terpert.. i hlean es of saint tionouses lack the most eleze 71 ry ap-;were o teie lrible en ass ecdand so ne ise. T r Guerre. Every dog who risks his life "`I couldn't show myself en the' ed, so„that it became the rival of An - P Smallpox pox and P in these dangerous missions takes streets.' This is what the.soldier says., oAthens Alexandria, and even, it said, typhoid are very prevalent, and some to being invincible when they got well the place of a soldier, and every dog He envisages the sheer, cowardly t- ofit ;,,..,itself, thea, of course, da - years fearful epidemics break out, started that the boches fled before rho is ]till d th I' ung "In its temples i~,reek od Pneumonia and tuberculosis are also prevalent. But Chile's high death rate is main - the needs of the different members of the family, Arbitrary rules in this case are of little value but the principle is of gen- eral application, that the women in the homes can do no more important patriotic service than by guarding against waste. The question of sub- stitution is very largely in their hands. A little saving in every home, multi- plied by all the homes in the Dom- inion, would mean a very -large amount of food products Laved for the soldiers. You may feel that you do not need tude that he has seen a company ' of to sign the Food Pledge—that you will birds, save all you can without it. But how about your neighbor? The actual pledge may help her to remember the Red Tape. duty' of food service. The housewives McDowell had just passed the doe - of Canada, pledged to food service, and tor, and was entitled to be called Pte, living up to their pledges, will be a McDowell. He was having a look powerful factor in the struggle round the camp, which was to be his against Germany and against starve- home for some time. He wanted to tion, ' enter one of the tents and "pal up” Announcement is made by the Food with some one, and he moved to- wards one of them, and was about to enter when—"Halt!" cried the serge- ant. "You can't go in there!" "Why not?" asked McDowell, "It's the colonel's tent!" "Then, what is it marked 'Private' for?" The present British Parliament has lived longer than any of its twenty- nine predecessors since the Act of Union. Fish' Chowder. -2 cups potatoes (sliced), 1 cup onion (sliced), 1 cup fish. Cook separately potatoes, onion and fish. Combine. Season and reheat with white sauce. A Canadian forestry officer in France says that every particle of a tree which is cut down is utilized, even to the small limbs, which are made into charcoal and the roots into. -fire- wood. Controller that applications for lic- enses to manufacture oleomargarine in Canada or to import it should be made to the Office of the Veterinary Director -General, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. Further re- gulations in regard to the manufac- ture anufac- tureand importation of oleomargarine are being prepared by officials of the Department of Agriculture and re- presentatives of the Food Controller. Until these are adopted it is impos- sible to set a date when the licenses wild be operative, but notice will be • given in the newspapers. Late pullets are not good. There are a lot of pullets this fall too late hatched to keep for laying, at the present price of feed. Any pullet that is not nearing maturity by November Will not pay to hold. `IOU GOTW0. BLOCKS UP, AND THEN sTRAI61-Tro1rr 'THAT 5T•REE'r To. tiN 17IoU1E. IT's MIGHT`( NICE - OF YOU,DIjpF, TO TAKE US ALL NOME e saves a ife of a sod- gmetude which would be his lot were! s Bier for France.•were worshipped; Greek art flourished tightly that even when the machines •proudotherthan this safe and calmness schools' went for•th famous thetorr- war dogs Thetra i h them like so many frightened sheep. j No wonder the he forced to walk the world in a dress! country honors and is of her among its wealthy citizens; from its ly accounted for by the heavy them- were being shipped across the channel understandings service without giving khaki. His self-respect is now 'clans philosophers and poets," of issues, hope of hon- secure. Without the label which khaki, P P l and tile mortality from contagious -des-,no inkling of their existence reached or or glory; a service that yes all attaches to him he r taught ntaGaz of Neo -Platonism eases. The birth record of Chile is the enemy, as far as is known. I gt, peg ceives that ho taught in Gaza in the fifth and sixth The entrance is through •and asks nothing but a little love. would be eternally wanting to stop the ' centuries. Christianity, too, found one' of the highest in the wopld, but g a small passers-by and explain. , Besides, the mean rate of increase in popula- door in the lower part of one of the POTASH FROM SEAWEED: here its educated defenders. Yet once tion by excess of births over deaths 1 sides. The visitor has to crouch down r ttllo, one would hail him es `Chum' and again et fell to a savage horde of reduces it to one of the lowest in the a and crawl through on his belly, much gger and when he went a journey Moslems, forefathers of the Turks, world. Thus, one of the most health- in the same way that the tank gets Plant For This Purpose Has Been he would have to sit up straight and and the Crusaders found Gaza in health- ful countries'in the world reduces its unto action. When he is inside he Erected in British Columbia. prim in an ordinary compartment and ruins, Their occupation was uncer- inerease to a minimum throw h igno- cannot stand up unless he is very' be debarred from the cosy comrade -;twin, and the famous Saladin plan - increase g g i When the war broke out, the fertil- ship of the one with Troops Only' doted the place in 1170. Then carne a ranee, carelessness in the treatment of short. fzer supply, especially that of potash, pasted on its window. : We ion children and the had sanitary condi- I The first impression made upon the Was badly disrupted. Until then, we Ion '—tog—oh, comparathve rest, as the city floes not Mons in the dwellings of the workingbeholder is that he is in the hold of y ! • get out of khaki. appear to have been attacked again g German had been the principal But not yet." hisource of supply. Attention was ire- until it was taken by Napoleon Bona - classes. some kind of condensed battleship. All about him are pipes and d mediately directed to several possible t in his celebrated campaign in The veil of secrecy was kept down so Danger of Gasoline. engines an "— parte strange appliances. ,He might think materials from which potash fit Walking C' 1 1700. of himself as a dwarf who had got. P mfg - »g m a tic e. The the hood of a be obtained. Among these was kelp, The reason we cannot always walk The Modern City, bele hascausedmany out -buildings to- under When the visioniclearsantomo- a some- fusion water -plant the growing -in great pro- in a straight line with our eyes shute The modern town is dividecbinto be converted into private along sea -coast. Especially is because when we walk naturally four quarters, of which one lies on a p garages. what he finds that a tank is a model of is this the case on the British Colum- the steps hill. A magnificent This conversion, in many cases, car- orderliness. Everything is in its pro- -bis coast, where, owing to the manyP taken u our right and loftg iform anaav of four , ries with it the storage of more or less per place and ready for instant use. i indentations, the kelpbeds are of feetrence not of equal length. Thhs,dif_ ancient olives forms avenue four gasoline, In almost all municipal Tanks will stand a prodigious pun -,large area. to thea in the length of -steps is due' long, and is the `sig$b" of three regulations this storage is held to be;ishment. When they start after a After careful investigation a plant to fact that our legs are never ex -place. Finally, the city lies three objectionable. It is highly dangerous' machine gun which the Germans have for making potash from kelp has been actly the same length, miles from the sea, and is fifty miles and constitutes a risk, not only to the placed with great care they proceed installed at Pacific, on Moresby is -We think of them generally as of distant from Jerusalem. German aria - garage itself, but to adjoining pro- with ease and comfort through a rain land, one of the Queen Charlotte the same length, but they are not, and tors, according to a Toronto -trained perty. Gasoline will give off 180 of bullets and in short order get close group. It will have a capacity of 1 - this will be proven if you measure airman now taken prisoner by the times its bulk in vapor, and, when va- enough to even the most deftly con- 000 tons of wet kelp daily,and will get them accurately. Now, then, the long- Turks, have been aiding the Moslems porized, will convert' 1,560 times its sealed guns to silence them. A direct its Aupply from Cumshewa inlet. The er of the legs will always take a long -in the defence of Gaza and that part"' -- volume of air into an explosive mix- hit from an- eighteen inth shell would kelp is reaped by knives sus er step than the shorter one, and so if ofpounding offe early in the yea• ture, which will ignite from a blaze put a tank and all its crew out of Penned our eyes are shut, we walk in circles,' The pounding modern artillery g below scows which cut th t d' or spark. Five gallons of gasoline commission for keeps, but even "whizz growth as they pass over the beds. g will generate 8,000 cubic feet of gas, bangs" do not make any great differ- The kelp then rises to the surface or enough to fill a room 20 by 40 feet ence. where it is gathered, and 10 feet high. When ignited, it Efficient War Device. The company, in addition, proposes mediately expands to 4,000 times that to extract oils from non -edible fish space. In a built-up area, this would The men who do the fighting have and to make fertilizer from the fish re - cause a most destructive explosion, little to bother them, for it is barely fuse. ' with probable loss of life. The tempt- possible even to hear the patter of the—; ation to keep a rather large supply of enemy bullets in the front part of I Rye is hardier than gasoline on hand is great, and gar- the tank, The driver sits in the fore 'produce agood crop on and will ages should therefore be inspected b part of this landshipp land too poor Teacher—"There are three ,kinds of g P y peering out to produce oats, barley, corn or pota- poetry. You have mentioned two, The two best sellers in the world local are departments for dangerous through a narrow slit and directing: toes. Rye and buckwheat are good lyric and drdmatic. Now what is the are the Bible and Dickens, The Bib'Ie conditions, the progresd with ease. Once a driver crops to raise on poor land. . third?" Pupil-"Well—epi—epidemic:" comes first and Dickens runs a close second: So says the head of Chapman unless we have something to guide us, however, is even a more formidable When we walk with our ayes open thing than the exploits of a Sanson we are able to overcome the difference for a city's gates, and without irre- but with closed eyes this is impossible verence one may be sure that "the except with considerable practice, Parsley and sweet herbs should be gathered on a sunshiny day when full grown if they are to be dried. doors of - the city and the two posts, _ bar and all," have been quite' as ef- fectively carried away this time by British and A.ustralian "Tonunies." e Dickens in theA}ar. 0 � _ _ _ _ _ & :Hart, the Dickens' publishers, Be- rtfaa sides being widely react In this cowl - _ and England, Dickens has been translates,` in several languages, Copies -have been found in vacated German trenches. In England many of the army trucks are named for Dickens' characters, and at the lead- ing stations bored Tommies stanch around and het n sixpence (12 canto) on what the name of the next truck will be. It is tough luck to lose a sixpence on "Little Nell" or "Oliver Twist" when your pay can hardly btiy et Christmas present for the kid at home, _. The constant labor of foul• persons for an entire year is requh•ed to pro- duce a cashmere shawl of the best quality.' Ill White .potatoes are inclined to turn black When betng balled, adda few drops of vinegar to the water they are boiled hi., CM YOU TURN RIGHT THaRB WHERE. You sea TNAT BIG TREE AND -MEN l`T JUST ABOUT "TWO MII-es our 'THAT s'm'eE-r I LIVE so FAR OUT TOM, IT's A sifAME 'TO MAKE. YOU. coME sUCH A LONG DIsTAN'THIROIN r 'e. Talo' A. M.— FIva Mll.Es FROM Nome. AND 'oUT of GASOI.!NE