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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-01
Great Cbbac Treatment

This Is a square deal. You sign nothing no
notes, make us no promises, except to take the
treatment
The wonderful Wasserman Test, the only blood
poison test known to scientists proves that the
body is completely purified by the 0bhac Treat
mcnt. and That mercury and potash do not cure
blood poison. Sit down end write to us. giving
full history of your case In detail. We will
treat your letter rs a sacred confidence. Con-
snltation and advice free. We will send you also
the remarkable book. ARRIVING Out Blood poson''
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-01
German rrcverb.

Time, wind. women an6 fortune arr
ever changing.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-01
Flood Poison

but drives it out. 1t positively contains no min
erat poisons whatever so that cured by the
obtac Treatment you never run the terrible risk
of having your bones soften. your nerves collapse
your teeth fall OUT, your kidneys degenerate or
Your brain weaken. The 0bhac Treatment is a
marvel. producing remarkable changes IN only
so days. This Is why we offer to any blood
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-01

Blood Poison can never be cured with mercury
or potash. You might as well know this first -
last. Medical authorities say The most these
drugs do is to drive the blood poison bacs
Into the system and cmother 1t for several years.
Then when You think You are cured. pitiful mer-
curry symptoms will break out, rHd you find THAI
your bones have been rotting all the while. Yonr
teeth will begin to loosen AMI your tissues :,
glands, brain and vital organs will show the
terrible destructive power of the mercury and
potash. Locomotor Ataxia, Paralysis, Imbccil-
ity and Premature Death are then almost iHey.
table. Any medical authority will corroborate
these statements The remarkable vegetable
lbbac Trcas ment does not drive in The
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-01

Little Jack Horner sat in corner eating his
Christmas pie,
He let piece fall on his waist and said What
careless boy am |,
But | needn't worry about this stain,
Fels- Naptha'll make it all clean again.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-28
NEW TRANSCONTINENTAL
RECORD BY THE FRANKLIN

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 27.-For the third
time has a Franklin automobile broken
all transcontinental records, making
the trip across the country in fifteen
days.
Four years ago a Franklin made the
run from San Francisco to New York
in thirty-two days twenty-three hours
and twenty minutes, cutting the record
in two. This it again cut in two, max
ing the run in fifteen days, two hours
and twelve minutes two years later.
The motor car making the present
trip went by little different route, the
course lying between Syracuse and San
Diego; and as a matter of fact it went
in a box car by freight; but it is a
record-breaker nevertheless, for the
best previous time in which the rail-
roads have taken motor cars through
is twenty days. The automobile, a six
cylinder car of 1909 model, was con-
signed to Wilson Smith of San Diego.
With it was one Of the smaller Frank
lin
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-28
How to Remove Verdigris

Ordinary cleaning polish or paste
may not remove the coating of verdi
girls which forms when motor lamps
have been subjected to the weather
or have been in storage for a time
without being cleaned. Even the ap-
plication of considerable "elbow grease
helps matters but little, but the fol-
lowing mixture will remove the verdi
girls and if it will not thoroughly re-
store the lamps to their original bright
ness at least will prepare a surface
which can be highly polished by the use
Of the ordinary article. Mix good
metal polish with wood alcohol and
apply the resulting mixture to the
brass portions of the headlight, allow
ing it to dry. In a short time rub with
the regular wOolen cloth; the verdigris
and stains should then come away
leaving a fine surface.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-28
Good COVERING Paint

To cover the muffiler and exhaust
piping of q car two coats of paint made
as follows have been recommended
Boiled linseed oil, 1-5 pound; Japan
varnish, 1-5 pound; spirits of turpen-
tine, 2-5 pound; lamp black. IL o.
pure powdered graphite, 1-1a oz; pow
dered oxide Of manganese, q OF. First
mix the linseed oil and the Japan var
nish we'll together. then add in the or
der named, and stirring all the time,
the lamp black, the graphite and the
powdered manganese. The solids should
be added slowly, and the stirring brisk
ly maintained. AS the mixture thick
ems thin it down with the turps until
the quantity mentioned is added. This
paint should be used at once, for it
dries rapidly, and every time the brush
Is dipped the mixture should be care
fully stirred. 1t is we'll to paint the
muffler while it is hot, first cleaning it
thoroughly.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-28

sandth of an inch) and the beautifully
Tapped and polished races, tley would
not be capable of annihilating friction
to the extent they do. And also, if less
care were exercised to insure the pre-
cision attained, there is but little doubt
but that troubles would continually
arise, and fair criterion of this may
be noted in the damage which a trivial
amount of rust will engender. Once
let rust attack the polished surfaces Of
balls or races and the corrosion win
soon result in destruction of the bear
ing. For this reason ball bearings
should never be run dry; grease and oil
not only act as lubricants. but also pra-
vent rust attacking the steel. The oil
used, too, must be perfectly free from
acid, as this will cOrrOde the bearing.
Hubs are best stuffed full Of vaseline,
because this helps to keep out damp.
and as these bearings revolve compara-
lively slowly in the road wheels, a
thick lubricant answers just as we'll or
better than thin one. 1t may be taken
generally that the lighter the load and
the higher the speed the thinner should
be the oil which is used for balls.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-28
: Set Your Lamps Riuht

Inattention to and ignorance Of the
proper setting of the lamps upon the
frame are the cause of much loss in
the penetrative luminosity of head
lights. 1t is very important to see that
the forks Of the lamp brackets are alb
solutely perpendicular to the horizontal
plane Of the car. This in order that the
axis of the conical beam of light pro-
jected by the lens should be at right
angles to the vertical plane. This prin-
ciple is an abSolutiSm with the great
lamp making houses, and runs counter
to the ideas of some drivers, who think
that the lamps should be set slightly
forward out of the perpendicular in or
der that the light may be more pro-
fusely thrown upon the ground, which
will be quite sufficiently illuminated
by the lower portions of the beam. The
idea of good road illumination is not to
light up the immediate surface of the
road itself, but to illumine space far
ahead Of the car for the distant dis
covery of everything in the roadway.
The rays will strike and light up the
surface quite early enough to discover
loose metal, bad holes or bad cross
ings.
To correctly position lamps, the car
should be placed on a level piece of
ground, or lacked or shored up until
the frame is level each way. Then the
forks carrying the lamps should be set
so that the lenses are vertically paral-
lei with a plumb line held in front Of
them, and are proved to be dead square
with each other by a straight edge be-
ing placed horizontally across both
lenses
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-28
Tracing Your Troubles

The Importance of following a tran
faithfully in investigating stoppages of
mysterious character is fairly we'll
exemplified by the following incident:
A British-made car had been in for re-
pairs, and on starting it up afterward
1t soon came to stop.
The ignition was first suspected.
When a certain time had elapsed in
finding that the ignition had been
blamed wrongfully, some one gave the
starting handle turn and the engine
at once started up and ran again for q
little while. This time it was found
that the carburetter was nearly empty,
and as there was plenty Of gasolene
in the tank, and the tap was turned
on, the jet was presumed to be quite
clear, and so the gasoline pipe was
thought to be clogged. While the
thinking" was going on the engine
was again started up, and again ran
for a little while, thus damping any
hopes that perhaps the removal Of the
jet had cleared away some unobserved
obstruction. The nut connecting the
gasoline pipe to the carburetter was
then loosened, and by the gush of gas
oline 1t was evident that the pipe was
not stopped up. Eventually it was dis
covered that the block was between the
union connecting the gasoline pipe to
the carburetter and the vertical tube
leading to the float chamber How the
union got loosened is a bit of a puzzle,
but the union was shifted round so that
the holes forming the passage at the
joint Of the elbow no longer conceded,
but were almost closed to one another;
so closed, in fact, as to only admit
enough gasosine to the float chamber
to allow the engine to run about a min
ute each time it was started up.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-28
Cuttinu Down Gasoline

When a motorist has become some
what expert in the running of his car
it will be found advantageous to grad
ually cut down the gasoline feed until
the point is found at which the motor
runs well but will not stand a further
reduction. The smaller the proporsion
Of gasoline the more economically the
motor will run and the cleaner it will
keep. This can, of course, be carried
to extremes and the efficiency of the
engine interfered with; but the proper
feed can be determined without great
difficulty. The same process should be
applied also TO the cylinder lubrica-
ton. When the gasoline and lubricat-
ing oil are feeding into the cylinder in
the smallest quantities that will pro-
duce good results, the motor should run
for a long time without fouling the COM
preston space or the sparkling plugs,
and on the minimum amount of OIL
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-28
Adjust the Cone Clutch

Slipping in a leather-faced cone
clutch may be due to want of adjust
ment, and consequently remedied by
Tightening up the clutch spring. Very
often slipping is due to the presence
of grease, oil. etc, on the leather.
in which case the latter should be well
washed with gasoline and slightly
roughened with rasp and adjusted up
little by the spring. Of course, if the
leather is badly worn and fired. there is
only one remedy, and that is a new
clutch leather. The latter gets badly
burned by injudicious driving, such as
slipping the clutch continually on the
high speed on a hill instead of chang
ing on to a lower speed.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-28
For a EiftN=Eooter

Q.-I am building a 5O-foot boat on
good lines with a torpedo stern and
would like know what horsepower to
put in for a speed Of IA miles an hour.
What should be bore and stroke and
the number of cylinders for the engine? i?
Would you recommend a reversing pro-
peller for an engine of this size?
A. L. MOSHER.
Ave should say about a so horse
power engine. The best satisfaction
would probably be obtained from a
four-cyinder engine of the two-cycle
or the four-cycle type, depending on
which type the inquirer has been the
more accustomed to handling. For a
four-cylinder two-cycle engine of the
same power we would recommend
about an 812-inch bore by a 10-inch
BY no means use a reversing propeller
stroke. By no means use a reversing
propeller for high-speed boat re-
versing gear should be employed with
the mechanism inside the boat, with a
solid propeller.
Oil Escapes at Main Bearings
Q.-The oil in my horsepower YER
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-28
When Spark PIuq Breaks

If a valve or the porcelain in a spark
ing plug breaks-fortunately both oc-
currences are now very rare-care
should be taken to ascertain whether
any of the pieces have got into the cyl
inder. If so, they should be removed
before attempting to run the motor, as
1t does not take piece of steel or a few
chips of hard porcelain very long time
to so cut cylinder that if must be
renewed. AS a rule, cylinder walls
are not Of sufficient thickness to permit
rebOring if it is necessary to take off
more than the merest suspicion of a
cut, and a few chips caught by the pis-
ton can make fairly deep grooves the
entire length of the stroke
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-28
Torpedo and Timino

Q.-Is the torpedo boat form of hull
suitable for high speed motor boats?
How much power should be installed in
a speed launch so feet over all and 10
feet beam to insure IA miles an hour?
What is the most satisfactory method
of timing a boat to finG its speed where
there are no buOys Or actual measured
distances to depend on? E. P. COLE.
A.-The torpedo form is very salts
factory for speed boats, especially
when stability is desired at the same
time and the boat is to be used for
pleasure as well. This question is very
difficult to answer without knowing
something about the lines, displacement
and the determination of the various
coefficients; however, we would say
that if a good light high-speed engine
is to be obtained it would require at
least 80 horsepower, if not 35 or 40
horsepower. Use a taffrail log and
stop watch in as quiet water as it is
possible to find
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-28
Questions and Answers
BY GEORGE o. BARNES

tical four-cycle enclosed-crank engine
splashes through the crank shaft bear
ings all over the flywheels. Can 1 rem
edy this by using grease cups and a
good grade of grease on the bearings
r. B. SAWYER.
A.-The bearings are probably loose
and require adjustment. If the needed
tightening up can't be readily done put
a compression relief pipe on the crank
case so when the piston comes down
the air in the case will have an easier
method Of escape in place Of blowing
through the bearings, as it does.
Grease cups and good grease on main
bearings are both excellent things, but
they will not stop the trouble.
Loose Bearings, Perhaps
Q.-There is a very annoying ham
mering somewhere in the engine Of my
car which have so far been unable to
locate. Is it not due to the ignition
being too far advanced, because it con-
tinueS just the same when the spark is
retarded? l took the advice of an 'ex-
pert and cleaned out the cylinder with
kerosene to loosen the piston rings in
case they were sticking, but the ham
mering still continues.
B. J. BATEMAN.
A.-Your trouble may be due to many
things. A loose bearing may in all
probability be the cause, or premature
firing may be occasioned by the cylin-
der heads being carbonized. The only
remedy for this is to remove the cylin-
ders and thoroughly clean the heads.
When doing this the opportunity af-
forded you to make sure all of the
bearings are in proper condition should
be taken advantage of.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-28
Keep Bust from BEARINGS

The most insidious enemy of a ball
bearing is rust. Were it not for the
extreme accuracy of the balls them
selves (Which are rejected in some fac
tories if they vary from a truly spheri-
cal shape more than one ten-thou-
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-28
Timer and Distributor

Q.-What IS the ditference between a
timer and a distributor?
GREENHORN.
"A timer makes and breaks the
electric circuit and causes the spark at
the proper time in the cycle or round
of operation in the engine. A spark
coil is required for each cylinder of
the engine. A distributor is a mechan-
ical device in connection with the timer
by which the sparks from a single coil
are distributed to the various cylinders
as needed. A distributor on a six-cyl-
inder engine would thus take the place
of five spark coils.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-28

Oil Escapes at Main Bearings
Q.-The oil in my 4 horsepower -vel
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-28
Drivers Learn Quickly

After using a car for a long time 4
motorist becomes very sensitive to any
change in running conditions, both as
to variations in the sound Of it's op-
GRAFTON and its motion. A squeak, due
to some unlubricated part, is very
sure to be detected, and the sensation
due to the car running on a fiat tire
is not likely to elude the drivers at
tention for any great distance. He
will also very quickly notice if any one
of the feeds of the sight feed lubrica-
tor ceases to work and will be quick
to detect any change in the working OF
the water circulation indicator, if one
is used, and no conscious attention,
practically, is required to attend to
these matters, the care which is shown
for them becoming entirely involun-
tary.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-28
RAYMOND STANDARD RACER
Hints to New DriUerS

Few motorists, even those who drive
frequently at night, appreciate the i'm
portance of keeping the lens mirrors
and front glasses of the motor lamps
clean. A greasy or dingy surface such
as follows one or two evenings driv-
ing absorbs a considerable percentage
of the light from the flame. BY far
the best and handiest thing to clean
the lens mirrors is a mixture of equal
parts of alcohol and water; a so per
cent solution evaporates more slowly
than pure alcohol, SO giving time 10
wipe the glass clean. While on the
subject of lamps it is worth mentioning
that all tubing from an acetylene gen
orator should slope either downward
or away from the generator, and there
should be provision for draining it at
its lowest point, since there is a
gradual condensation of water in the
piping which, if it collects in pockets
results in Objectionable flickering.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-02
PUT RING IN HIS MOUTH.
That He EsnalIy Returned But Is Ac-
eused Of Stealing Three Others.

WinoosSi, Oct z. Private Joyce. who
was left behind at the post hospital for
treatment when Troop H Of the 18th
cavalry went to Fort Lcayenworth, Kas.,
was arrested late yesterday afternoon
BY Officer ST. Armour OH the complaint
Of Joseph Devino ieweler, on charge
ol petit larceny. The alleged crime con
sisted of the theft Of three rings which
tne man WAS examining with q view 10
purchasing. Mr. Devino brought out a
Tray Of rings for the customers inspec-
ton
The man picked up several rings and.
not returning any TO the tray, aroused
Mr. Deyino's snApicions and he called
upon the man 10 pay for them or put
them back ID the tray. A fonFth ring be
placed in his mouth. When challenged
he brought forth the ring from his
mouth and is said to have attempted 70
place ii in the pocket Of q colorcd sol
dier who was In the store. The eolored
man resented this action and moved
away from Joyce, who threw the ring
back OF the counter. Mr.. Devino, when
he found that the man would not re-
turn the three rings he bad first picked
Zip, sent for al officer, who placed Joyce
under arrest and took him 70 the Lafay
ette lookup. He was searched but
nothing was found on his person.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-02
BuRLINaroN.s aRED NIGHT
Somewhat Dimmed Through Recent
Prosecutions

Burlington, Oct 2.copies Of the or
dinance TO suppress immoral and iH-
proper practices III the citN Of Raeling-
Ton have been furnished BY City Altar
mex Martin s. Villas to each of the regu-
lar policemen. with instructions to re-
port violations Of the same Il fhe chief
of police when, upon competent evie
denee, prosecutions would ensue. Sheriff
Allen and his deputies have given aid
10 the work ID their recent raid Of the
place az ss Interyale avenue upon war
rants issued By the city attorney for
violations of this ordinance Eleven
prosecutions and convictions IN city
court resulted from this raid.
The keeper Of this place, Mrs. Phil
omene Iamoine, was notified in court
BY the city attorney that she must
close her place and stpp her illegal BITS
mess OF be would drive her out bv re-
peated prosecutions The departments
|of the sheriff and the police report that
the nine girls convicted in court have
all left town and that the proprietress
for the first time IN very many years
has closed her place. other raids upon
places Of similar character hut lesser
notoriety are likely soon to BE made.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-02
BONDING PARTY
FOUND FUGITIVE
Hubert Matthew Is Charged with EN-
bezzling from Catholic Order Of
Foresters Court at Manches-
ter, N. H.

Manchester n IT. Oct 2-Huhart
Mafbisn indicted ~ the GRAND iury ou
i've co,,nfs N embe1zIament from Court
rayai catholic order n Foresfers. has
heen found Is DnMtb Mimi ana sheriff
H Ramsev ma Serot Iohn +. f),Dowd
af fhe leeal noliee foTce left Iast night
a hrina h;m baek for trial
Matthew formerly ran i library IN this
city Al l9g4 EIm streef ana was pran,j.
neat ip FYeneh CATHOLIC fraternal ofganj.
zs IONS IT, was treasurer of court "a.
rai Il 4 ana sa,n4 tfnse hagafa bis
suaaan denart,re fram fhie clfv was
II 8 sllssa.i foe,Aa shaFf. i IL -
counts
He was eiyen repeated warnings lr
tha ng1ieers 81 ~ sasiafv vino IN Ane
II a gha aafe far rim Is have his IS.
counts straiphtened out for inspection.
Us Anr M n II alleged that ii adaitian
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-02
REPLIED 10 KEENAN, CHARGES.
DR.. Cook Explains in Boston Lecture
Polar Food Question.

Boston Oct. 2.-Dr. Frederick A.
Cook last night, In Symphony hall, de-
iYered his lecture before representa-
tive Boston audience
DR.. Cook took occasion TO reply to
one recent and pertinent query Of George
Kennan II a magazine article, in which
the writer claimed that Dir. Cook could
not take sufficient food supply on two
single sIedges to last eightv-tw0 days.
DR. Cook said in reply
MIR Kennan started out with the idea
that We used pressed musk OK meat as
food for dog and man. IL we had, his
criticism would have been Just, for We
could not have lived on less than 5000
pounds of such meat, which ii would
have been impossible to carry on two
sEedges. But we did not have musk OK
food. We bad permmiean. and we used
one pound. per man, per dog, per day.
One pound II pemmieaH i equal to fve
pounds OF fresh meat, 80 you Will See
that Mr. Remnants figures are al right
when properly applied"
Last night Dr. Cook included peary's
name Id the list Of inteprid explorers
who had preceded him 10 The far north.
Dr. Cook declared the western route
was taken IN order that If The expedition
rallied to reach the pole BE would at
least have had the satisfaction Of ex-
pl0rimg new country
DR.. Cook left on the regular midnight
express for New York over the New
York, New Haven 4 Hartford railroad.
Ile did not meet Harry Whitney in this
city.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-02
EVERYBODY TAGGED,
THAT'S, MOST EVERYBODY
There Were Few VINO Were skilIfui
Enough at Dodging to Escape AL
the Young Women Who Be-
aeged Them To-day.

Those people who appeared on the
streets today and escaped being tagged
hy .one or more of the crowd Of Young
women who chased them were skillful
dodgers. sure enough, for the canyassers
for the City hospital free bed were per-
sistent and lively. The man who was
not .n7 on the game was surprised,
more than surprised, 60 see young wo-
man bearing down toward him and,
tack about as best lie could To avoid 3
collision, he would lind himself halted
and looking plump into some pleading
eyes and be would hear an appeal 10
bpy a tag, while The Young woman at
the same time pfoeeeded to place q brill
liant TED tag upon him, whether he
would or not.
iile young woman carried large line
81 tags which bore tile words, Tag day.
BaHre City Hospital They also carried
The treasury department with them, con.
sisting of i pasteboard box with aIiiice
for coin Of bills, a. the purchaser Of the
tags saw fit They started ont II 930
this forenoon, and II ii expected that
before the day Is concluded 4 consider
able sum will be realized by the Ladies'
Hospital Aid society for tAe benefit Of
the hospital