Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-13

also be instantly told by feeling of the
on side OF the Jacket, which ordinarily
should be cool enough to bear the hand
upon.
It IS not prudent to undertake to adj
just the ignition nor the full system OF
an automobile in the absence Of fan.l-
iarity and at a distance from home. with
the chances Of disarranginS the system
beyond the skill Of the owner to fur
Their cope with the problem. II ca.
will run at all. one unfamiliar with the
situation will be justified In urde. taking
the tuning-up process in some place
where he can gel assistance Il necessary;
there Is chance that he might, by IN
ker ng with the delicate adjustments, SO
derange the power pant that he Will rail-
o make the moto run at all--assistance
will then be necessary.
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The list Of exhibitors for the eleventh
annual international automobile show IN
Grand Central Palace. December 81 to
January 7. has grown by leaps and
bounds during the last few days.
The motor truck appears to be COM
ing into its own and the built for bust-
ness vehicles will not be sighted at
tie Palace show. They are to be shown
in greater numbers and variety than ever
before. Something like 30 per cent of the
motor car space Is to be given over to
the trucks. The greatest Improvements
there viii be a horde Of new ideas in this
section.
There are two ways of doing almost
everything. and this is especially true
of fastening battery and coil terminal
wires. One way is wrong, and the other
is to twist the bare end OF the vile
around the terminal as the l.anas OF the
clock move, and then tighten up the nut.
The reason for this is because the
screw-tnead is right-handSd, therefore
the tenuency Of the Tightening nut will
be to twist the wire around the terminal
tighter tLan was. Should the wire De
twisted the other way the nut would
tend to untwist' 1t and 1t would slip
under the nut and very likely get a very
poor hold.
Sc
The recent retirement Of John W. Stod-
dard from the presidency Of the Dayton
Motor Company was marked by the
presentation Of bronze tablet by
SAC @,$VV AA1CA CAhpAOy Co bh tiiS ohOPS IA
Dayton, Ohio The incidents in Mr.. Stod
dard's business career from 1872 to 10 o
were represented by the products of bust
ness in bold has relief on the huge tablet.
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Graphite exists in two forms-crystal-
line Cor fake) and amorphous. It is
known to the trade by the names OF
black lead, ptumbago and graphite
Black lead usually refers to the interior
grades Of graphite, plumbago to the Cey-
lon product and graphite to the Ameri-
can product. A Distinguishing charac-
teristie of graphite is its unctuous q.al-
ity, and all graphites have this quality,
the crystalline moe SO than the amor
photfs FORMS. for the reason that when
crystal Of graphite is broken the
cleavage surface Is smooth, while in the
case Of the anonymous graphite. and be-
fracture Is necessarily irregular anu
rough. 1t is only VIXEN the Irregular. ties
are worn away that such a surface be-
comes smooth and unctuous.
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There is a bfand-new organization
among noted automobile drivers which,
for exclusiveness. has anything gone be-
fore beaten to q frazxle." 1t is known
as the NJ. v. s. Club, and 1t was recently
organized at Savannah, Ga, with three
charter membership only three living
men In the history Of the world who can
qualify for membership. The mysterious
initials stand for Most Valuable Sec
onds," and the men, who through bitter
experience have been taught the value Of
fieeting seconds where automobile racing
Is concerned. have banded together and
formed the nucleus of what must. at best,
remain a peculiarly limited organization.
The essent al qualifications for member
ship Is that racing driver must lose q
big road race by less than q minute, and
Ralph Milford is the chief timekeeper Of
idea OF the value OF Sc onds-his three
seccnds' miss of the 200-miie Atlanta
trophy race in stock car SO quickly fol-
lowing his six-seconds' loss Of the Fair
mount Park race being more costly per
second than Joe Dawsons twenty-five
second loss Of the Vanderbilt or Hemery's
fifty -six-second loss of the Grand Prize
at Savannah. Milford. Dawson and Hem
cry are the present members Of the M. ".
S. Club and the motoring world will watch
with great interest any addition to the
limited ranks.