Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-02
IDEAS ON AUTO PURCHASING
II You Have Wife and No Friends
Get a Runabout.
IF YOU HAVE BOTH, GET TRAIN
Must Know Difference Between Cam
and CaIm-Thread Doesn't Come
on spool and Nut IL Not Edi-
bIe-Carry Lots of Robes.

a AdNlce Is bonlelHlhB tHat di can give
'but few will take, and Is the only thing
that goes with an automobile free.
TO the prospective purchaser Of a motor
car this advice IL offered without cost.
There are S9s best cars, all of which, ac-
cording to the catalogue. are exactly what
you dreamt about.
IL you want but one, do not consult your
friends or you may require as many kinds
as you have friends.
II you have q wife and no friends, get a
runaboutJ
IL you have friend and no wife, get
limousine.
II you have a wife and many friends, get
a train.
II you enjoy mechanics, be sure TO pur-
chase a siX-cylinder. sixty horsepower
touring type, and go to the mountains,
where you will have every opportunity of
exploiting your hobby.
No person should own a car without
knowing the difference between cam and
a calm; one means restlessness. the other
quiet restfulness
Don't Eat Bolt.
The thread OF a bolt has nothing to do
with the thread Of story nor will 1t UNI
wind like the thread from a spool. 1t sim
ply holds nut which is not edible, but
which you must watch and prevent from
falling into the gears.
These latter are a lot of mixed wheels
bearing numerous teeth, for which you will
find a special tooth brush in the tool box,
and are thrown in or out by lever, not
shovel
There are from one to six cylinders, &C
cording TO your financial condition, and
every cylinder adds to your troubles and
social prestige IL you have six cylinders,
do not try to run on three, or your friends
will Joke about it.
Each machine carries a contrivance called
a carburetor, which must be tickled from
time to time. and, II you have ever been
ti,klod, you know what that means. II Is
reany mixer and mikes drinks for the
cylinders.
The gasoline tank emptes into the car
buretor, aud when it does you must get
more gasoline.
You should always carry two quarts of
spark plugs because one quart seldom
works; ana unless YOU have sparks there
is no ignition, and il you don't get igni-
ton YOU don't get anywhere
Lots of Fun In Woods.
Six dry cells, tucked away somewhere in
a box furnish more or less electricity to a
buzzer that, il improperly handled, will give
no end Of amusement to your guests. Espe-
cally in a dense woods forty miles from
home.
D Assuming that everything is in working
Border, and that means no sand in your
valves, you can get from sixty to ninety
miles an hour, from even the poorest car,
by advancing the spark as you descend any
steep grade; under which circumstances il
would be wise TO sound horn at frequent
intervals, say, of one second each.
Tire troubles are probably the most
common annoyances with which gentle
man must cope, as requiring less brain and
more Drawn than most gentlemen can pro
duce. 1t Is prudent, therefore, to carry
couple Of extra wheels, fitted with pre-
4 inflated tires.
There is always safety in high speed; the
harder you strike an object the less liable
you are to know IT, Besides, your guests,
humping around in the tonneau, will have
greater reason to remember your hospl-
tally.
Go slow over large dogs; they are
apt to splash; small dogs. three-quarter
speed. The machine is apt to skid on a
brood of small chickens, so that It is wise
TO be trifle cautious near barn yards.
Absent MuffIer Handy.
Under the car, somewhere, is an attach
ment which has nothing to do with wearing
apparel, called muffler. This muffler
when cut out, produces a terrific noise. 1t
is very handy at night to startle sleeping
people, and is particularly useful, at all
times, for frightening animals and disturb
ing meetings.
Remember, you own the road. always
Pedestrians have no rights there. while
wagons should be knocked off tho highway
Unfortunately.
Never carry map. Simply peg along
and you will eventually end I'm some sur
'prsing place that will Increase your fund
, OF knowledge,
- BE sure TO carry enough robes, fur coats
gloves caps, busters, and goggles TO lit out
regiment; and when swinging up to a
hotel, have them all on, give your orders
in sharp, peremptory manner. or other
wise they will think you are cheap skates
in hired outfit
Always pay more for a thing than neces.
sary; throw your things around carelessly,
be grinly; and in time you may become an
expert,