The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-25

ficer, and everybody is to be put strictly on his honor to play fair.
 Don't delay polishing the brass work with the understanding that you will do a good job twfien you get at it.; these will be an entire absence of good brass work when you start on a de- layed basis.
 Smoke from the exhaust simply shows that the cylinders are getting too much oil. This will always form quality of the lubricant, and to avoid it, the only remedy is to feed less oil
 | A scratched cylinder may be tem- porarily repaired by filling the scratches with silver solder and scrap ing flush with the bore. If the scratches are not too deep the cylind- piston rings put in.
 An arc lamp trimmer's truck, cleo trically driven, which has been put in operation in Philadelphia, has proved Iso economical that two more will be installed. Its efficiency is said to be about double the old-fashioned, cumb- ersome trolley wagon with it's high wooden platform.
 Often on the road it is found that loss of compression is taking place past the copper washer beneath the spark plug flange, and that a spare washer is not available. An excellent temporary substitute can be made by cutting piece of ne-sixteenth-inch copper wire the right length and bend ing it round circularly so that the ends overlap. Then given each of the overlapping ends a tap with a ham mer to reduce the thickness to about one-half and so that they fit together fairly.
 There has been considerable com ment since the announcement was made that the Glidden Tour would be succeeded by a Capitol to Capitol Tour.'' This latter event will be the national tour of the American Auto 1 mobile Association and the tentative route is from Washington, D. C., to quebec and Ottawa, Canada and re- turn to the States to some point to be definitely decided. What will be- come of the Glidden trophy has not been made known as yet, but that it is hard to dispense with that histor- ical prize is acknowledged by those closely connected with automobile sport. Quite an innovation proposed for the 1911 tour is division for individ- uals in which private owners will par ticipate.
 Several changes will be made. in the Connecticut automobile law If the measure which has been introduced by the Connecticut Automobile Asso- citation. The proposed lay provides for State taxation and prohibits muni- cipal taxation, although as matters stand now the motorist is called upon to pay taxes to both State and muni- cipality. Another change in the present law is provision to re- duce the regular resident" clause from three months to two months, which means that an automobi1ist will be considered a resident of Connec- ticut under the motor law, providing he lives in that State two months of the year: It is also proposed to make it jail offense for a chauffeur to make an untruthful statement in ap- plying for 6 license.
 The authorities in Japan have found it necessary to draft an auto- mobile ordinance-with remarkable re- suits. The principal provisions of the law are given in the accompanying paragraphs, the translation being as will be seen, free one and as faithful as can be. The speed of a car is linn ited to eight miles per hour but in Yokohoma or other specified places by other police authorities, speed is linn ited to six miles per hour; the cars must not go in rows or take races with car Or carriage; when any other carriage Or anyone pass ahead or ap- proach the car, the car must go in special slow speed or stop it's motion; when any car meets with a procession, festival. funeral, fire brigade, carriages etc, the car must top until passed; otherwise car must go the other way; if any disobey above, detention or money penalty will be imposed.
 CAN'T RESIST THE LURE
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