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rear wheels so as to prevent the car rolling, jack up the other rear wheel and put the gear in high. By turn ing the wheel which is free from the ground the motor can be started, but extreme care should be exercised to prevent the jack from falling. This
 method should never be tried unless a competent person is in the drivers seat
 While most people think that one piece of chamois leather is as good as | another for cleaning automobile bod ies, the careful garage man soon dis covers that one will give good service, while the other will scratch the pol ish after a single days use. Some times it's the fault of the cleaner in l not properly caring for the leather. but more often it is the fault of the buyer in not selecting good leather. A new chamois cannot be used on the body of a car because of the fuzz that | 1t leaves behind it. Once the leather IS broken in, it is important that it be kept clean. It should be soaked in soapy water without much lye and l then put through a wringer.
 | Despite the fact that the New York Court of Oppeals has ruled that the l provision of the Ca1lan law compen- 1 ing a driver of a motor car to testify against himself in case of a collision | by forcing him to remain on the scene
 Of the accident and to give his name and address to questioning policemen 1 or eye witnesses, is unconstitutional,
 other States continue to hold opposite views. The latest decision uphold
 ing the constitutionality of such a pro- vision in the automobile laws of a State is reported from Missouri. The opinion was rendered by Judge With
 row who declares that the law re- ] quipes @ person in automobile not to furnish evidence against himself.
 but to furnish required Identification Hereafter the British army will car ry "tair' light, so to speak. At
 least that is the effect of divisional Dr. der issued at A1edrshot, which requires !! that when the soldiers are en marche
 at night one of the men in the real file carry what is styled a reflex light attached to the back of his belt The device is not a light at all, though it serves all the purpose of one. Il is simply a reflector, which is design ed to reflect the light from the pow
 erful head lamps of overtaklng cars
 and thus warn drivers of the obstruc- l ton in the road It is claimed thai the khaki colored uniforms blend tot | we'll the scenery at night, and the or der is the direct outcome of pre- vious unfortunate accident. in which heavy touring car crashed into tht I rear of column.
 The Enair of A6ghanistan has Cor dered" the construction of complete macadam road system for his king.
 dom, so as to permit Of his use o1 the motor cars which he bought few l months ago. The road system will l cover the entire country and will az. l gregate over 10000 miles; two of the more important highways being 30' and 400 miles in length, respectively l At the present time there is barely ten miles of road in Afghanistan suit able for automobile travel The pro
 ject will involve the construction o.
 roads blasted along the sides Of preci
 pitous mountains. miles of which vii
 be literally "in the clouds"-the pla
 teau over which the roads lead bein!
 the highest in the world, reaching 20,
 GOO feet, while some of it's peaks hay
 an altitude of 25,000 and 29.0O0 feet.