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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-09-04
USED SHARK POWER

got the idea of building a cage for 1t
beneath the boat and utilizing it to
tow the boat. To get the fish started
Arthur used pointed nail driven into
the end of a short stick.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-09-04
Roy,, Gray locks Puzzle.

Berwick, Pa. --Physicians Of this
section are puzzled over the case Of
the fve-year-old ron of John De
Frab1ig of West Berwick. whose hair
is gray as might be found in a person
Of tours score years. The parents. who
are normal. have four children. all
mutes, while one sen delights in eat
ing chalk, coal and pieces of paper
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-09-04
Doll Got Away.

Pittsburg. Pa.--Attempting to save
six-year-old VerS'stanley's doll when It
fell from her arms into the river. Hen
~ Rulka. aged eight. was drowned
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-09-04
FIVE HAVE UNIQUE MALADY

the medical class OF the University
College OF Medicine. bu declared
no medical or surgical skill would
avail.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-09-04
The Natural inference.

While out motoring the other day
ran across an old friend of mine
Was he much hurt?"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-09-04

ances. One OF the exhibits includes
fuH-sized lifvboat, equipped with
oars, sails, compass. lanterns. proyi-
sions, water, he preseryers. etc.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-09-04
CRITICAL TIME:
OF WOMAN'S life
From 40 to so Years Of Age.
How 1t May Be Passed
in Safety.
Odd, va.:-"I am enjoying better
health than / have for 20 years, and

DSneNS 4 can SaISlY
say now that / am a
well woman. Twas
reared on a farm and
had all kindsof heavy
work to do which
caused the, troubles
that came on me la
ter. For five years
during the Change of
Life | was not able
to lift a pail of wa
ter. / had hemor-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-09-04

The old hat on a woman's head
hasn't the slightest resemblance to the
new one she has on her mind.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-09-04

The average man can make fool
Of himself almost as easily as wom-
an can make fool of him.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-09-04

you CAN CURE CATARRH
By using Coles Cslrbolisalve- II IS a moss
effective remedy. All druggists. rs and Zoe.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-09-04

A woman's notion of a good busl-
Eess proposition is to join soap
club.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-09-04
comparatIve Posseaslon.

Il have an abstract theory"
That's nothing. I've got a concrete
cellar"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-17
SPIRAL GEARS To
REDUCE NOISES
Absolute Quiet in All Parts Of
Chassis Now Sought by
Makers.

Small noises coming from h minor
parts of an automobile have received
greater attention during the past year
than eyer before, and the cars now on
exhibition furnish evidence that quite
as much thought has been given to the
little causes of noises as to h irritat-
ing big ones. This is particularly true
of the STANDARDIZATION cars. in which
the effort to produce inaudible opera
ton has been carried much further
than the use of the SILENT Knight"
motor.
Transmission and rear axle noises
were about all that remained to be
silenced this year. and this has been
accomplished 20 a remarkable degree
by q change OF design in the transmits
sion and by fine design ind fitting in
the rear axle. By persistent refinement
of III rear axle the bevel gear and
drive pinion have been perfectly mated
and there Is no longer any hum when
the motor Is pulling.
Noise In the transmission has been
eliminated by changing the drive gears
from the straight spur type to spiral
gears. Because the transmission drive
gears arc always in mesh and need
not necessarily be clash gears, 1t is
practical to use the design which gives
longer and easier engagement Since
the spiral gears operate with more of a
sliding than striking contact, II is APP
parent that an apparent source of
noise is removed.
Next to the purely mechanical noises
are those caused by the mounting Of
the body and its vibration on rough
road surfaces. This has been over
come by the placing Of rubber cush-
ions or bumpers between the frame and
body. eliminating squeaks and saving
the body itself from much of the rack
ing 1t would ordinarily receive.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-17
Driving Cars at High Speed
Is Wasteful Extravaganza
Involves an Expenditure Out Of All Proportion to the Pleasure
Obtained and Shortens Life of the Auto.

Speed is costly. To reverse man.
weli-known axioms, the saving OF tim
is not always a saving of money. Fas
travel, whether In trains. in motto
cars or in the pace of human life In
evitably costs something. Just al
speeds increase. 30 the ratio Of cos
runs up. It is known, for instance
that the Twentieth Century trair
makes no money, and it Is equally Ger
tain that those who live q fast life
seldom live a long one. Why shoul6
It be different IN tho case Of 10 motoi
car, which is run at top speed ell the
timer
Driving a motor car at It's highest
speed oil the time involves ar expense
beyond all proportion to the pleasure
obtained and always results in shorten
ing the life of a car that ordinarily
would" cost but little to maintain.
Most Of us know the motoriBt who
tears through the town with q wide
open throttle. In gleeful realization OF
the fact that his machine by being
pushed to the very limits Of it's capa-
bilities, will attain and maintain a
! speed Of q mile a minute. or even
more.
It 10 to the everlasting credit Of the
automobile that the -exultationg of
speed may be continued with compare
tive irnpunity for a considerable time.
However. he who Is familiar with
railroad mechanics and knows the in
tervals within which the average To-
copotive goes to the round-house for
repairs. understands that though the
locomotive travels on an Ideal road
surface which Is not interrupted by
the slightest inequality, every demand
upon tho engine beyond the normal
service conditions for which 1t was de-
signed must result In abnormal wear
and tear.
For purposes of transportation IL is
impossible to consider the motor We
hicie apart from the road on which
It travels; the one is as necessary as
the other. and, ultimately, the mechan-
Ism of an automobile rests not on the
brick foundations Of a stationary en-
CINE, nor on the ideally conditioned
steel rails of the railroad, but on the
ordinary road surface which changes
during every second of running.
True, the modern automobile acqults
itself nobly of It's tasks. when used
sensibly, but the chronic speeder. who
is apt to be d%isgruntled at what to
him may seem unreasonable wear and
tear, must boar in mind that he is put
ting his car to severe trials every time
he races II over the ever-changing road
surface with every ounce of reserve
power in action.
Similar observations may be made In
regard hil-ciimbing. Tho persistent
high-gear hill climber Is first cousin
to the scorcher. Climbing every hill
on the high gear. while II may be done,
imposes the hardest kind of work not
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-17

only on the motor, but on every other
part of the car.
Lower gear ratios are provided for
hill-climbing, and they should be used
for 1t. 1t may be we'll to consider q
little more carefully the amount of
work one by an automobile climbing
a gradient on, say, a gear ratio of
three to one. This means that one
revolution of the driving wheel Is pro-
duced by three revolutions of the en-
| CINE crankshaft. With the other gear
ratios the intermediate and the low,
| the number of revolutions Of he en-
gine becomes still greater as COM
pared with the number of driving
wheel revolutions.
1t is not difficult to compute with
exactness the distance which a car is
propelled by one explosion of the en-
CINE, and the power consumed in hill
climbing. The circumference of a 81
inch wheel is approximately 100 inches,
and In covering one mile the driving
wheel ~revolves 633 times. Since the
motor turns over three times as fast
as the driving wheel it will require
1899 revolutions of the crankshaft to
propel the car one mile. Thus, if, for
iA6tdiiScs u <hd-AW VIGIL NldSCottc SAOulu
proceed at the rate Of thirty miles per
hour, approximately $50 engine revolu-
tons are required. With two power
strokes for each revolution there are
1 300 explosions a minute. or $500 ex-
plosions per mile, n each explosion
propels the car about 1 foot and Az
inches.
This estimate presumes that the car
Is propelled over level ground. To
mount a hill means simply hat grade
resistance Is added to the various fric-
tional and other resistances. An auto
mobile something like the Mascotte,
2.100 pounds, climbing a hill 200 feet
high (measured vertically simply per-
forms the task of overcoming the
action of gravity. or lifting. and the
calculation of the power required to do
this must involve the factors from
which the horsepower unit Is derived.
To lift 200 pounds 200 feet high In
one minute is the same thing as lift
ing 2.100 times 200, equaling 400, 0oe
pounds-one foot high in one minute.
Theoretically, then, the lifting of 2,100
pounds 200 feet high requires 42o, 900
divided by $4,000, ~equaling 12.75 horse
power, and the losses through friction,
air resistance, ETC.. consume the re-
mainder Of tho theoretical horsepower
output.
From tho foregoing It must become
apparent that rushing up a steep hill
on the high gear must subject N
car to stresses, which are
likely to affect the life and the service
to a considerable extent.
Gear-shifting is not a cumbersome
task, and the mounting of gradients
will not be attended by harm If the
gears are put to the use for which
! they were intended.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-17
URGES vANAD|UM
ON PANAMA CANAL
Government Wants Finest Steel
Used in Construction of
Hauling Engines.

Vanadium steel Is what the federal
government would like to have in forty
locomotives to use at Panama, but is
vanadium too expensive? This is the
pretty problem with which the secre-
tary Of var is now wrestling. Forty
locomotives of carbon steel can be
bought for $49s, o10, whereas canadium
Yet the government is h~esitating, for
tho work the locomotives have to do is
strenuous In the extreme. 1t Is their
duty to tow the great ocean vessels
through the canal, and, to gain suf1-
Gent purchase, they are to work upon
cogged rails. This will subject the
locomotives to extraordinary vibration,
and vibration is fatal to common OF
carbon steel, rapidly causing disinte-
grafton and breakdown.
This has been proved repeatedly in
the automobile field. Cars in time be-
gin to fail without n appreciable
cause. Minor repairs have constantly
to be made. and in the end many
machines prove more trouble than
they are worth.
The same remedy hat the govern
ment is proposing to use ct Panama
has already been brought into automo-
bile construction. Vanadium has been
used with remarkable results. Van
adium Is q mineral alloy, scarce in
the market and coming from mines Id
Peru. When fused in the proportion
OF about SIX parts to the hundred with
molten steel II acts 10 q iux, cleans
ing tho fusion and rendering tho MOLE
cules Of the steel practically proof
against capitalization, the bane Of COM
mon steels. Heat treatment combined
with vanadium makes a steel that ia
OF tremendous toughness.
Vanadium steel Is used in many
automobiles, in some parts that are
subject to the greatest vibration and
strain. One car. the Ford, Is con-
structed of vanadium throughout. In
fact, 1t was Henry Ford who popular
Lied vanadium among the makers of
cars.
A great advantage OF vanadfum ION
struction is that it allows dead weight
to be cut to a minimum. This In turn
reduces maintenance expense and gives
trim lines to the car.
Not infrequently attention is called
In a striking manner to the superiority
of vanadium over other and cheaper
steels. A short time ago a car Of vana-
dunn construction smashed into q
heavy touring car-almost four times
Its own weight. The vanadium car
was scarcely feazed. and drove away
under it's own power. while the two
ton touring car had to be towed away,
a battered wreck. A facetious bystand-
er called the encounter the battle OF
the Monitor and the Merrimac.'
Laboratory tests also verify the su-
periority of vanadium. Tests made at
the University of Micfngan--upon the
axle Of a Ford c~ar-failed to break the
axle, although the most powerful tor
sion machine was brought to bear on
It.
For reasons such as these the secre-
tary Of war Is considering whether in
the long run It Will not pay the Fed.
erai government much better to ex-
pend almost twice as much for its forty
locomotiveS and get them Of vana-
| dunn.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-17

plements that are likely to be used
On route. They win follow the santa
Fe trail over the proposed route OF tho
National Boulevard.
Wolgast feels that this little cross
country 1aunt will put him in perfect
condition for a few pugtlistio stunta
he hopes to pull of ON his arrival in
the East. 1t may be that Ad win End
a few young hopefuls on his trim from
the Pacific to the Atlantic, and he prob
ably will not be averse to gathering
In a little loose change whenever the
opportunity offers. This will hslp to
pay for gasoline. Mrs. Wolrast II An
enthusiastic motorist, and she Will -
ct the wheel during a good portion a
the trip.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-17
BOSTON POST ROAD IS
OPENED TO STAMFORD.

The bureau OF tours Of the Automo-
bile Club of America is authority for
the statement that the Boston ~postroad
between Greenwich and Stamford is
now open for the entire distance. so
that for the first time In a year and a
half no detour is necessary between
these places.
Automobilists are warned to proceed
with caution near Stamford, as the
trolley tracks have just been taken
from the road and It will require a
few days before the necessary filling
in Is completed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-17
AUTO CONCERN MAKES
CHANGE in CARS TITLE

Following the policy of the majority
of motor car builders. the Cole line of
automobiles have dropped the figures
80 and 30-40. which have been used
after the trade name of their car. Cole.
These figures. which signifed the horse
power of the ar. had a real value from
an advertising standpoint, but the off,
cials Of the Cole Motor Car Company
IN increasing fhe horsepower of the
car found thai the figures were con-
fusing.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-17
ALL-STEEL BODIES MAKE
HIT AT TRUCK EXHIBITS.

Two improved types Of coal-dumping
bodies are being shown this year by
the American Locomotive Company at
Alec exhibits In motor truck shows.
A feature of these bodies. as well as
of other types. is that, like the newest
railroad coaches, they are constructed
entirely of steel.
These "all-steel' exhibits are said
to be one Of the most important I'M
provements Of the year in motor truck
building. Scarcely a stick OF wood IL
found on the trucks, yet they are no
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-17
L PLANNING
LONG AUTO TRIP.

AID Wolgast. lightweight champion of
the world, has just purchased a new
Mercer runabout in Los Angeles, CAL,
and he and Mrs. Wolgast are planning
a trans-continental trip. to begin about
the first Of April. The car will be
fitted up with everything necessary for
such a trip, including cooking utensils,
q good supply OF food. a oomplste
camping outnt. shovsls ana other Inn
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-17

heavier than the average vehicles Of
their rating.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-21
Th[ WRECK OF THE TITAN
By MORGAN ROBERTSON

plr AMI finished his supper. then, tax
ing no par, n his watch mates open
discrs.tnu II the fight and guarded
discussion of collisions. rolled into MS
bulk ana sianlicd Until eight bells.
when II. :ilrnel ont with the rest.
"row,ani." said the biz bOatswaln
rs the watch mustered on deck. take
the s,arlioaiel bridge lookout"
ut is not my trick. boats'n." SAID
Rowland in surprise.
"Or,lcrs from the bridge. Get up
there"
Rowland grumbled. as sailors may
when a..rieved. and obeyed. The man
he relieved reported his name and dis
appeared. The first officer sauntered
down the bridge. uttered the official
keep a good lookout" and returned to
his post: then the silence and lOneli'
ness of night watch at sea. intensi'
fed by the never ceasing hum Of the
engines and relieved only by the
sounds of distant music and laughter
from the theater, descended on the
forward part Of the ship, for the
fresh westerly wind coming with the
Titan made nearly calm on her desk.
and TIE dense fog. though overshone
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-21
SYNOPSIS

TIE great steamer Titan supposed 70 De
unsuitable, starts across t.r Atlantic
Rowland, once licutcnan', ~" com
mon sailor, meets lis OH loya Myra. She
is with her husband and ch,.I
The Titan cuts a ship in TWO, snd her
cartain endeavorS To conceal the crime
Rowland objects. The carta.n gives him
WHISKY, 50 that he will lie Glscreiited
Myra accuses him of attempting TO muir
der her child.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-21

by a brigh star speckcd sky, was so
chilly that the last laxative passenger
had fled to the light and life within.
When three bells-0:30-had sounded
and Rowland had given in his turn the
required call. "All's WE'LL" the first Of
ficer left his post and approached him.
Rowland" he said as he drew near.
Il hear you've walked the quarter.
deck"
Il cannot imagine how you learned
It, sir" replied Rowland. II am not in
the habit Of referring to it."
"You told the captain. suppose the
curriculum is as complete at Annapolis
as at the Royal Naval college. What
do you think Of Maury's theories OF
currcnts|
"They seem plausible" said Row.
land. unconsciously dropping the sir"
but l think that in most particulars
he has been proved wrong"
Yes, think so myself. Did you
ever follow up another idea of his
that Of locating the position of Ice In
a fog by the rate Of decrease In tenn
perature rs approached?"
Not to any definite result But 1t
seems to be only matter Of calcula.
ton and time to calculate. Cold is neg.
alive heat and can be treated like ri.
diant energy, decreasing as the square
Of the distance"
The officer stood a moment looking
ahead and humming q tune to himself,
then, saying. Yes; that's So" returned
to his place.
"Nust have a cast iron stomach" he
muttered as he peered into the blnna-
Gle, ''0r else the bOatsw'n dosed the
wrout mans pot"
Rowland glanced after the retreating
officer with cynical smile. Il won.
der" be said to himself. why he comes
down here talking navigation to fore
mast hand. Why am up here-out Of
my turn: Is this something in lire
with that bother" He resumed the
short pacing back and forth on the end
Of the bridge, and the rather gloomy
train Of thought which the officer had
interrupted.
How long," he unused, would his
ambition and love Of profession last
him after he had met and won aud
lost the only woman on earth to him
Why is 1t that failure to hold the at
fections Of one among the millions Of
women who live and love can outweigh
every blessing in life and turn a mans
nature into he'll to consume him?
Who did she marry? Some one. prob
ably a stranger. long after my Danish.
ment, who came to her possessed Of a
few qualities Of mind or physique that
pleased her, who did not need to love
her-his chances were better without
that-and he steps coolly and easily
into nv heaven. And they tell US
that God dceth all things we'll and
that there is a heaven where all our
unsatisfied wants are attended to-pro-
vided we have the necessary faith In
il. That means, II it means anything.
that after a lifetime Of -unrecognized
CONTINUED on Page ~
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-21
CHAPTER ~.
Mother and Child.

n Trying his wet hands on his
81 trou>erS. Rowland lifted the
z tot ami said tenderly, well.
XVI little one. YOU must run back
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-06
Whole State of Chihuahua
Reported in Revolt Against
Madero Government; Tnde-
pendence Declaration to be
Issued.
UNITED STATES WILL
PROTECT INTERESTS
Believed That Situation Is
Grave and That Actual
Fighting Will Begin Be-
fore Many More Hours.
ssy gvsniRE Hersia a. p '.easso wlrsl

sBy evening meraia 4. q. leased wirel
Washington, Feb. G.---.another up-
rising in Mexico Is impending accord
ing to official dispatches received here
which cast grave doubts on the loy-
atty of General Orozco to President
Madero and intimate that in with
drawing from Juarez with the garrl-
son OF that place 10 Chihuahua Oro-
zcJ Is about to begin "a new rebellion
and declare the Independence of the
state Of chihuahua, Army circles are
again agitated and preparations for
immediate action are renewed.
The whole state OF Chihuahua Is
now reported 10 be in revolt against
the Madero government The state
assembly Is expected 70 meet today
and Il Is expected "a declaration OF
independence VIII be issued.
Representatives here OF tho nation
al government are sgid TO be without
support and afraid ~ appeal to Mex
leo city FOR help fearing any attempt
10 send loyal troops into Chihuahua
to enforce the DEGREES OF the MaderO
government would entail bloodshcd.
As the state on Chihuahua borders
on Texas It's separation from Mexico
would be matter of deep concern to
the United states Officials here are
watching developments with great in
torest
So complete are the military pre-
parations that it is said nothing re-
mains 10 be done but 60 send one
message 90 every department army
headquarters Ia the country To ensure
the prompt ussemblage of sufficient
taa 90 ras.s. IN
border tu prepare the United states
for any emergency that might arise
| there.
4 Few hours developments In Mex
| leo will put the mobile forces of the
/ United States army on marching or
ders and field equipment
with renewed disturbances across
the border and the possibility that the
state department might call on the
war department 20 protect lives and
| property OF Americans along tine line,
the plans of tho general stan prepar-
ed for a minutes action In just such
an event were spread ont AZ the head
quarters today and renewed instruc-
tions To await marching orders were
flashed TO army commanders at points
from which troops can be quickly
] mobilized Frankly admitting the
4 gravity of the situation. officials here
are inslstent that nothing more Is
contemplated az this stage than "a
make the border patrol strong enough
for all legitimate purposes.
There is no intention 20 send a sin
gle soldier across the line. II IL
pointed out that 90 do so would be-
equivalent to declaration Of war
which would require action OF con-
: grcss,
II ls felt there must be force of
American troops ON The border 70 pre-
vent the indiscriminate crossing of the
line by either reyolutionaries or gov'
ernment forces should the threatened
secession OF the state OF chihuahua
result In hostiitics. The neutrality
( laws viii be enforced 10 the letter