New-York tribune., 1912-02-25

today. came into being man has had the
rrohlern Of mbricstiou forced upon him
with continually increasing refuements.
Each improvement i'm the dehcacy OF the
rnoving narts mas added 70 the difficulties
of the task: tho clockmaker's skill would
count for naught II the friction OF the NOV
ing parts were not rightly reduced. Every
step toward mechanical perfection has
made more urgent the need Of an oil of
suitable character. II too thin. tho oil
would shirk its duty By running away from
its appointed place; If too thick, 1t would
clog the sensitive cogwheels. For most
purposes petroleum in some Of IT'S many
degrees of refinement helps to make the
worlds wheels run easier. but in ono direc-
ton it is a failure, despite the utmost cum
ming Of the cbemist-it will not do Tor
watches, for clocks or for chronometers.
The playful porpoise is the only known
source from which OIL Of the desired char
acter can be obtained Thus nature has
given the happy-go-lucky mammal new
meaning in the economies of civilization.
and from that playful denizen of the deep.
needless Of the value Of time, we garner
the very oil by which each passing second
can be more nicely registered from the
tropics TO the ice-bound north.
Only few years ago two hundred thou
sand clocks were thrown out Of working
order soon after leaving the factory and
had to be sent back to their makers be-
cause oil of an unsatisfactory character
had been used in lubricating those time
pieces 1t was not alone that the clocks
ran slow, but they actually came 10 dead
stop. which shows how sensitive are these
modern instruments for recording time.
Just fancy the expense involved In putting
those clocks in running order again! II
you be a suburbanite you can count the
number of trains you would have missed
and know TO a certainty some Of the eX
plantations you would have had TO make at
one or the other end of the line. Again.
think OF what the consequences might have
been had any Of these clocks been instru-
mental In upsettng the narrow margin
lying between safety and disaster of flying
'hmiteds' and intervening locals" Once
more. consider the loss in dollars and cents
had some OF these clocks affected the at
tendance OF thousands Of busy artisans in
factory towns.
Surely, we begin to realize that the prod
uct Of the porpoise has. indeed. an intimate
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hitherto we have not dreamed. Such Is the
oontrariness Of life in its natural form, as
the porpoise knows II unheedingly and our
life as the exactions of civilization and
convention have made It,
II Is not only on land that the matter OF
marking time exactly is Of Importance. we
must not forget the seafarer to whom his
chronometer is vital in keeping him posted
daily as to now far east or west he has
gone from his chosen meridian Of depart
ure. The speed with which our modern
sea expresses'' sweep across the Atlantic
makes IL more and more necessary that the
captains timepieoe shall run true at all
seasons.
Now. the porpoise yields from its fat
more than one kind Of OIL depending upon
the location OF that tissue. but only the
Oh extracted from the lower 1awbone anu
the neighboring cheeks Is fit for chrono-
metric mechanisms, and only small guam
tlty IS obtained from each porpoise-the
original yield OF raw oil being much re-
duced by the time II has passed through
the various needful stages OF refining.
When properly refined this lubricant has
siood uncongealsd in the Arctic region
the temperature registering more than 100
deSrees below the freezing point, and u
viii preserve It's required body or consis-
ssneg N the heat Of the tropics. But YOU