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The chronicle=news., 1913-04-12

I.r,turing before the t.yccum Club
Of France Professor Metchnikoff do
clarcd that tuberculosis was dccrras-
ing. and had been doing so steadily
for the last 10 years
This satisfactory state Of affairs
was particularly noticcabla in Lon
don. Boston, Copenhagen aud Ham
burg, the Professor said. In the last
named city the number of eases has
dropped from ~ to l3 per 10000 in
habitants in | years. NJ Metchni-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29
Patching Tubes, Valve Grinding,
Cleaning Spark Plugs; Motor Hints

radiator cap is held by rust. Expan-
sion due to heat may be the cause II
some. of the. cold water meant for the
interior of the radiator viii loosen the
cap If poured over IT.
Very often a little fOrethOught will
save ANNOYANCE and loss of time. Never
leave the garage without a fun equip
ment Of tools and such essentials as
spark plugs, tire tubes and tire repair
kit. The lack Of these may be bitterly
regretted before the drive IS over OF
course, there should be a full supply
Of oil, water and gasoline, and the
grease cups should be turned down
Some Of the accessories often seen on
cars are Of little practical use. Guards
as used on the from, and sometimes on
the rear Of cars. Undoubtedly prevent
lamp breakage from careless ulaneu-
vering in the garage. but if the i'm
pact is of considerable force, as is
likely to be the case in a road col
HsiOn. thy are of little use A little.
care in driving is as effective
Painting radiators Is peculiar sort
OF work. remembering that whatever
color one puts On the radiator frame
and front will be continually exposed
to a very high degree Of heat. It is
for this reason that all makers have
practically agreed that black paint is
one Of the best and most duraD bic col
Ors for the radiator The proper meth
Cd of painting the radiator is TO apply
a very thin coat Of lampblack in so
luton. and after it has dried, to apply
another equally thing coat. Lampblack
has sufficient body and color depth to
be effective even after only two ap-
plicatiOns. and. as it is composed of
pure carbon, is not subject to decOm-
position as other cOlOrs which are made
of chemical compounds and secured to
the surface by means or organic bind
ers. I4ampblack will wear off under
continued strain of service, but It Will
last long as even together with the
heat il suffers constantly the atmOs-
Dheric elements have no effect on II.
It is principally the mechanical hard
ships that radiator paint has to I'M
dergO in service that ends the life after
a relatively short period
One Of the common causes Of irregu-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29
MOTORISTS PROBLEMS
ARE SOLVED HERE
C. H. LaFRANcE, Chalmers Sales Company
By c. H. LaFRANCE, Chalmers Sales Company

Motoring Department The Herald:
Kindly explain what is meant by the
term ''half-fIoating- three-ouarter
floating and full floating rear axle,
also the advantages Of the different
The term ahalf floating in refer
ence to rear axle, means that the axle
is suspended at the wheel end of the
axle housing, by a bearing, generally
roller bearing, the wheel being keyed
onto the axle shaft.
The term @three-quarter" floating
refers 10 the axle suspended at the
wheel end by a roller bearing, and at
the 'differential end by roller bearing,
the wheel being keyed onto the axle
shaft
The term full floating which is by
far the best construction Of the three,
refers to an axle that is suspended by
roller bearing at the differentiaI end,
while the wheel itself is suspended
from the axle casing or housing, by
a set Of two roller bearings or bail
bearings, whichever the case may be.
The drive shaft or axle proper is
really not suspended at all. except
through the dlfferenual bearings ana
the only function it has to perform is
to drive the wheel and it does not have
10 carry any weight. therefore. it can
be tempered TO stand resistance of
twist and does not have to be tempered
to stand resistance of weight as well,
as in the two cases mentioned above.
Motoring Department The Herald:
AIy machine is an Indian single 1912.
It don't seem to have any power The
exhaust valve opens when the piston is
within one or two inches to the bot
tom of the stroke 7 tried to time it
differently. but the intake litter seems
to have been fixed permanently to the
exhaust litter, so L don't think I could
change the exhaust without changing
the intake. and the intake opens and
closes at the bottom and top Of stroke.
Is there any way to refine it2 Is there
any way to- adjust the carbureter jet2 Z
always have 70 Hood the csrbureter
until 1t is fun to the top before it viii
start, but probably this is on account
of the flooding Of the wrong valve /
timing A SFaSnSOn.
As you say, the intake and exhaust 4
valve cams are stationary with each I
other The timing Of your motor (
should be changed so that the intake 4
valve does not open until the piston 4
has Travelled one-eighth of an inch be- :
yOnd top dead center. This will also 4
affect your exhaust cam, making II {
close later. If there is no noticeable (
difference in the running of the motor,
would suggest that you try setting the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29

intake valve so that it starts to open
when the piston has Travelled one
quarter Of an inch from top dead cen
ter, or in other words, set the valve so
that il is one-quarter of an inch late.
Evidently your float level is too low,
making IT necessary to flush the car
bureJer every time on starting, and
would suggest that YOU raise your float
level until same is One-thirty-Sec OF
an inch below the top Of the jet or
needle valve.
Motoring Department The Herald: I
have catalOgs from two different au-
tOmObile manufacturers One describes
his motor as being Is bore and 6-inch
stroke and rated at 40 h. p; the other
is A bore and finch stroke and it is
also rated as 40 h. p. Now what would
be the rating of these two motors, fig
ured by the A I. A NJ rule, and why
don 1.-THE makers rate them at their
proper pOwer2 I think they are both
moderated. Kindly give the method
of determining the n. p of motor,
Engineer"
The s. L. A. NJ. rating merely con-
siders the bore of the motor and does
not take into consideration stroke at
all thus making il a rating that can
not be reliew upon, as the stroke Of a
motor has considerable to do with the
horsepower rating as well as the shape
Of the casting, the placement Of valves
and the size Of the valves. To get the
A. L. A III. rating Of a motor, you ,
square the bore, multiply by the num-
Der Of cylinders and divide by two and
five-tenths. This as you can see. viii
only give you an approximate rating
All reliable manufacturers have what I
is called the dynomometer test which I
is nothing more nor less than an cleo
trio generator which is driven by the /
motor under test The horsepower I
rating is taken either from the current I
generated or from the swing of the I
dynOmOmeter If it is hung on an arc /
or crescent shape framework. This is 4
the most reliable way Of getting /
horsepower rating. as the motor has
TO produce a certain power at certain 4
motor speeds, generally 1000 revolu- /
lions per minute, to meet the test i'm 4
posed upon it by all reliable manufac-
-urers. In YOU case. where two motors /
# different sizes are given. taking for 1
granted that the factories producing
-hese motors have an equipment of the
iynOmOmeter test. it would mean that
10th of these motors show rating of I
10 horsepower, which in the case of
he smaller motor, is probably due to I
he superiority Of design.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29

~ LOWOUT and inner tube patches
are now ordinarily carried as a
- part Of the tire equipment Of all
cars. but it is advisable for all novice
drivers to learn how to adjust these
before tackling the long road The
blowout patch is. of course, merely
slipped in the outer shoe covering the
rent from the inside and held in place
by the inflated inner tube. But the
adjustment of the patch on the latter
requires more care
rOughening the tube surface around the
puncture and the inner side of the
patch with a knife or a bit of sand
paper. This IS unnecessary and dan
gerOus. as the only object is to clean
the rubber Of all dirt and rough par
ticles. This can better be accomplished
by rubbing the portions which are to
receive the rubber solution thoroughly
with a rag dipped in gasoline.
A clean, smooth surface will hold
the patch better than a rough one
Above all, water must be kept away
from the surfaces which are to be
treated, as water will prevent the so
luton, which excludes air, from ad-
Usually the patching solutions one
buys are too thick for quick use, but
this can be remedied by thinning with
a little gasoline. Care should be taken
that the solution is well set on both
patch and tube before applying, as, If
1t is put on soft. and a start made the
patch is quite likely to slip and undo
all that has been ACCOMPLISHED This
is especially true in hot weather, when
the friction of the road unduly heats
the tires.
If, in spite Of all precautions and all
attempts at repairs, 1t is found lmpOs-
sible to make the tire do. the latter
should be entirely removed from the
rim. If a coil Of rope is included in
the equipment of the car the rim NAV
be securely wrapped with il, and will
thus he kept from striking the hard
ground On this ma keshift tire several
miles to a garage or repair shop may
often be made at snail like speed and
without injury TO the car or the wheel
It isn't always the case that sticking
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29
MOTOR CAR HELPING
TO BETTER COUNTRY
IL Is in Many Ways Greatly Improving
COnditicns-Present Type Of Car
Will Remain


A country of bOuIevards, better
health and sanitary conditions. cleaner
and brighter cities ana closer IN
terest between the various sections
that is 10 be the United States OF the
future according TO J. ]. Cole, presi-
dent Of the Cole Motor company.
Instead of being a luxury the au
tOmObile is aiding in reducing the cost
of living" the manufacture declares
The horse long has been called mans
friend but men are learning that
stiu a better friend is the motor.
The automobile is rapidly bringing
about healthier conditions in the cities
The swift and comfortable motor car
has enabled cities TO spread and relieve
cOnEested conditions. In the old days
and when speaking Of the automobile
the old days were 10 years agO-One
had to rely either on the horse or the
traction car for his transportation
The automobile has solved the solution
and opened VI. veritaDle WOnderlands-
without the motor these still would be
waste hills
President Cole does not believe there
VIII be wide divergence from the pres
ent day type of automobile He SAYS
FaTOrs Standard Plan
Il am sincere exponent Of the
standardized built mOtoF car have
found by experience that the stand
ardized motor car viii embrace for the
public those essentials in motor car
purchasing and operation that are
truly necessary and essential-the con
structtOn Of a car that viii be properly
balanced as TO weight that VIII have
the proper amount of horsepower to
carry this weight and an axle strong
enough to sustain it.
The laws Of evolution are unvary-
ing In the development Of any manu-
featured product there are three dis
tinct stages of development the inven-
ton period, the manufacturing develop
ment and the DEVELOPMENT Of the
economic side Of the problem.
These periods might otherwise be
designated as the conception period
the mechanical period and the intel
Iectual period
"The motor car industry has now
entered into the third period It's
economic phase is the thing that is in
terestinE the leaders now and which
viii continue TO interest them for the
next decade"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29

lar firing in old motors is badly worn
inlet valve stem or Its guide Wnere
much wear is present in either the
stem or the guide the suction IN the
inlet passage viii not only draw in a
mixture of air and gasoline vapOr from
the carbureter. but also pure air from
the atmosphere through the space
around the inlet valve stem, and this
air mixes with the charge Of COM
bustible miXtBre diluung t. Frequent
" some Of the valve stem guides are
worn to such an extent that it is i'm
possible TO regulate the carbureter as
10 get properly proportional charge
into each cylinder
Most every mOtOrist is aware that a
bath of oil or exposure to sunlight is
detrimental to the life of rubber tires,
but not all realize that tubes and cas-
inSs are injured by continued expo
sure TO low temperatures The effects
are not so speedy as in the caseNOf oil
or sunlight, the tires begin TO harden,
lose much Of their resiliency and
finally crack The prudent uiotorist
VIII therefore note the advisabiiity of
storing his tires in a uniform tenn
perature of about 90 degrees Fahren-
heit
II may be considered a fortunate
thing if the purchaser of a new car
who proposes to look after it himself
knows absolutely nothing about grind
ing valves. If he is wise enough to
whom il was bought once every month
or so. all the attention the valves
should properly require can be given
them under regular shop conditions
The valve grinding automobiles sell
dom is either happy or an even tenn
pered individual and his car rarely
affords him perfect satisfaction.
An excellent method OF cleaning
spark plugs. or in fact any mica SUBJ
stance, is TO wash them first in a sOlu-
tiOn of acetic acid. which is an infal-
lible solvent Of grease and carbon de-
pOsits The plugs should then be
washed off with gasoline. and finally
dried by rubbing with a cloth or hand
ful of waste.
Noise in the differentiaI is not al
ways a sign Of poor fabrication, but is
often due to faulty meshinE Of the
gears A hum or singing note is pro-
duced when the driving bevel meshes
too deeply in the differential beveL
Moving the two further apart. into the
correct relation, VIII stop the noise
Most cars have an adjustment for this
purpose.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29

~ URTHER refinement in the new
fuel. motor spirit, by which it is
made still more adaptable to
motor cars. has been announced by the
Standard OIL company Of Indiana DR..
W. N Burton the inventor of the
process by which the new fuel is pro
duced, has succeeded in removing to a
certain extent the pUnEent OdOr and at
the same time has produced a distillate
which is slightly lighter in color than
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29

the earlier product of his stills, accord
ing to Motor Age.
The odOr yet is more noticeable than
that OF gasoline and the yellow color
still appears after the motor spirit has
stood for several days. Still, the addi-
uonal refinement is not expensive
enough to bring the price over that
announced last week, which is cents
less than that Of gasoline. nor has
the distillate lost in fuel efficiency; it
still gives p percent more mileage per
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29
Judge by Meter

Let actual mileage tell you
which tire to adopt. There is
no need for guesswork.
And remember that 1egions
and legions of men have made
this test on Goodyears. Men
have used them for IA years
used two millions of them.
As a result, these tires now
outsell every other tire IN ex-
istence.
As another result, last year
alone our sales increased by Us
per cent.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29

won, perhaps,
800, 900 users.
See ifthey can't
win you.
Write for the
Goodyear Tire
Book-14th.
year edition. il
tells all known
ways to econO-
mize on tires.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29
None Like Them

Experience has proved that we
control the only satisfactory way
to make tires of this type. And
countless men now know It.
That is why the demand for
tires that can't rim-cut centers
on Goodyear No-Rim-Cut tires.
Then the Goodyear tire in a
dozen ways is better than other
tires. Our book will explain
them to you.
Be fair to yourself, and fair to
US, by giving a test to these
wonderful tires. They have
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29

These are savings big enough
E to see.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29
No Petty Saving

Don't look for petty savings.
Look for something decisive.
Statistics show that rim-cut-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29
New Motor Fuel To Stop Price Rise

It Is Proved Success
BenzOl Urged a Fuel Also
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29
NO-Ri171-Cut Tires
1O% OVerSi
What VIII 1t Cost
to Know?

What will it cost to know-and forever
what Goodyear tires mean to you?
Surely nothing at all. A No-Rim-Cut tire
the leading tire of the worId-wn surely
serve at least as well as others. And a
test may save you half your tire upkeep.
Judge by Meter These savings big enough
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29

ting ruins Is per
cent of all old
type tires.
And our 10
per cent over
size with the
aveTa &c car
adds Is per cent
TO the tire mile
age.
The Washington times., 1913-08-22
Continuation of This Story VIII
BE Found In TOmOrro~'S
Issue of The Times.
Propose New Method
Of EIecting Head

A new method of selecting the pre-
siding bishop of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church in this country may be
adopted At the general convention of
that church, 10 be held in New York
city next October. such a change hav-
ing been proposed at the convention
in Cincinnati in 1910 and action on
it deferred until the 1913 meeting.
The change proposed, which would
take the form of a constitutional
amendment is that the presiding
bishop shall be elected by the gem
eral convention, rather than b. given
that position by reason Of his being
the senior bishop of the church in
the order o! conservation.
An amendment to this effect was
off. req At the Cincinnati convention
by the lit. Rev. Joseph Marshall
Francis bishop of Indiana. who held
that the senior bishop was often too
feeble to take up the heavy duties
devOlving on him. and that to make
the office Of presiding bishop cleo
tive would do away with such a sit
uatiOn.
The Washington times., 1913-08-22
le Story of Lee and the Lost Hope

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
The story opens in the trying days OF
81, when the North and South were ar
rayed in deadly conflict and family ties
were torn asunder over the grave Ques-
tions which split the nation in twain
While at Harvard Philip Grafton, young
VirSinian, becomes the afhanced husband
Of Kathleen kirkwood, whose sympathles
are all with the North. When GraI ton
announces his intention to bear arms tor
the Confederacy a stormy scene ensues.
and results in Philip being sent away
with no hope of ever claiming the North-
ern girl as his bride.
Heavy hearted, Philip goes back 10 VIZ
ginia and enlists in an infantry regiment
with a secret hope that there, perhaps
he may soon find surcease for his SoTIo"
in a speedy bullet from the enemle
guns. Before joining his regiment Phlllp
visits his old home and finds his guardian.
Judge Lewis, in a deplorable stale OF
health. The Judge has a bad attack. and
believing that he Is about TO die. gives
his granddaughter Ariadne into PnlIip
care, with the request that he become her
husband.
Although Philip is unable to obliterate
the memory Of Kathleen KirkWood, ne
consents TO marriage with Ariadne. ana the
ceremony il performed at the bedside OF
Judge Lewis just few minutes before ne
passes away.
of an old friend in Richmond and joins
his regiment on the field OF battle.
Philip falls into the hands of Major Burt
KirkwoOd and George Manning, two old
friends fighting in the Northern Army
and they plan 10 send him TO the kirk
wood home, where he may receive the
nainistrations of Kathleen.
The Washington times., 1913-08-22
Constipation and
Heat Often Fatal
Regularity of Bowels Very I'M
pOrtdnt TO Health at This Time

At no time of the year should people
be more careful of the condition of
their bowels than in hot weather.
Many things may cause constipation
in summer. but whatever it may be the
trouble should be promptly remedied.
\ COnstipated person lays himself or
herself open to serious and often fatal
diseases. That feeling of congestion,
iassitude or duh headache is the first
warning of trouble.
Don't try to remedy 1t by the ex-
cess.ve eating of fruit. which usually
has laxative effect. but lacks action
in extreme cases. What Is needed is
a reliable, but mild laxative tonic like
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. Take a
dose of IL at night before retiring-it
is pleasant-tasting and free from grip
ing-and by morning your bowels will
be emptied and your head clear. You
will feel energetic again.
You cannot obtain such results with
CathartiCs. purgatives salts or pills,
as unlike Or. CaIdwells Syrup Pepsin
they are without tonic value and en-
ti:ely too harsh. Among the thou
sands of dependable converts to Syrup
PepSin are the families of Mr.. +. c.
Harris Live Oak Fla, who now finds
his stomach better than it has been in
ten years and Mrs. T. d. Diemer
SS San Pedro St, Trinidad, Colo
The Washington times., 1913-08-22

evils 70 which the flesh is heir and
laid them at the door of the suffrage
cause. His address will be taken up
paragraph by paragraph by Mrs.
Stubbs, who Will read excerpts from it
out OF the Congressional Record.
sincere sympathy was extended the
voteless men of the District Of Column
bia last night by Mrs. Emma Smith
DeVoe, president of the National Coun-
ell OF Women Voters and a resident Of
Tacoma, Wash, where women vote.
She was one of several speakers at the
meeting Of the Study Club IN Eco
nomics. held in the Ingram Memorial
Church, the subject for the evening be-
ing the failure" OF the ballot in the
District.
Mrs. De Voc said that never before
had she attended a meeting where men
were begging for the ballot, and that,
while she sympathized with them. there
was something like poetic justice in the
situation after all. She hoped the day
W would soon come, she said, when both
the men and the women of the District
would have a voice in their Govern
ment.
Prof. Thomas E. Will. another speak
er, said that the citizens of st. Peters,
burg, in Russia, had more political free
dom than those of Washington, adding
that the people here were in fact not
citizens, but rather subjects. Capt w.
+. p. French. L. S. A, retired. and
ellison Gardner. correspondent, were al
20 heard during the evening.
The Washington times., 1913-08-22
TIMES DAILY SERIAL STORY
THE PATRIOTS ....sn.,s %s @ a.s a'sa -" South,
Story and the Hope c,ars S.y n,,,
lily SERIAL STORY
By CYRUS TOWNSEND b

To walk through long lines Of un-
conscious, silent, deathlike figures; to
pass by cot after cot where delirious
men raved OF home and mother, or of
the fighting on the high places of the
field; to have ones ears assailed by
means, curses, sroans, cries, and some
times, and most horrible of all, by wild
bursts of laughter; to look and look
and look in face after face; to bend
over figure, after figure. with fear and
hope both tugging at the heart; ana to
find-nothing! No signg To have come
and have it prove a fruitless quest in
the end. Yet the President could not
have been mistaken y he must be there
If she could only find him. Finally she
left the last hospital.
Are You sure there are no more"
she asked the soldier as she climbed
wearily into the ambulance.
'There-there is the dead house" fall
tered the man. his rough voice soften
ing. He had become nearly as much
interested 70 the search as this gentle
uncamplaining. tireless gref-stricken
woman by his side.
''Oh, my God" whispered Ariadne;
not there, not there"
What shall we do next, them" asked
the driver.
u suppose we'd better try there"
answered the poor young wife. filled
with leaden despairs. All arrangements
had been completed for sending away
the body of Colonel Morris. and Mrs.
Gray had come back to that point to
look after the shipment Of some other
of the officers and men of her fathers s
regiment else she would have been
gone long since. She caught the faint
ing figure Of the Southern girl in her
arms.
A Continuation of mis- Story VIII
Be Found In TOmOrrOw'S
The Washington times., 1913-08-22
"0h Girls! Do Try
GETS-IT for Corns
The Sew-Plan Corn Cure. No Fuss
No Pain. Sure and Quick.

You never used anything ike
"GETS-lT'' for COrns. before, YOU'RE
sure at last that every stubborn corn
that you've tried 50 Iong to get rid