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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-09-29
Expert Advice For the
Automobile Owner
Queries and Replies Covering Matters Of
Importance to the Man Who Runs a Car

viii you please define and explain
the word "terqus" a. applied to auto.
nobiies7
The word "torque" Is a definite one
and means the same whether referred
to automobiles or any other piece Of
mechanism. It Is the force which
tends to produce rotation or torsion
and is measured tangentially by mui.
tiplying the force by the radius about
the axis Of rotation-that Is, the torQue
In given shaft would be equal to the
power applied to the shaft times the
distance Of the tangential point Of ap.
plication from the axis Of the shaft
What 10 the approximate pull In
pounds necessary TO operate the serv.
ice and emergency brakes, direct with.
out any levers, on q medium weight
touring car; also, the difference in The
perimetsr Of tho two brakes whom OK.
panded and contracted, and vice YER.
ga, or otherwise the brake dispIaee-
ment, in fully applying the brakes?
This varies through such a range
that it is impossible to give any definite
figures. 1t is also difficult to determine
whether you mean that the brake Is
locked on the wheel or whether just
applied gently. 1t may be stated, how
ever. that an application pressure Of
twenty pounds should firmly close the
brakes.
The difference In perimeter Of the
two brakes when expanded and con-
tracted and vice versa is simply the
difference between the internal and
external diameters Of the brake drum.
Since you do not mention the size drum
you refer to. 1t Is again impossible to
give the definite figure. but. taking a
standard fourteen inch drum external
diameter having a thickness Of one
fourth inch, the difference In diameter
between the inner and outer circle
would be One-ha!f inch. and the differ
ence in circumference would be one
half of 3.141O. or 1.57 inch.
Why do the cylinders Of my four cyl.
Under motor become hotter when driv.
on at The rate Of five miles an hour in
fret speed than when driven at fifteen
miles an hour on third speed7
Because they do not get the same
cooling effect. When travelling at five
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-09-29

proper cylinder. The firing orders Of
Fights are the same as tours. since the
action Of the eight Is Just exactly the
same as II there were two four cylip
der engines operating on the same
crank shaft. which is exactly what
holds true mechanically. The same re-
lationship holds true between -S.~.
and skies.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-09-29
Wasted Labor.

Little Edna, who was watching the
men working a pile driver In the lot
opposite, said to her mother: "1An so
sorry for those poor men, mamma.
They've been trying and trying to lit
out that big weight, and every time
they get 1t almost to the top 1t falls
right back again."-Boston Transcript
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-09-29

The Herald tells 1t all.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-09-29
HOW TO PICK OUT YOUR
V NEW "SPECS."

i ' NEW SPECS" IF I
= you find 1t difficult to thread a :
= needle, If the printed page !
= dances before your eyes, If you :
= feel an inclination to avoid read I
= ing because It makes you nerv- I
i ous," If your eyes are red rim !
= med or perhaps puffy looking !
4 after an evening Of bridge, I'M !
4 doubtedly the time has come
= when you need glasses-not nee
= essarily that badge Of declining
= years, "sight glasses" but GER I
4 tafnly the benefcent rest glass I
= es" which make so much differ !
= ence in comfort and happiness !
= and, II women did but realize 1t, .
i In the condition Of the nerves
+ "Rest glasses" take the strain of I
i the eyes, make needlework and .
= reading more enjoyable and In
= cMentally help to put of the day
i when "sight glasses" will be {
+ needed When you need "sight :
= glasses" you will know It. No :
4 one will have to tell you that
= you can no longer read newspa- I
= per print-but there are dozens
= Of women struggling along, I
= straining their eyes over fine
= sewing and trying to read music
= in the light that always used to
= seem good enough over by the I
= piano, who do not realize that in :
i expensive rest glasses" would
= improve their spirits and their :
= tempers. Nothing makes one :
i nervous and lrritable-even de- I
= pressed and blue-like the need !
= of help for the eyes.
i The straight bar Of metal b. I
= secting the nose makes the eyes I
= look nearer together and imparts I
I, hard -Shrewd look to the face. I
= The nose piece with an arch or I
= curve rising over the nose seems :
4 to blend into the lines Of the I
> face and eyebrows, and glasses !
4 are not the first things one ,
i thinks Of when gazing at that :
j face.
i 4
4, - &, u a 4, i, q, q, d 4 = 4, i. q, n d
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-09-29

Tickets on sale to the Both of
this month at the low round-trip
fares; good to return until Octo-
Der 3lst.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-09-29


ers have been able to produce a design
with which there is no back pressure
at all.
The average driver, however. does
not know that his muffler needs as
careful attention as any other part Of
the mechanism. and so he neglects It
In these days Of noiseless cars It re-
quires q great number of very small
openings inside the muller. These be-
come ciogged with SCOT or carbon from
the exhaust The deposit collects very
rapidly. especially when the grade Of
the oil is poor or too much oil Is used.
It also results when the carbureter IS
adjusted to give too rich a mixture.
When these small openings become
clogged the exhaust gas cannot escape
readily, and naturally the cylinder Of
the engine is not clean at the exhaust
stroke. Result: It is impossible to
bring in a full cylinder Of new gas on
the next intake stroke. There is not a
full charge to explode. and this means
a loss Of power to the engine.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-09-29
WHY
Mufflers Are Necessary On
All Automobiles

." -. e=:*}er The case Of the
AA n exhaust valve
IS eeeos While tAe burned gas is
still under a pressure of from
twenty live to thirty pounds per square
inch. II this were exhausted directly
into the air the resulting noise would
stide conversation In the car, annoy
everybody along the street and very
quickly get the driver into difficulty
with the police. The muller prevents
all this. It provides a chamber In
which these exhausted gases may ex-
pand and cool somewhat and at the
same time breaks up the pressure by
allowing It to leak out slowly through
a number Of very small holes instead
Of letting 1t loose in one "big noise"
In the early history Of the automo-
bile mufilers were not used, and every
body for blocks around knew when an
auto was coming. As the automobiles
increased in number this became a null
sance and was stopped by law. Then
they sought means Of sitting the
sound. In the early muf1ler there was
trouble because the gas would back up
In the cylinder and decrease the power
Of the motor. It was thought there
was no way to decrease the sound
without decreasing the power. There
fore the automobile manufacturers de.
vised a valve to "cut out" the muffler
on the car whenever extra power was
desired. Sometimes the back pressure
was so great as to interfere when driv-
ing through heavy roads or up hills.
The "cut out" let the gas exhaust di.
rectly into the air instead Of going
through the muller. At the present
time nearly every city has a law pro-
hihitin2 entirely the use Of muller "cut
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The Detroit times., 1916-07-11
Pray Before Being Married

Here is a Russian proverb that
might be made good use OF. II Ger.
tainly would dispel a multitude OF
sorrows. especially the last one,
which would prevent many hasty
marriages and relieve the courts OF
many divorce cases. IL takes mat.
rimony out OF the pale OF whims
and makes divine consideration
OF IL. The proverb runs this way:
ri you go TO war, pray; II you
go on a sea journey. pray twice;
but pray three times II you are going
TO be married"
Good advice all OF II. There Is
too much that 10 hysterical in the
matrimonial venture. and little
praying will tend 10 relieve the
mind.-Oilio State Journal.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11
Pointed Paragraphs

Some men work harder 10 get
even than to earn money.
Many a seltmGde man tries TO
blame the job en- his wife.
When a man pays his way in he
seldom has 10 ray his way out.
Good deeds speak for themselves,
but we do not always hear them.
Experience will teach a man a lot
II II doesn't worry him to death.
Sometimes the village dup mi
CRATES TO q city and develops into
a real man.
Many a man who attempts TO blow
his own horn comes out at the little
end Of II.
A man OF experiences says getting
married is about the same as hling
a petition in bankruptcy.
An ex.spinster says II is almost
as hard TO live with a husband as
II is to live without one.
A woman never knows a man un.
Ill after she marries him; then she
begins TO ind him out nearly every
night.
When you give free advice aud II
works you get no thanks. and II Il
doesn't work you get what's coming
TO you.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11
Conquering Typhoid.

Mans once terribly dreaded and
generally triumphant enemy. typhoid
fever, continues TO find itself beat.
en- further back. knowledge, pre-
cautions, lavs-all have their share
in the good fight. Almost everybody
who now goes into strange places.
especially country places, wants TO
know about the integrity OF the wat
er supply. Many boil water where
ever they go apart from city sup
plies, which are always safer than
wells. We still have plenty Of cases
OF vacation typhoid" which means
the disease contracted on summer
outings or visits, but they are con-
stantly decreasing.
Typhoid fever will be a disease OF
the past within few years in the
opinion OF DR.. Herman NJ. Biggs,
commissioner of health for New
York, who opened the sixteenth an.
nual conference OF the health on
GERS Of that state the other day.
DR.. Biggs asserted that within the
last two years great advances have
been made In combating all com.
municable diseases and that the
death rate for infants has been re-
duced from 121 10 80. The rate, he
declared, should be brought down 10
SIS or 70.-Boston Post.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11

ing straight toward military deSpotlsm.
1t is working now to kill these laws and
to crush all legislation for military appro-
priations beyond those ordinarily made
By the New York laws, CONSUMPTION be-
comes an actual fact; thing England
did not dare attempt until the greatest
war in history had been waged for 20
months. According to them the gov
ernor of New York mas power to draft
into the National Guard Of the state
every male citizen, with a few eXcep-
tions, not only in time OF invasion, but
in TIME OF PEACE.
Although we have spent two billion
dollars on the army and navy in the last
ten years, and although We have the
word of military experts that we are ade-
quately protected, the people of this
country are now asked for another b!l-
lion for a larger army.
This organization has an exhibition for
the next two weeks on the ground floor
of the Farwel building, 1919 Rowland-St.,
with such illuminating information that
both pacifist and militarist would do well
to visit it.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11

"Yosn0ster, you don't know what IL is TO De
sOttAoSt family. ,oithout home, toithoat a
cosstry. And II you are eper tempted to say a
soor6 or do q thing that shall put bar oettoeen
vos and your family. your home and your
cosMtsy, PROV God IN HIS mercy to take you that
Ssstowt home to HIS o,on hedren. Stick by pour
fe1tJy. boy; forget that you hare a self tohtle
yes DO everything for them. Think Of your home,
bev; sortc and send and talk about IL. Let ii be
aserr to your thought the farther pou hare TO
tSsvsl from e.; and rush to 1t tchen you are free.
And for yoSr country boy. nerer dream dream
Bat Of serving her as she bids you, though that
eovvtce carry you through a thousand helIs. No
aSfter sohat happens to you. no matter Uho
fIstters you or soho abuses you, never look at
smother flag xever let night pass but you pray
God to bless the Stars and Stripes. Remember
tat you belong to your opn country as you
bs1on0 to your oton mother; stand by her as you
spovJd stand by your oion mother."-Edward
Everett Hale.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11

THREE FAST FRIENDS

How seldom, friend. a good great
man inherits
Honor and wealth. with all his
worth and palms!
IL seems story from the world Of
spirits
when any man obtains that which
he merits.
Or any merits that which he OBJ
tains.
For shame. my friend. renounce this
idle strain
What wouldst thou have good
great man obtain
wealth. title, dignity. a golden chat +?
Or heap OF corses where his sword
hath slam
Goodness and greatness are not
means. but ends.
Hath he not always treasures, always
friends
The good great man, Three treas.
ures--iove and Hight.
And calm thoughts. equable as in
fant's breath.
And three fast friends. more sure
than day or night:
Himself. his maker. and the angel
death.
Samuel Taylor coleridge.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11
Votes Going to Waste?

Congressman who supported the Hay army
bill because OF the national guard vote are b.
ginning TO believe they stepped on their own
feet, so to speak
The bill gave promise Of being politically fruit
full
II looked like a rosytinted vote-getter
Congressmen had reason TO believe votes for
the HAY army bill meant votes for them In
November
The bill provided means to crack open the
pork barrel TO the tune Of $4,000, 900 year
for equipment and pay for officers and men Of
the militia
Would the militamen be grateful
Would the 10000 national guardsmen give
their votes to the congressman who voted them
from s45 to $500 year?
Yes, they probably would
So, the national army plan was tossed into
the discard and the Hay army bill. so time
serving and political. was placed on the statute
books.
Now these congressman are wondering II they
did not leap before looking.
The national guard OF the nation, II admins
tration plans do not 20 awry. will be down on
the Mexican border until after the November
elections.
The guardmen won't be able TO 90 home TO
vote for the congressman who voted for them.
SO. the supporters OF the liberalization" bill
are asking: What good are 10000 votes IL
they are to be wasted on the desert air7"
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11
Where Honor Is Due
By Webster.

There Is one well known citizen
OF Michigan who must be taking
considerable satisfaction out OF the
manner In which the state troops
are being modified at the present
time. We reefr 10 Hon. Chase S.
Osborn, former governor OF Michi-
gan. II was due TO Mr.. Osborn that
the gold lace and the frills and fur
bellows were cut out OF the Michl.
gan National Guard and that this
organization was placed on almost
regular army efficiency basis. Al,
the time, II We remember correctly,
he was subjected 10 considerable
criticism in certain quarters, but
the wisdom OF his act now fully ap-
pears
While we are writing OF him, Il
also occurs 10 US that he is the man
who was responsible for the ap-
pointment OF former Commissioner
Ed Doyle, OF the state banking de-
partment, and Doyle was the man
, who put the state banks OF Michi.
gan on a basis as sound and solid
as the rock OF Gibraltar. Doyle was
the man who introduced the pres
ent system OF state bank examina.
lions, than which there Is none bet.
ter IN the country And II any
thing, Doyle's successor has I'M
| proved that system.
To have been instrumental In
having accomplished two such grea;
| objects for the we'll being and the
safety or the people OF this state
must indeed be source OF great
qualification to Michigan's former
governor and we extend TO him our
heart!est felIcitations.-Port Huron
Times-Herald.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11
The Daily Reminder
ToDAY,s ANNIVERSARIES

i7s7-John Quincy Adams. sixth
at Bralntree. Mass. Died In Wash
nf sS,Lb n "a Ese' III h. is wa.
Aaron Burr at weehawken. n. J,
isI&-Fort sullivan. at Eastport.
Ne. surrendered to a British force
i%.MThs Duke of Orleans, heir TO
the throne of France. was killed by
fall from his carriage.
.m9R Sspo.o anf ILL., S Of Pane
arrived at Villa Franco to discuss
iis.3-HsnIy, "; HI a.l 1,s,,I BECAME g. mn.
i;s,-rss Federal. b.sap. an as
iilo.cardin.i Farley. OF ,, New
iSs7-wlliism Allen. L. s. senator
from Ohio. who orisinsted the phrase
Sar, forty Csro IT nsh isO7 died
iss,@A British nest bombarded
Ni iss.%Poraris {Si.. va. r.-.ioo,.d
president OF Mexico.
ed the British premiership.
lS0s--MaJ. Gen. Count shuvalotr.
project of the Moscow police. was
AssAssineted.
Pru.sian , Casualty iists to date to-
Austrian aeroplane dropped bombs
on Venice.
British trawler Fleetwood reached
port disabled from attack by German
submarine
Germans reported to be hurryinE
troops TO the Polish front. originally
intended for the western front.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS
John wanamaker. eminent mer-
chant. philanthropist. and one time
postm general. born in Phila-
delphis Is years ago today.
George f. powney. judge OF the L.
5. court OF claims. born at Rising
sun. Ind, IS years ago today.
Rt. Rev. Edward NJ Parker, Epis-
copal bishop OF New Hampshire. born
at Cambridge, Mass. 81 years ago to-
George w. Norris. o. q senator
from Nebraska, born In Ssndusky
county. O. So years ago today.
Henry &. Culberton. president Of
Emporia, Kas. college born in Gin
Ctnnati ~ years ago today
Rear Admiral Richardson Glover
L, s. ". retired. born at Hagerstown,
Md. 30 years ago today
Milton J. Stock. inhelder for the
Philadelphia National league baseball
team. born in Chicago % years ago
today.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11
particularly valuable TO insure slow

particularly valuable TO insure slow
ness and evenness Of breath.
1T consists Of pressing finger
on the side OF the nose. so as TO
close one nostril. breathing in
through the other nostril. breathing
out Of the first nostril in the same
manner, and then reversing the pro-
cess.
Attention to the slight sound OF
the air. as II passes through the
nose. enables one TO know whether
the breathing Is regular or slightly
irregular.
Such breathing exercises can be
taken at the rate OF three breaths
per minute, and the rate gradually
reduced until II Is only two or even
less per minute"
Nobody. Of course, wants TO live
with a finger held on the nostril
even nguratively. Nobody wants 10
live in a constant state OF relaxa.
ton. Nobody ought TO live that
way.
But because the swamis preach
necessarily and emphatically the
gospel OF relaxation. II does not fol
low that we should hold their
preaching in utter scorn.
On the contrary. we should strive
TO ascertain whether there is any
thing In IL that Is true and prac
tically helpful.
This there assuredly Is. The help
full elements In II we should borrow
for ourselves. We can and should
learn from the east.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11
Let the People
Rule-and Write
oepIores UneIean Conditions.

DepIores UpcIean Conditions.
To the Editor OF The Times:
What Detroit needs most is an
epidemic. There is an epidemic
now In the city OF New York, and
that makes the health officers take
more care OF the sanitary conditions
OF their city.
The alleys OF Detroit are likely 70
bring an epidemic to this city. A
very simple precaution Is 20 clean
up the alleys every day. Never
mind the money. II will be a step
In the direction OF economy.
There Is a public bath house In
this city on Erskine-st. was there
Friday about l o'clock. want to
tell you that the conditions there
were terrible. There were about
200 people and the capacity is only
about 30 The floor was covered
with used suits and towels. II there
had been an inspector present, he
would have closed the place.
MAX GREENBLAT.
No. 1873 Illinois-st.. July 8. 1916.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11
The Old Gardener Says

That wnen lice are found on
the leaves OF ornamental trees
and shrubs near the house, Il is
usually possible to wash them of
with a strong stream from the
hose, but II must be remembered
that they gather on the under.
side OF the leaves. The best rem
edy In the garden and orchard is
a nicotine preparation. Several
kinds are sold at the seed stores.
Plant lice are yerp plentiful this
season and should be dealt with
before the leaves curl up. for
then the pests will be nicely pro
tected and not easily reached
with water or spray.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11
Have you ever met a swami!


Swamis are be-turbanned Hindus
of a highly-educated class, whose
principal occupation seems to be to
tell western people that they do not
know how TO live.
| confess that the first swami l
ever met grated on me terribly. In
his sleek. self-satisfied passivity he
made me think OF some spineless
creature too slothful TO exert itself.
But | found that a swami could
on occasion act energetically. also
found that in the swami philosophy
OF life there were some things a
westerner could use TO advantage.
Not least useful is their insistence
on the importance OF muscular and
mental relaxation.
Perhaps they relax too much. Blu:
few OF us in the west ever relax
enough.
We keep ourselves in state Of
tension all the time. We do not
seem willing TO let go OF affairs,
10 take life really easily, unless we
are -asieeP.----
Some OF us keep UP a state OF
tension even in our sleep. as wit
ness our teverish dreaming. our
Nightmares, our too frequent habit
OF restless and broken sleep.
Many OF US could practice 10 ad-
vantage what the swamis preach
the custom OF Systematically relax
ing at intervals during the day.
We could train ourselves TO let
things 20 for few minutes, TO lie
down. or at least lean back in our
chairs, close our eyes. empty our
minds and rest.
Thus TO relax the tension OF our
lives gives added strength and en-
ergy 10 a marvellous extent. II Is
particularly helpful II we add 10 II
another swami habit-that OF regu-
larly taking exercises in slow, deep
breathing.
Just as we do everything else, we
are inclined 10 breathe too fast.
Fast breathing Is energy wasted.
slow breathing is energy gained.
When we breathe too fast we can
not possibly breathe deeply enough
for the full needs OF our organism.
Our lungs do not get the air they
need 10 provide us with a maximum
OF power-developing oxygen. There
fore, we really ought 10 practice
slow, deep breathing
"A certain oriental exercise
quote from Fisher and Fiske, "is
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11

grows older II leans 10 sleep longer
AZ night and less in the daytime
II the mother gives some atten.
ton TO training IL the baby can
soon learn TO sleep at about the
same time every day. Regularity
in the sleeping habit is one OF the
best ways 10 keep baby well. When
baby sleeps at regular periods II
also enables the mother to attend
to many household duties which she
would not find time for. II baby was
cross and restless and refused 20
go to sleep.
Baby should take long sleep In
the morning, stay awake for an
hour or two in the middle OF the