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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

@. have come to the conclusion that il
an auxiliary condenser could lie shunted
around Ford timer. very little trouble
would result from the coil vibratore stick
Ing. For the extra condenser would send
q reverse Sg.ren, through The coil and Thus
one condenser Kindly show by diagram n, how
Is ~ practical2 what capacity would the
four condensers, c. T. A.
A. fail 10 how the extra condenser,
could have any effect in any way. unless
1t be to add an extra Mace for a short
circuit To develop. The Ford timer or com
mpta,or I. different from The in,erfupters OF
other systems. W oh often called timers
in that in the former the rotor makes coz
tact and a passage for the current. so tina,
condenser placed here would BE- inope-
1a,iye In The latter case the points by
cause If The momentum of the current in
tn" long coil the voltage builds very hi
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S|MPL|F|ED LESSONS IN
CARE OF AUTOMOBILE
Expert Guerrlich Goes Further Into
Practical Questions Relating
70 Transmission.
MANY PROBLEMS ARE SOLVED
Numerous Motor Car Owners Have
Their Difficulties Cleared Away by
Few Clear, Direct Instructions
From the Pen OF Man Who Knows.
Copyright. 1917. BY Frederick G.
GuerrlicA.l

Guerrli:A)
AUTO LESSON NO. OIL
We have seen how the train Of gears
OF tho transmission gives n leverage 10
tho engine for the climbing OF hills
Or course, there arc hills of grades or
stcepness. and SO 1t has been found ad-
Sisaole to design the transmission in
such way as to give three speeds
forwards: that Is, three different en-
sihc speeds for the same speed OF the
rear wheels.
In FIG. l. the usual construction OF
the transmission is shown. The small
gear Z is connected TO the clutch. but
is disconnected from the shaft A. The
end of this shaft rcvolves inside Of
tho gear.
Both the gears II and can slide on
the shaft A. which is either square or
has keys OF spnes on II. as shown in
Fig. 3. Because the shaft is square
or spindlcd it must revolve with the
gears + and J. even though these gears
can slide on it.
As tho engine Is designed Of proper
size for level driving without a lever
age Excepting a leverage Of about ;
to /, obtained in the diffcrentaD the
drive should be without the use OF
gears under this condition. or be what
is termed "a direct drive" This is
accomplished by having tho gear =
long and having teeth on the inside OF
the gear +. SO that this Internal
toothed gear can be slipped on TO the
gear. Thus. these two gears Will be
as though OF one piece. and that shaft
A. VIII travel with the gears, L and
Z. and therefore with the clutch and
engine.
When II Is desired 10 travel on SEQ
ond gear, then the gear l. Is pulled
back SO that its external teeth come
into mesh with the teeth OF the gear
~ The drive then viii be as follows
tho engine and clutch will drive the
Eeear p. which will drive the gear B.
As the gears B. X. and S are all
positively fastened 70 their common
shaft. the gear X will travel with u
and will drive the gear F.. AS this
gear Is connected to the shaft A, which
Is also connected to the rear wheels
By means OF the propeller shaft and
cirercntial. the rear wheels will thus
be driven.
To get still greater leverage the
gear is moved to a neutral position be-
tween It's position for direct drive and
second and then the gear is moved to
come into mesh with the gear Z. This
VIII give the low speed drive, or hrst
speed. al II is termed.
To drive the gear backward or I'm re-
verse" the gear Is moved so as to
come into mesh with the gear r, which
Is on special or countershaft. The
gears and do not touch. In this
case the gear T. being driven by the
engine. drives the gear p. with which
gear must revolve. Then gear G.
drives r. which in turn drives J AMI
SO the wheels. The arrow in figure
shows how the reverse is obtained
To shift the gears. a fanEed collar
Is formed on each OF the sliding gears
+ and ]. Figure shows one of these
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gears with it's collar. Into these coli
lars IT q yoke as shown in figure 6,
which yoke is fastened to sliding
shaft. The latter shaft is moved by
the hand lever.
You VIII note that when the trans
mission sliding gears are set SO as 10
have the engine disconnected from tn :.
rear wheels, or the saying is. ARE
III neutral" that these gears are be-
tween the gears they mesh with when
INC car is being driven in the desired
speed. To drive at any desired speed,
enc OF them is moved backward or for
ward TO como Into mesh with the
proper gear. This is accomplished by
having small yoke on each OF the
shifting shafts. and having the hand
lever SO arranged that its lower end
can be inserted into either one OF these
yokcs, and thus pull this shaft back
ward or forward as desired. This con-
struction is shown in figure .. You
VIII observe that by this construction.
the operator can select any gear he
desires. and II desired can go from
high TO reverse without passing
through second or low. Thus this IS
called "selectiye transmission"
"PROGBESSIyE TRANSMISSION
The above was not the case in the
older cars, which had what was known
as the progressive transm ission. In
these the two sliding gears were built
together and IL was necessary 10 pass
through second In going from first 10
;hird or from third to first.
l have mentioned above that the OPP
orator can shift from high or any other
speed 10 reverse. This. however. mus.
never be done until the car has been
brought to a complete stop. IT is a
com mon practice for some drivers
when turning on a narrow road to
SHIFT from low to reverse, or from re-
verse to low. without bringing the car
to stop BY the use OF the brakes
This is extremely hard on the car. and
OFTEN result in stripped gear or
cracked universal joint bushins
fabrication is extremely importau,
as regards the transmission. In a new
car a very heavy oil would perhaps be
best, while in older cars light grease
or nonfuid OIL II the grease be used
il must flow freely even in cold
weather. and 1t must have the prop
erty Of sticking 10 metal. or Gor test.
ing) the finger. A good practice /!
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ReldsrIne to Have CIR, Hall

REIDSvILLE. n. c., June s.-Reids
vile will ere long have new City Hall
that will cost $4,000 or more. The
fact that the hall Is to be built is set
tied, but the plans have not yet been
decide upodn. 1t is settled, however
that a market will occupy the base
ment foor. and that the entire second
floor will be used for municipal Offices
and the floor above that will be an
auditorium. something that Reidsvillc
has long needed
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Hurry Jobs Mt Hampton Roads.
NEWPORT NEWS, VA, June s.
The Bureau OF Yards and Docks Of the
Navy Department has opened the bids
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for the erection OF the proposed lee
ture han at Hampton Roads. but the
successful bidder has not been an
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to cost over 100000. Il. is presumed
that the same contractor will get both
Jobs. that arc labeled hurry" Jobs.
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nounced. Bids will be opened on Mon
day for tho construction Of a largo
storehouse ut the Same place that is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-28

ly. F. And before she quite real
lied, she was telling him quite all,
even more than she had told Giles.
=. For here was quicker under
standing, finer feeling. . . All
she told him, quite freely and
frankly. Ill, that is, except
about the absurdly useless but I'M
commonly beautiful negligee and
the equally absurdly useless and
even more uncommonly beautiful
robe de mutt Those were things
that, as you and l know, she had
always taken for granted, like her
beauty. So naturally they never
entered her mind at all!
An urbane and gentlemanly
guard, after yelling three times,
"All Quit" came down the aisle and
tapped our hero on the shoulder.
"Whatsermatterye rdeefersomen?"
''Eh-I-what-I beg your par
DOM" queried our hero, wrenching
his attention away with a sudden
shock.
"Ennertheline," returned the
guard
"Oh! Ali" Our hero understood.
With our heroine he went as far
as the waiting room. There he
made her sit down on a bench and
tell him the rest.
My, but she was beautiful
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-28
Working the Prisoners.

Certainly all good citizens will applaud the move
ment undertaken by the Moline University club to
find a way to put county prisoners to work. AS a
measure it deserves immediate consideration and
perhaps pledging candidates for membership in the
county board to work to this end is the effective
way to get some sort of action.
Working the prisoners has been agitated for
in this county, but there many difficulties
and under normal conditions they were deemed suf-
hcient to prevent the adoption of practical plan
But conditions are not normal now. We have
just many prisoners as ever-more, in fact
and the need for giving them useful employ
ment and making them self-supporting, instead of
charge the public is greater than it ever has
been.
Recently this question has been brought to the at
tenton of local authorities by the State Council of
Defense. and it has been taken up also at Washing
ton. Other counties doing something, and Rock
Island county should be left the Stacker class
If there is any red tape to cut we'll never find a
better time to cut it than now.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-28
No Vindication Necessary.

1t was to have been expected, and it was perfectly
proper that the Tri-Cty Federation of Labor would
resent and would steps to refute anything held
to reflect upon the morality the loyalty of any
considerable number of its members. If the charge
OF arsenal workers has been reduced so per cent,
anywhere that proportion by failure of workers
to keep in condition the action taken at Tuesday eve
nings meeting was more than justified. For it's
part The Argus was not that such a sweeping
had been made at least publicly although
there had been the assertion from arsenal sources
that about twelve cent of the were habituay
absent from work on Mondays.
The Argus is glad to know that the workers them
selves lost time in making investigation and in
putting themselves record even though it should
be apparent to all who have been familiar with the
class of men who make up the great bulk of
senal employees that their record in other has
been their best defense. No body of workers any
where maintains higher standard of morality, effc
iency patriotism and sef-control than the regular
men employed at the local government plant. If
there has been any departure from this rule it has
been by the transient labor brought in by the war
emergency and The Argus does not hesitate in
pressing doubt that here the workers be-
low par Taking the personnel of the arsenal all the
way through may be that there is not finer
body of men anywhere
With reference to the conclusion reached by the
Federation investigators that the allegations reflect
ing upon the habits and the loyalty of the
merely the outgrowth Of dry propaganda, it will
unfortunate, indeed, if this is established fact
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-28

record stands this question, and it has apollo
giles to offer for it. 1t has not been EXTREMIST, but
1t has stood fearlessiy and always for decency.
Dseency has been offended in Rock Island. The
city has lost its reputation and must be recovered
good name has been taken, and "he that filches
from my good name, robs me of that which not
enriches him. and makes me poor indeed"
The Argus is ready and anxious to help in WHIP
ing out in dealing with saloon and vice condi-
tons and the removing for shame and in keep
ing the town as it today-decent and respectable
It is with the Chamber of Commerce committee
earnestly and actively, and to the utmost.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-28
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE.
In Which We All Wonder What We
Are Going To Do Now.

Our heroine had finished.
Her eyes were moist; yet was
there a smile, beautiful if wistful
upon her lips. To tell ones
troubles-all ones troubles-to one
that seems to understand
Hurt it does. And yet it is so very
grateful
Our hero nodded yet again. II
had been his contribution to the
conservation to nod.
Il don't know what TO say" II
was our hero. "Of course, | had
nc ideal didn't know. or under
stand. And people are really
doing things like that in the
worldH
She was silent.
And that's the way my uncles
got the money that is now mine
I mean that was NINE" he correct
ed exactly
He turned to her.
Where are you living now7" he
asked.
Il" she hesitated.
"Yes?"
why, II don't know, exactly"
You don't know?"
1t seemed hard TO say. She didn't
know why. And yet
I'm afraid-I'm notifying any
where, just now"
There fell pause.
HIM" he said at length 1t was
said grimly.
Have you-pardon me for ask
ing, won't you-but have you any
money.
Slowly she shook her head.
"Not-any?"
Again she shook her head.
His fingers went to his waist
coat pocket Eagerly vents but
coming away were of the most sur
prised and disappointed fingers
ever seen. They held between them
one two-dollar bill.
He eyed it, ruefully.
why" he cried, 81 thought had
mora couple of hundred at
leasti" There came to him
recollections of the days OF prune
pie and buttermilk Two dollars
are two dollars and under certain
conditions quite lot of money
s. And he looked at her. My,
but she was
Slowly he rendered her the two
dollar bill.
Take this anyway" he said.
"You can go into the lunch room
and get something TO eat; and I'll
go to the hotel and get check
cashed and"
She was looking at the two-dol-
lar bill--looking strangely. Color
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-28
Bingville Bugle.

Deacon Bradley's hymn books are
leakin' all over the express Office.
Old Dobbin ran away with Hen
Hicks and Martha Smith last night.
Guess Hen was dom somethin' else
than holdin' the lines.
They say Silas Greene is bad off
with the rheumaticks, but he won't
die. He's too ornery
That new singer at the NJ. E.
church amt very popular with
Brother Jones. Says she wakes
him every time he starts to snooze.
Marshal Jenkins was nowhere to
be found when the fight started
last night at the ice cream festival.
The checker tourney couldn't be
stopped.
Priscilla Corntossle's got a new
beau. Had on a clean collar, SO
we think he's one Of them city
slickers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-28

"If only could do something to help" is the cry
that has been going up from millions wrought to
high nervous tension by the crisis in Europe Many
who express themselves are women or others
physically unequal to any active military service
Though may not be able to fire a gun or
for a wounded soldier there is enough for all to
do--lite things, perhaps. and often not considered
worth while but really most vital in the aggregate
when millions join in doing them
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-28
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO.
Concerning Principally What Hap

pulls NCAt
1t being so early in the morn
ing-barely half past eleven-very
few of the house party were up.
Our hero told the man servant
without that, in his desire not to be
interrupted, he had locked the door
and mislaid the key and asked him
to bring another.
The servant said he would.
He also asked him to go out I'M
der the window and bring up MS
shoes.
The servant again expressed his
willingness to oblige. He saw moth
ing unusual in either request. If
gentleman at a house party chooses
to lose his keys and throw his
shoes out of the window, surely 1t
is the gentleman's privilege. He
had been present at one house
party where the guests threw one
another out the window. After
that shoes meant nothing in his
life.
Whereby we soon find our hero,
now completely shod, with his two
heroine) in the hall and ready to
depart.
He says good-by to a guest who,
suffering from insomnia, had arisen
at half past ten and asks that
sleepless guest to make his devoirs
to their hostess. The sleepless
guest opines his courtesy a super
erogtion inasmuch as he doubts if
his hostess really knows he's been
there at all.
After which our hero, our hero
inc and the secretary depart for
the station in a car which the man
servant has summoned for them,
our hero's own motor having been
left in the city.
Side by side our heroine and our
hero sit in the train that takes
them to the city. II Is a fact in
teresting, if irrelevant, that 1t is
the same train which, so few short
months before, had been the means
of Barabbas & Co. moving their
activities from Wall Street to the
hereafter, where, let us hope there
will be no money. Should there be,
it is an immortal certainty that
Barabbas & Co. will have cornered
wings and harps, and we and all
Tic OLHtI dHEtlh Will nave 10 Wdlh.
AS they reached Jamaica our
heroine spoke.
What are you going to do now?"
she asked.
Our hero shook his head. Just
at that moment an idea in his cram
ium would have felt like a bale of
hay in teacup. But he said cheer
fully:
Wen find some way out. Don't
worry about that"
There fell a pause
At length he turned to her.
You said you'd better get your
money from me quickly or some
body else would get it ALL" he de-
clared. But who would ever have
thought that old Wilkins. sir"
My. but she was beautiful
who are your" he asked. Tell
me about yourself: about your ia
Their. and how he happened TO be
robbed. VIII you?
IF you WISH" she said simply.
81 do" 1t was spoken very earn
estly.
She began. She meant to tell
just a little, such as you find about
people in Who's Who. But
there was something in his eyes
that made her 60 much more deep
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-28

Why borrow trouble over the daylight saving
act: Put your faith in the old family clock as you
always have done, and you will find things will move
in the old groove and you will be able to
do lot Of things in the evening that heretofore
have been impossible because of lack of time
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-28

Chicago laborer was murdered the other night
and $1,000 taken from his body. If had invested
in Liberty bonds the chances he would still be
living and his wealth would have been earning q
good deal more fog him than it ever did while he
was carrying IL around in a belt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-28

It's not SO much what meat but what bread our
Caesar is feeding these days that concerns Mr.
Hoover and his assistants. And by the way the fed
era food commission is subssting on diet in which
wheat is wholly missing, and apparently without
loss Of energy or efficiency
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-28
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE.
In Which There Falls a Terrible
Rl0w

Long, long our hero looked into
our heroine's eyes. Long long she
sat meeting that gaze with her
own. And then, by and by, he
said. slowly:
81 will give you back your
money"
r Does it seem sudden that a man
so soon should come to so vast a
decision? Possibly. And yet what
is time? Isn't it something that,
passing, gives to us knowledge and
experience? What then If the
knowledge comes swiftly? May it
not come as fully, as completely?
We learn suddenly of the
death of one we love. Could
thousand years of realization make
the suffering more biting?
So it is with our hero. Looking
into our heroine's eyes he has seen
more than many lives would ever
tell him. He has seen honor, and
honesty, and happiness, and suffer-
ing, and hope, and fear, and the
deep pure current of womanhood.
All these has he seen, and
more. He has seen the great
ness of her soul. 1t makes his own
seem littly mean. 1t is as
when he used to run, in college.
Her soul can do hundred yards
in nine and three-flfths seconds. His
numbers along behind at the rate
of about a yard year. And
he wants his soul to catch up with
hers. That is all.
And so he says:
Il will give you back your
money"
She starts, surprised.
"You will! she cries.
He mods.
For a moment she doesn't know
what to say. Then:
Tim sorry for all the horried
things I said"
Its quite all right" he returns.
"They were perfectly true. l
don't think l have quite that much
in cash. he goes on. But if you
will come to the city with me, I'll
arrange to have wilkins convert
some bonds or something-or may
be you'd like to take it that way.
wilkins understands all that sort
of thing so very we'll. He has my
power of attorney and everything.
And I'm sure that any investments
that he may have made for me
would be good ones for you"
She mods. Her beautiful
eyes have filled. ..
IL" she begins.
"Yes?"
I'm glad you aren't like-aren't
the way II mean that you are
not like your uncles," she finishes.
When you compared me to
Them" he said gravely. you called
me the worst thing in the English
language And now" he went on.
"if we only had some shoes and
key, we could"
OF sudden there comes a rap
on the door, quick. hurried.
Our hero turns.
"Well?" he demands.
A courteous, servantly voice out
side responds.
Its another secretary, sir, from
your Office, sir, about the robbery"
Frankly our hero is puzzled. For
that matter SO is our heroine.
Robbery" he exclaims. What
robbery"
Another voice is heard beside the
first. 1t is almost hysterical.
Its wilkins, sir" 1t cries. He's
taken all your money and beat IL
to South America or somewhere,
He even sold the office furniture,
sir, that's how we found Quit They
came to move 1t away. They said
they had bought it with the under
standing they could have 1t in 80
days and"
Our heroine looked at our hero
inc.
Our heroine looked at our hero.
My one regret" said our hero
aIowIy af Iaupfh "{s that gava
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-28
You Tell EN-.

(The following message was re-
ceiyed by a local manufacturing
concern from one of its North Da-
Rota custOmers).
Gentlemen: 81 reserved mi order
fromme youins, but i'm eoin a tell
yeuse off at the starte it wuzent @.
X. no, stree, not by eny meens.
Insted of sendin the dern thing all
| tagether like it wuz wen youse
showed it too. me and bought wun
you go an send 1t all in bunch
OF peaces. Youse kinda had a idea
suppose, as says to my woman,
tibet a Teller like me livin Way ont
hear wuldnt no how to get it all
fixed up unles had youse send
out sum slick city Teller to set It
UP and pave fore prices for it. No,
youse can not fool me Iyke thet.
no littel bit bout macheeny nv
self but wat i'm righten youse
for is tibet wunt ia no wy youse
did not send all the peaces. Them
cud of had it reddy an ben into
my spring ploughinn by now. but
youse forgot to put 1t all in. / put
it together without no helpe and
so rs o0h Oil " n. OIlY I ain L
all thar. Now / wished youse folk
wud gett bizy and git the rest O:
them peaces out too NEE, wat is
missen. an amt gon too stan fer
muche moore foolin arond cauz
got too be gitten at mi ploushen.
an damn Quik."
sinseerly,
B. P. Poor is conducting a home
garden campaign in Burlington.
Iowa.
ISN'T 1t lovely thing to have a
toothache, and to go to one highly
recommended dentist after another
and at each place be met by the
ONCE girls nonchalant inquiry:
Have you an engagement? No?
Then doctor SO and so Is too busy
today TO see you"
From which / take il to mean
that anybody that is going to have
a toothache, should know 1t. and
make an engagement.
TWO weeks in advance.
%. ID. X.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-28
Hey. Boy. Page Carl!

A young woman hurried into a
Chicago police station and asked to
see the city directory. The desk
sergeant came to bat as librarian
and handed her the book. She had
been studying it about an hour
when the d. s. asked:
Can l be of any assistance?"
mo, 1 hardly think so. You see
I am looking for a man BY the
name of Carl, but / don't know his
last name"
She then asked to take the direc-
tory out for few days, and when
the d. S. answered in the negative
she left peeved.