The Syracuse Journal, Volume 19, Number 16, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 19 August 1926 — Page 3

SPARK PLUG CARE FOUNOESSENTIAL Bureau of Mines Devotes Film to Its Importance to Automobile. Uncle Sam has become vitally interested in the conservation of gasoline and has b**guu an. educational program which is to embrace'the entire range of gas-saving ideas. To the spark plug the bureau of mines has devoted a photoplay called, “The Story of a Spark Plug.’’ A hot, intense spark means econ»my. A ’hot. Intense spark means power. A hot. Intense sparks means a live engine. When a spark plug loses Intensity because of the great stress to which It is subjected in engine operation, it falls to give complete Combustion of gas in the cylinder. These things then happen: Spark Plugs Need Watching. Power Is lost. The engine Is sluggish. Gasoline #nd oil are wasted. The engine brought daily nearer to exiwnalve overhauling and cojpseguetit loss of use of car. [■ . The lesson to be learned Is: “Watch your spark plugs “ They are vital to good car service. The best engine in the best motor car in 'the world Is no better than its spark plugs. It la a real economy to in sj-e t spark plugs frequently and to replace them just as soon as they show signs of a weak spark— gvnerally somewhere between SOOO and IV.- (*»' mHes. Most car owners have little real Conception of Just how their engine operate*. It ts a wld««pread belief that a series of explosions, taking place in each cylinder.; makes the engine run What Really Happens. This is not true. W hat really happens l<; 1. As the engine turns over, gasoline passes through the carburetor. where air “is mixed with It. the mixture entering the cylinder in the form of a highly 2. The valves close and the piston m- '•> upward. •'•impressing t! :s gaseous mixture 3 At a certain point in the operation the compressed mixture ts lgplied, by a spark leaping across the gap between the electrodes of the Spark plug. 4 The gas bums with extreme rapldlty.c and In burning expands,, forcing down the piston and thus generating power. When your engine does all these things in full vigor, I. e.. with a hot. intense spark, you’re getting economy and power.- When there is poor or Incomplete combustion there la waste In power, gas and oil. Countershaft Gears of Transmission Essential po the countershaft gears of the : transmission serve any useful purpose when the car Is In direct, or high, gear? The countershaft drive gear of the ewnventional transmission always U tn mesh with the clutch, or main : shaft, drive gear. Rut tn direct drive j (high gear», the countershaft drive gear plays no part In transmitting power. Why. then, should It and the countershaft gears controlled by It continue to revolve? Here’s the answer. The countershaft gears are In the bottom of the transmiiudou cane and as such are deeper in lubricant. Their action in rotating serve* to keep the grease stirred up. thereby raising lubricant to take <-sre of the sliding gears, the gear shift forks and the transmission bearings. <

ATTEMPTING to solve traffic problems

Uh r a- * IM Taxicab Used on Streets of Baltimore. The new motor cyde taxicabs which have been used successfully in Baltimore. Md.. will be adopted in other cities to help solve the traffic problems. Two other qualities are in their favor; the fare is about one-half that of a regular type taxi, and it is capable of great speed, as well as being able to dart in and out of traffic with ease. This photograph shows Miss Lillian Lubinsk. at the handle bars of a new motor cycle taxi in Baltimore, Md.

automobile notes That new •t? l * high-speed. hlgbplleage automobile should also have • highly efficient pedestrian basket •a the front bumper. .• • • Always sound the horn and pass ea the sefr when passing other vehicles going In the same direction, except street earn When at street intersections. on curve®, or when going up or |»wn a hill? never try to pane an-

Buying of Automobiles Is Now a Family Affair If any one were to place his finger on the more Important items In motor car construction at the present time, the fact that the purchase of automobiles is now a family affair would stand out as one of the most distinct It has only been within the last few years that this development has come about, for it can be readily remembered how, only a short time ago*, the men of the family were the only ones considered capable of operating an automobile. Nowadays the situation is entirely different; probably no one en joys driving a car more than the worn en of the family. When all things are taken into ac count, the drift seems to be toward the light car to fill the requirements of family use. And with this characteristic come the developments in comfort that light weight makes possible. It is Just being generally appreciated how im I portant it is to make a car light in Its unsprung parts, like the axles, w that the pounding effect of this weight upon the road is minimized. The old j theory that weight Is essential to rid Sty: ease has been exploded, and the true principle, which considers the ■ proper relation of weight above an<? below the springs, has taken its place have also found how much easier the spring action of the light j car can be. because of the ability to make the springs more sensitive. The handling qualities of a car are als< closely related to tight weight, so that the light car is easy to guide and i» responsive to braking effort. Useful Arrangement for Light in Small Garage Stumbling over a can of oil ot barking your shins on some of the ga-den tools run he eliminated by fit ting the celling light in your garage with a chain pull type of socket anti then running one pull to each point at which you enter or leave the ga ruffe either on foot or In the car. As "* * j nt* 1 i nl ;; 3 Chain Puli la Helpful. shown in the Illustration, a good ar [ rangemeut is to put a screw eye in the ceiling a distance from ths light and then res three cords through the opening and tie them U i the end, of the chain. Supported by another screw eye, one cord can b« I dropped by the back entrance doot | and the other two to each side of th< ■ main doors, where they can bs | reached easily from the .ga^-—Popu I lar Science Monthly. A Buying Automobile*/on Time Is Favored Plan: There is a great deal to be said foi and against the policy of buying auto j mobiles on time, but recently then has been a tendency to forget thai there always are two sides to a story Even the manufacturers have over looked this. One of them, for in i stance, believes that the deferred pay ment plan enables more people to buy cars of the better class that last long er and. give greater real economy. N< one demes thia Yet at the saitu time it is well to see the other aid* of the deferred payment plan. Her< one finds millions of persons buyln* cheap cars every year, forgetting all about the matter of economy In long car life just because It la so easy t« buy can nowaday*.

other vehicle going in the same direction. • • • Once more It is to be demonstrated that automobile racing should be done by experts on speedways and not by amateurs on highways. • a • ▲ rise in the price of gasoline creates no great popular resentment The high cost of motoring has been transferred from the question of fuel and upkeep to that of meeting the tees

AROUND THE HOME — — • By MARGARET BRUCE * W.VU S»rvic« 77ie Toothbrush Cupboard What kind of care do yon take of i the family toothbrushes. Do they

hang on hooks or on a rack directly over the bathroom basin, where they are exposed to dust. Hying soapflecks, odors, and dampness generally? Os course, that will never do, Madam Housewife; The dentists tell us that almost as many of our tooth t roubles come

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from germ-laden toothbrushes as from food decay. A toothbrush that is never thoroughly dried, never subjected . to a good disinfectant, never sunned and aired and made sweet and whole some, is not the implement to put into our own and our children's mouths. A damp toothbrush to which a coating of toothpaste still clings, attracts all sorts of invisible forms of decomposition. and the brush which isn’t thoroughly rinsed and dried is as un healthful as a half-rinsed, half-damp garment or balf-cleun. half-dry bed ding. The best way to treat a toothbrush Is to dip It. after using, into some food antiseptic solution. A glass containing one teasjwon of a powerful disinfectant mixed with ten teaspoons of water is an efficient germ-killer. Some dentists recommend denatured alcohol or medicated alcohol. After dipping the brushes in thlz solution, put them in a wide-mouthed bottle, brush end out, and stand them in the sunshine until absolutely dry It is said that the direct rfcys of the sun kill germs, whereas the rays which come through glass will not If the sun Is not shining, dry the brushes over the radiator. When the brushes are ready for use again, hang them in a special little cupboard, kept scrupulously clean, where they will be free from the dust and floating soap-particles in the bathroom. Individual holders for the brushes are good provided the brushes are perfectly dry; but the circulation of some air is good for them. The main thing is to see that all food particles, bits of toothpaste or powder., and other germ-producing matter Is entirely removed after every using, and that the brush la first disinfected and then dried.

Beautifying the Practical 1 Every so often I feel it tny special ! mission in life to protest against the general ugliness of our common house- , hold appliances. Why on earth we ; should have a charming hearth-brush i in the living room and a hideous yel- | low-handled red-labelled broom in the kitchen. 1 don’t see. Why should the tea-cart In the dining room be lovely to look at and the ironing boar* tn the laundry be “as plain as an old maid’s face,’’ as the old saying was many years ago. Recently 1 have been trying to educate some of the manufacturers of , household tools. Implements and furniture by writing to them and suggesting amusing decorative handles, I gay coats of paint or enamel, and perhaps a bit of good designing in the shape of the article itself, if-they only knew it. women would buy theh wares Just twice as fast if they were beguiled by a delft blue dust pan, an Ironing-board with the legs painted Sage green and buff, or a carpet sweeper of orange and black. A set of kitchen forks and dish mops with j Hue handles to match the blue-tiled linoleum would be irresistible to r.-.ost housewives. Weil, they’ll do It some day. and then we shall have beautiful refrigerators as well as beautiful highboys, attractive gas stoves as well as lov,Z~ J V v / \ dr able open fireplaces. Meanwhile, we must do the best we can by beautifying our practical household eonveniencee ourselves. Get a few cans of bright enamels, carrying out the color plan of your kitchen and dining noojt. poaaibly, and make your prosaic tools lovely to look at and fun to work’ with. Brighten up the Ironing board standard, paint up the step-ladder, doll up the broom and brush handles, decorate the carpet sweeper. Paint the plain kitchen table, decorate the plain kitchen chairs. Use blue and white and yellow bowls to mix things in. There is no place in the modern kitchen, gay with crisp curtains, pots of flowers on the sill, and rows of pretty plates on the wall, for the unadorned and ugly tools of common household service. If the makers will net beautify them, we mast do it ourselves. toswrtrm.) Eorrliwat AlpAa&eti About 1900 B. C. the Semitic people adopted Egyptian symbols. Cadmus. of Egyptian descent. Introduced Into Greece from Phoenicia an alphabet of 1« letters. Additions were made to these later by the Greeks, until In about <OO B.' C. they had 24 letters. The other two were added In the Thirteenth century. Huge Africa Africa comprises nearly one-fourth st the earth’s land surface.

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