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Somc failure in the proper function- h. of the stoning "parntwr---thit' I. hum: 'dy reported u the cause of -5outs automobile accidents. or, Be- out e! this aim-ties magnum he. eencent rated the beet engineering din "nibble in en do". to perfect o rdiehie meeting you. The, here done their work eo well that eolne ownere uh it for granted no responsibility in left to them. They forget that the meet yer-feet mechanism must have Faiiare)rrsti1toeet,/rtto function "eetively day after day. In order to nuke steering ensy and to give the necessnry strength coupled with the required Bexibilitr the front, wheels of en tutomohile ere given certain peculiarities. At the lower end of the shaft on which the hand-steer- ine wheel is located there is a gear. This is very often of the worm type, although other types are sometimes employed. This poring makes it pos- eible to swing the front wheels with very little effort on tho part of the driver. At the same time it makes it necemry for great pressure to be exerted on the front wheels to move the scoring or hand wheel. Such an arrangement gives the driver easy control of the direction in which he desires his car to move. The same principle is demonstrated when n man with a crowbar raises an ob- ject many times his own weight for e short distance. There is an arm from this steering gear which connects through a drag link to a steering knuckle upon which one of the front wheels is mounted. The other front wheel is made to move in unison with the Brst through means of a tie rod connected to its steering knuckle. These knuckle joints are necessarily points of weakness as compared with a solid axle. There-' fore it is necessary to provide some was of giving strength. I DttrrWBt'TION or WEIGHT. 1 it is I well known fact that lf the front wheels were placed in a perfect ly perpendicular position considerable leverage would be exterted on the steering knuckle pins. This would not only make for weak construction, but would also cause s greet resistance to the turning movement that is incident to the steering. To overcome these faults the front wheels are given what EDISON SHOWED EARLY GENIUS CONTINUALLY EXPERT. MENTING AS A CHILD. Sold Papers on Trains to Buy Chemical Apparatus and Books to Aid Studies. Another experiment of his a few years later. when he was about ten you: old, surely betrays the Inquisi- tlunou of ‘the qetentitte mind. He - 3 land to awallow large mantl- tlu od mm: powder in the am be. lle! that the (as generated would en- able bin to " In plot. of me great and costly animal that some men have been Wicca] to u» in M mum, Edt. un'n "alpine-oz was made by Mme“. Ho gleaned the to" for bottles. spent lb -try"ttqs in all!“ them with Road Whom Section. " "i'd"',',.l',' ""i', muu- ii -- T,"ii Tai rs on trains. n! h__‘on s mm amous nvent ans, t e euro: 'tld 1:359 were poor. 'C,", 1:9 :“I’ecmfilr' duplex and quadruple! man it enabled him to buy chemical e gr '.',1' . appuatus and materials and to pur- Jay G.oult. paid 330.000 tor his in- chuo books, magazines and newspa- tors)! m the quadruplex telegraph. you to further his studies. His meth- This tnone." we“ tstrain spent tn expert- od of reading '3' n distinct from muting. Fronrhis work on the teie- when as dar from ttight. We are phone he got his “telephone money," mid that Wm”; he, as a boy. gained ae. 8100.000. tor his carbon transmitter. no“ to a library he would boldly at-l - By Det-.. not a wtrote action and read book To tell this interesting story in Edi- after book. irrupoctivo of “Moot. l son's own ‘words. when he w" attend In ptaeo of the nut and costly;th08100,000 he slid: "All right. tt is equipment that some run In" boon i your! on one condition sad that is you m1“ touoomthetrtmtntne, mr-Pre? my new» enembntpay an an snowman m made " him-.11.; " the rm of “.000 a nu M coven- u. .9-..“ m. an for bottles, about? to” no" (tho ItN ot. the DUMB”. tl The Automobile FREQUENT STEERING GEAR INSPECTION In eighth: of or. inch, it is very impel-.1 tent that the front wheel; to", in thstf much. tH course, this does, not nppiy: to the rear wheels, which in prscticsl- , ly all cases. are directly panel. 1 In sddition to this foregnther ot,',',',') underttsther, the steering knuckle pins are given . slight rake so as to pro-1 duce e castor effect to the front wheels. This rake consists in placing} the steering knuckle pins so that they! will be further toward the renr at the top than they ere at the bottom. The result of this engineering project when steering is that the centre of turning of the steering knuckle is a little ahead of the point of contact where the tire touches the road. This is done no that the drag incident to pushing the wheel aiong the road is bark of the centre of turning. The re suit is that the wlrceis will aiways point (Eirectiy forward unless inter- fvre'] with. a caster on a bed. It is also the same principle whereby one is able to ride a bicycle without placing the hands on the handle bars. Consequently, if the bars between the two wheels should become disconnected, straight ahead steering and even slight turns can be made through one wheel attached to the steering gear. The other front wheel simply trolls along. MING MEHANIII BORED. Another peculiarity in the steering mechanism is worthy of eomrideration. The tie-bar, which connects the two front wheels, is attached at either end !chemicsls. and labelled them one and ’allvtwo hundred odd bottk---'T'oir ion." irrespective of their contents, to iprevent others interfering with them. l His first laboratory was in his moth. (er's cellar. and he had to use all his |powers of persuasion for it to be per- mitted to stay there. His second lab. 1orntory was the disused smoker, dis- lused because unventilated. on the ltrain on which he sold papers. I Hls Deafness. Here one of the calamities of his young “fem the upsetting of some phosphorus because of the htrehing of Ithe train. This accident set the train on fire and he and his belongings were ', bundled " the train at a wayside sta- :tion. it was on this occasion that he received so sound a box on his ears hy the conductor that his hearing was permanently damaged. But Edison has always taken this hurt philosophi- call): The phinciple of this action is the same as that which can bt observed in In)!” wucvm, In ..e...%r..m'"'. -- --e' to the arms that form part of thel steering knuckle. These arms, in- stead of being parallel and thus mak- ing the tie-rod the same length as the distance between the steering knuckle pins, are set at an angle, which makes the tie rods shorter than this distance. The result is that when the cur is turned, say, to the right, the right hand wheel is swung more than the left hand wheel. Each wheel, thero. fore, follows closely into proper are. The reverse is true when turning to the left. Many motorists do not realize their tremendously important obligation to keep the steering apparatus well lubri- eated and have It regularly inspected to see that the pins are kept tight and that the whevls do not get too much out of alignment. A pin might drop out when going down a steep hill, or when running at. high speed. A friend recently took his car to a service sta- tion to be looked over, supposing it was all right, but wanting to be sure. He found out that his steering appa- ratus would have hardly held out for another tive miles without a break- down, one that might quite possibly have had serious consequences. Then there is extra wear on tiresl when wheels are not properly set, and) there is. of course. great possibility " disaster when anything goes wrong to' the steering parts of an automobile} This is a part of the machine tint" needs careful and frequent inspection! lt was while Edison was a news- boy that he became interested in electricity. Ho had no frictional ma- chine, so he used the family eat. The chief objection was that the eat, lack- ing Edison's enthusium tor science. objected to the violent rubbing pro- cm" Bon Edison's Brett triumph as an invent. or was hits invention of the stock tick- er. which netted him $40,000. He had anticipated asking from 83,000 to $5,000. but asked General Lefterts to make an offer. When 840,000 was pm- pcsed Edison said it “caused me to he as near fainting as I ever got. I was afraid he would hear my hurt heat." This money enabled Edison tiettttite ly to "tart his spectacular career as an inwntur and much ot it was spent on his now famous inventions. the automatic, duplex and quadmplox telegraph. My LinsitiotGaa tour than too much hnd could run faster than Edi. First Triumph l Contrary to common belief, the iphonograph did not owe its inception Ito Edison's picking his finger with a pint connected to a telephone dia- l phragm, but was the product of pure :remsonintr, the deduction being made "rom his experimenting with an ante imatic telegraph which kmbossed dots [ and dashes on a strip of paper.--0olut ', R. Hewitt, in General Electric Review. l The new instrument is called a teno- iscope. It consists of a trumpet of l which the end is horizontal; over the tend is stretched a sheet of thin rub. l ber, on which is a drop ot mercury. 1 The light from an electric lamp in 1ryyy1ti. from the mercury on to a iphototrrapltie plate, and any sound ;spoken or sung Into the trumpet _ makes the mercury vibrate. a pattern :0! the broken reflections being pro-. j duced on the plate. Princess Mary of England is shown with her youngest child, Gerald David. and her elder son. George Hubert. The two are beautltul children and are said to be the pride of their grandfather, King George. tor my business capaclty and I kna‘w that I would soon spend this money experimenting if I got it all " once, so I fixed it that I could not. [saved seventeen years ot worry by this stroke." Edison spent all his money on ex- perimenting and part of it gave the phonograph to the world. is the inventor of the.tspparatus by which a blind man can read a book, the printed letters retteeting light on to a selenium cell, which produces sounds by electricity, so that the per- son really reads by Bound. A new invention of Professor Four- uler d'Albe has made it possible to photograph sounds. Professor d'Albo These patterns are quite distinctive. The note B fiat gives a different pat- tern from the note F'; in tact, the drop of mercury follows every vibration ot music sung or played into the trumpet, so that a moving band of photographic tilm would resend voice or music as a series of different patterns. We thus have a new instrument for the study ot speech and sound, which may pave the way to tresh knowledge and perhaps and many good uses. Modern Way. Isabel. aged nine, had just been told the story of Daniel in the lion's' den. W Then mother naked: "And what do you think Daniel did the very first thing after he was saved from the Hons Without much hesitation, Isabel re. plied".--- "Why, he must have telephoned home to his wife to tell her he was all right Wounded war veterans at Christie Hospital. Toronto. were not over- looked in the voting when the eitizettrof Ontario were asked to decide be- tween the retention at the 0.T.A. or government control ot liquor. _ . Snapshots of Sounds. P' When I was young and walked the way or moor and mead and stone. I never had a little house That I could call my own. I used to dream of gables then. And ftoorty in place of sod, Long twilighta when our camp ftrq made A smoke trail up to God. They envy me my mansion now With walls so brave and high; And I can only envy you. Whose house is all of sky. The years have taught what anxious V youth Was all unconscious ot-- That brick and mortar make a house But homes are built of love. --Helea Frame-Dower Among the recent discoveries at Kish is a. great treasure in the Ld)) of the oldest known pen. Professor Langdon, director of the Weld-Bruit? dell and Field Museum Archeological Expedition, who, was delighted at find. ing this bone stylus for writing cunei- form, says that many scholars had vainly tried to reconstruct the instru- ment. This stylus is a triumph of Mm. plicity. It is a bone, six inches long, with a triangular cross-section and pared ends. After a little practice Professor Langdon was able to make cuneiform inscriptions on clay with fair rapidity. Professor Langdon considers that the mound twenty miles southeast of Nippur may be identified as the site of the city ct lain. lsin was the capi- tal of a dynasty which ruled over a great part of Babylonia after that of Ur from about 2280 B.C. to about 2050 Lifebuoys "lt-igniting the case of victim can ' to It. A copper cylinder is inserted In the Htebuoy containing calcium carbide and calcium phosphide. When the calcium phosphide beccomes wet, a small tiame is produced which ignites the stream of acetylene. The light burns with an intensity of 150 candies for torty.tive minutes. The Earliest Pen. Man Overboard! TORONTO l are to be equipped with '; water lights, so that in t an accident at night the see the lifebuoy. and swim Homes. "iiitiit%uautitr of foodstuffs In re- quired to supply these mods. and what a variety must be provided. Where it all comel from. and the Interests represented 1n ta collection and distribution, would make {most interesting story. says the Natural Re- sources Intelligence Servlce ot the Department ot the Interior. The ob- ject of this article, however, ls to di. rect attention to the effect of the de- velopment of our natural resumes up- on the provision ot our food supply--- the means whereby it reaches our tables. and what natural resources en- ter into Its preparation. Canaan‘s chief food supply, ot course. comes trom the tarm, consequently it Is upon the development ot Canada's greatest natural resource-the land-- that our people depend tor sustenance. Agriculture supplies us with not only our bread and butter, but our meat and vegetables. our dairy and poultry supplles and our fruits. Development of Nu,wni'""ii'iTrTirtaoeir. Aucciltod With Provision of the Nation's Food Supply. . Of the total wheat crop of 399.780.- 000 bushels In 1923, 170,104,000 bushels was consumed in Canada. How much ot this was converted into flour is not as yet known, but in 1922 there was 81,413,649 bushels milled, from which mm produced 17,833,131 barrels of Mur. or this flour 8,663,078 barrel: was consumed-in Canada, slightly less than one barrel for each person. Ot the 491,239,000 bushels of one grown in 1923. there was consumed In Canada 467,678,000 bushels. The quantity ot oats used for human food In 1922 was 11.191.617 bushels, which was converted Into 146,912,814 pounds of rolled oats or oatmeal, of which 109,220,512 pounds was used in Can- ada. Cornmeal, also, was used to the ex-ilnd fl tent of 51,302,602 pounds, while 2.659;; cheets 910 pounds ct rye ttour, £631,225 ' crate: pounds ot buckwheat flour, 4,041,053,00000 pounds of barley and M,483,000 bush; large els of potatoes contributed to Canada's , used table supplies. Farm and ranch anl-l there mals provided 1,3t1,84t,4M pounds ' bags, of meat, together with 230,507,322 ot Pa', pounds of butter, 21,272,216 pounds ot raw n cheese, and enormous quantities of forest milk and cream. 'irood-t How dependent Canada is upon na- tural conditions, as they pertain to precipitation and temperature. is evi- dented in the wheat crops ot 1921 and 1922. The increase in production in the latter year. notwithstanding that there was less acreage sown to wheat, Mott of 'em Haven't. "These European monarchs can't dictate to a soul now." "That's right-some of 'em haven't King. During the recent sojourn of ignace "n.Paderewtvkl in Brussels, the plan- ist and statesman was decorated by Al.. bert, King of the Belgians. with the Order of Leopold, carrying with it the rank ot Grand Commander. The conferring ot this honor followed soon after the pianists recital in that city. The dtcoration is the highest gift Bel. gium can bestow. The king accom- panied the decoration with his photo- graph bearing this i'cceription: "To PodereWski the ilgmator of Poland and the incomparable artist. Albert. At the recital, which took place in 1118 Royal Theatre of the Mannie, Mme. Padarewaki sat in the royal box on the King's right and to the left of the Crown Prince. it is said to have been the first time a civilian has been thus honored. The Queen arose when Paderewski appeared upon the stage, thus giving the signal for the audience to do likewise. During the stay of Paderewskl and his wife in Brussels they lived at the King's palace and took their meals "en famine" at the royal table. Too Much Cow. ., A well-known writer who has a coun- try home, recently married a musical comedy star who had previously lived only in the bigger cities. They were spending their honeymoon at his coun- try place. within motoring distance ot the city. spending their honeymoon at his coun-i " "Nin't no use to wrl;o any more try place. within motoring distance ot letters, to him. pl. Her, can't see to the city. l read them. He's blind." . The second day of their stay the "Blind!" author, wanting to give his bride the "Yes. He asked me twice where my best ot everything. decided to bay a hat was. and I hid it on my head all cow. so that they might get their ovum the time." - fresh milk. } ------+----- So they jumped in the car and motored over to a neighboring (arm. where there was a cow tcr sale. The animal was led out by its owner, who proudly proclaimed the tlne stock she came from, and ended up by telling the newlyweds that the cow gave ton quarts ot milk a. day. _ “Arthur. ten quarurot milk is more than we will use; werdon't need such ' his cow. Got “my: The bride tpusped--then called her husband to one side and whispered: Pianist Decora'ted by Belgian poop] 3L Lcuv/ '30??me CANADA’S TABLE averaged the tunnel- per acre, or . total of 104507.500 buahclr~tho dit. torence being more “an enough to pm- Tide III of Canaan's roquimtmrrt" tor Bour making. " h nuur [Mil-“V While Canadian- no not not all: quantitiel no required to maintain our ables. Sulmon, lob-tern. herring. cod, halibut end my other vuietlen are avulluble, and of recent you! _ number of specie. heretofore not re garded an edible are being nude use of. Table and dairy salt produced in Canada in 1928 amounted to 41,274 tons and common salt to 35,758 tons. Minerals also enter into the provieion of our meals in the form of able cut- lery, culinary utensils, stoves. ete., while to a large extent coal, coal oil, natural and artificial “I. and other mineral products supply the necessary fuel. The power need in the manufacture of our Boar and meals amounted to 95,315 horsepower. Herein enters an- other of Canadn'e Important natural resources. Ot this total power 25,105 horsepower we: developed by hydrau- lic turbines and water-wheels, while 53,365 horsepower wee provided by electric mom. practically all eup- plied with current from hydroelectric power developments. Natural and ttrtiiicial gas used tor milling mount- ed to 334,968,000 cubic feet, while gg,. 236 tons ot lignite u well as other coal, in addition to large quantities of other fuels, including 12,699 cords ot wood, were used. The development of Cnnndn'e forest resources, second only in importance to her lands, he: a very direct bearing upon the provision of food-tum to the country's table. Conteinen no neces- sary tor distribution, and of these there He made annually approximate 1y 860.000 apple barrels, 182,000 sum and ttour barrels, 2,800,000 butter and cheese boxes. 7,400,000 baskets and crates, 1,200,000 berry boxes and IS,. 000,000 boxes and packing cues, a large proportion of the latter being used for food supplies. In addition there are millions ot cutons. paper bags, and other food container: made of paper and boxboard. the product ot raw materials obtained from mum: forests. required in distribution of our food-stuffs. ' Next day tive MZ-pound packages ot [sugar were left at the man's house. there being Just five grocers in the vil. ' Inge. Every new baby born in Berlin, say: a dispatch, is to receive from the muni- cipality a. savings account of three gold marks. The purpose ot the plan in to increase the birth rite of Greater Berlin, which is now below normal. The savings account will be made out in the name ot the baby itself and will draw interest, The money mar be withdrawn only when the child reach- es the age of fourteen. In other Ger- man cities where the birth rate is be- low normal similar stem are to be taken. And this in a country already overcrowded. It can readily be seen that, while to the land and sea must credit be given for the provision of the raw mueriaJa entering into our food supply, each ot our natural resources enter. intimate ly into its preparation and distribu» tion. Saved Expo”... A $001 went to a solicitor, laid a question before him, and asked wheth- er he would under-aka the we. "C6rttritily," said the inter. "We are sure to win." "Bo you really think in a good case?" ‘Most decidedly, my dear sir. I am prepared to guarantee that you will secure a favorable verdict." "Ah, weal, I'm much obleeged to ye,!, but I diana think I'll go we law thtll time, for, ye see, the case I've just? laid before ye is my opponent's." l, A man bought six pounds of sugar and found it adulterated with sand. The next day he had inserted in the local paper a notice reading thus: "Notiee.---t bought Bl! pounds ot sugar from a grocer in this village. Prom it I have taken one pound of sand. It the grocer will send me six pounds of sugar I will not expose him." Bobby was sent by hls father on an errand to an elderly relative who placed Treat stress upon manners. Up- on hits return " father questioned him as to " reception. A Big One. l While some' Little F'iretiy---"Gre" Scott! What can't be done,” kind of a tiretty is that“ I in: sump-bed l “dawn. ’1» ---...u f, w.,.,.,,.-:--";'.:,? f:i,s:) "iCcfw??,foicit' Gulltly Comcienee Berlln Bible; Waste of Time Tm m".;a"."»m- m - _ A; A _-_.- In! mu m I 'rue.""- .7. be nomad in the - tndividunt. But thou m vory hm men who not mu. - "_--. run .hout u bulge-I done. The! rule m. - circlee; they melt with their was; there I: e noble nob. wont-ten. en! en “nowhere at “Men In Gillette thermometer rleee to fever "" m the meantime, come cool and quiet pereon any from the violent sound end the vivid scene my be getting the reel work done. The epperenuy - tlwe one tn the window-dresser. the ehow-plece, the tuure-hetrd. Then my be A eartnitt deco'etlve mtnlneee In luvlng him “out. But he should not be mistaken for the driving power of production. The bushes! man mute the vital energy at his commend into the def. work, not Into frantic and vein gym I done. When a plan to Mulch much toil in“ thought wu given expires in " hands he does not waste time in long and mournful funeul exercises. He never was much ot e hand at applying the helm of a toollsh and weakly cen- timenul optimism; but he never yet gem law the qunverlnx despair of the aint-hearted who sud "No use." So ihe gather: what in left and mud. thereon. though it be chat! and rubble. Ital he can slnk n firm and deep foun- detlon. The merely buey man bu no plan end seen trom one sudden tlash ot Im- pulse to the next with n headlong rush in aimless as the Bight of insects. He yum, - .. _-_- _ u aimless an the tiight at insects. Ha despise: the careful, thoughtful meth. odiI-m of the plodder. There in in that slow, caution. way, no briliinncy, no inspiration. Ott the other hand. the hulneu man messes himself at the cloth before he cute the out. has the site end the building fund in hand ere he order: the wanton-ed concrete and think- thmuzh to the end of years in- stead of from hour to hour. The busy man has no time tor anything; the busineu man get: things done because he in prociu. punctual, faithful in bid appointments u in his piighted word. E thutndUn winter sports are a dis- ;tinct nut and m pruning an unrav- "ion to mny tourists, who COOP' to .enjoy with us our winter clirmh- and {take part in our winter aetivities and Ao renew the energies depk mi th, ' 'nh Fiiiiiiiie in countries where We re- mupernting winter elimate is absent. Canada's winters are one of her (rut natural resourccs. The wintera that prevail over the greater portion of Cunadn lock up for practically the entire period from harvest to seeding time the fertility present in the soil. The plant food that has been con- verted into available farms during the preceding summer and autumn and which is left over After the ".aon's growth is retained for the next sea- Ion's crop. The frost hold: tight within its grasp untold values in plant i, "And it Is a shrewd criticism d the ibulc value of money. that the cheaper you do it the better it will an“ yum in tummy food. In regions where winter condi- tions In absent this roluble plant food in lost by leaching and must be replaced largely by artificial fertilizer. The Canadian winter must therefore be regarded as an nerieulturtu “not of no men ulna. "two" 3 - M “ 1diet'e.'.'?. 'nmv w i The Children's Aid Society in one Tot our western towns received I vou- ltrttrution ot ten dollars in a curious _ way. A My mm; in New (mean.- r41. celved a parcel from a fried and In wrapper we. I Canadian mmpnper. Never having been in C:innda the Endy Ismoothed out the purer and read the various Items: nmu tho came to one I which mid ot the not! muyk ot the l Chum-en's Aid Society and iv, med ot ‘money. Without delay the wrote a ' the Mercury enclosing n Pr tal Grier {tor ten dolitrta.-g. J. Keleo. Anyone who gives thought to the effect of the bracing winter atmos- phere upon the health of the people must who its value in the rear- ing of a vigorous and active populace. Canadians are proud of their winter sports, skating, hockey, skiing and Meaning, which make the blood courae rapidly through the veins and bring the bloom to the cheeks of the younger people, while those of more mature years find their winter recrea- tion in curling. Canadians notwith- standing that others may think differ- may, do not hibernate whrn winter Uken up though the Dominion [and ':Oftiee " Edmonton during the month of September, by new settlers coming 'tnto Alberta. ' "Travel," sun William McFec- in the Bookman, replying to a young genre- mln who has six mcnths' leave for luppy vmbondaxe. “is exrzlnaive only In so tar n it renders ycu int. mune trom the dlmultim and pecu- llarltles ot (only: Haves. lt is er. pensive beau-o It carries you in the environment to which you are accus- tamed. And no. It you no prepared to forego there trivlll accessories of modern lite, III the comforts and "vteveuietttrtte which threaten to shalt-h . the local eharacteritsttes ot our tv.o,lern world. you need not pay very much tor your passage. An Unexpected Contribution. Nata-iiaitiiirBuiietin. wane some people Ire saying “It cun't be done," ther are constantly h.- ing surprised by ”My “a. _ More than ta.tr/ hoymsteads wen While pong peo'pie an The Value of Travel. 11;!»me Hunting. Health of h III! and Schools Sntiof; o-h-tse in Wild B, Herd. TRADE FACILITATE WIRELESS SYSTET If slowly lie Ville oxtenslv more in outside l West T In in! tng tt tt b. Trade u In. In a 'er.ti", 'ath.s An L “H. . open-u UPPER MACK! “we! tn "lt In: not in How Many Violins mod: Stud“; up! "