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RECREATION. 



torist to know for certain whether his car 

 has had a shock. 



Brasses : These are stuck about inside 

 the works and should not be confounded 

 with the brass plating. Things work on 

 them ; and when you take them out it is 

 well to put them back again in the same 

 place. 



Chauffeur: A corruption of the term 

 "shover," and applied to the driver because 

 he is the only person who does not get out 

 and shove when the car fails on a hill. 



Engine : This is a somewhat important 

 part. It consists of a lot of little parts. If 

 any of these drop off trouble may result. It 

 is important to paint it, especially just be- 

 fore selling your car. 



Garage : A place to tow broken down 

 cars to, tip mechanics and pay bills at. 

 There is reason to believe that had Ananias 

 kept a garage he would have escaped the 

 fate that befell' him, since most garage pro- 

 prietors live to a good age. Barabbas would 

 certainly have established a garage had that 

 simple means of livelihood existed in his 

 day. 



Ignition : There are 2 sorts, by trembler 

 coil, plug and accumulator ; by magneto. 

 The former is to be preferred, because if 

 you hold on to the metal part of the plug 

 and turn the handle you can feel the ex- 

 act force of the current. To avoid a plug 

 sooting, screw it in so that it is easily re- 

 moved. Nothing will ever go wrong with 

 it then. 



Owner : An inconvenient person, apt to 

 want to ride in the car just when the chauf- 

 feur is going out on a little trip of his own. 



Skid : This is a polite form of explain- 

 ing how you came to run over anyone or 

 into anything. If the car suddenly turns 

 around without touching anything, it may 

 also be a skid, but the police will call it a 

 drunk in charge. 



Silencer : A thing hung under the car to 

 hit dogs with. When efficiently designed 

 it takes up all the row made by those parts 

 of the car which make the least noise. It 

 is a convenient receptacle for broken valve 

 stems, etc. 



Starting Handle : The thing you wind up 

 to make the car go. In single cylinder cars 

 it often affords valuable physical exercise, 

 but much can be done with it on big cars 

 by advancing the ignition before turning. — 

 Fred T. Jane, in The Car. 



ROADSIDE TROUBLES. 



The engine stops unexpectedly. The oc- 

 cupants alight, raise the bonnet, and gaze 

 hopelessly inside. One was recently over- 

 heard to say, "There's the engine gone 

 wrong again." After a silence the remark, 

 "Let's have a look at the ," naming 



some part which happens to attract their 

 attention, and immediately they seize span- 

 ners and disintegrate the unfortunate ma- 

 chine in places where there was, perhaps, 

 little likelihood of trouble arising. If a 

 doctor were called to attend a patient, it 

 would be most serious if he should make a 

 promiscuous inspection Of the human anat- 

 omy "just to see if it is all right," with- 

 out studying the symptoms of the case. It 

 is the same with a motor. It is useless to 

 take off the carburetor, alter the mixture, 

 or grind in valves, if one of the bearings 

 has seized up or the petrol tank has run 

 dry. If the case were diagnosed systemati- 

 cally the trouble in most instances would 

 be easily found. — The Autocar. 



Some people spend more time in investi- 

 gating automobiles to determine which 

 make is best, than they do in learning 

 how to run the machine after it has been 

 bought. Know your car and its ways. 



A HERO. 



We saw the colonel on parade, 

 A most imposing sight he made. 



His swelling chest, his bearing proud, 

 His voice peremptory and loud, 

 With awe inspired the gazing crowd. 



You really should have heard him when 

 He shouted orders to his men. 



Yes, when he roared those orders out 

 You should have seen them march about. 

 In prompt compliance with his shout. 



Oh, very dignified was he — 

 As martial as a man can be. 



So haughtily he held his head, 

 His gills became so very red, 

 So turky-cocky was his tread. 



We later saw him when he seemed 



Far meeker than we could have dreamed. 



His step was soft, his voice subdued, 

 His ruddy cheek was chalky-hued, 

 With terror he seemed quite imbued. 



In such a man as he 'twas queer, 

 But he was overcome with fear. 



He born to threaten and command ! 

 A rank poltroon with trembling hand, 

 And knees that hardly let him stand. 



We marked his look of wild despair — 

 We heard his wife's voice on the stair. 



— Chicago News. 



