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flout.
littering Department. The Sentinel
uWhile passing through Benin" re
ceatly, l was told that ordinary tab
watemuld be used for the storage
battery, yet the directions all tor dis-
tilled water. is there any danger in
- using tap water? Also please tell u r
when sulfuric acid should be added.
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and . prolong its lite. as some claim.
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The paint you mention serves mere-
ly to cover the outside of the tire and
to improve its appearance, but can
hare no elect on the intrrior it is
nothing but vhiting mixed with the .
cement and is too thin to close lip any
Joseph Davis
’85‘ Washington Street
‘ South Nomlk.
WEATHER ransom
Forecast for Norwalk and vicinity:
Unsettled probably. light snow late
‘tonisht or on Sunday; somewhat cold-
. C. A disturbance which is central
. this morning over Oklahoma is caus-
ing unsettled with rain or snow in the
”Western and central districts. There
him a decided rise in tempera-
ture during the last twenty-four hours
on the southern side of this disturb-
ance and a corresponding fail on the
northern side. The temperature along
then orthero border irom 'Montana to
Ontario are considerably below zero.
WEATHER A YEAR AGO TODAY
Temperature: High, 50; low,
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“ . The South Norwalk Trust Company
will close at noon on Monday at the
request ofw'tlie local fuel administra-
tors. , ‘
First to qualify in Bridgeport.-John'
'1'. King has subscribed iorhimself.
Mrs. King. and his son, Gilbert. for
membership in the Thousand Dollar
'3 . .Llrnitmluh of Connecticut. the object
otiinicn is the purchase of snooo
worth of war savings stamps during
1913. The Connecticut club will be
composed of 500 prominent citizens
whosepyearly earnings will permit
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. battery unless some of the electrolyte;
' chemically pure acid only.
small cuts In the tread. its main pur-
pose is to add to the appearance of
the car.
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in some parts of the country tap
water is pure enough to be used in a
storage battery, but it is well to be
careful. Most waters contain'minenl
salts which will damage the plates.
distilled water is' cheap and can be
obtained at any drug store. Acidl
should never be but into a storage!
Motoring Departmcnit. The: Sentinel.
-—The 'l‘ny mohair top on my Over?
land cs3 feaks very badly. As it is oth-
erwise 9 good condition. l'do not wish
to no to the cam of replacing it.
Please let rue know if there is any
way to waterproo! it. E. .l.
inquire at any large supply store for
‘the dressing you desire. it in doubt
Motoring Department. The Sentinel. . ”a" it. tl'y it on some inconspicuous
~Klndiy let me know what the electri- 1"" °‘ the ton'We 9'9!" 3014.0 fec-
eal term an “Ohm" menus and greatly~°mmmd “Y 'WW article on the
oblige. .3. st. 'r. “"1"”-
An ohm is the unit of resistance '
used to measure the resistance offer-l "0'0"" llepal'tlnent, The Sentinel.
ed to the electrical current. it is ’0” 0‘ ml’ friends has a set of aux-
ebuai to the resistance ouered to an 1 iliary '9‘“ ”Pl on his car. They are
unvaryinz current of electricity by a t ”i on the dash, where they can be.
column of mercury at 32 degrees. watched, '0 RI ‘0 19“ if any cylinders;
rash. 14.4521 grams in mm. of am mil-Ins oxrlosions or not. it is
constant cross sectional area. and of mil-“9d "13! they make I hotter spark. ‘
the length of 106.3 centimeters. ," "W "9 10 8004. why are not more-
, icars equipped with them? Y. B.
Motoring Department, The Sentinel.[ They do intensify the spark slightly.,
—-My Buick canwhlch has up to theibut present systems give as hot o'
present given excellent service. hauli spark as is needed. They do not has.
lost its power'and does not climb hills . eiit a magneto system, as they add too
as well as it formerly did. What might much resistance to the circuit art?) so!
the trouble he? C. 7-; are apt to cause mlsfiring ut low
The loss of power may be caused 5! . speeds of the engine. Using‘such a
carbon or warped valves which ,peflnll , set of gaps adds to the complications
the loss of compression and therefofe'of the wiring. and there are other
a falling oil of power. ‘waya of telling when a cylinder ls
missing explosions.
Motoring Department, The Sentinel. I _ ____
—f'nn old tires «he retreaded when! Motorin: Department, The Sentinel.
the fabric is in good condition unilri have been advised to change my
about what i: the charge?
Tire rapair shops will retread Y"flf.they wear. Please let me know which
tire it the fabric is in good condition ‘ tires wear most and how they should
and the umai charge is about 25 to 30 , he engaged around. . R. 9'.
per cm. of the crisinal 00" 0f 11"“ New'tire‘s should be placed at the
new shoe. ' point or rreutest strain. which is on
. the rear wheelsnThe tire which wears
,3 Motoring Department. The Sauna-Janus h- the right rear, next cornea
-—Why are piston rings necessarf’vthe lef‘. rear, 'ht right front and lust
Couldn't the manufacturers make the the lot. front. A new tire should be
pistons to fit the cylinders in”? scorn, placed on the right rear wheel and
rately. thereby doing away with lhoythne moved forward in the ordn: iné
rings? 1". C. dicnied above.
The pistons, if niade to fit the cyl- __
nas leaked out or been spilled: Usei
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~ 1 ‘ them to buy $1,000 worth of stamps.
. FOR BALE-CORD WOOD, SAWED
any size. F. lisin. 16 Meadow street. .
, Recall and Candee, attorney for El-
" 'lal'. Schraycr Adnmx.. of the acetate
,. of'Geo ge Karano, received tovlny a
: snfiion to set aside the verdict for 85.-
. 7 bile-obtained by them for the death of
George Kareno in case of Seh'aycr.
' Admux, against Bishop & Lynes. This
A Joe at the short calendar of th“ Bu-
jierior Court next—Fridays The a
to."
more for the insurance company de-
fend": the case will probably
’ take
the cm to the Supreme Court.
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. Dr. Charles H. Peck, the famous
’ have York surgeon. who is at the head
of'a hospital unit in France,' has
arbused great interest among thepeo-
pic of Newtown. when: he has a sum:
mer home. in the destitute French
children, who visit his hospital twice
' " as week to receive food arid medical
treatment. Women of Newtown are
_ now to give a supper for the purpose
.' or raising money to provide funds for
the purchase of materials for par-
nefits to be made for these children.
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' aversion mixture whi
.3 the right brtlte is beginninl to give
‘.’sssurdo,toiessedythlsm
,inders so as to hold the compression. Motoring Dimrfi‘ent' v"... as.,.;..._.|_
iwould expand when the engine '8' -lly l‘ord has begun to miss explo-
gin operation; and. as the expansion 0’ sions r: orally. 1 have cleaned spark
'tho pistons is greater than that of the plugs and nuiusted the gaps to one.
cylinders. the result would be that sixteenth inch. Compression and lu-
:the “500118 might seise ‘itn Lbs cylin- ,bricatim accrue to be good. The cur‘
'ders. Piston rinks perm t e expat!“ rent goes to the plugs, but doesn't;
sion of the piston and take up ”19 seem very strong. Can this be the
Ivarying clearance. due '0 expansion trouble? 1., [Li
Eand contraction. ‘ it is evident that the vibrators meet!
' . ' 4-»;— ' s tlnel adjusting. Dirconnect one wire at a
MOtOT’M' pepsrtment. T” en . ' time from spark plug, placing end not
-—Wlll you 5‘“ your “1"“ “3 to who- more than one-fourth‘lnch from cyl- '.
the? "l? "“34““! “d "9‘“"5‘ fouling imler or bend of plug so that spark
01 the “93'“ PM“ 0' the “m not: can jump. Put switch on battery and
5000““ "l““dar‘ °t " 17°"! “'9‘“ are ‘crsnk maim- until tlmer makes con-
due '0 any “he" cause other than that for em you are adjusting. Turn
100 much 0“ reaching the combustion adjusting rrrcw down until a white?
{Chambcl’i' Thanking 37°“ in ‘32”: hot spars is produced. Continue wii'v
i 4 ' " f remaining vibrators. if yourhnve no
i 09‘" in“ the fouling of ”a?“ battery, run engine’on remaining cyl-
goings by too muml P“?;:f?jp:; indera while adjusting. ‘Adlust spark
f0“ "1183- 2? wk" tthenlow- plug gun to twenty—five thousandths
shawl-111:1: “flaw 1:! o '18 w of an inch. Onesixtcenlh inch is too
er en ' . .
.lllonsible for an overrlch mixture,” wide .‘ . .,
it!!! delivered ‘0 the “m and 'm, Motoring Department. Thl‘Seutinol'.
5cyliuders.' The ”“9“ 9' gravitation —in a month or two i intend to o'er-
snd centrifugal (9m 3" mm” haulmy sinvcyllnder engine. Would it
for the heavy portions 01 S" “M be advisable to change the old piston
some liquid will“ ""9““! up rings for "leak-proof" rings? Would
the goose-neck on the {wheat-side the improvement in the operation at
'immdiately 8M 101"“: tty““'the engine instifydhe extra expense?
etor and is drawn-forwar ‘ num- E. 3_
W one. and two cylinders, causing an There are :cvcral ‘ makes of rings
ch fouls ‘ e.” the market. They overcome the
‘ disadvantage of the slot in the ordln- ,a
inry ring and so improve the compres- .
ision to some extent. it would M’Vl'lll
to oneatthe‘topofeach piston.
but a complete set wouidhe somewhat:
expensive.- if the rings are ~badiy
{worn they should cei’tainlyb‘e repho,
'ed. Some owner‘smske a practice oft
'replaeiugoldorhrokeurlagswith newl
lstyle rings. is, this means the cost‘.
in distributed over a looser one. u-
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g-i have a 1914 Overland car on which .
me some trouble. About three weeks
ago i had' the dilerential filled wivh
grease and ever since then tactics
that quite an amount of it leaks out!
through the righbhand brake. What
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[the prosecution of the w r so.far as
' lie-eve wheelandseelffelt‘wsahsr
. isln planet's axle tube. little miss-
haorbadlyamosemaatlve pro-
1» 'vtdedor'thsasaonatotgreaselatiif-
'fssential maths microns
;‘ heavlargrsase waste-semis:
chew to suspension
immune-mes. .
the cylinlleraarehadlyegttmfround.‘
new rings would be of but little use.
Motoring Department. roe. Sentinel.
'issm smile. i g,
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meow-i- . .
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mmna’sewitk from no a.
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‘ Entrances on Main Street,
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MILL ‘ END DAY ?
It will be a great day _
There will be great values, in great quantity, and a great lot of folks will profit by the opportunity
Lots and lots of great Mill End values.
lots and lotsbf special wind-up values: Mill End
merits.
All Wind-up lots at even less than‘Mill End prices have been!
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Something in every nook and corner of the store; that something worth buying because every dollar
spent makes sure of. a saving to the spender!
a
o’clock Saturday night.
AT 9—DOWN GO THE SHADES AND THE SALE, WITH ITS SAVINGSISOVER! : f,"
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'TblBACCO OF! WAR WORK?
pected Connecticut. as the year con-
tinued, would re a hard time to]
prevent a furt r depletiouwot the
. existing supply of labor; The chief:
question invol ' in, the tobacco
problem, he said was whether 'tblsI
Government Will Not. Encourage in.
crease in Tobacco Crop.
At the close‘of a hearing given by
the Connecticut Council of Defense nitions and other war industries. it]
in the‘ State Capitol Tuesday after- is estimated that there are 45.000 per-
noon. to the tobacco growers of the sons employed in the industry in Can‘t
state on the question of a proposed.'necticut and about $3,000,000 invested.
increase in the production of primed,~ A number of growers announced
Havana seed. broad leaf. Havanaa'that they would decrease their to.
seed and shade grown tobacco, Chair-um acreage in 1918. anion them
m’an Richard M. Blsscll announced 3. L Hm 0! L- 3. Heard: 0.. andi
that he would as suggested by the :11. Floyd. of the American Sums-l
growers, invite the executive commit- .tra Company, Fred B.) Gridln, as a.
tee of the'New England Tobacco member of the council's ccmmztteei
throwers’ association .to ap lot a on transportation. told» the council.
special committee to confer th the that present plans of powers all'
council as to the various phase-3‘ of «war the state call. for an increase; oil
the acreage problem. The hearing ,from 1,000 to 1,200 acres'of tobacco
brought ut the tact that about seven in 1918. making a total of 6.000 acres,
teen of t e :00 or more growers pres- -and that this extra’ acreage would
out plan to plant tobacco this season require the employment of about 3.000
in land not previously used for to extra laborers. - ‘ - - ‘
hacco culture. that “about a doaen‘ in« B. L Haas made the suggestion
tend to inclease their production oi that increases of tobacco be allowed
broadleaf tobacco and that thirteen which did not require texts-a labor.
plan to divert their land from other but that increases in other kinds of
tobaccos to shade. grown ,rtohacco. tobacco be prohibited by the council.
which is said to require nor labor. . < .
in opening the hearing airman
Bissell said that the secuncll has not_
been,~ereated for the purpose of in-
iuring any industry but " o conduct
was lasso.
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it affects this state." He added that ' , ,
the council ' is oi the amnion m1 . - 'fon what meat doth this. our Cae-
there' is' at least very grave question ,sar. set! that he [has grown so
as te.whetiier there should be any ill“ 3’? V“ asked by one of the falls
increasein the'aczoage of tobacco ioua band of conspirators. and before
dunes ms sealant it had ed the and since that time the world)"
Council or National Daron raj". been much interested in the food of
one am taking action on the me- lu celebrities. That makes its-rues-
lens in the hope that till 'sro'wers larly interesting the oatmeal bread
themselves would take voluntary ac-' on which lira. Thomts- Watt unset-y.
thought say, acti up wife at the Attorney General'ei the
would My” 'Unttsd Whether-husband. lbs
There is always enjoyment in spending money and. getting good value. There is double enjoyment when
saving is combined with spending and when MillEnd values are to be had. I
Take the opportunity and get this enjoyment while you can—the 40th Mill End Sale will go on till 9
industry'would divert labor from mu. '
. the Kind she Feeds liar Husband '.
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WA! ,IUSY ENOUGH. '
l "Here's a real joke." writes a cor.
respondent of the Army and Navy
Journal. "A conscript soldier of the
[National army at a western camp—a.»
tone of the million that sprang to;
anus overnight-was sitting on a I
lumber pile in the cantonment whit
fling out a 'rlde.’ The whole cent-V
pany was similarly employed, by
orde.'. One of his old home neigh- L;
born from another company. came up, 3'
: looked him over and asked. ‘Bill. how”
do you like your new job? 'Don't'
“say a word. Bud; i'rn mighty, clad
il'm not in the artillery!”
again, ietrise in pan until light. Baits
in a moderate oven from fifty to sixty
minutes. ‘~ '
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ONE-TIME SPRINTER ILL
ST. PAUL, Minn, Jan. 26,—James
Maybury. onceasprinter, is seriously
ill in a hospital here. Since he left
the University of Wisconsin, where
he competed in 1895-89. Msvbury was,
practicing law in St. Cloud. Minna '
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low Prices
BECKMANN’S
Particular customers find’what they want here.» ‘ '
Make this store your store, '1 ’»
-Waitchaker’sorHuyler’sCoeos.percsn 20c
Annour’sPureIeafL'ardmerib...............3lc.,
Chaflal'geBlendCofleaawirulcr.lb............22e
GoldeaniosColee..........lb.20c5lbs.for95e
ExtraFancyTangerhnsJerdoz'eii............3tlc
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Warner's, largeplrgnmw 19c
‘2lhs.Calif Prunesfor.‘.".......~....‘.'..’..‘..25c"
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