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* THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1924. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Shake Your Winter Cold -- All Yield to Dr. Hickey's Treatment The Speedy Relief For All Coughs The chest rub for all heavy chest colds and congestion. THE SPEEDY COLD CAPSULES for head colds and all forms of Grippe. Each 25c. or 75c¢. for full treatment. Made by: L. T. Best Druggist Phone 59. Newest Shapes and Colors in Spanish Back ' Combs Some of these are stone set and their variety of color enables a choice for any gown. FOR SALE $1700--Frame house, electric lights, 7 rooms, outh, $2000--4 rooms, electric lights, B. and T., good garden. 7 rooms, B. and T., electric lights, good cellar, $8500---7 rooms, 8 pc. bath, electric lights, hot air, outbuildings. $3000 each, pair brick, 8 rooms each, 8 pc, bath, electric light. $7000--Brick, 9 rooms, separate toilet, electric and gas, hot wa- ter, central. reasonably priced. / Money to loan on first mortgages. Batemans Real Estate 1113 Brock Street, Kingston Telephone 1925F. All are very A FOR BATHS and DRAINS DRAIN PIPE SOLVENT clears clogged Waste Pipes in ten minutes. Price 45c per tin PORCELA ENAMEL BATH CLEANSER 35¢ per tin cKelvey & Birch, Limited G 1 Cont Siar of Plumbers' and Gas-Fitters' Supplies, Stoves, H and Tia Work; Electric work; Painting work of all kinds undertakes. Steam Fitters and Plumbers, Shelf, Heavy ouse Furnishing Hardware, Tools, Olis, Be: t Supplies, Sheet Metal and Paper Hanging. Special | Very low prices on Toon lots of WALL PAPERS to clear the patterns -- 6, 8, 10 and |5 rolls to a pattern, . PHONE 90, TF Harrison Co. Ltd. ~ «By ANAL \ While making his headquarters at Lisbon, Columbus was married. The wedding took place before he was 30 years old. At about this time Columbus ex- changed letters with a very old mau in Florence, Italy. That, man was named Toscanelll. He vs a noted One of the sons of Columhus de. clared his father's hair turned gray at the age of 30. That \ .'s probably due to worry and strain. map-maker and he sent a map along with one of his letters. Columbus studied the map. It was based on the idea of the earth being round. There was one big mistake in it: The earth was made to seem . \ WANT PLAYGROUNDS FOR THE CHLDREN Duputation Before the Parks Committee On Wednes- day. At a meeting of the civic parks committee held on Wednesday af- ternoon Mrs. Prager and Mr. Carty representing the separate school board, waited on the members in re- gard to playgrounds for the pupils. The city has land between Rideau street and the C.P.R. property and the committee will endeavor to keep it in good shape for a playground for the children. The committee will also ask the city property com- mittee to allow the committee the use of a lot at the corner of Alfred and York streets and another lot near Frontenac school, on the west side of Cherry street. These play- grounds of course are for the use of both the pupils of the separate and public schools. A communication was received from Mrs. M .E. Day, corresponding secretary of the Home and School Club of Victoria school, asking that no permanent sign boards be allow- ' consideration the estimates for the | PROBS:--Friday, mostly fair, not much change in temperature. Smaller Luau .. veally is. This mistake was a piece of good fl fortune. It led Columbus to believs | he could reach India by sailing west- am ward only three or four thousaad | miles. If he had known India was | really 18 thousand miles to the west. | be would surely have given up the | idea of reaching it by sailing that | way. | A few years after getting the map from the wise Italian, Columbus made a voyage to the north. He visited England and, probably, Ice. land as well. It may be that Iceland sailors toid | him how Leif Ericson, a great Norse leader, had discovered a land in the western ocean, several hundred years before. That land was called "Vin- land," and is believed to have bean | the same as New England. Whether or not he learned any- thing new from the Norse sailors, Columbus came back with the firm purpose of making a westward trip | 'to reach India and the Indies." He asked the king of Portugal to help him, but was refused. Leaving-fils wife and children at Lisbon, Columbus went to Spain and tried to get the aid of King Ferdin- andand Queen Isabella. Spanish armies wer: then busy fighting the Moors, seeking to drive them ou: of Spain. The monarchs listened | but they said they could not help just then. ed in the city park, to detract from | its beauty. The commitfee does not | intenq to allow any sign boards to | be placed in this park. : The committee also had under year. The chairman, Ald. R. E.| Kent, presided and the other mem- | bers present were Alds. Price, J. B. | Holder and William Holder. | Social Event at Mowat. On Wednecday evening the Lady | Fortress Frontenac, No. 1, gave a | euchre party at the Mowat hospital. The committee in charge was Mrs. Lawes, convenor; Mrs. Pgrry and | Miss McLean, members, The prize | winners were: First ladies, Mrs. Mc- Kay; consolation, Miss Lambert; first gentlemen's, Mr. Pie, and con- sclation Mr. Anderson. Parker's or- | chestra furnished music during the | evening. A very entertaining sketch | was given by S. Mulholland, 8. Car- son, B. Harte, A. Martin, and J. Monk. Miss Verna Saunders presid- ed at the piano. Losses to which we are accustom- | ad, affect us less. The luxury of the rich gives bread .0 the poor. They condemn who do not under- tand. ALBERT L.CLOUGH | Leaks At Spark-Plugs | ONCE IN A WHILE it is to be sucked past it into the are very small. blown out through or past it during the explosion stroke and sometimes this escape of intensely heated gas keeps the plug points continually hot enough to preignite the cracks the porcelain. Plug shells. shell screwing down the packing nut or putting the parts together tightly. When there is a very bad leak, at a plug, it generally becomes evident by a pronounced hiss each time its cylinder acts. FITTING CAR WITH BALLOON TIRES E. 8S. R. writes: I am consider- ing equipping my car with balloon tires. Please give me the pros and cons of this matter, Will their use alter the relation of en- gine speed to rear wheel speed, wil] it affect the power or interfere with the steering of the car? | t Their adoption will doubtless make your car ride more easily over: 'roads and the tendency for it to rattle will be reduced, If your balloon tires are .of the same nominal diameter as oy » the tires Go using, @ change produced | engine. bas the eng of material importance. Our ob- servation is that when balloon tires are applied to cars with well ar- well to find out if any leakage is taking place around or through the"spark plugs, as leaky plug, by allowing air cylinder, may be the eause of irregular running at very slow speeds, when the charges admitted to the cylinders It may also foul frequently with ofl and carbon soot | 1 | | charges and cause knocking and sometimes To locate leaks, set the engine idling and squirt ofl around the bottom of the porcelains and around the threads of the It bubbles form in the ofl, gas is escaping at the points where these are noticed. Leaks around the shell, If not removable by tightening the plug in its hole can usually be stopped by replacing the copper-asbestos gasket, upon which the plug seats, and by filling the threads with graphite grease, that leak wround the porcelain can generally be tightened by carefully eel speed ratio will not bea } 4 while plugs of the separable type by replacing the packing ring and lack of clearance of the tires with brake or steering gear parts. ------ OVERHEATED OIL AND A 4 SLIPPING CLUTCH 'R. E .G. writes: Sometimes the oil in the crankcase of my car gets so hot that it neazly 'boils although I change: it frequently. Can you suggest a remedy? A: other times, when the car is being driven up an incline, the engine will run at h speed and the ca: itself will nearly stop moving What causes this and what Is the y? Answer: We cannot help won dering how know that the o! becomes ranged steering gears, there is no circulating substantial increase in steering ef- fort with the car in motion. buf that there is more difficulty in de- flecting the wheels, when the car . is stand'ng. imony seems to be that there Is no loss of power from the use of these tires and that braking effects are satisfao- tory. while the skidding tendency is least increased. Before go- 00 far In securing the required new wheel and rim equipment, we suggest that you consult the manu. facturer of your car as to whether thers are any difficulties in carry- . Ing out your proposed installation, created by the Increased cross section of the new tires, such as | R Ria. AEE oy 29 | Friday, February es A great One Day Sale which offers many interesting bar- gain opportunities for thrifty shoppers. Double Discount Stamps ALL DAY FRIDAY-YOU SAVE 10% As we announced previously, all extra stamp giving was to be discontinued for 1924, with the exception of DOUBLE DISCOUNT STAMPS on d few special oc- casions such as Friday. Here is an opportunity for thrifty women to save 10% on their needed household and personal requirements. New Cotton Stockings riday 25¢ pr. 1,200 pairs of medium and heavy weight Black Cotton Stockings--full fashioned with 'double garter welt, toe and heel. ¢ All sizes from 81 to 10. This is a special value at 35¢. a pair. Anticipate your spring requirements at-this exceptional price concession: New Spring Coats | * Misses' Suits *11.95 | *22.50 New Polama Cloth Sport Smart, little, boyish Box Suits, Coats in checks and plains. developed in All-wool French Smartly styled with inverted | Tricotine, Poiret . Twill' and pleats, patch pockets and belts. | Scotch Tweeds. Trimmed The colors are Brown, Cocoa, |- with Braid, Buttons and Em- Beige, Nu-blue and Mountain- | broideries. The colors are Haze. . Sizes 14 to 42. These | Navy, Black, Brown, Sand and are autstahding values and rep- | Tweed mixtures. Sizes |4 to resent a saving of from $3.00 | 40. Worth if purchased in the to $4.00 to you. regular way, $27.50 each. "All Wool Serge Friday 98c yd. 150 yards of imported, All-wool English Serge in Navy Blue and Black. Made of extra fine yarns--full 54 inches wide --suitable for Suits, Dresses and Children's wear. Regular $1.35 a yard. ' STEACY'S - Sole Agents for Kops "Nemo Corsets" in Kingston = =