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THE MAUI NEWvS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1913. Huto Botes. "Iti these days of innovations and quick transitions," says a re cent editorial in "The Automo bile," one of the authorities of the industry, "it is questionable if the two-speed axle, now that it has been announced by the Cadillac Company, will not be taken up with avidity. The two-speed axle is more needed today than even be fore, first because cars are being made heavier and motors smaller, and second because fuel consump tion is being given more consider ation than ever before. "There is need for greater fuel economy, as many cars are entirely too extravagant on fuel. The re duction in motor dimensions tends to reduce the fuel consumed, but the added weights place a handicap on it. The two-speed axle used in conjunction with a three or four-speed gearbox will give all the speed variations that present road conditions demand. "The two-speed axle is most necessary in level, as well as in hilly countries, and itis particularly necessary where there is much driving in cities and also in the open country. Hosts of cars are driven 90 per cent of the time in the city; others 90 per cent of the time in the open; and both have the same gear ratio. With city driving at 15 miles per hours and country driving around 25 or 30 miles per hour, it is certain that in both cases the motor cannot be operating within its range of maximum efficiency. If its effi ciency range suits the city field, then it does not suit the) country situation so well, and vice versa. The two-speed axle meets these re quirements and gives each owner direct drive. Not only will the motor have a longer life, but the wear and strain on all of the other parts of the car will be correspond ingly reduced. Baseball Players Attention! The Official Baseball Spalding Cork Centre Ball Send for complete catalogue of Spalding Goods. E. O. HALL & SON, Ltd, HONOLULU Best for Ditch Work 1 3-inch 1 7-inch $9.50 $17.50 Also a fine tan 18-inch boot, laced in front, and somewhat lighter $8.50 No MANUFACTURER'S 1051 FORT STREET, L.. "For hilly, countries there is ample necessity for two direct drives, as afforded by the two-speed axle. In many states there is en tirely too much second-speed work on hills which is made necessary by the bad approaches and the fre quent rough bridge where the as cent begins. Some drivers will rush the rough approach and the rough bridge at the expense of tires and the car in general, many prefer to practically slow down and make the hill on second or perhaps low. "The value of the two-speed axle becomes more apparent also because of the more general use of high speed, smaller-sized motors. With these motors it is essential to keep the speed well up on the hills as, if it drops, low gear will have to be brought into use, the two-speed Axle will offer double opportunity nn such work. "In level country touring the two speed axle will give relatively high touring speeds with a small motor without continuous high racing." The automobile record, elapsed time considered, between Kansas City and St. Louis, has been offi cially fixed at 11 hours 8 minutes, this record having been made by two St. Louis mechanics, driving a 1909 Cadillac car, owned by one of them. Exactly one week before that the first official record between St. Louis; and Kansas City was made by another car, its elapsed time being 12 hours 55 minutes. Both runs were officially checked in and out of Kansas City and St. Louis and great care taken to verify re cords. The Cadillac car is owned by Harry Wisler, who was accom panied by Erwin Stelzer as relief driver. They started from St. Louis Sunday morning, August 31st, at 3 o'clock. At Kansas City they were checked out by W. P. M. Stevens, representative of the CORK 1 CrD0N&& Company's MARK Other Boot Has As Many 7 fmvon Water-Proof qualities. SHOE COMPANY, Lid. HONOLULU. American Automobile Club, at 5 a. m. Tuesday, and away they went for St. Louis. When they arrived at Fulton they found Sheriff Sheley there armed with a telegram from Colum bia, the majesty of the law atid a warrant for their arrest for speed ing through Columbia. They were taken to court at once and fined $28.40. Then they induced the Sheriff to give them a certificate showing the time lost and to offi cially start them again for St. Louis. They arrived at the St- Louis line at 8 minutes after 6, making their elapsed time 13 hours 8 minutes. Under the general prac tice, the delay caused by their ar rest of exactly two hours, being classed as "an act of Providence," although they did not so term it, is deducted, so that their elapsed time is 11 hours 8 minutes, which reduces the former record by 1 hour and 47 minutes. IDo Jt)ou SHIPS ON MOUNTAINS. Boat Building on a mountain top sounds peculiar, to say the least, but such is being done in Switzer land, says the American Machinist. Sulzer Bros, have under construc tion at Winterthur a 200-foot pas senger boat tor Lake Geneva. It will be fitted with Diesel engines of 1,400-horsepower. Escher Wyss & Co. at Zurich, are building a 200-foot tugboat for the River Rhone in southern France. In both cases the vessels after erection at the works must be dis assembled and shipped in a knock-ed-down condition to the place of launching, thereto be reassembled. The turbine-building firm of Escher Wyss & Co., Zurich, Swit zerland, has under way the largest Pel ton water-wheel ever built. Itis for Riode Janeiro, in Brazil, and will develop 19,000-horsepower. The head is 280 m. (920 feet) and the speed 375 revolutions per minute. This firm has installed (Helton wheels in Italy to operate under a head of. 1,000 m. (3,280 feet.) DETECTS ICEBERGS. There at present is no absolute method of detecting icebergs, ex cept by the human eye, in the opinion of Captains C. Ii. Johnston and A. S. Gamble of the cutters Seneca and Miami, which patroled the route of the tran-atlantic liners from April to May. Captain Johnston refuted the prevalent theory that a sudden drop in temperture meant the proximity of icebergs. Little or no change in temperature was noticeable, he said. Nor can ice bergs, as generally supposed, be detected with any certainty by an echo from a ship's whistle or bells, as, according to Captain Johnston, a perpendicular berg may give an echo from some directions, but a slanting face deflects the sound. About 90 per cent of the Seneca's efforts to get echoes were futile. The presence of murres (a kind of auk), the offiicer declares, in dicated the presence of icebergs, but he advises mariners to pay no attention to other birds. OCEAN IS SALTY. The rivers of all the world pour their water into the sea sooner or later. They wash down vast quan tities of solid matter and much matter in solution, of which the greater part is salt. This may be in such small amount that it is im perceptible in the river. The waters of the seas are eva porated by the sun, but none of the salt is taken up into the clouds. So the water that returns to the earth in rain contains no salt; but by the time it reaches the sea again, after soaking through the soil and flow ing down the rivers, it has another load. Consequently the oceans are receiving salt all the time and never giving up any of it. HIDES MEASURED. A machine for measuring the areas of hides for upholstery work is now in use. As the hide passes between rollers, the fingers with which it comes in contact are raised slightly above their normal position. This action, combined with the movement of the rollers, gives the area of the hide, which is register ed automatically on the dial placed at the top of the machine. PANAMA bOCKS. The sills and fenders of the lock gates at Panama are made from the greenheart tree, which grows in the forests of South America. This wood is more durable than iron or steel, being immune from white ants, the teredo, or any other pest. Nansen's ship, the Fram, was built of greenheart, and it has been used in locks in England for centuries. The trees grow in tropical jungles to be 1,000 years old. CANCER IS CONTAGIOU8. Authorities contend that cancer is not contagious, but Dr. Odier, head of the Cancer Institution at Geneva, Switzerland, says he has discovered in one of the principal streets of that city at least a dozen houses in which the disease has recurred, a fact he can only ac count for on the theory that it is contagious. He urges that every house in which there has been a cancer patient be disinfected. Help Other. We probably derive more hnppinesi from work for others than from what we do for ourselves. To work for oth ers consecrates even the humblest la bor. Lord Avebury. The Man Who Barked. Writing of the queer old fashioned squires who In the old days used to stay at Hntchett's or Long's when they visited London, Ralph Nevlll, In "The Man of Pleasure," tells of one who made a great sensation In the coffee room when dining. He ate heartily and drank deeply. "Each time he emp tied his glass he made a noise similar to that which a dog might If his feel ings -were excited. Asked whether he had any reason for this eccentric be havior, he curtly replied, 'My doctor or ders me to take port wine and bark.' " He Wat Itl Two men were once traveling com panions on a railway train entering Russia. One was an Englishman, the second was none other than Karl Baedeker. They had talked for four long hours over a wide range of top ics when the Englishman asked the German if he happened to have a Baedeker that he could lend him In bla satchel. It was too much for the warm hearted German. With a sudden and overwhelming enthusiasm of friendship be beat his breast with both hands, ex claiming: "Hlmmell I am It!" Loa Angeles Herald. One of Toole's Joke. One of the practical Jokes of J. L. Toole, the famous English comedian, 1 described In the recollections of the daughter of James Ilaln Frlswell. lie and his brother actor, Lionel Brough, dressed in ragged clothes, as they ap peared In "Dearer Than Life," were passing through one of the most aristo cratic Loudon squares on their way to a photographer's to be taken in cos tume. Toole knocked at the door of a large bouse and asked the astonished foot man whether his master was at home. "No; he's not," said the man, about to bang the door. "Tell hi in that his brothers, the por ter and the pauper, called and we'll come back later In the afternoon." IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF PEARL CARR, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. The undersigned having been appoint ed Administrator of the Estate of Pearl Carr, deceased, late of Kahului, Maui. Notice is hereby given to all the credit ors of the deceased to present their claims, duly authenticated and with proper vouchers, if any exist, to him at bis place of business at Wailuku, Maui, Territory of Hawaii, within six mouths from the date of the first publication hereof, or within six months from the day they fall due, if not so presented they shall be forever barred, and payment thereof shall not be made. Dated at Wailuku, Maui, Oct. 4, 19U. E. R. BEVINS, Administrator, Estate of Pearl Carr, De ceased. Oct. 4-11-18-25, Nov. 1. LODGE MAU I, No. 084, A. P. & A. M Stated meetings will be held at Masonic Hull, Kahului, on the first Saturday night of each month at 7:30 P. M. Visiting brethren are cordially in vited to attend. V. W. WESCOATT, R. V. M. II. K. DUNCAN, tf. Secretary The Winery is Full Pure Kaupakalua Wo do not have to make excuses for Maui Wine. 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