Cushing Daily Dinner Horn (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 8, 1919 Page: 2 of 8
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Kindergarten
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log cabin h'Wtr, rail fm«*« and barn*.
rag bag Is a Meip.
A r*g Iwk which ih«* chlldrtm
may dive ami dH* la a rrtnurrr for
rainy hour*, ami If the mother la at
hand to krrp an eye on lh prtier**
OPERATION OF GASOLINE ENGINE IS NOT
DIFFICULT IF. INSTRUCTIONS ARE OBEYED
the children'* piny without giving up
all her time to them.
Provision should he made In the
en:«e of little children for their desire
to handle nil *ort* of object*; the
dealre which makes them enjoy ao
greatly n tumbling over of mother>
workhasket. There la no need to let
them upset tluit when there nre In
every country house *uch n vast num
her of other article* which nre not
hurt by baby hands—spoon*, tlr
pans, boxes, tongs, clothe* basket*
and darning eggs. Furthermore. In
stend of being told "Don't touch!'
they should he encouraged to learr
how neatly and competently to perforn
such ordlnnry operations as openlnc
and shutting drawers and doors anrt
boxes and gates, screwing the tops or
en 11 s, hanging up clothes and taking
off rubbers.
Ro many of our American farm
bouara are situated in rry rtg r« u*
climate* thai a good many mother*
will not think the out-of door* a p"««J-
bl* playground In wintertime. Thla Is
lea* true than they are apl to think.
On alinoat any aunuy day In winter.
little children. If warmly dreaaed. will — ----- — -- .
benellt far more by a brink, romping. *"<* *" wh"f ro,or* •** '" «« ^sls
active half hour's running and Jumping « ■*• * ntehlng ™ "f*
than city bahlea do In their swathed. *,,,rh *
motlonleaa outing In a baby carriage. , k* agreeable combinations with
And when really bad weather drives others, ragbag hour Is s* educational
them In. a* It ahould do very seldom. «■ «"" J" ■ can-fully run
I he country mother tin* a great advan- m,M,efn "cl,on,l T1" 5^ 7,
tage In space over a city one. For ih,*ro ■ gr™ . f. f ,
there Is about a farm nearly always «« " nny city mothers In that her
some corner, s woodshed. n corner of wor* 0 J"5" " . ,
the barn, an attic, or an unused room 1 wh,rh *Uow* h,*r fo '"I""**0
where the little folks may romp and
play actively. If necewsnry the sacred
spare room Is better u*ed for thl* pur-
pose than kept In Idle emptlne**. And
all the varletie* of handwork are re*
sources for rainy day*.
For, as the children advance beyond
real bahyhood and the mere need for
constant romping and climbing and
running like little nnlrnal*. their In-
stinctive desire to use their hands In-
creases, and this Is an Instinct which
should be encouraged In every possi-
ble way. Just as the wise mother *ee*
to It thnt they are provided when ba-
bies with ample chance to roll and
kick and tumble, so when they are
older she Is never more pleased than
when they are doing something with
their hnnds; and she hns all around
her ample material for beginning this
handwork. A pan of beans or shelled
corn, with a wide-mouthed bottle and
a spoon, will keep a two or three-year-
old happy and absorbed for a long
time. A pack of cards to be shuffled
or used to build houses Is another
"plaything" which does not need to
be specially bought. A pan of brap
and a handful of clothespins occupy
even a baby of fourteen months as he
pushes them Into the closely packed
bran and pulls them out. A big rag
doll, the size of a small child, is easy
to make and stuff with cotton.
Many Home-Made Toys.
And then there are blocks, peren-
nial blocks, which need not nt ail be
bought from a store. A father with a
plnne and a saw can plane a couple
of two-by-four pieces and In about
half an hour make as many square or
oblong blocks (two by four by six
Inches Is a good size) as any child
needs to play with. These large blocks
not only cost practically nothing, but
are much better for the little children
to use than the smaller expensive
kind that are sold; nnd the set will
outlast a family of most strenuous chil-
dren.
A collection of empty spools of dif-
ferent sizes is a treasure for the child
of three, who will rejoice in stringing
them'on a cord passed through n
bodkin. When he is a little older and
has acquired skill in this exercise he
may graduate to stringing buttons
with a real needle and thread. Oh
baking days a small lump of dough
(made less sticky by working more
flour into It) which can be rolled and
played with on a bit of smooth board
Is great fun for little folks; and let
the mother constantly remember that
any fun which Is secured by using
the hands does not only make the
child happy, but Is of educational
valua
On washing day a basin of soapy
water and some bit* of cloth to be
washed out will fill many happy
minutes The oilcloth apron Is as In-
Repairing a Gas Engine on a Power Spraying Outfit.
Life.
The mere lapse of time Is not life;
to eat and drink and sleep, to be ex
posed to the darkness nnd the light
to pace round In the mill of habit
and (urn the wheel of wealth; to make j
reason our bookkeeper and turn
thought Into an Instrument of trade—
this Is not life. In all this but a poor
fraction of the consciousness of hu-
manity Is awakened, and the sancti-
ties still slumber which make it most
worth while to be. Knowledge, truth,
love, beauty, goodness and faith alone
give vitality to the mechanism of ex-
istence. The laugh of mirth that vi-
brates through the heart, the tears
that freshen the dry wastes within, the
music that brings childhood bael<, the
prayer that calls the future neaf, the
doubt that makes us meditate, the
death that startles us with mystery,
the hardship which forces us to strug-
gle, the anxieties that end In trust
are the true nourishment of our na-
tural being.
Barnum Not the First.
An advertisement in the New York
Weekly Post-Boy In 1756. showed that
Barnum was not the first to discover
that the American people liked to be
fooled once In a while, and that
"there is one born every minute." "To
be seen nt the sign of the Golden Ap-
ple, at Peck's Slip, price six-pence,
children four coppers, a large sunke-
skin, 21 feet long nnd four feet one
inch wide. It wus killed by some of
General Braddock's men by firing six
balls Into him. close by the Allegheny
mountains, supposed to be comLng
down to feed on dead men. When It
was killed, there was found In Its
belly a child, supposed to be four
years old, together with a live dogl
It had a horn on its tail seven inches
long, and ran as fast as a horse. All
gentlemen and ladles desirous to see
it may apply to the subscriber at
Peck's Slip.' _
(Prepared by th« United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture.)
The gas engine, a great labor saver
on thousand* of farms on which sta-
tionary engine*, tractors, motor truck*
or uotomoblles are operated efficiently,
I* also at times the cause of a great
waste of labor. Often large crews
hired to help with thrashing, hay tail-
ing, cutting ensilage, etc.. draw full
wages for hours spent In idleness ow-
ing to Inefficient handling of the en-
gine. A man frequently will spend
much more time and energy in start-
ing a gas engine to pump water for
stock, run a milking machine, or for
some other similar purpose, than
would be required to do the work by
hand.
It is not desired to convey the Im-
pression that gas engines usually give
trouble, or are difficult to operate, for
this is by no means the case. Delays
from engine trouble are usually due
to the operator's ignorance of some of
the details essential to proficient oper-
ation.
Use Information Furnished.
All catalogues and directions fur-
nished by the manufacturer should be
studied carefully. If none are received
with the engine, a request for them
should be sent promptly to the manu-
facturer. It is to be regretted that a
few manufacturers are rather lax iu
the matter of furnishing such ma-
terial, although it is obviously to their
interest to make use of this compara-
tively inexpensive method of assisting
the purchaser to obtain satisfactory
service from the engine.
Any Instruction book furnished by
the manufacturer should be kept in
a safe place, but convenient for refer-
ence.
It is safe to assume that the man
who made the engine knows something
about its operation and can give some
information of value to the purchaser.
In altogether too many cases, the in-
struction book and other literature
Intended to be of assistance to the
user of the outfit are either thrown
away or ignored completely, nnd not
infrequently a man is sent from the
factory, or a local expert is hired, to
make simple adjustments concerning
which full instructions are given in
literature furnished by the manufac-
turer but which had never been read
by the owner.
Lubrication.
A large percentage of repair ex-
penses is due to insufficient or im-
proper lubrication. In far too many
cases owners of gas engines use grades
of oil entirely unsuited to their en-
gines, notwithstanding the fact that
In each cn*e the manufacturer hn* fur>
iilshed a long list of various brands
and grade* of oil which have been
tested und found suitable to the engine
in question, and which can be obtained
practically unywhere In the country.
Another common error Is to use too
little oil. It Is poor economy to try to
save on oil. On the other hand, an
excess of oil In the cylinder, while
better than too little, will cuuse car-
bon deposits, followed by loss of
power, overheating, and preignition.
Heavy, bluish smoke from the exhaust
Indicates that the cylinder Is getting
too much oil, but it is usuully ad-
visable to furnish enough to give at
least a slight trace of bluish smoke.
If the cylinder is oiled from the
crank case by the splash system, the
lubricant being used over and over
again, the oil should be examined fre-
quently, and as soon as it becomes
badly discolored or very thin it should
be drained out and new oil substituted.
Many manufacturers furnish direc-
tions as to how often this should be
done. Filling the crank case with kero-
sene after draining out old oil, and
then running the engine a few minutes
without load, in order to remove dirt
and carbon from bearings and other
parts, is frequently recommended. This
is good practice where the crank case
can be drained completely, but on
many engines there are pockets which
cannot be fully ^drained, and the kero-
sene remaining in these pockets will
thin the new oil. Under such circum-
stances the rinsing is of doubtful
value. After such rinsing is done, the
engine should not be run at full speed
or under load until the new oil has had
ample time to reach all bearings. The
dirty oil drained off may be filtered
and used for oiling other farm ma-
chines, but it should not be used again
in the cylinder. If the oil in the crank
case quickly becomes thin it is evi-
dent that some of the fuel is getting
past the piston rings.
Keep All Nuts Tight.
It requires but a minute or two to
go over an engine and see that all
screws and nuts are tight, at the same
time wiping off any oil and dirt which
have collected. This should be done at
least once every dav the engine is
used. Such practice will go far toward
preventing many operating troubles,
since all gas engines vibrate to some
extent and this vibration tends to
loosen bolts, nuts and other parts.
This is always a potential source of
breakdowns, If not of serious accidents.
Furthermore, loosening of parts often
results In a loss of power.
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O'Bryan, Carey L. Cushing Daily Dinner Horn (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 8, 1919, newspaper, March 8, 1919; Cushing, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc276520/m1/2/: accessed May 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.