OUR COMIC SECTION
Cleric Has Peculiar
Power to Find Water
Pr. Foxley N orris, dean of West-
m inster, England, Is one o f those men
In whose hands a tw ig w ill reveal the
presence o f w ater below the ground.
A t York on one occasion he took the
d ivin in g rod lu his hands and found
that It moved at a point near the city
walls.
It was not suspected that
there was any w ater at the spot, hut
A ll jo in ts In the antenna should he old plans revealed that the fishponds
| soldered to prevent corrosion and to
In the gardens o f a form er archbishop
I keep resistance low. In receiving. very were sltuuted there, and the spring
’ weak currents are present In the an
which supplied the w ater must have
! tenua c ircu it, aud therefore any resist­ been flowlrgt s till beneuth the ground.
ance tends to weaken the strength of It was quite by accident that he dis­
| the signals.
covered th is g ift. When experiments
To make a solde rej connection the were being made at his home th l-ty
i follow ing are necessary: a soldering o r more years ago by a professional
Iron, solder, flux aud a piece o f sal- be took the tw ig and found to his sur­
i ammoniac to clean the Iron.
prise that It moved In his bunds. A f­
W hile the Iron Is being heated, terw ard the same thing happened
either In a blow torch or ether flame, when the professional men went over
; o r by means o f e le ctricity. If It Is the ground, and the well that was
I that kind o f an Iron, care fu lly scrape sunk as a result Is In use to this day.
the two ends o f w ire fo r about fou r
Inches. Be sure the wires are clean.
Cross the wires about three Inches
from the ends and wrap each end
around the ether wire. This gives the
W hile Col. Frederick Van Rensse­
best possible mechanical Joint.
laer Dey, better known as Nick Car­
When the Iron Is hot, clean the tip ter, sat one afternoon In a cafe w ith
by rubbing It on the block o f sal um- Mickey Finn, genlul word-juggler the
monlac and then apply enough solder two engaged in mellow conversation,
to the tip to “ tin " It. Cout the jo in t relates Joseph Van Itaalte, In the
w ith a th in film o f flux.
Apply the Century Mnguzlne.
het Iron to the Joint, and nt the same
" I th in k a lo t o’ you, M ickey,”
tim e w ith the other hand, touch the sighed the colonel, slipping down on
solder to the tip o f the Iron. I f the his shoulder-blades Into greater ease,
soldering iron Is s u tlld e n tly hot and his long thin w hite fu tile hands burled
the Joint clean, the ad d e r should flow deep In his penniless pockets.
euslly and Instantly cool.— Fada B ul­
" I thin k a lo t o’ you. too," replied
letin.
Mickey, "and there Isn’t anything on
earth I wouldn’t do fo r you."
“ Anything, M ickey?"
I t was a moment fraught w ith pos­
sibilities.
.Many fans have searched In vain
"Yes," said Finn, n fte r b rie f eon
fo r trouble lu th e ir receiving sets slderatlon that lent greater vulue to
and fa llin g to And It have torn the the concession—“ anything."
set apart and b u ilt one from some
“ W ell, I f thn t's the case," replied
other hookup. And the trouble has the colonel, "suppose you buy me a
been all the tim e that one o f the tube drink I"
prongs has not been In perfect con­
tact w ith the springs o f the tube
O ld S tall
socket.
Clyde
Rnndes,
the well known tra v ­
T his Is n small Item, but one of the
most vita l elements o f the receiving eler, loves to tell o f his reception at
set In the case o f contact of the a consulate In Persia. When be enlled,
the doorman s a id :
filament prongs, It Is easy to trace
“ H is excellency Is not receiving to­
poor contact because the fllnment w ill
day.”
not light unless the contact Is good,
“ But 1 have n le tte r o f Introduction.”
and I f It Is poor the filam ent w ill
protested Hoades.
flicker in such a manner as to give
“ Ills excellency Is burying his moth­
some guide to actual conditions.
But In the case o f the contacts er-in-law ,” said the servant w ith
made by grid and plate prongs the fina lity. "A n d,” he added, as Hoades
tracing o f trouble baek to this source turned to mnke his departure, “ when
Is not so easy. But m aking sure that ever his excellency buries Ills mother
In-law. he does not lik e to be dis­
nil contnets are good Is a simple mat
turbed.’'
ter, i f the fan w ill only take this pre­
caution before w irin g Ids set.
Tuke the tube sockets to be used
S u p e r io r ity C o m p le x
In the p a rticu la r hookup being built
"H ow do you account for the crime
and Insert the tul>e to be used In the wave In your com m unity?”
socket fo r which It Is Intended. L’ n
“ 1 make no attem pt to account for
less the socket has a closed base. It It," answered Senator Sorghum. “ My
w ill be an eusy m atter to ascertain
position requires me to appear too
po llle and Idgli minded to notice It."
Soldering Simple Job;
Big Factor in Results
Colonel Lost No Time
Taking Up Rash Offer
Tube Prongs May Not
Be in Perfect Contact
THE FEATHERHEADS
Sales Arguments to the Winds
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Metallized Leak Will
Assure a Quiet Tone
Experim enters who are constructing
short-wave sets to receive the high
frequency signals from the ra.llo
casting stutions who have started ibis
service should carefully adjust their
detector circu its for maximum sen
s itlv lty .
In the usuul radiocast re
celver In which two or more stages
o f radio-frequency am plification are
used the value of the grid leak Is not
very critica l. On the other hand In
short-wave receivers, where little or
no radio-frequency am plification Is
used and where regeneration Is neees
sary, the resistance o f the leak Is
a irly critica l. To Insure quiet opera
tlon und constant resistance n speda'
lenk such ns the metallized type 1»
advisable.
using glass
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Down to 9 8 Pounds — Finally
Restored to Health by Lydia
E- Pink ham’s Vegetable
Compound
Cleveland. Ohio.— "A fte r having m y
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Iflrs t baby, I lost
weight, no m atter
what I did Then a
lo cto r told me I
would be better I f
I had another baby,
which I did. B ut I
got worse, was al­
ways s ickly and
went down to 98
pounds. M y neigh­
bor told me about
Lydia E. Plnkham 's
V e g e ta b le Com-
>und, as It helped he r very much, so
tried IL A fte r ta kin g four bottles. I
weigh 116 pounds. I t has Just dona
wonders fo r mo and I can do my house­
work now w ith o u t one bit o f trouble.”
—M bs . M. RigsaiNGES, 10001 Nelsoa
Ave.. Cleveland. Ohio.
I f some good fa iry should appear,
and offer to gra nt you r heart's desire,
what would you choose? W ealth?
Happiness?
Health? T h a t’s the best g ift. H e alth
Is riches th a t gold canuot buy and
surely health Is cause enough for
happiness.
Lyd ia E. Plnkham ’s Vegetable Com­
pound may bo the good fa iry who
offers you be tte r health.
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F o o d S e c r e t m , M ag ic B o o k . U o r t h »1(H), o n ly
»1.00. O v e r io n c e r e a l recip e» . M ak e, b a k e ,
b u y a n d r a v e 250% on e a ts . A a. n i» w a n te d .
76% o o m m laa lo n C. K. O liv e r, W a rs a w , ln d .
T H O t MAM>M W IT H
W EALTH
W IT H IN
(•ItA S I* M - .H .I i K N O W .
M any v a lu a b le
m in e r a ls look lik e o r d in a r y ro c k C iv « y o u r -
s e lf a c h a n c e ! K n o w h aw to m a k e te n ts a t
h o m e.
“ A m a te u r P r o s p e c to r s ' G u id e'" s e n t
p o s tp a id fo r »1. O a k fie ld D is tr ib u tin g C o ,,
1096 M a r k e t Ht. Han F ra n c is c o , C a lif o r n ia .
HURT?
For burning nr »cnlv lids,
anti to relieve inflamma­
tion end aoreneas.use Mitchell
Eye Salve, according to three-
tinne. Soothing, heal.ng.
K A L L S BUCKEL
I«T W averly Flaea
K s v York
w . N. U., PO RTLAND , NO. 5-1928.
V anadium Once a “C ure”
T hat vanadium, today an element es­
sential to the m anufacture o f steel,
was onte considered to have value
only as a “ medicine” ts revealed by a
w rite r in the Boston News Bureau.
At one time, according to this w rite r.
It wits considered a cure fo r many
kinds o f Ills. The Flannlgans o f P itts­
burgh
then
controlled
vanadium.
They believed It contained vuluubl»
chemical properties. A quarter of a
century or so ago they erected a big
sanitarium In Cambridge Springs. Pa.,
ut a cost o f 8500.000 or more. It was
well patronized for u time, liul the
building was sold many years ago,
and Is now used fo r other purposes.
S ligh t D ifference
O ld T o w n W a k e s U p
J e rry — You say you're coming out
In spots? See a doctor.
Ted—No, I said spats.
Raguss, Dulm atla. a walled and
hattlem ented town dating from the
Seventh century, hag become a popu­
la r watering place. The town one,
had Die reputation o f being the sleep­
iest. laziest place In the world. Today
the square Is crowded w ith Hermans.
Our Idea o f a nuisance Is a man
who hurts In when we are talking
about ourselves.
D emand
Radio Building Is Far
From Being a Hard Task
Any amateur who knows te w to
handle a screw driver and how to
bend a piece of w ire w ith a pair of
pliers can build a receiving set. The
solder’ ng of the connections Is re
dueed to Its simplest expression he
cause the wires used and the ter
mlnnls on all the apparatus arv
tinned and the soldering, If required
Is no dlffleulty worth mentioning. It
Is not necessary to have a knowledge
to read diagrams o f hookups
To
build any standard c ircu it, fu ll size
drawings are furnished showing plain
ly the place each part occupies In
the assembly and the various w ire-
connected to each one.
FOR TH E N OTEBOO K
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A power am plifier w ill give Increased
volume and minimum distortion
Dust accumulates moisture In a set
and causes a drain on the batteries.
To save the power unit always turn
Its power off before the filaments ol
the set are turned off, and vice versa
to turn on the filaments before the
power units.
When variable condensers are dlllt
i-ult to turn, adjustment may tie tnade
to the tiearlngs or the fric tio n ring
out under no condition apply oil to th>
working parts
Never hurn the filaments of a
vacuum tube brighter than normal
Nothing Is gained and the life o f the
'ube Is unduly shortened.
I f more
power Is required, use a larger tutie.
An orange wood stick or silver from
i fru it crate, covered w ith a piece ol
otton. Is handy for getting In dose
luarters to clean out dust and d irt
Die cotton can he moistened w ith si
vohoL
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