If Back Hurts
Begin on Salts
Cam Compensator
for Uni-Control
Facilitates Manufacture of
Sets to Tune With Simi
lar Dial Readings.
The use of a single dial for con
trolling the wave changing devices
contained In a radio receiving set
seems to he the goal In modern con
struction. The problem has been to
design a device of such a simple na
ture that its cost would allow it to be
used In reasonably low-priced sets.
The Invention of a Washington man
appears to be a step In this direction.
This provides a means of vafying the
wave length of the several circuits
simultaneously with the exact rela
tionship required, by a means that
does away with ponderous and expen
sive methods heretofore proposed.
In sets normally using two or more
control dials for tuning, the slight
ture of which is a caux The cam Is a
very preclre means of producing In
tricate movements In machinery and
consists of a disk on which rests one
arm of a lever. Ry varying the out
line of the disk, the lever arin may
be made to rise, fall or remain sta
tionary, ns the cam revolves.
The dlagium. Figure 2, Illustrates
how the capacity of a condenser may
be caused to vary from normal by a
bent stator plate. This Is greatly ex
aggerated for the sake of clearness.
The dent In the plate at point A will
cause a slight decrease In the capacity
from that normally had when the
plate follows the dotted line.
This decrease Is to be made up by
compensation. The condenser marked
C and controlled by the cam Is the
compensating condenser and M the
main condenser. The two are con
nected as shown and then to the In
ductance, as In Figure 1. Any num
ber of these units may be mounted on
the same shaff. The outline of the
cam, D, Is marked out from points
found by 1 of the circuit on differ
ent wave lengths. After the cams are
THAWING FROZEN
COMBS IS EASY
A D U T Y DISCHARGED
“When you first ran for office, were
you a reformer?"
“Yes," answered Senator Sorghum.
“I denounced all kinds of Iniquity In
terms that ought to persuade every
body to be good.
“And when you were In office ?”
“If people refused to take my ex
cellent advice, I couldn’t regard It as
my fault"—Washington Star.
FILLED THE BILL
»
Old Lady (reprovingly to pert child
actress)—Little girls should be seen
and not heard.
P. C. A.—I All the bill then—I'm
In the movies.
Shattered Seriouaneee
Philosophy Is vary fine,
W hen It’s th e C hinese stuff.
I have
concluded, friend o’ mins,
C onfucius w as a bluff.
Peroration
An Imported orator was thundering
against a cundldute tor Justice of the
peace.
“Upon what meat does this, our
Sketch of Cam Compensator Condenser.
Caesar feed?" he demanded.
variations In manufacture will prevent cut the system will always be In “I’m a vegetarian,” piped up the
two apparently similar tuning circuits resonance, no matter what the wave somewhat frightened candidate.
That seemed to settle that.
from resonating to the same frequen lengths.
cy, at corresponding dial settings over
In
Form
of
Variometer*.
the whole range of the tuner. If these
may also be used, In “Lena,” said Awkward
discrepancies In capacity or Induc the Inductances
little Mollle to her big
form
of
variometers,
with this sister at breakfast,
tance can be overcome, the condensers scheme, In fact most any combination
“did you tell
or colls can be varied from the shaft of capacity and lriduetance may be daddy?”
of a single dial.
daddy what?”
made to function In this manner. The “Tell
Auxiliary Tuning Device.
“Why,
you told Mr. Billings last
compensation
required
Is
usually
very
One manner of doing this Is by small, and In the case of capacity night If he
you ugaln you’d
means of what Is known as a “com compensation, the condenser would be tell dad—and kissed
he
did
It again. I saw
pensator.” The compensator Is an about the same size as the more com him 1”—Happy Maguxlne.
auxiliary tuning device which supple monly known vernier condenser.
ments the main tuning device. The
Hie Cues*
most common example of this Is the For the experimenter who would “My poor husband
was a wonderful
like
to
try
out
such
a
compensator,
miniature condenser, called a vernier
sighed the landlady, as the
condenser, which Is used for the fine lead disks could be cast and these artist,”
hacked at the piecrust, “and always
tuning variations In many sets. The would be easy to cut to the proper said
vernier Is not usually called a com form. With the more sensitive and ing.” he found Inspiration In my cook
pensating device though the action Is selective sets, such as the super “A sculptor, I presume,” said the
exactly the same, except that the lat heterodyne and neutrodynes, It will gloomy boarder, surveying his bent
require considerable care to make the fork.
ter Is usually controlled from the same cams,
but once done, the results
control as the device It supplements.
make It worth while to build
The Invention described here Is a should
Climbing
means of "compensating'’ for the vari the set with this feature.—Boston
“So your wife Is determined to
ations of manufacture, the main fea- Globe
move. What’s her Idea?”
convinced that she can keep
called a rosin Joint may be produced. up “She’s
with a more rapid bunch of neigh
Care in Avoiding Rosin
In which case there Is a thin layer of bors.”—Boston
Transcript.
Joint« When Soldering rosin left between the two metal sur
If a receiver Is to operate efficiently faces. This makes the electrical con
LIKED HIS BOO K
and quietly It is essential that all of ductivity of the Joint very poor If It
does
not
completely
prevent
the
flow
the soldered Joints be securely made.
Soldering Is an exceedingly Important of current.
operation In wiring a receiver and “As above mentioned. It Is essential
poor soldering Is doubtlessly a fre that the Iron be sufficiently hot If a
quent cause of trouble. In Radio good Job is to be done. A hot Iron
Broadcast Magazine there are printed will also, In many cases, prevent other
some timely hints on this operation, troubles. If soldering Is attempted
special attention being drawn to the with an Iron that Is not hot enough. It
necessity of using good flux.
Is necessary to hold the Iron on the
“The ordinary solder ctgislsts of a metal for a long time before the piece
combination of lead and tin, the per becomes sufficiently hot to melt the
centage generally being 50 per cent solder and, during this procedure,
lead and 50 per cent tin,” says Radio much of the heat energy Is wasted.
Broadcast. "In order to make a good With a hot Iron, the heat, although
Joint, the surfaces to be soldered more intense, Is confined to a smaller
should be entirely free from oxides. space because the Job Is completed
Soldering flux will prevent the forma quickly. This Is Important when we
tion of oxides while the heat Is being are, as an example, soldering a lead
applied. The metal parts which are to to a lug on a transformer. In such He—So you like my book? What
be soldered should be scraped clean a case It Is essential that the Job be part especially appealed to you?
before the flux Is applied and, under done quickly so as to prevent heating She—The quotations from Tenny
proper conditions, the solder will flow the lug to such an extent that the lead son.
rery easily around the Joint when the from the winding which connects In
ternally to the other end of the lug
parts have been heated sufficiently.
Genius and the Plodder
"If the soldering Is correctly done, will not come unsoldered.”
John In study lln*ered lata;
Jam»!» draw pictures on his slat*.
the solder will appear bright after the
John tolls oa each w eary day;
Joint Is made, but a poor Joint made
Shine
’Em
Up
I
Jam
es draw s com ics for la rg e pay.
with a cold Iron will generally leave The parts of a radio set work best
the solder with a somewhat crystalline when they are bright. A dull surface
Old to Learn
structure. Some fluxes should be used usually means that corrosion has tak “Now. Too
said a southern mag
very sparingly In making the Joint, as en place, which offers resistance to istrate to Sam."
a
colored
prisoner, ‘T want
they will conduct electric currents and high-frequency radio currents. As ra yon to tell me Just how
you stole that
will also have a very detrimental ef dio currents travel on the surface It chicken.”
fect on any Insulation with which they may pay to brighten the parts of the "Jcdge,” replied Sam, “Ah’d rathah
come In contact. Rosin Is a very ex set sometimes.
not It ain’t no time of life for you
cellent flux to use, although It Is some
what more difficult to work with than Radio Sets on Whaling Ships to take up sech things.”
the ordinary soldering paste. It Is
ships In the North sea will
of Culture
standard practice In most large elec And Whaling
the deep as safe as stay “Going Days
trical companies to use rosin flux al lng on roving
to
put
your fighter Into the
Each ship Is films r
most exclusively, since It has no bad equipped land with hereafter.
Marconi direction “If I can find a story with suffi
effects on Insulation. When rosin Is finder, so It can a locate
ship
the flux It Is Important that a very and the coast line In fog the or other
darkDess. cient literary merit to salt him.*
kut Iron be used, otherwise, what Is
•Thaw frozen combs on poultry by
applying snow or Ice water," say poul-
trymen ut the New York State College
of Agriculture ut Ithaca. “Carbolnted
grease, which may be purchased at
most drug stores, will do the trick. A
New Jersey agricultural bulletin sug
gests the following ointment: Five
parts of refined petroleum, three parts
of glycerin, and one part of turpen
tine by volume. This should be ap
plied gently and rubbed in fulrly well.
Remove the black dead tissue from
badly frozen combs, so that th'y will
heal more quickly.
“At this time of year many flocks
suffer from frozen combs. This trou
ble Is particularly bud with roosters
of the single-comb White Leghorn
breed because their combs are so big.
If a rooster’s comb Is bndly frozen. It
seriously affects his vigor and Im
pairs his usefulness In the flock.”
Poultrymeu at the stute college say
that the best farmers In the stute put
their roosters In the breeding pens
early in the winter and watch them
carefully during the coldest weuther
so as to minimize the danger of freez
ing. The college recommends curtains
In front of the roost on very cold
nights In narrow houses. This Is uot
recommended in houses thnt are wider
thun 15 feet. Another suggestion Is
the use of wooden floats with 1-Inch
holes In them to be placed In the
drinking vessels. This reduces the
danger of freezing, as It keeps the
birds from dipping their wattles In the
water when they drink.
In exceptional cases, It may be well
to grease the combs and wattles of
especially valuable birds during cold
weather. The pens should he kept
well ventilated at all times.*
Fluah Your Kidneys Occasionally
by Drinking Quarts of
Good Water-
No man or woman can make a mis
take by flushing the kidneys occasion
ally, says a well known authority.
Too much rich feod creates acids
which clog the kidney pores so that
they sluggishly filter or strain only
part of the waste and poisons from
the blood. Then you get sick. Rheu
matism, headaches, liver trouble,
nervousness, constlputlon, dizziness,
sleeplessness, bladder disorders often
come from sluggish kidneys.
»
The moment you feel a dull ache In
the kidneys or your back hurts, or If
the urine is cloudy, offensive, full of
sediment. Irregular of passage, or at
tended by a sensation of scalding, be
gin to drink soft water In quantities;
also get about four ounces of Jad
Salts from any reliable pharmacy and
take a tablespoonful In a glass of wa
ter before breakfast for a few day«
and your kidneys may then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon Juice, com
bined with llthla, and has been used
for years to help flush clogged kid
neys and stimulate them to activity,
also to help neutralize the acids In
the system so they no longer cause
Irritation, thus often relieving bladder
disorders. •
Jad Salts is Inexpensive and cannot
injure; makes a delightful efferves
cent llthla-water drink, which every
one con take now and then to help
keep the kidneys clean nnd the blood
pure, thereby often preventing serious
kidney complications.
Horses and Autos
A statistician attempts to prove
with figures that horses cause more
accidents. We are not so sure. But
we do know the old horse and. buggy
still have one argument In their favor.
When a young mun la talking to his
sweetheart riding In an automobile he
Sprouted Oats for Hens
can’t wrap the reins around the whtp-
and devote all his attention to
Is Most Excellent Plan sooket
her.—Capper’s
Weekly.
There Is nothing In the world that
will make the old hens feel as much Bell-Ana Really Sure R elief
like spring Is here as a box of sprout
ed oats every day, experienced poul- Thousands of Testimonials From Doc
trymen say. Sprouting oats Is not tors, Nurses and Dentists 8ay So.
necessarily expensive or a lot of both
er. Equipment may be homemade. A For correcting over-acldlty and
tub or keg will do to soak the oats
relieving belching, gas, sick-
In. Five or six boxes about 4 Inches quickly
headache, heartburn, nausea, bilious
deep will do for the truys. A room ness
and other digestive disorders,
which ranges from 50 to 80 degrees
In temperature ull the time Is satis BELIrANS has been proved of great
factory. Soak the oats 12 hours in value for the past thirty years. Not
the tub or keg. Drain them and put a laxative but a tested Sure Relief for
them in a box where they should be Indigestion. Perfectly harmless and
kept moist until the sprouts are about pleasant to take. Send for free samples
l/6 inch long. Feed them at thnt time, to: Bell & Co., Inc., Orangeburg, N. Y.
which Is usually about live days after —Adv.
they are put to soak. Five or six
Gold Found in Iceland
boxes will make It possible to sturt a
box each day and weed one regularly. What might he called a small
“Klondike rush" has occurred In Ice
land near Relkjavik, where an Impor
Green Feed Is Perfect
tant deposit of gold has been discov
Iceland was discovered more
for Poultry in Winter ered.
a thousand years ago, hut until
Many poultry raisers are now feed than
It was not known that the
ing mash to their hens, but a lack of recently
Island contained any gold deposits
palatable, succulent feed Is too often large
to warrant development.
the limiting fnctor In winter poultry There enough
80,000 Icelanders and here
rations. Sprouted oats are one of the tofore nre
finest forms of succulence. The Ne metals. they have Imported all their
braska Agricultural college poultry-
men offer the following suggestions:
Good heavy oats with strong germi DEMAND “BAYER” ASPIRIN
nating power produce best results.
Soak the oats for about 24 hours. Take Tablets Without Fear If You
See the 8afety “Bayer Cross.”
Drain off excess moisture. Turn Into
lard tub or candy pall which has holes
In bottom to allow excess moisture Warning! Unless you see the name
to drain off. Add moisture later If "Bayer” on package or on tablets you
necessary. Keep In fairly even mod are not getting the genuine Bayer
erate temperature. Feed when the Aspirin proved safe by millions and
sprouts are oue-hulf to one Inch long prescribed by physicians for 20 years.
Say "Bayer” when you buy Aspirin.
(“greening" is unnecessary).
Lmltutlons may prove dangerous.—Adv.
Ration for Goslings
A ration recommended by the Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture
for goslings up to eight weeks of age
Is equal parts by measure of bran, mid
dlings and steamed cut clover or
cooked vegetables. Feed morning,
noon and night. If It Is desirable to
fatten them at this age or at ten
weeks of age. they should he placed In
the pen where they will not exercise
too much, and fed corn meal mixed
to a dry crumbly state, and beef scrap
amounting to 20 per cent of the bulk
of the corn meal.
Culling in the Spring
Safer
“How many people have yon
shaken hands with In the course of
your political career?”
“Thousands," said Senator Sor
ghum. “And I welcomed every one.
It Is much safer to shake hands with
a crowd than It Is to make a political
speech."
W l l f I n fffr Pata
fro m a cu t o r burnT Cola a C arhollaalve
atop* pain In ata n tly and heals quickly
w ith o u t a acar. K eep It handy. All
d ru irslets. 10c and SOc. o r J. W. Cola Co.,
It? 8. E uclid Av*„ O ak P ark , III.— Adv.
Good Shot
Hiram—Well, sir, my shotgun let
out a roar, and there lay a dead wolf
ahead of us!
Bored Boarder—How long had It
been dead?
A little more culling In the spring
may take out a few hens that do not
look as good as breeders and layers
as they did last fall. Sometimes a
few hens become too fat. Maybe one
or two will be heavy and listless and Rom an Eya Balaam, applied at n lfh t epee
fall to scratch for grain or come from retlrlnc. will freeben and atreoethen ayes
the roost promptly In the morning. A by m ornln«. ITI Pearl St.. N. T. Adv.
little about the condition of a flock
Confession
can he told by opening the house sud
denly on a sunny day. Watch the “Do yon enjoy bridge, Mr. Grump?"
good hens flock out
begin to en "No, hnt I play It quite often."—
Pittsburgh Post.
joy the range.
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