Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 133, Decatur, Adams County, 6 June 1922 — Page 3

f I > z If you can find a cheaper I S P a * n * or a better paint ■ jfl A—- Here’s the offer: I / w **h an y other paint you choose. ■v | H Devoe doesn’t take fewer gallons and B \jßr for Devoe. a If Devoe doesn't wear a year or two or three Jj years longer— longer ahd bettei — we will 3 ) give yOU enou 8 h Devoe to do the job over. 3 jKfW —■— —— Or - P a * nt half your house le&-and-oil, the other half Devoe. In three years the lead- "*— arid-oil half will be hungry for more paint ■ _ If not, we’ll give you enough for the whole H fl I j _ house. Devoe Products are time-tested and proven, i backed by the 168 years’ experience of the S/ oldest paint manufacturing concern in the » S’ funded 1754. 1. THE BROCK STORE

MONROE NEWS Miss Franke Thompson, of Rpllivor Canada, arrived here last Thursdat from the Drs. Mayo Bros. Institute where she had undergone a serious operation from which site is now re covering. She is the guest of Mr. am Mrs. J. A. Hendricks. rfsi Wholesale Distributor Excelsior Fruit and Oyster Co. f 20285. Clinton St. ft. Wayne. Ind. I GIRL NOW WELL AND_STRONC Daughter Took Lydia E- Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound as Mother Advised Wauseon, Ohio.—'* My daughter always had backache and leg-ache a t cer■■■■■—tainperiodsandcouk umuilllll not be on er f eet a: IIIMMBMiuI tl. < times. We read IMRBpaM about Lydia E. I’mk- » ham’s Veget ab 1 c Compound doing fW ® girls s° much good ■■ « so she began to take I *■' ill it- That is tw - l> yea - r - 9 nMjjpt 11 I I ago and she is adi iHlWr I I ferentgirl.since then able to do any work I IjllMW I she wants to do—a - ■Although she is still careful not to do heavy work - andl so well and strong. We recommend Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to all mothers with ailing daughters, and 1 give you permission topubhsh this l>. ter as a testimonial. ’’—Mrs. A. M. Lt I - holder, Route No. 2, Box 1, Wauseon, Ohio. ’ Something out of balance will affect the finest clock, causing it to gain or lose. The proper adjustment made, an is well. So it is with women, borne trouble may upset you completely Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound will correct the cause f he trouble and disagreeable symp ums wit disappear as they did in the case ot wars. Burkholder’s daughter. Mothers — it is worthy of your confidence.

David Fuhrman returned Saturday from a several days visit with his son, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Fuhrman, at Roanoke. ■r. Mr. and Mrs. Z. O. Lewellen and iv daughter. Miss Margarite, and C. R. i, Smith visited Mi. and Mrs. F. O. Lels welien at Muncie over Sunday. e- Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Johnson and Mr. id and Mrs. Weeks, of Detroit, Mich., were over Sunday guests at the home • of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Wagoner. They drove through in their touring car. ' Rev. and Mrs. Zechiel, Mr. and Mrs. * W. S. Smith and son, George, were en » tertaiued at dinner at the home of Mr. t and Mrs. E. W. Busche, just east of t town, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Longenberger and Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Shirk and son, * Robert, were entertained at Sunday 4 dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C s W. Hendricks. b Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Sunier ami Dr. and Mrs. Hadley of Bluffton, were ' guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. I’. Hocker ’ over Sunday. » Many auto drivers coming into town , do not obey the state law of’having I lighted lamps on their machine while I I driving on the highway after dark. I Take warning you violators of the ", law, or you will fall in the hands of the law and may have to donate a neati little sum for your wrong doing. Ray Harvey, living one mile north of |'here, became very ill Saturday morn I ing from an attack of apendicitis, and " in the afternoon was taken to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. b Harvey, one-half mile north of town, where he underwent an operation. Mr. Harvey was reported in serious [ condition Saturday night and Sunday .’ but at this time is reported as being d slightly improved. I I Early Friday morning our citizens and many from surrounding country e gathered on our streets to await the 6 arrival of the “Prosperity train whi< ii c passed through here. The train was s I composed of twenty new large Bald- " | win oil burning locomotives, pulled liy It three engines and pushed by one. The I- train slowed up when reaching the 11 corporation limits, thus giving all an “ opportunity to get a good glimpse of ojthem. This was certainly a spectacle 1 beheld by many who wailed, and was ' something that will never be forgotten. , The locomotives were consigned to the Southern Pacific railroad, they *■ I were large and made a fine appear'i 'aiice. They passed over the G. R. & L i tracks to Richmond and Indianapolis, thence to St. Louis, Mo. It is about time our town board of 1 trustees would begin oiling our streets • or sprinkle. The vast number of autos and trucks that are daily run over them makes it necessary that our

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■ people shoul dreceivo some sort of re- , lief from Hie dust. Children’s Day at the Methodist church next Sunday. An excellent. I program is being prepared, and an oxj celh nt time is in store for till. — Your Neighborhood 1 ots of Monroe people live an iso- , lated life. They cut their own gra#s, sprinkle their own lawns, .drive their i own auton—all aloi.e — and never stop [to think that they live a a neighborhood. It is because of such conditions that tlie old neighborhood spirit has lust about died out. Os course, people who live isolated lives never do much! i for a neighborhod. They eat and I I sleep in their own homos, and that’s jabout all that makes it home. They’re . honest and respectable, of course. , but that isn’t all that is expected of I a person. If you live near people you ought to be friendly with them. No town or community can become i greater than tlie people who live in lit, and if a majority of our citizens I should act like a few we know it it. . , wouldn’t be a community worth inakjihg a'home in. We'd rather go out and camp 1 alongside some running stream, , I where nt least the birds would asI feet some sign of fri< ndliness and | neighborliness, than to hang up our - hat in a house located among people who have forgotten how to smile, and how to visit among each other as our forefathers did. When you no longer care about your neighbors, when you shut yourself up within the castle of your own conceit and defy anybody to break into your heart of life, you no longer amount to much in your twon or community, though you may have plenty of money and consider yourself a very important personage. WANT ADS EARN—s—s—s I i ?1 FOR YOUR KITCHEN AM) BATH ROOM Clean* the h«rdc»t job with perfect ea«e? No aeid*. no wu«tk! Make* P»l» and .pan* •porlccl! Remove* stain* and flreaw inatantly! 1 Scrubs, police*. Mtoura and purities! A J large cen at a luw price. At Your Grocers THE RUB-NO-MORE COMPANY »<>»r »AIM. INDIANA

——■ Ml 11- W > »■> I—II I Bio Vbi.. I 111 ■■—!■■ — H » ■mJ CRYSTAL DETECTOR EASY TO CONSTRUCT Telephone Condenser cftnd Receivers Can Better Bej Purchased—Mounting i The material needed to construct n simple crystal detector is as (follows: Piece of silicon or molded in a metal button, 25 cents. Two binding posts, 20 cent< A block of shellacked or | stained wood 3 by 3% inches. A thin strip of sheet copper or brass % inches wide by twoj Inches long. Mount the two binding post<4 on the block of wood as shown, fnsteiing under one binding post n strip of, copper or brass —see sketch—and under the other binding post a colled up- spring of tine springy copper or brash wire.* By placing the button of meta! con-

f Z B<rso I C~ tfa/e/">J Crysroi o/ C»f W I r (c 3 / / \-l -i * 1 - ■ -- | The Crystal Detector. Tuner i •— t ANTtHNA GROUND - |-C _J [_ 3_ | ” 1 Peosc OCTCCTOR COHOCHitS • TClu,.. Jlftt'vcß i - .n « . i . ,i ■ i ■■ i . Set Mounted on Base, With Connections Shown.

taining the crystal of silicon or galena on the strip of metal and allowing the spring to muke contact with the surface of the crystal the detector is complete and ready for operation. A complete crystal detector can be purchased from 75 cents to $2, depending upon the type. Two other pieces of apparatus are necessary that cannot be readily constructed—they are the telephone condenser and the receivers. A telephone condenser to be used in shunting across the phones can be purchased for about 50 cents. For use with a radio receiver of this type it is recommended that a pair of 3,000-ohih, Murdoch type, No. 56 receivers, costing $6, be purchased. These are all the necessary parts needed for the complete receiver. If it is desired, the three Instru-

•■^•■•■•••.•••a-.e"e*-e-e..e*-e--e-e**e-e-e--e..e*^.«e««e* l TIPS TO THE RADIOIST Fired .22 caliber rifle shells make good switch points for tuning coils and receiving transformers. A single wire aerial 100 to , 150 feet long Is sufficient for local and long distance reception of broadcasting stations. Do not string aerials across the street or across electric wires. Keep antennu wires off electric light and telephone poles. Stranded copper or solid copper wire should be used. Phosphor bronze wire if obtainable Is stronger but not superior to copper. Good contact with a piece of mineral like galena can be had by wrapping it in tinfoil. Os course, the top of the crystal is left exposed. The brass ends of large cartridge shells make splendid crystal detector cups. They should be cleaned out thoroughly / before they are used. The winding of cardboard tubes from oatmeal boxes may ! be improved greatly If the tube Is first heated in an oven for about 15 minutes to take out the moisture and then wound; or better still shellac it while ! It Is still warm and leave It to soak in. j ' « In winding tuning coils with J bare wire a thread should be • wound on with tlie wire. This ; will separate each' turn. When i the coll is finished the thread I ,cnn be taken off. Shellac should | he applied Immediately. When ; * the shellac is dry the copper | i wire will hold Its place.

meats, the tuner, the crystal detector and the telephone condenser, can be mounted on a stained base of wood, say, eight Inches square and one-half Inch thick. This will keep the component parts of the set together, making a compact unit of the whole and also be advantageous In that It will hold the Instruments while adjustments are being made. The sketch shows how the Instruments are connected with each other und to the ground. The condenser Is connected to one side of the tuner mid to the crystal detector. The ground Is connected to the other side of the phones and the condenser and the tuner. Lamp cord Is excellent for connecting up small radio sets of this kind—it being a good conductor, well Insulated und easy to handle. HOW TO LISTEN IN There are two variables in our radio receiver that require adjustment when it Is desired to listen-ln; first, the detector, and second, the slide position on the tuner. Once the slider position has been determined for any given transmitting station, It Is only necessary to adjust tho detector to pick up that siime station again. To operate the receiver for the first time It is best to wait until some station like KDKA is transmitting between 8:30 and 9:30 p. m. Thon nd-

just the detector by changing the point ut which the spring and crystal of the detector make contact until, I when a nearby electric light Is snapped i on and off, a click is heard In I the head phones. The detector is now adjusted on a sensitive spot on the ! crystal. By changing the slider po- i sition, the transmitting station should j be picked up. After a station Is once picked up it is an easy matter to adjust the detector and slider position until maximum response is obtained in the telephone receiver. With a simple sot of the kind described In this and preceding articles and a little practice one soon becomes adept at picking up a given station. The entertainment derived from listening-in is usually i well worth the time spent and the i money invested.

T VAGARIES OF VACUUM TUBES Peculiar Actions That Always Astonish and Sometimes Frighten the Amateur Radioist. Everybody who has had anything to do with vacuum tubes has from time to rime had them do unexpected things and give results that at tlie moment seem beyond explanation. The explanation of several characteristics of these miniature giants which are met with in dally operation is sure to prove of great interest to the amateur. In cases where the actions of the tube are not understood these peculiarities have sometimes frightened people. One instance of a newborn fan’s fright was brought to attention In a letter of inquiry! The instrument had just been set up and was being operated for the first time. The tubes had been firmly adjusted and were just at the spilling point and—over they went, giving vent to the most unearthly sounds. The embryo enthusiast who looked upon the ntidion tube us an electric light, thought it was going to ■ explode. He jumped away from tlie instrument and out of tlie room, and did not venture near it for several hours, nnd then only after reaching round the corner of the door with a [ long stick and pulling the battery • switch off. ' | Similar instances have come to nt- ; tention when bulbs generate varl-col-ored vapors la tlie vacuum chamber. — Moonshiners Using Radio. Revenue officers seeking distillers of the fnr-famed and hardhitting “white llghtnln',” in the mountains of Kentucky say that many raids made In [ the last few months have proven uu- j ' [ successful, due to the adoption of i-.-i- --: diophone ns n moans of communica- i ’ ! tion among the moonshiners.

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