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THE ALTO HERALD. ALTO. TEXAS.
Remedies Recommended
to Cure Noise in Sets
Disturbances iii radio sets caused by
■elect rlcui appliances, and other noises
lliut reflect back Into the electric
llslit lines, are attracting the atten-
tion or the committee on inductive co-
ordination of the National Ulectric
Light association and' the Itadio Man-
ufacturers' association.
The committee litis brought out two
important points that should be given
very careful consideration by engi-
neers working on sots to be operated
■direct from the light socket without
Intermediate batteries. These prob-
lems are fading, due to voltage fluc-
tuations, and noise.
The electric light companies are
naturally interested in keeping the
voltage of their lines as uniform us
possible. There is, however, an eco-
nomic point beyond which it is im-
practical*.to go. While the' voltage
fluctuations often are kept within 3
Jier cent, they frequently lluctuate 5
per cent. Five per cent is scarcely no-
t'cable at a light socket and accord-
ingly, has been taken to represent
good practice.
A radio set operating directly from
the light lines must be adapted to a
5 per cent voltage fluctuation from
normal. This means that there will
be a total swing of 10 per cent. The
lighting v"uiptinles have experienced
considerable dllliculty in the way of
complaints, due to the volume of the
set swinging in and out with these
minor voltage fluctuations. The co-
ordination committee, accordingly,
asks that engineers designing socket
power sets give consideration to bal-
last lamps or some other device that
will take care of fluctuations. The
•other alternative is to have the set
designed so that a fluctuation of tills
sort will not noticeably affect the vol-
ume. Most of the current design Is
along tiie latter line.
With a battery-operated set, dis-
turbances on electric lines get into a
sradio set only through radiation.
When, however, sets are connected
directly to the light socket, minor
disturbances that will not cause
enough radiation to be noticeable may
get into the set and cause a bother-
some background of noise. This can
toe taken care of very readily by suit-
Mile (liter arrangements. The power
•companies are taking active ,steps to
■reduce this noise level, but much of
Jt Is beyond their control, and the set
mianiifaeturer must provide Ills own
remedy.
I FOR THE NOTEBOOK I
Excessive voltage or defective Insu-
lation will cause condensers to break
down.
The average radio receiver is used
three hours a day, or about 1,00(1
(hours a year.
An antenna from 40 to50 feet high
is the best for escaping great barrages
of etutlc.
Light machine oil will remove finger
•marks from the panel of a receiver
and control knobs.
Sulphate begins to form when a bat-
ery Is in a run-down state.
Motorboating is caused by residual
ripple in the plate voltage supply.
More than one set can operate,from
the same aerial wire with the use of
special circuits.
A high inductance choke coll Is ef-
fective when it is connected In series
witii a grid leak or a plate coupling
resistor.
Low "C" batteries cause many trou-
bles and noises in the radio receiver.
They should be renewed at least every
four months.
The simplest remedy for fading is
to have a variable volume control at
the receiving end.
The tube is the weakest element of
the ret.
Mounting Resistors for
Better Heat Radiation
In laying out the power resistors in
a plate supply unit there is usually a
distinct advantage to be galued by
mounting t lie resistors vertically.
This results in tiie use of minimum
baseboard space and, what Is more
important, in better heat radiation.
The radiation from a body depends
largely on I he temperature of the
body and the temperature and velocity
of the surrounding air. When the re-
sistor Is mounted vertically there Is a
"stack" effect which results In ac-
celerated air circulation and hence
better radiation of the heat. The term
radiation is really not accurate in this
sense, since the heat loss due to the
air circulation Is technically called
"convection," but the former term has
ronie to connote all losses, Including
those due to convection and conduc-
tion.
Grid Suppressors for
Oscillation Control
In the conversion of receivers using
grid suppressors, for the control of
oscillations, from battery to A. C. op
erution It Is important to properly ad-
Just these to Insure maximum stable
amplification. In the usual circuits
It is possible to decrease the resist-
ance HO or 40 per cent, which results
In Improved amplification, particular-
ly at the high frequencies, and better
selectivity characteristics at these
high frequencies.
I AMELIA'S 1
I REGAINED :
| LOVER |
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«£) by D. J Wulxh.l
AS MRS. TABOR laid a kindly
hand on her shoulder Amelia
Tanner looked up Into the
pleasant face above her. She
was just leaving the Tabor house and
Mrs. Tabor had come to the door to
see her depart.
"I am sorry you got so tired today,
Amelia," Mrs. Tabor said. "But the
work seemed to pile up. I hope you
will get nicely rested before you have
to start out tomorrow. Here is some-
thing for .your supper." She placed
a paper bag in Amelia's work-worn
hand.
A slight flush of gratitude and ap-
preciation tinted Amelia's tired face.
She murmured thanks and hurried
away, a flight, drooping ilgure In in-
describably quiet and threadbare
clothes.
Hastening away from ttie pretty
residence section of the town, where
she was employed by the day, she
turned into Lincoln street and there
was her home. The smile that the
sight of the shabby little brownisn
house always brought to Amelia's face
came now. She loved that house; she
was trying to pay for it, literally, by
the sweat of her brow. All her life
long she had wanted a home, u haven,
a place of her own, where she could
be her own mistress for a few hours in
each twenty-four. It was after she
bought the house that Hie had given
up serving as a maid and iia^i entered
upon tiie harder job of being a by-the-
day.
Amelia did not go In at the front
door, hut, taking a few more steps, she
went round to the back of the house
and entered that way. In the kitchen
by the stove sat a woman crying.
"Ob, Sister Dora I" exclaimed Ame-
lia. "What's the matter now?"
"I'm cold," quavered the small sal-
low woman, hugging herself iu her
shawl.
"Why of course you would lie. The
windows are open and there Is a
draught."
"llut 1 must have my frerfi air,"
sighed the woman. "Fresh air is nec-
essary to tne in my state of health. 1
couldn't make the lire burn. That
wood you bought Is too green. Barney
would never allow a bit of green wood
on the premises. He took such pains
with''his fuel. Oh, dear!" And here
Sister Dora began to weep again.
Amelia had closed the windows and
now laying aside her hat and coat, she
began with quick movements to start
« T)i«-IwlpUrts, and dissatisfied
Dora watched her gloomily.
"I've been thinking of Barney all
day." she said. "I've been thinking
that if It hadn't been for you he would
never have gone away and left me."
Amelia was silent. It was Dora's
favorite complaint that her sister was
the cause of her husband's vanishment
into the unknown, lie had been gone
eight years and Dora, left alone and
unprovided for, had come to Amelia.
Kver since Amelia had provided for
her, cared for her, borne with her.
"Barney was a line num." Dora wPnt
on. "We got along good together till
you made trouble between us. I don't
know how you did It, but you must
have made trouble or there wouldn't
have been any. I loved him when we
were married and he thought his eyes
of me. I never dreamed it would come
out like tills. Oh, 1 am a miserable
woman 1"
She was sniffing. Amelia, still si-
lent, set on the tea kettle and laid the
table neatly. She cut bread, opened
a can of something, arranged the
peaches temptingly. When the tea
was made she touched Dora's shoul-
der.
"There, come," flic said, "eat a bit
of something and you'll feet better."
"I can't touch a crumb," said Dora.
But Amelia hoisted her from her
chair, made her sit down a{ the table
and poured a cup of tea for her. Pres-
ently Dora began to ent heartily and
with enjoyment. Amelia, however,
could not eat at all; she was too tired,
too disheartened. To come home to
tills night after night, her poor sister
mourning for the worthless and delin-
quent Barney instead of exerting her-
self to get a new grasp on life. Years
before'Dora had driven away the one
lover Amelia had ever had, a worthy,
honest, plain fellow, because he did
not match up with the showy Barney.
Hut Amelia, iiYstead of grieving her
life away, bad gone bravely to work,
filling her life with what she could
get hold of. 'She thought of Larry
Illcks now as she sipped her tea and
wondered If Dora ever realized what
she had done.
Suddenly Amelia covered her fnce
with her hands, making a shelter for
her poor features, while she tried to
straighten them back Into their nor-
mal placidity.
"Well. If you are going to cry 1
shall give up," said Dora, harshly.
Amelia bad resumed her poise.
"I never cry," she said. "What's the
use? Have some more tea, Sister
Dora?"
Dora was peeping from the window.
"There's a man coming round to the
back door here," she said, excitedly.
"Maybe it's Barney come back to me!"
She tore to the door, Jerked It jipen
and fell back In her disappointment.
"Miss Tanner?" she said. "Yes, she's
here. Come In If you want to see
her." ,
The man entered. He was thin, tall,
quiet looklug and neatly dressed. His
eyes went to Amelia and as Amelia
lifted her siut gaze recognition passed
like a spark between them.
"Amelia," said Larry Hicks, un-
steadily. "I hope you're glud to see
me. I'm mighty glud to see you."
Amelia; to whom life hud brought
so many tribulutions that even now
she expected nothing save a fresh one,
made a pot of fresh tea, cut more
bread and Invited her old lover to sit
down at the table with them. She even
found a moment in wlUch to open a
fresh jar of preserves carefully
hoarded as a treat.
Larry Hicks ate with enjoyment. He
explained that he had come straight
from file train.
"You ure the first person I looked
up," he said, with ills steady eyes on
Amelia's face. "I came buck just to
see you. I can't stay long. Mj' busi-
ness won't let me."
"Where do you live?" Dora nsked.
And he named Hie distant state. Fruin
that point he went on to tell about
Ills work, the home lie had built unci
surrounded with trees and vines and
shrubbery. A brook ran just back of
it and be raised ducks and chickens.
He had a garden and u peach and
apple orchard. And in these varied
interests he found entertainment when
his day's work was done.
"But It's lonesome living alone. 1
don't like it," lie said, looking wist-
fully ut Amelia. "So I've come back
lo see if—If somebody I know won't
have me, Amelia." His hand closed
over lifers. In Ills earnestness he had
forgotten Dora.
A moment later Amelia found that
she mid her old lover, who had so
miraculously become her regained lov-
er, were alone. Dora had gone. Pres-
ently Amelia sought her.
"Larry's got money," she said. "You
can live here. I'll rend you money
enough every month."
Dora looked at her qneeriy.
"Maybe when you're out of the wny
Barney will come back to me," she
said.
Larry, sweeping all before him, car-
ried Amelia away within a week to a
real home, happiness and a life such
as she had never dreamed of en-
Joying.
And Sister Dora, alone, comfortable
In Amelia's house and supported by
Amelia's bounty, is still waiting for
Barney.
Phrase Often Quoted/
Is Laurence Sterne's
Some of the most familiar quo-,
tntlons in our language are, to use
an Irishism, "misquotations." fhe
phrase, "They do these tlilhgs better
in France," uppeared originally as
tiie opening sentence in -iiiurence'.
Sterne's "Sentimental 'Journey
Through France and Italy," and readi
there as follows: ,"They order, sufi
I, this matter better In France."
The coiner of. the phrase 'topi;
In 1713 and died in 1TCS, riiV«>'%eeks
after tiie publication of the volume
which this famous saying opens. He
wus a parson, hut, like a good many
other men who took holy orders in
tiie Eighteenth century, ifot entirely
fitted for his sacred office. He wns,
however, tiie gre.'.t-great-grandson of
an archbishop of York, and himself
became a prebendary of the same city.
The appearance o." the first two vol-
umes of "Tristram Shandy," one of
tiie most whimsical and unconvention-
al novels of a very unconventional
age, brought him instant fame, and
on coming to London from Yorkshire
lie became the lion of the season.
Visitors to the National gallery will
recall the famous painting by Charles
It. Leslie, It. A., entitled "Uncle Toby
and the Widow Wndtnnn," both of
whom, together with Corporal Trim,
are the immortal creations of Sterne.
—London Answers.
DAIRYMEN SHOULD
DIVERSIFY FARMS
*n a study of dairy farms in the
Chenango Valley region of New York
st^te, it Is proved that it is dangerous
for dairymen "to carry all their eggs
In one basket," said J. C. Neethling of
the agricultural economic department
at the New York State College of
Agriculture.
rFarmers who rely on dairying
alwie make smaller labor incomes than
farmers receiving part of their In-
comes from crops and poultry. Cash
crops may cause losses In years of
unfavorable yields or low prices, but
over a five-year period farms growing
ctttih crops gained by it. Farmers de-
riving less than 10 per cent of their
lniSime from crops made a labor In-
cotae of $2!S3, Those deriving more
tlijin 25 per cent from crops made
$11417 labor income,
fit is Important also to get a large
quantity of mil from ench cow. Tiie
higher the production the lower the
rajst of milk and the better tiie labor
Interne, l'ure-bred herds produced
better than grade herds but the cost
ot1 maintaining them were higher and
tlije labor Incomes therefore were
smaller.
("Whatever business a person fol-
lows, he usually has the impression
tlikt tiie other man does better in an-
otlier business," Mr. Neethling mild.
"However, a comparison with fruit
fisrais In Niagara county shows that
-tfye Chenango valley farmers receive
u'labor income averaging $585 while
tlje labor income on fruit farms was
$!Su. Comparing again 121 up-state
psultry farms and 114 Chenango val-
ltiv farms tlldled in 1025, it was found
tnat dairymen made SI,000 labor iu-
efime and poultrymen $1,054."
Naval Church Pennant
Search of tiie records of the Navy
department has not to date disclosed
the origin of the church pennant. On
April 20, 1802, Admiral Farragut, then
Flag Officer Farrngut, issued an order
appointing nn iioui- of thanksgiving
and directing that the church pennant
be hoisted. The "Signal Book" of 1808
proscribes that the church pennant be
displayed above the national ensign.
The "Signal Manual" of tiie navy now
prescribes as follows: "The church
pennant will be hoisted Immediately
above the ensign at the peak of the
flagstaff at the time of commencing
and kept hoisted during the continu-
ance of divine service on board all
vessels of the nnvy." The church pen-
nant indicates that divine services are
being held aboard ship.
How Australia Got Name
When, in 1000, De Queiroz landed in
the New Hebrides, he took possession
In the name of Philip III of Spain, in
whose service be was, and named the
land Tierra Austrinlln del ICsplrltu
Santo, and wrote: "For the happy
memory of your majesty, and for the
snke of the nume of Austria, I named
It, because on the anniversary of your
birth I took possession of It." He
thought he had landed on the ru-
mored Orent Southern continent, upon
which the shade of this name hud
fallen.
They Didn't Pop
George has a fondness for fried pop-
overs. Ills elder sister one evening
agreed to make a generous supply and
he was to wash the supper dishes. The
sister served the cakes with misgiv-
ings, as they were not up to the stand-
ard. The brother ate greedily with-
out comment.
Returning to the kitchen Inter In the
evening, the sister found the dishes
unwashed and nn explanation was de-
ninnded.
"Your popovers didn't pop, so that
lets me out." said brother.
Milage Most Succulent
Feed for Dairy Cattle
.Silage Is the best succulent feed for
dairy cattle. Silage makes possible
the feeding of a relatively cheap suc-
culent feed which can bo furnished
(luring nny period of tiie year.
-«The high moisture content of silage
causes It to be relatively low in food
v^lue, and low in protein content, but
is a good carbohydrate feed. Silage
Is equal to roots and green crops as
a,feed, and is much cheaper because
It requires less labor. One of the most
Important essentials of silage is its
ect on the digestion or the cow,
l, U, can be said lo be excellent, and
It does not harm the teeth of the cow.
The uverage cow should receive .10 to
40 pounds of good slluge each day.
Legume silage Including nlfulfa,
sweet clover, soy beans, Held peas, etc.,
is of fair quality. It is usually best
to cure the legumes for liny, but if the
weather does not permit of this, or if
no other crops Is available for silage,
the legumes may be used to good ad-
vantage.
Right Richness of Cream
Secured From Separator
Adjust the cream screw of the
separator so as to secure cream test-
ing about 35 to 45 per cent fat, Low-
testing cream sours and spoils more
rapidly than high-testing cream, so
that by the time it reaches the cream-
ery It is often in condition unlit to be
made into good butter. In the spoiled
and curdy condition, It also makes
difficult accurate sampling and testing.
It is undesirable further, because It
diminishes the amount of skim milk
available for the feeding of calves and
pigs; it increases the cost of trans-
portation for every pound of butter-
fat shipped; it makes impracticable
the use of a reasonable amount of
starter in the creamery, and starter
Is essential for the production of the
best quality of butter; it does not
churn out exhaustively and yields an
excessive amount of buttermilk, aug-
menting the loss of fat and thereby
reducing the churn yield.
<• * •:* * * * * * * •••
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Feeding the dairy calf requires care
and Judgment, especially the first
month of its life.
* • *
The robber cow—the unsuspected
bandit of thy herd—Is the dairyman's
most serious competitor.
• • •
Dairymen who feed high protein
feeds may ndd more fertility to the
soil through manure than is taken out
by crops.
* « •
Is your cream separator losing
money for you? The best way to an-
swer tills question Is to have a sam-
ple of the skim milk tested for butter-
fat nt your locul creamery or cream
station.
• ♦ •
Tiie dairy cow is a most Important
factor in tiie economics of dhlry farm
management.
• • •
A good dairy cow probably consumes
more wuter than any other domestic
animal. The more feed consumed, the
more wuter the cow requires.
* • •
If the ground Is weedy, It is often
belter to plant the soy beans In rows
so Hint they cun be cultivated. When
planted in this manner the beans muy
be kept clenner than when sowu broad-
cast.
THE GREAT
RICAN SYRUP
'tart the day right,
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Appropriate
"What did tliey give the animal
trainer when lie retired?"
"Three cheers and a tiger."
A census of wild life in California
show's that there are more than 250,-
000 big game animals in the national
forests of the state.
Turtle Meat in Demand
Turtle meat brings only 12 cents a
pound in Austrlia, but about $5 a
pound in London, and regular ship-
ments of the delicacy, half-way
around tiie world, have been nrranged.
A London provision house bus plnced
an order for 200 frozen Australian
turtles n month.
/or Ginghams or Organdies
^faultless starch
NO hotter evidence that FAULT-
LESS STARCH is the perfect
starch—that it needs nothing
added—could bo required than
it gives perfect results with either
ginghams or organdies.
Like a prepared cake or pancake flour
FAULTLESS STARCH is a complete
product. To add anything to FAULTLESS
STAKCH would spoil it.
It has exactly the right con-
sistency, is free from lumps, is
■velvety and has no "specks".
It is a clean starch. Your irons
ivon't stick. There will bo no
freezes or blowouts. Your
clothes will be soft and pliabla
and have a beautiful gloss.
Clothes starched the FAULT-
LESS WAY look better and
wear longer as Faultless
Starch penetrates every thread
and fibre of the fabrics.
For 40 years in more than a
million homes, housewives have
found that the "Faultless way
is the easiest way". One trial
will prove to you that it is.
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Frugal
"Have you nny close relations?"
"Well—they are rather economical."
The wolverine, which hns one of the
most evil reputations of the animal
kingdom, Is disappearing in tills coun-
try.
Power of the Radio
"What can I do to keep my bus-
band home nights?" asked Mrs.
Brown,
"Buy him a dial to play with," re-
plied Mrs. Smith, "and you can't drlva
him out of the house at night."—Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
Kill Rats-
Without Poison
(
A New Exterminator that is
Absolutely SaSe to use Anywhere!
. 1 not Injure human t>eings,
livestock, cIoks, cats, poultry,
yet Is deadly to rati and mice every time.
PoStoni are too daogeroot
K-R O dors not contain arsenic.phosphorus,
barium carl>onate or any deadly poison.
Made of powdered squill as recommended
by the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture iu their
latest buiictiu ou "Rat Control."
•'One of our Rood customers just told us he
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mnny tintlin* JOor 40 ratsufter using K-R
which Is Imjlily successful nnd elmuld phase
gathered IDS dead rats on
a 2 ounce package of K-R-O
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75c at your drugnist; large size (four timet
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K-K-O Company, Spriuglield, Ohio*
KILLS-RATS-ONLY
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/
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