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The ordinary variable condensers which are. used in so many receivers are very inefficient and cause bruaal tuning and a loss of signal strength. Although electrical and merhanical problems make the con- struction of a good variable con- densm' very difficult. several con- cerns have succeeded in making great improvements. 'l‘heir products advertised as “lnw loss rondensers" are now on the market. Naturally. these rou- dvnsers rannot be made as cheaply 1% the. more rummon type. but their performance is we.” worth their higher cost. It is recommended these he use-oi wherever a real im- The tuning part of a radio re- ceiver is c-nmposed principally of capacity and inductance, usually in the form of condensers and coils of wire. it we want to make a better tuner then, it may be done, by using in itâ€"better condensers and better tuning coils. \ns. ~~Y0u can connvrt a buzzer “Ith a kry and a dIv roll. and when the! buzzm- is "pm-Ming adjust your artector until the loudest buzzvr signals arr hoard in the hoaIl phnIII-s. 'l‘lw huzzrr should b0 wrappml In cloth and placml in a box 30 that It will it be hoard «Ix- cent in the headphonm. A. (Copyright, 1921., by The Bonnet-Brown Corporation, Chicago) RADIO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Mr. Sherrill will be glad to help you solve your radio problems. Write him, care of The Durham Chronicle. \V, l-,,asks:H1m um I tvst my “hich may is tho better?“ custal .lo-tottnr acljustnwnt ““0“ l Ans. â€"-W hm the A + and B â€"- am not surv “hvthvr anv stations (-nnm't‘tml together the voltag am» going 01 not? tho battery is added to that 01 1 of HIP almw diagram. Hm'n the win is hold away fmm Hw corn by right pimrns at My wnml. Those Dim-vs arr album. '4; inch sqnari‘. and as lung as nm'ossary for any par- ticular i'nil. 'l‘iw womlmi pipers an" first shack nu thv tulm with shnliac or PDHOIHOIL and Him Hw wirv is wound owr tlwm. flow To Wind Coils As slinwn in Figure 2. HIP winil- ing is spam-cl. This is vasily accnm- piishml by winding two pim‘vs of (1. l). P. says: "I wry nftvn sew tlw sumo? circuits drawn in diffvr- out ways in respm't to the A and B banm'y cunnoctinns. Somr show the» two npgatiws mmwctml to- getlwr and snmo- shnw thv A + connm’tm‘l with the B -â€". (31 Does the way in which they are connect- ml makv any diffm‘om-P? \b- If so. pl'owmo‘nt. is clvsirml. 'l'lw usual tuning (mil is also a mum» of 1mm and a ram» of broad tuning. Coils for any tylw or a re'w-iwr may hr mnrh imprnwd by “inch”: mum in avcnnlam-v with thv arrangvm‘nt. shuwn in Figurv CAIADA’S ADVAKTAGB (Hamilton Spectator Sir Adam Berk declares that the people, of this proVinre are not. yet sufficiently alive to the importance of securing their full privileges in the matter of water-power devel- Opment. Unless further action is taken. he foresees the time. not many years ahead. when industry will be handicapped by .a serious shortage of power. A paragraph in the current number of Natural Resources. the official publication of the Department of the Interior, shows the advantage possessed by this country over the United States in the matter of water-power de- velopment; but it would not do to achieved, especially in view of the fact that this proxince is faced with a fuel problem which is not the United States. PAGE 6. Several Ways of ImprOving Receiving Tuners By R. M. SHERRILL’ (Radio Engineer) Side View . (W fublnq/ End View A In cases where there is a fixed coupling between two .coils, another set of wooden pieces may he added. and the second winding put on as in Figure 3. The combination of the low-loss condenser and this improved induct- ance will not only help in cutting out interference but will very noticeably increase the signal strength. wire on the form at the same time. The wires are wound on evenly until the form is full. Then one of the wires are carefuly unwound. leaving the other to form a neatly spaced winding. A little shellac brushed on the wire at the points where it touches the sticks, will hold the winding permanently in shape. There are. a number of other sug- gestions which will help to improve the receiver. Fixed condensers such as grid and “by-pass” con- densers should be carefully chosen. The best of these are made of mica, .~\ns.â€"â€"-\Vlwn the A + and B ~â€"-arn ('mmm'tml tugolhm‘ the voltage of Hm battm‘y is added to that of the plate batten-y. The» practice of con- nvcting the two nngatiw‘rs together is ('nnsidvl‘MI bottvr huwvvm', as this chludos the A battvry from thv niatn vircnit. This prevents any unsteady vlvctrical lvakago which might. ocrm- in UN A battery from making noises in the receivers. It maV be oxpoctml that am one at tiw ahnw suggestions VViIl not In itsvlf «ausv much improwmont. \MII-II a numbm‘ of these! small points are taken care of hOVV ever. the total effect will in» gratifying. Whvn cmmm'ting thi- various parts of a rvo’vivm'. use a 30ft cop- pi-r wirv that is just stiff (inongh in Imlil its slinpo Will. A very stiff wirv will. with a lube sot. cause a high-pitched ringing noise in the plmnvs \vIu-nvvvr 01w touchvs the tablv m' “H' I'PCPiYPl' pannl. Snparatu tlw mnnncting wirns I'mm van-h nthvr as mnvh as pos- siblni 'l‘his amt-Hrs vspm'ially t0 the grid and plain Wire‘s of the tnbv svts. ' A. D. B. says: “I bought a. flash- light battéry to use as a C battery but I cannot. toll which terminal is the negative?” and ”w infm'im' nuns or paper and ntlwr matvrials. Ans.â€"â€"Connect wires to your two tm'minals and dip their ends into a glass 0! salt. watvr for a few sec- onds. The wire from which the bubblvs aw given off loads to the negative terminal of the battery. taking the average over the last five years for all purposes. In \‘lPW of the colder climate, the fact is the more remarkable. The difference is attributed mainly to the saving in coal due to the greater utilization of the water- power resources of the Dominion. The water-power development per thousand of population is given as 350 horsepower for Canada, as compared with only 95 horsepower in the United States. A drove of “floating islands” has been encountered off8 the coast of Borneo. The Armenians cover a new-born inflmt’s skin with finely-powdered A cod caught off the Newfound- land coast was 5 feet 6 inches long and Weighed 00 pounds. IITBRBS'I’IHG FACTS ‘ ' I 1.1160me TOM . . 2 Toronto Street, Toronto There was something in the appli- cation ot President Lincoln s stories that brought all the humor in them. In Something of Men I Have Known Adlai E. Stevenson passes on a story that he heard from the Hon. John 8., Henderson. During the gloomy period of 1862 Mr; Bender-s son called on the President late one Sunday afternoon and found him alone in his library. After some ni'omentsMr. Lincoln, apparently much depressed, said in substance: “They are making every effort, Henderson, to induce me to issue a proclamation of emancipa- tion. Sumner and Wilson and Stevens are constantly urging me, but I don’t think it best now; do you think so, Henderson?” To which Henderson promptly replied that he did not think so; that in existing conditions such a measure would in his judgment be ill-advised and possibly disastrous. With that he walked across the reom to a window and looked out on the avenue. Sure enough, Wilson, Stevens and Sumner were to be seen approaching the Executive Mansion. Calling his visitor to the window and pointing to the approaching figures, he said in a tone expressing something of that wondrous sense of humor which no burden of disas- ter could Wholly dispel: “Hender- “Just what I think,” said the President, “but they are constantly coming and urging me, sometimes alone, sometimes in couples and sometimes all three together, but constantly pressing me.” son, did you ever attend an old field school?” Henderson replied that he bad. “So did I,” said the President; “what little education I ever got in early life was in that way. I at- tended an old field school in Indi- ana, where our only reading book was the Bible. One day we were standing up reading the account of the three Hebrew children in the fiery furnace. A little tow-headed fellow who stood beside me had the verse with the unpronounceable names; he mangled up Shadrach and Meshaeh woefully and finally went all to pieces on Abednego. Smarting under the blows that in accordance with the old-time custom promptly followed his delinquency, the little Water! Water! Water! RB. No. 4, Durham. â€"-vâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€" What Is Good Health Worth? Why take a chance and use water that is polluted and unfit for domestic use, when Pure Water can be had by having a well drilled. We handle Pumps and Pump Re- pairs. Satisfaction Guaranteed ED. J. PRATT Progress or Reaction Ontario Electors Must Choose The old-time Bar-Room and Liquor Shop, with their disgusting sights and sounds and The staggering, cursing, drunken men who Moduonthestreeuandontbecarrâ€" particularly on holidays or at public demon- urationsâ€"and whofilled our jails; , a, thc mulled filth and diam-duh: many hovel: ,andahouldJnvebeenh ° WW3”, The vice, the immortlity, dOIdOmcio! OFHCIALRECORDSPROVBALLTHIS! The! ‘ whiny-Minnow undutheO. . then-chuboeoaaub- want“ duct-c in‘the.ofim that are madly nodded with «ink: 1914 1922 1372 4,”, Do You Remember? THE issue of the Plebiscite of October 23rd is: Shall the sale of intoxicating liquor as a beverage continue to be prohibited, or the traffic be reestablished and conducted by the Government? 1] Since September 16th, 1916, the legalized sale of liquor for beverage purposes has been prohibited. During eight years The Ontario Tem ce Act has wrought a moral, social and economic transformation, gradual but real. 1] A new genera- tion ows nothing of the evils of the liquor traffic before the O. T. A. came into’force. Older generations may have forgotten. 1] Think of it! There is not a man or woman 29 years of age who has legally seen the inside of a bar-room or liquor shop in the Province of Ontario. 1] Booze is banned! It is a discredited and dishonored outlaw. Now, it wants to come back. It seeks not only reinstatement, but that the Government itself shall be an active partner. Phone 98â€"12 . fellow nabbed alomL The reading, however, went round. each boy in bll- the class reading his verse in turn. has The sobbing at length ceased, and am. the tow-headed boy gazed intently wn upon the verse ahead. Suddenly he a gave a pitiful yell, at which the on. schoolmaster demanded: ‘What is the the matter with you now?’ '1; {Look there,‘ 'said the boy, point- ing to the next verse; ‘there comes them same darn three fellows again 1' ” Titer being in use some fifteen years, the third and fourth readers of the public schoolsoi' the province will ‘be changed after the coming year. The public school speller and public school hygiene will aso be- come obsolete. Word has been re- ceived that there will be no change in public, separate or high school textbooks during the coming year. The popular chocolate tinted cov- ers of the readers will pass out to make way for the newer publica- tions. At the same time, German readers will become obsolete, though no explanation for this move is given. The high school 5,411 17,703 NEW SCHOOL BOOKS 352 When this question was asked of leading Ontario manufacturers by the Ontario Board of License Commissioners, 1,165, or 82 per cent., meg-(34:79”, while only 239, or 17 All System: of Govern- Oales Have [cued ao-cauea WWW" enadiunalfailmwbefeveruied. Drinking, tiling 91-3 MM any («defâ€"“'5 “Neverflntbelinotyoftbecmntrnwu | I . ll . . I and mmmmfithm.” Or,MANlTOBA:Fi$u-Wby PWAWd man-w- NOTE THE OPINION OF OUR MANUFACTURERS: “Does Prohibition, under the O. T. A” result in more comfortable homes and boner media! _of {god and clothing for wives am} 'children? . 4 . «A >0, .99 advice. The noted public some! geography, issued just a your :30 and or which so much criticism was made, is now reported to have muuuu us vvuv v --- have develoned a new béast of burden, _a cross between a horse and a zebra. 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