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The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-11-22

a. shown in the drawings at OBJ. Two
holes are drilled through this brass
piece and through the cap of the tele-
phone receiver (5), and the brass
piece is made fast to the receiver cap
by two screws and nuts 80 (s). See
Fig. G.
All joints are sweated together and
wiped to make the piping alright.
This little instrument works very
well and after being polished looks like
a factory job. 1t throws weak signals
out into the room at greater volume
than most instruments of this type do.
It also helps the builder to save some
of his hard-eArned cash. Make your
own.
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Scientific Ration.

'Bergamot Beanpile." snapped that
householders wife, Il wish you'd drop
this talk about gIucosides and carbo-
hydrates. 1t makes me sick"
ION the contrary, my DEAR" remon-
strated M. BeanpoIe, sit makes you
well. A scientific ration is the latest
medical decree"
Never mind that. 1t is hard enough
to hire help now. If cook has to be
chemist. I'll never get girl"
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edited by q. Douglas Wardrop, Editor
OF Radio Merchandiaing1

Today in almost any magazine you
chance to pick up it is possible to find
the advertisements of junior receivers
Of some kind. Most Of these are moth
Ing more than tuning coil and detec-
tor mounted In some kind Of box or
cabinet. These are easily made and are
quite efficient on short waves for some
distances. That is the reason am de-
scribing the junior receiving set / con
structed Of material taken from old
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-11-22

The Two Binding Posts at the Bot
tom Are for the Telephones.
duce the chances of mistakes. The
template is then laid over the panel
and the transferring is done with some
sharp-pointed tool. The drilling Of the
holes for the panel mounting screws,
the switches and switch points, varia-
Bile condenser and detector is accom-
plished with some small sharp drill.
The tuning coil is No "a enamel In
sulated magnet wire, wound on tube
6 inches long and 3l1 inches in di-
ameter; the winding is tapped at ~
equal spaces. The switch levers,
switch stops and switch points are put
on the front panel and the taps are
connected to the switch points and the
coil is mounted behind the panel with
wooden brackets as shown in Fig. 4.
This completes the tuning coil and
controlling switches.
The variable condenser is, or can be,
any standard condenser having ca
pacity of about COOS m.f; mine was
Murdoch panel type having that ca
pacity. The condenser is mounted
back of the panel and the indicating
dial is screwed onto the shaft.
The detector can be of any good re
liable crystal type preferably that
called galena). It may be either an
old one or 1t may be purchased for
this purpose 1t Is taken from its base
and mounted at the top of the front
panel
A small fixed condenser having a
capacity OF about 0015 m.f. is used for
the phone or stopping condenser. This
is screwed to the bottom of the cabi-
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place Fixed.

sfWell, where do you want your
manner" somewhat truculently de-
manded the house manager, who was
making up vaudeville bill.
Last place"
Subject TO changer
mo, / gotta have last place or l
can't show at all"
Whats the matter with your act?'
Il have no act"
"What in thunder are you talking
about?"
my act consists of kidding all the
other acts on the BILL"
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-11-22

should be poured in the bottom, about
one-eighth inch thick, or just enough
to hold the coil from falling out
When two boxes are made they are
placed together with the rotating ball
in the middle, which is simpler to
make.
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The Case Isn't Proved.

The Stricken One-I tell you, Dolly,
simply can't live without you.
The Flippant One-Oh, don't know,
old thing, all the others are pretty
healthy.-The Maggie.
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Bargains.

81 see you have installed meat
counter in your department store"
ayes, right next to the canned soup
aisles."
''How are things going?'
"Pretty fair. We don't know just
how to feature remnant day."
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One Sufficient.

Nexdore-My chimney has been
smoking all day. How can cure it?
Naybor- Give it one of those cigars
you gave me the other day.-Boston
Evening Transcript
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CHAMELEON BUTTER COLOR"

A harmless vegetable butter color
used by millions for so years. Drug
stores and general stores sell bottles
of 'Dandelion'' for 81 cents.-Adv.
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His Minn on Baseball.

Music Teacher-Why don't you stop7
Those marks mean rest.
Johnny-What's the use of restin'
let's get through with it.-Boston
Evening Transcript.
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cuticura soothes Baby flashes

That itch and burn, by hot baths
of Cuticura Soap followed by gentle
anointings of Cuticura Ointment.
Nothing better, purer, sweeter, espe-
cially If a little of the fragrant Cuti-
cura Talcum is busted on at the hn-
ish. 25c each.-Advertiseme
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Hahit.

'Look, mother the police are TAX
ing man up" WELL don't act as if
you thought it was your father again !"
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Honor Napoleon.

Ajaccio was chosen the capital of
Corsica because Napoleon's mother de-
sired that his birthplace be honored
in that way.
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1t may be better to be born lucky
than rich, but the man who is born
rich is lucky from the start.
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shiftiuo Values.

1T takes an expert accountant to
know how much German marks are
worth"
sit takes more than that. 1t takes
lightning calculator
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-11-22

For overnight relief to infiamed eyes and
sites use Roman Eye Balsam- Once tried
always preferred. sT2 Pearl St.. N. Y. Adv.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-11-22

Nothing is better calculated to give
a self-made man a jolt than a bill-of-
fare in French.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-11-22

Thousands Keep in Good Health
by taking one or two Brandreth Pills
at bed time They cleanse the system
and purify the blood.--Adv.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-11-22

A good memory is one that enables
a man to forget the things he does not
care to recollect.
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Defined.

"What is a collation."
"a little bit to eat served with lot
of style"
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Exaggerated humility is often moth
ing more than conceit.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-11-22

A bare cupboard always furnishes
food for thought
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Test This ont
for YOURSELF

n FANY people who drink coffee regularly are
IVl troubled with insomnia; or they feel nervous,
&headachy" or suffer from indigestion
1t may be hard for such men and women to believe
that coffee is responsible for the way they feel Be-
cause they have always drunk coffee it hardly seems
possible that this old habit could cause trouble.
But there is one sure way to find out whether cof-
fee is harmng you. Just stop its for week So
and drink Postum.
Postum is pure cereal beverage absolutely free
from caffeine, the drug in coffee which disturbs the
health and comfort Of many.
After week or two on Postum you will sleep
better and feel better; then your good judgment
should decide whether you go back to coffee
tnue on the Road to MELVILLE with Postum.
Sold by grocers everywhere!
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net and Is used to shunt across the
phones. This. completed, makes the
act ready for work on wiring after the
binding posts are put In place as
shown on the drawing OF the front
panel
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WOMEN CAN DYE ANY
GARMENT, DRAPERY
Dye or Tint Worn, Faded Things
New for IS Cents.

Don't wonder whether you can dye
or tint successfully, because perfect
home dyeing is guaranteed with ''Dia-
mond Dyes" even If you have never
dyed before. Druggists have all colors.
Directions in each package.-Adver-
tfsemeut.
Evening star., 1923-09-24
Bulgaria.

Evidently the communists in Bull
garia, who have undertaken to utilize
the agrarian unrest to conduct a so-
Wet reaction, have failed of accom-
nlishment. Today's dispatches indicate
decided Improvement in the situa-
tion. Bands of rebels who for two
days have been marching In certain
OF the provinces have been checked
and dispersed. The government at
Sofia has met the emergency stoutly
with an efficient campaign of repres-
sion.
Since the overthrow of Premier
Stambouiisky, who lost his life after
his deposition. there has been much
unrest in Bulgaria. He was the idol of
the agrarians and the peasantry. The
communists, who have nothing what
ever in common with this class, sought
to utilize the reaction occasioned by
Stamboulisky's custer and death to
overturn the government and estab-
lish a soviet regime. Had there been
weakness or hesitation at Sofia this
might have been accomplished.
King Boris, it is noted in the dis
patches, has decreed a reconstruction
or the ministry, but this change, it is
stated, has nothing to do with the
agrarian uprising. Socialists refused to
participate in the government If the
nationalist party was permitted repre-
sentation. The minister of justice in
the former cabinet was a member of
the national liberal party, against
which it was charged that it's tenden-
cies were pro-German.
BY the reconstruction of the min
istry the Bulgarian government is
strengthened. The socialists are hos
tile to communist movements, and
evidently fear prevails in Sofia lest
the German influence gain in ascend
ancy. Bulgaria has had enough of as
sociation with Germany. With the
crown supported by the socialists, as
against both the reactionaries on one
hand and the communists on the
other, 1t has good chance to stand
pressure. A general election will be
held early in November which will
have an important bearing upon the
future of the state.
Evening star., 1923-09-24
us. Editors Wish Lord Renfrew
Good Time on His Vacation

as successful in avoiding exhausting
publicity as his royal highness the
Frihee OF wales was successful in
meeting it," The Baltimore Sun is
impressed with the fact that "the
prince LIS a good guesser when he told
an acquaintance on shipboard that he
| supposed that many of the girls whom
he danced with some years ago are
| married and settled down by now.
| One feels that he is beginning to
realize the loneliness of the unwilline P
bachelor. The youngsters whom he
used to know are no longer carefree
| and cheerful. They have homes of
their own, Perhaps some of them are
even putting on weight. But the pr
that is, the baron-Is still cavorting
around the British Empire with Moth
| ing to do except to maintain his repu-
tation as good mixer. He is making
| a fine job of 1t, but maybe he is lone
some, just the same In addition,
goes on the Winona Herald, "even
| royalty need vacations from their
everlasting corner stone layings and
| function attending. If Americans
could learn to let their President get
about comfortably in his private ca
pacity once In while, by the magic
| of LAYING the word incognito, much of
thestratn of office might be relieved" "
II is to be hoped that "he will have
left off his princely penchant for
tumbling off a horses back" while In
the wide open spaces, the Albany
Observation-Disclosures humorously sug-
gests, but like the rest of us he has
work cut out for him and a diversion
| from the conventional order will
better fit him, mentally and physical
/ ly. for the tasks ahead" Simply
because he is a regular fellow" the
Marion Star believes his privacy will
be respected because here is an in
cognito that Is frank, open and emf
| nently aboveboard. Not the slight
est deception is being practiced on
the public. And, it wouldn't be sur
prising II 1t proved to be 100 per cent
enective; That is also the argument
Of the Little Rock Gazette. whose
editor would like to take Eddie on
| fishing trip with us, Those are the
times that try mems souls. The fell
low that can fight mosquitoes, blister
all day and wind up without a strik E
ana yet not complain is a four-ply
| man as well as a good sport Some
how we figure that H. r. H. Edward
FRINGE of Wales is just that sort of
AS Lord Renfrew he comes hon
estly by his taste for dancing. the
Toronto Star recalls. ), hecause~ his
great-grandmother. Queen Victoria,
and his grandfather. King Edward,
danced well and enjoyed the exer-
else. but the Star bemoans the fact
that the dances then in fashion now
are forgotten and lin Canada they
are almost as extinct as the erinoline.
Instead of ga1Ioping TO the Might
Sell, the Lord Renfrew of today fox
trets to You've got to see your
mamnay every night but enjoys Ii
every whit as much as hia grand
father did the galiop.
Evening star., 1923-09-24
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILASDER JOHNSON
Full of Honors.

Full of Honors.
l experienced an urge to be a Joiner.
1t was an impulse fierce and uncon-
trolled.
OF words you now must be a rapid
colner
To designate the offices / hold
I'm the warder of the Mystical In
scription.
AS the grand exalted goof I'm
known to fame
I am king Of the Canonical Connip-
ton
Nobody calls me by my proper
name
OF the Beatifie Bobcats / am ruler.
I'm a Venerable Owl; an Ostrich.
too.
For the Polar Bears I'm keeper of the
cooler.
I'm nearly everything that's in the
zoo.
My titles now too numerous to men
tion a-,-a..s.-.
Do not convey their old accustomed
thrill.
now regard it as a neat attention
II some acquaintance simply calls
me "Rilln'
Evening star., 1923-09-24
A Coal Plan.


The United States Coal Commission,
in its final report now submitted to
the President, has made a concrete
recommendation that the Interstate
Commerce Commission be empowered
to supervise the coal industry. The
somewhat nebulous suggestion. ema-
mating from many sources in recent
months, that the government under
take to regulate the coal business has
at length taken definite form.
The Coal Commission has made a
wise selection of government agency
for this purpose. The Interstate Com
merce Commission has long been high
ly regarded by the public. 1t is a
quasi judicial body. 1t already has
supervision of one important factor
entering into the situation, the rates
charged by the carriers for the trans
portation of coal.
Furthermore, the Coal Commission
has wisely avoided any proposal that
a new government agency be set up
for the supervision of the coal indus
try, with it's added burden of cost
upon the taxpayers. True, the Inter-
state Commerce Commission will have
to create new division to handle the
supervision of the coal industry, and
1t may even be necessary to increase
the membership of the commission.
But that is a far different proposition
from the creation of a new agency.
Government supervision cannot set
tie all the troubles of the coal indus
try. 1t has not settled all the troubles
of the transportation industry, but it
has Ngone far to improve conditions
that twenty-five or thirty years ago
were becoming intolerable. 1t is to be
expected that government supervision
Of the coal business, that part of il
entering into interstate commerce,
will be d, great step in advance. 1t
will call for full publicity regarding
all costs, production, prices and
profits.
The Coal Commission points out in
its report that the local communities
and states must themselves deal with
alleged prof1teering by coal dealers;
that the powers over interstate COM
meree given the Congress by the Con-
stitution do not run to intrastate mat
ters. Agencies of their own must be
5 evolved by the states and communi-
ties to act in full cooperation with
the federal government to protect the
Interests of the public.
Honest and efficient coal operators
and dealers have nothing to fear"
from the proposed government super
vision" the report says. They have,
on the contrary, reasons to well
come it,
Government supervision, however,
of the railroads, of the packers and of
other business in the past has been
brought about only after great strug-
giles, in which the industries have for
the most part aligned themselves
against such supervision. But fuel,
as the Coal Commission points out,
has as great public interest in the life
of America today as has transporta-
ton and food, and the public is en-
. titled to the protection of the govern
ment in this matter.
Evening star., 1923-09-24
Stresemarn Nears a. Crisis

Day after tomorrow the German
reichstag meets at Berlin, and it is ex-
,peeted that the government then will
announce abandonment of the policy
of passive resistance" in the Ruhr.
Apprehension is felt that this will be
the signal for an outburst of rioting
on the part of either the monarchists
or Of the radicals. Preparations, it ID
indicated, have been made to suppress
such disturbances.
Recent efforts to reopen negotia-
tons with France on the subject of
reparations failed because France saw
no basis for belief that new proposals
fmade by Berlin would be dependable
sThe suggestion of ending passive re-
eistance, however. was not altogether
an act of virtue on the part OF the
Berlin government. The Industrial
workers Of the Ruhr region, severe
.1y hit by suspension of work, have
been demanding a change Of course
with greater and greater insistence
Abandonment of passive resistance
has, indeed, become necessity. and
it will be doubtless on that basis that
'the stresemann government viii an
nounce to the reichstag this change OF
plan.
1t does not, Of course, follow that
abandonment OF the passive resistance
policy in the Ruhr will directly lead ts
7 or result in settlement with France
I But it is decidedly the first step. AS
soon as resistance ends French occu-
patton becomes effective as means OF
collection. The choice in Berlin Ia
between loss Of money through what
. Is virtually a general strike in the
Ruhr and loss through reparations
payments.
When the word came recently that
negotiations were about to be resumed
it was understood that the large in
dustriai interests had finally agreed to
a program that would permit accept
ance Of the French proposals. or offer
OF proposals by Germany to France
Evening star., 1923-09-24
The High Cost of Government

Increased cost of construction and
repair hits the local government as
it does the citizen and high prices
bear upon the taxpayer in various
ways. Every citizen knows the effect
Of high prices on his grocery bill and
on the family bills for clothes, shoes
and hats. He knows what it means
to him in costs when it is necessary
to make repairs to the roof, porch or
garage. The increased cost of con-
struction is reflected in the cost of
his home, and If 1t Is a new home
that cost is taken into consideration
by the tax assessors. The assessment
is based on the value of the property.
II the citizen lives in an old home
it is likely that the assessment has
been increased on that because the
value of the old house has been ad-
vanced by the great demand for
houses and the higher cost Of building
them. And not only has the assess
ment been increased, but the tax
rate has been raised. The District
government is collecting a far greater
sum in\ taxes than ever before, this
being due to a higher tax rate, to
higher assessments and the creation
of new tax sources by vast amount
of reconstruction in the older parts
of the city and the spread of the city.
In spite of its greater revenue, the
local government falls behind the de-
mands of the city for streets, sewers,
lights and many other things. There
are several reasons for this. The bu-
reau of the budget cuts. down the esti-
mates submitted by the Commission
ers for improvements, reducing those
for the next fiscal year more than
$7,000,000, and there Is no telling what
treatment it will give to the supple
mental estimates of about that
amount, by which the Commissioners
hope to put through some of the local
needs provided for in the first sched-
ule Of estimates.
Another reason is that dollar of
public money will only buy about as
much Improvement as so cents bought
before the war. That was brought out
in news story in The Star. In 1913
it cost SLIT to lay square yard of
asphalt street pavement. and last year
it cost $3.11 to do the same work. In
1913 square yard of concrete could
be laid for 81 cents, and last year the
price was s1.S7. The cost of sewer
construction between 1919 and 1928
advanced 131 per cent The water de-
partment in 1918 could lay an eight
inch main for s1.1S a foot, and during
the current fiscal year the cost is $2.57.
These are interesting facts. There
is no reason to be discourag ged. 1t may
be that we are living on a permanent
higher level of values and that we will
accommodate ourselves to the new
order. There may be a drop in the
price level due to increased production
of goods, but there is no visible sign
that we will go back to price level
of 1913.
Evening star., 1923-09-24
The Pistol Habit.

The International Association of
Chiefs Of Police fputs itself on record
as opposed to the transmission of
pistols and other weapons through the
mails, and believes that if the POST
master General has not authority to
end this traffic Congress should enact
a law against 1t. An assistant attor-
ney general has been quoted as say
Ing while the Post Office Department
has the power to prohibit mailing of
firearms into states and cities which
have laws regulating purchase and
possession of such weapons, he thinks
that the Postmaster General has no
authority to issue a general order
barring firearms from the mails.
The president of the Association of
Police Chiefs thinks that weapons
should be obtainable through the
mails only on official permits like
those required in number of cities.
He says that the ease with which a
man may buy pistol through the
mails nullifies local laws on this SUBJ
ject. The superintendent OF the Dis
trict police in this years report to the
Commissioners urged amendment to
the law against carrying concealed
weapons which would provide heavier
penalties than the present law. and
he made strong representations that
the regulations covering the sale of
pistols in the District should be re-
vised for the purpose of making it
more difficult for undesirable persons
to obtain them.
The list of hornicides is long In
Washington and other cities Scarce
ly day passes that newspapers do
not chronicle murders. many of which
Evening star., 1923-09-24

that would be acceptable at Paris.
The first Stresemann proposition.
however, failed. 1t was rejected
promptly by Poincare. Perhaps it was
expected that 1t woald be rejected.
Possibly this was the last gesture be-
fore surrender. At any rate, the situ-
alton resolves itself now to the point
where Stresemann, confronted with an
increasing discomfort in the Ruhr,
must move to put an end to hope
less economic condition. If he moves,
however, in that direction he stirs up
trouble in another. But if the indus
trial magnates, who are, after all, the
real rulers in Germany today, stand
back of him he will probably win
through the reactions caused by this
change of policy.
Germany is in for a period of stress,
and those who have felt that the pun
ishments so far administered for the
crime Of 1914 are inadequate will not
be saddened by the spectacle.