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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04
Women to Read
to Him from the
5000 Volumes
in His Cabin

ND4-L-NlN-N-h -ANl4 NI'' IN ~iN ~
u public, Liberia. on the coast of
Africa, recently announced the
sudden death of Edward Wynis Scripps,
the multi-milionairc American newspaper
proprietor. By his orders his remains
We're buried in the ocean, and with his
simple funeral from the deck of the ocean
going yacht there passed from human ac-
tivity a very unusual figure.
Mr.. Scripps was seventy-one years old
and he had spent the later years of his
life in an effort to flee from notes.-the
Internal noises of civilization, which he
hated above all things. Mr.. Scripps was
known as "the sea hermit and he man.
aged TO keep his great soundproof yacht,
the Ohio, in the silence of the deep sea
for four years. But the noises he dreaded
finally overlook him, and it was probably
the nervous reaction from the noises of
the city of Cape Town, South Africa,
which unnerved him and caused his death.
Three times the Ohio carried him
around the world, making only the brief
est stops to take on oil for the noiseless
engines and provisions for the silent owner
and his mute crew. But this could not
keep on forever. Ships bottoms become
covered with barnacles and long sea-
weeds until they can barely move. Then
they must be drydocked and put through
a long and noisy process of refitting. So
it was with dread and reluctance that Mr..
Scripps permitted his sailing master to
head for the harbor of Cape Town, South
Africa.
Sailors are naturally the noisiest people
in the world, and those on the other YES
sells looked on with amazement at the un-
canny spectacle of this white ship creep
ing in as noiseless as a motion picture.
There was none of the time-honored
jangle of engine-room bells, no bawling
of orders from the bridge, and even the
anchor, instead Of plunging to the harbor
bottom with the thunder Of steel chain
pouring out of a hawspipe, went down
slowly and silently, as though on rubber
links.
Then they saw a boatswain 90 into ac-
ton, but what a boatswain! Instead of
plplIlE Ills DOdASN ain : NI4ISllF 4lt lIldit
gestures. Promptly a dozen sailors with
silent feet ran over the padded decks to
lower a launch, while others let down the
boatboom and the gangway. All this
should have been accompanied by the
squeaks and chuckles of ropes running
through blocks and tackle, but not
sound, for these were as respectfully oiled
as the machinery in the engine room.
Into the launch stepped James Young,
secretary to Mr.. Scripps. and hurried
ashore. There are many important things
to be done when a yacht touches port, but
this time Mr.. Young was weighted with
new responsibility He must find the
quietest suite in the quietest hotel and
make no mistake about Il.
Several hours later he returned and
took his scvcnty-one-ycar-old employer
from the floating sea home, that had cost
him S3.75O,OO0 TO make soundproof into
the riot Of Jazz and radio and traffic Of
a busy modern town.
At the landing was an automobile in
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04

which Young had
ridden to make
sure that it S
springs did not
squeak, and there
W a 5 a Sc con d
squeakleSs car in
case the first did
not prove salts
tory. NJ r.
ScrippS turned
down two hotels
before he finally
selected a third in
which to endure
the punishment
which he knew was
in store for him.
To those who did
not understand, the
sea hermit seemed
a wealthy eccen-
trlc, a crank who
wanted TO get away
from his + e o W
man, but he was
n Of h n g of the
kind. Mr.. Scripps
was a self-made
man W h 0 c a m e
from a farm, wore
a ten-dOllar suit,
got a three-dollar-
a-week job, and by
his genius built up
a great chain of
newspapers a n d
controlled Syndi-
Gates and news SER
vices. After forty
years of the hard
est kind of work
and responsibility
in the din and ex-
element of news
paper Offices, his
heart and nerves
wore out. 1t was
a case of be a her
,,,;- - Jio
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04

approval or the re-
verse. Often he
tired out both his
readers and Mr..
Young, his secre-
tary, and then sat
up till daylight to
finish the volume
himself.
1t was ordinarily
as hard for a re-
porter to get on this
newspaper m a n S
yacht as on a battle
ship in wartime, but
one managed it be-
fore Scripps could
get out of Cape
Town. The interview
occurred in t h e
Ohio's library and
started on books.
81 find my most
interesting study to
be comparative re-
ligion," Mr.. Scriprs
said to the reporter
in a strong, vibrant
voice, remarkable
for a man of his
age. Here / have
the works of Con-
fucius and Mahomet
and even the latest
studies of H. G.
Wells on religion.
They are all desper-
ately seeking, and
t h ey find moth
ing" There swas a
snort of disgust in
his voice.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-01-21
Circuit Tester That
Is Very Easily Made

The illustrations shows the construc-
ton Of the tester quite clearly. Pro-
cure two pieces of wood, one about y
by 8 inches and the other about II by
3 inches. If you have piece of fiber
tubing that is large enough to take the
socket Of the fiashlight bulb, 1t will be
better STILL
If you use wood, drill hole right
through that is large enough to take
the pointer. which can be piece Of
12-gauge solid copper wire. RedriIl
the one end large enough to take the
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-01-21
American Turkhen Found
to Be Extremely Hardy

Have you ever heard of the turkhen?
1t is not new bird but it is new to
America. 1t has been bred for cen
turtles in Russia, where it was the ia
vored and protected bird of the royal
family. Three of these birds were
brought to California by George p.
Schaefer proprietor of Halo Sacre-
do breeding farm, Menlo Park, Cal.
Mr.. Schaefer crossed these birds with
Rhode Island Reds, the resultant is
sue being the much-talked-of fowl, the
American turkhen. The economical
value of the fowl is said to be very
considerable. it being the producer OF
"a high average of Large white eggs,
while it's abundant flesh is juicy and
white. The breed is extremely hardy
and the chicks mature quickly. The
writer has personal knowledge of 90
per cent hatch of eggs shipped from
California. The chicks were hardy
and strong and easily raised, the NOR
tally being far below that of ordinary
chicks. AT present the supply is linn
tied, but for the future this may be-
come a widely-raised breed.-Seed
World.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-01-21
Fall or Spring Flowing
for Improved Corn Crop

Whether fall or spring blowing is
better for corn depends on soil condi-
lions to large extent. Soils that are
heavy and approximating the gumbo
types are better plowed in the fall so
the elements will act on them in the
winter On the other hand soils which
have but little humus in them and
which run together badly before
spring will do better when plowed in
the spring. One purpose Of blowing
is to aerate the soil so as to let air
in to hasten the decomposition of hui
mus for the liberation of plant food,
but when this aeration is given too
far ahead Of a growing crop the area
ton may lose its action before the
crops begin to grow.
There are not many soils of this
type, however, so as a rule it is better
to pillow in the fall when the soil con-
tains fair amount of humus or when
it is dark in color; or when a good
amount of fresh organic matter, such
as clover or manure, is to be plowed
under. The action of the organic mat
ter or humus is to keep the soil from
running together. Fall blowing also
serves to spread a large part of heavy
work over a longer. period Of the year
instead of having so much just at
planting time.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-01-21
Treating Potatoes
Destroys Diseases
Corrosive Sublimate Kills
Germs of Spores.

Treating seed potatoes with corro-
siye sublimate before planting kills
the germs or spores that cause scab,
Rhizoctonia, and blackleg diseases.
Although the tubers appear free from
disease it is safest to treat all seed,
says Paul E. Tilford, potato disease
specialist at the Ohio experiment sta
ton, as even a small amount of disease
in the seed with favorable season for
its development is likely to produce
loss of marketable tubers.
Seed potatoes are treated by soak
ing them in corrosive suDlimate solu-
ton for an hour and half. Zorro
siye sublimate may be bought at a
drug store. A stock solution is made
up by dissolving the powder in hot
water at the rate of four ounces per
gallon. A gallon of the solution is
diluted to 30 gallons with water. The
strength of the solution depreciates
with use Sc that three-eighths to one
half ounce of the powder or a little
less than pint of the stock solution
should be added after each batch Of
potatoes is treated Even with this
precaution the solution should not be
used more than four or FIVE times UNI
til it is discarded and fresh supply
made up
AS corrosive subIimate reacts in
metals, it must be handled in wooden
vessels, such as candy buckets or bar
rels. A convenient way to handle the
potatoes is to place them in bags,
which may be lowered into and lifted
from the barrel Of solution by an over
head rope and pulley. After treat
ment the potatoes may be left in the
bags or spread on floor to green If
greening is done before late planting.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-01-21
Simple Part That viii Aid In Prevent.
lnr Trouble.

metal part Of the lamp socket. The
lamp and socket can be bought at any
hardware store.
Cut a piece of flexible wire about
two feet long for each Of the wooden
handles. This will give you sufficient
length to reach any part Of large
receiver.
When you wish to test circuit,
connect small battery Of the correct
voltage for the bulb you are going to
use to the ends Of the flexible wires.
BY touching the pointer to the ends Of
the different parts OF the circuit you
wish to test, you can tell at once by
the light In the lamp If the circuit is
complete or not. To make quite sure
of each test, it is good idea to move
various parts of the wire in the cir
cult being tested and note If the light
fiickers when certain parts of the wire
is moved. If 1t does, then you have a
poor connection or one that requires
resoIdering Philadelphia Record.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-01-21
Vireos Are Fond
Of Caterpillars
Scale Insects and Other
Tree Pests Are Relished
by Birds.
prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)


prepared by the United States Department
of Agricultural
During the summer almost any
where in the United States at least
one species of vireo, and usually more
than one, is to be found fitting about
in the trees or shrubbery. In the East
and Central regions the common spe-
cies is the red-eyed yireo, but the
white-eyed, warbling, and yellow
throated vireos also are abundant.
The Philadelphia, blue-headed, hutton,
and Bell vireos are more or less wide
ly distributed.
Are Vireos Beneficial?
AS with other common species of
birds, the question as to whether or
not vireos are beneficial is legitimately
raised, and to answer it, the biological
survey of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture has made a study
of their food habits, by examining the
stomach contents of a great many Of
these birds.
The conclusions reached are set
forth in recent report Department
Bulletin, 1850, "Food Habits eff the
Vireos: A Family of Insectivorous
Birds" The food of the several vireos
is shown to be very similar though
sometimes varying in proportions
Most of the insects eaten are either
neutral or definitely injurious in their
economic relations, and may be placed
on the credit side Of the account OF
these birds.
Fond Of caterpiIlars.
All vireos are especially fond of
caterpiIlars. Scale insects are a no
table item of vlreo food, and other
tree pests are freely eaten. Many de
structiye weevils We're found in the
stomachs examined, including such
forms as the clover-leaf, clover-root,
cotton-boll, and nut weevils, the plum
curculio and bark beetles. Vireos also
destroy ants and grasshoppers. Use
full insects taken by the vireos include
some of the hymenopterans, predaci
Gus bugs and beetles, among which
are Iadybird beetles, which are almost
uniformly beneficial. Although it is
that vireos consume as many
ladybirds as the evidence indicates,
yet they also devour many of the pests
attacked by the ladybirds, which must,
in part excuse them. AS fruit eaters
the yireos are practically harmless
Those interested in the bulletin may
obtain copy, while the supply lasts,
by writing to the United States De-
partment of Agriculture at Washing
ton, D. G.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-01-21
Dairy Cows Need Plenty
Of Water During Winter

Lots Of farmers who milk few
cows during the winter months, have
the idea that because the water is
cold, it cuts down on the milk fow
This is hardly the correct way Of put
ting it, for you will find that the real
reason dairy cows don't give full milk
production when given ice water, is
because they don't drink enough Of it.
Professor Weaver of the Iowa ex-
pertinent station has found that it
takes about four pounds Of water for
very pound Of milk cow gives. no
natter what temperature the water is
When the water Is 50 cold that the
ows drink less. they give less milk.
Fry heating the water for them. and
zee If Il doesn't mase a difference.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-01-21
Egg Producing Pullets
Need Good Protein Feed

For egg production pullets should
have access to protein feed. The best
method Of supplying the protein feed
is by feeding dry mash from self
feeder.
The following dry mash is recon-
mended for your attention:
One part by weight of wheat bran.
One part by weight Of middlings.
One part by weight Of ground corn
or corn meal.
One part by weight Of heavy oats.
One part by weight of meat scrap.
Another dry mash used with success
is:
Equal parts of ground wheat, oats.
corn and meat scrap. The amount Of
meat scrap used can be somewhat re-
duced if milk is fed A good scratch
feed of home grown feeds and as good
as can be had is:
Five parts wheat, three parts corn,
and two part oats.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-01-21
SYMPTOMS OF SICKNESS


Z VERY mother and housewife who
~ wishes to keep her family in good
health should be familiar with the
more common symptoms of sickness.
BY knowing the signs of threatened or
approaching illness and by promptly
calling them to the doctors attention,
she may be able to save her family
from an illness that might have been
serious, if not taken in time.
The most common and obvious
symptom of sickness is pain. No per
son who is in perfect health ever suf-
fers either pain or aches No one
likes to have a pain of any kind Our
Christian Science friends say that
pain is evil. but it isn't. Pain Is the
body's danger signal. 1t Is the red
light that warns of danger ahead.
Whenever pain occurs, it means
that something is wrong somewhere.
The layman generally thinks that the
pain is where the trouble is. or rather
that the trouble is where the pain is;
but this is often far from being the
case.
The nerves are the body's telegraph
system. When any irritation occurs,
nerves carry the news to the brain.
So we really feelepain in our brains,
just as we see and hear the smell in
our brains But the brain through
some of its numerous nerve branches
may refer this sensation to other
parts of the body.
The pain in angina pectoris, for in
stance, though caused probably by
some condition in the heart, is felt in
the left shoulder and arm; pain in
gladstone cases is often felt in the
right shoulder and back. But wher-
ever felt pain is a sign that something
is wrong.
Fever has long been recognized as
flushed face, bright eyes and restless
ness, always indicate fever of some
kind. Chills- or a general feeling of
chilliness are also often present.
Anyone with signs of fever should
be put to bed and kept there until the
doctor comes.
Loss of appetite in ordinarily
healthful persons and especially. chill
dren. is almost always a sign of some
thing wrong. In children it may sim
ply mean that the child has over
eaten and that the stomach is calling
for rest. But if it continues for any
length of time and especially If it
causes loss of weight, then it should
be carefully looked into.
ANY eruption on the skin should be
carefully Investigated. Swelling Of
the hands or feet, puffiness around the
eyes, bad breath and coated tongue,
or pallor of the skin,
swelling or Jumps in any part of the
body or any unusual kind of body
should all be regarded as
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-01-21
Fa.rrI11E..I,Itr'.

It's weather, not wear, that destroys
machinery.
< Heavyweight hens will usually
bring more on the market than they
produce in eggs
The time to prune fruit trees is
here. This work can best be done dur
ing open weather
just as water cannot rise higher
than its source so no farmer is ever
richer than his land.
Two or three days spent In building
a dropping board for the poultry
house, more convenient roosts, and
poultry self-feeder will soon he re
paid In time saved and production 10
crease.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-01-21
WHEN TO KEEP CHILDREN
HOME

TT is just as important to know when
! to keep children home from school
as 1t is to know when to sendt them.
Any child who has fever. cold or
sore throat should certainly be kept
at home until he feels well again. If
he is allowed to go to school, he not
only Injuries himself and may develop
a much more serious illness, but he is
also danger to all the other children.
The contagious diseases which are
most common among children are
diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles,
whooping cough. mumps, chicken pox,
tonsilitis and grip or influenza None
of these diseases develops at once.
There Is usually period of two or
three days or even week from the
time when the child first begins to
feel unwell until the disease has de-.
veloped to point where the signs are
plain enough so that the doctor can
say positively just what the disease is.
This is what doctors call the incuba-
ton period.
During this period, the child is all
too likely going to school. Most par
ents and many teachers think that
any child that is able to be out of bed
is well enough to go to school. Hun
dreds of cases of diphtheria, measles
and scarlet fever have been due to
this belief Most of the commonest
forms of children's diseases are
catching" before the child is sick
enough to go to bed
No child with sore throat should
ever be allowed i'll school. 1t may be
only some temporary irritation, it may
be common cold, or it may be the
first sign of diphtheria, measles. scar
let fever or influenza
No child with an eruption or break
ing out" on its skin should be allowed
In school. The eruption may be
measles. scarlet fever. chicken pox or
some of the eruptive diseases or 1t
may be caused by some animal para
site. In any case. child with skin
eruption belongs at home.
other conditions may indicate that
the child should be kept at home for
his own sake. These are fever. head
ache. coughing. constant sneezing,
running nose and vomiting.
In large family where there are
other children. the child who shows
signs of some approaching Illness
should. Of course, not only be kept
away from his sehoolmates but from
the other children of the family as
xf1 n,.r ..ox,e ~ <a<r,4o ress.,, a., :, 80.
ny may be due to accident. Two are
the result OF ignorance or careless
ness.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-01-21
Light No Clew 10
Tubes Condition
Heat to Cause Flow of Elec.
irons Possible With Lit
tie Illumination.

Many radio fans are under the Inn.
preston that the amount of light a
radio tube gives off is an indication
Of its sensitiveness or general condi-
ton, and some are even inclined TO re-
gard with suspicion tubes that appear
to glow only dimly. The fallacy OF
this idea is explained by Clifford M.
Norberg, a research engineer.
The fact that radio bulb does
emit light is entirely an incidental
feature of its operation, says Norberg.
What is desired in a tube is flow of
little particles of electricity called
"electrons," and the easiest way to
obtain it Is to burn certain kinds of
wires in glass bulbs from which the
air has been exhausted The temper
allure must be quite high in order to
make the flow copious, and most wires
must be heated white hot by the cur
rent from the A battery for proper
operation. OF course the incandes-
cent wire, or ''filament," as it is cor
rectly called, emits considerable light.
but this phenomenon has absolutely
no connection with the ftnctioning of
the tube from the radio standpoint.
Radioactive Materials.
It is quite possible to obtain
stream of the minute electrons in al
tube by the use Of certain substances
known as radioactive" materials, but
their expense and rarity make their
practical application extremely limit
ed. Radium and radium compounds
are foremost in this radioactive group,
so the cost of tubes equipped with
fllaments Of this precious element
can easily be imagined. No A bat
terry, incidentally, would be- required
for such tubes, as the flow of electrons
from radioactive compounds is auto
matte and continuous.
Certain less expensive chemical COM
pounds of high electron emitting prop
critics have been successfully employed
In radio tubes. The wire which ordi-
narily must be burned at white heat
Is coated with a layer Of one of these
compounds. and the tube is then oper-
ated at mere dull cherry-red heat.
The new Tx power tubes employ coat
ed filaments of exactly this nature,
as do the 216-A tubes that have been
on the market number of years.
Little Light Visible.
In many Of the modern tubes, Of
both the coated and uncoated vari-
ETY., little or no light is visible through
the glass because Of the inner coat
ing of mercury which lines the bulbs.
The heaviness of this coating varies
considerably, as will, therefore. the
Of light that penetrates
through It, so no significance at all
can be attached to the brilliance of
the illumination.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-01-21
Fertilizer Experiments
Conducted in Wisconsin

Some very interesting data are to
be found in research bulletin No. 90,
Fertilizer Experiments" issued by
the agricultural experiment station,
Madison, Wis. For example, it was
found that much greater results are to
be obtained when the commercial fer
tilizer is applied one-half inch, above
the planted corn. Fertilizer mixed
with the seed often retards or elimi-
mates termination. For this reason
many users of commercial fertilizer
have been disappointed in the results
secured. They got the fertilizer too
close to the seed.
Oats, as a rule, do not need appli-
cations of commercial fertilizer. Some
fields were benefited, though not
many.
In the case of peat soil. 300
pounds per acre of O-1O-10 fertilizer
applied in the row increased the yield
of cabbage more than when 1000
pounds was applied broadcast. APP
plication in the row thus seems to be
more economical than broadcast APP
plication for cabbage.
Application of fertilizer below or
to the side of the potato seed usually
results in much better stand and
yield than application with or direct
ly above the seed.
Potato sprouts are very tender and
are easily injured if they come in
contact with high concentrations Of
fertilizers as occurs with applications
directly above the seed
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-01-21
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SHORT CIRCUITS


Synthetic crystals can be made BY
melting lead shavings In Iadle and
then adding flowers Of sulphur. When
the mass stops burning pour out and
allow to cool.
Determine the polarity Of q storage
battery by placing wires leading from
the terminals In glass Of salt water.
The wire from which bubbles rise is
negative.
A small quantity OF oil poured IN
the solution used IN B battery req
tifier jar win prevent II from eyapa
rating.