The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-04
SHORTDISTANCE' PHONES
COW THEY May BE MADE AND
OPER IT'D BY AN AMATEUR.
Along Wire Line, It's Cost and Uses.
Row to String the Wire-A nous
Rnd.Eoot Circuit.

Along Wire Line, It's Cost and Uses.
Row to String the Wire-A Ihous-
snd-Eoot Circuit.
(CopyriGht)
NEW YORK, Oct. 3.-There ia no boy In
The country who cannot, if he wishes, have
bis own telephone at small! cost.
He can have line !, 400 feet long, over
which he can hold distinct conversation,
but his connection for such a distance
should consist OF wire.
Or, if he wants only to connect his tele-
phone with the nearest house so that he may
@ abe t, talk with bis friend. inquire when
le is going to school, ask il he is in, or de-
;iTes 70 put a score Of other questions. he
can serve his purpose by using cigar box
ican with one end taken out OF it, or an
oblOng tin box. For distance Of 80 or 100
.eet the contrivances pamed serve the pur"
pose we'll, aud small Irvine or heavy thread
nay be used. A conversation may DE
carried on in a moderate tone of voice, and
not word is missed if the Instruments are
properly constructed.
But the really important short distance
telephone is the long wire line, for it can be
lsed as means of communication between
he dwelling aad the mill, factory or office,
where the master of the house spends his
lay. When this short-distance wire-line
Telephone is properly constructed a clear
conversation may Re held at distance of
aearly half mile. Where the rates charged
or electrlc telephones are very high, ana a
business man wants a means of constant
communication between his place of bust
aess and MS private residence, the instru-
nent which l shall first describe would be
great convenience.
IL ooeS not cost much to put up the wire
lne telephone, and when once strung there
70 rent to pay ON it and nothing to do ex
sepG put 1t In order after storm, AS fol-
the thread or Irvine telephone lines. they
cost only few pennies each, and thew may
De very convenient and source of great
pleasure for young folks as well as for tn.
Fow-up members Of family.
now, as to the quarter or half'mile tele
pnone, please follow me carefully as to The
oest manner of constructing it. Take
ounc pine board Is inches long, Is wide anC
men thick, plaping it smoothly anC
Wenly on both sides. Take pair of com
asses and draw a circle in the board
ncaes In diameter, and then saw or Gu
round, making the disc even and smooth
lhe circumference of the hole should b
ssSeled on the face or outside surface
tuso Two strips Of wood, which should alsc
~ pine, IL inches long, 3 inches wide ant
men thick, should be planed evenly
a. Ae must be placed on the edge and rur
anei and even with the end and nailet
sunder the side at right angles to tn
BOARD, like the ends of a shallow box
H. mex. step Is to procure piece of cal
~, aud II Is best to get this from drum
~. ~ which may DO procured at most music
rr'. Inc piece Of circular skin so cut GU
overlap the hole in the board, having
PsvHn tospare all round of about % inch
nan a the calf skin over the hole will
~ Vaeks brass ones look best, driving
FHtetty close together, but have then
ar. inch from the edge of the hide. !
az "a colored or enameled leather may b
sis va Or around the margin OF the dis
d., teeks, strengthening the instru
MI making It look better.
iuuv una the center Of the disc and caro-
p.o5yg, lhcture through the skin hole larg
IS w 70 admit two copper wires. size No
var ~, may be obtained from a hard
tnd ,se.er. Alter this take q wet spOng
filds, mi g,lEhly satursts the skin at bot
Men. y quite soft.
ariIh' .Hs an Old-fashioned copper coin
fetI1,s,tno holes In it pretty close b
.asslne 49, ~ cut on about tao feet II wire
sad 40 through ons hole aD'