The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-25
An Invention in Sea-Signalling.

as if We dull Dutchmen are upon the
point of giving to the world a priceless
invention, the means by which ships at
sea may be OF speaking terms under
all circumstances, or have the power
to communicate with the shore. Some
weeks since people living on the out
skirts of the town, returning home in
the dark hours of the evening were
scared by very peculiar unearthly
sounds, something akin to the deep,
penetrating scream of a steamers syren
in the mist, although there was no
water near to speak of, and consequent
ly no possibility of a steamer. The rid
die is o solved. 1t has been found
possible to produce a constant, unvary-
ing sound which may
% Be heard at a distance of at least
five miles against a stiff breeze.
(2) Is of such a nature and quality
that it is quite easy to determine to a
nicely the direction from which it
comes.
60 Is produced by an instrument
which can be moved about without al
tering the sound-that is, in the same
manner as an electric searchlight.
"a Last, not least, that parts of the
instrument may be differently tuned,
which makes it possible to give con-
slant alternative signals which may be
codified, so that a conversation may be
kept up.
1t appear that the inventors some
weeks since made trials in the dark,
and, of course, in lonely, outlying
places in the neighborhood, and so pro-
duced the ghostly noises aforesaid.
Competent persons are of opinion that
the thing really is a great success. The
Zealand Company has resolved to give
the invention a fair trial, and the
world may soon hear. more of it. II
is quite clear that if the steamer which
met the Drummond Castle had pos
sessed such an instrument and it's sig
nails could have been understood by
the Drummond's officers, the disaster
might not have occurred.
Carisbrooke Castle.
AS a memorial tt the late Prince
Henry of Battenberg, Governor of the
Castle, Carisbrooke Castle, in the Isle
of Wight, is to be fully repaired. By
ONE considered to be of Roman, per-
haps British, origin, the Castle was
captured in $50 by Cedric, who CAV it
to his %nephews, STUFF and Wightgar, the
latter of whom rebuilt it. The fort
was enlarged by William Fitz- Osborne,
the first lord of the island, and in
Doomsday Book it is cited as OCCUPY
ing one virgate of ground. Some Nor
man masonry remains at the north
west angle and in the Mountjoy tower,
the main entrance is supposed to have
been built, temp. Edward w, by Lord
Widville, whose arms, between York
roses, are on a stone near the top. The
Castle assumed it's present aspect in
the reign of Queen Elizabeth; she built
the outworks, with a moat, and re-
paired the principal gate, above which
is "E. R., 1885," employing for engi-
neer the Italian, Ganebella, who had
fortified Antwerp. The keep stands on
an artificial mound assembled by seven
ty steps. One may yet see the ruins of
the apartments occupied for some four
teen months, during Colonel Ham
mond's governorship, by Charles I,
from which he twice attempted to es-
cape, and where his children were i'm
prisoned after his death. The grave
stone of his daughter, Princess Eliza
beth, inscribed "E. S." was found i n
1898 near the altar of Newport parish
church, wherein the queen erected
a monument to her memory forty
years ago.