Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-04-14

~oN' lep@S te4eSt6pn messages dur1 ' q period of several hours from points fully 1 900 feet distant and separated by double that distance of wire.
 The scene of Mir. Eddy's achievement was the Bergen Point section of Bav- onne. His aeroplanes and the wire they carried were sent up from the open lots i'll the rear of his home. on East Third street The kites carried and supported the wire over houses, streets. telephone and telegraph poles and wires to the point selected for the dis. tant connection with the earth. Be- tween the two stations thus established q ridge of sufficient height to prevent 1 the experimentalists from even signal. i ing to one another with lanterns also inFeryened. This necessitated one of tue trio stationing himself at an interme- 1 diate point to transmit signals before the aerial circuit was completed.
 When the pilot kite attained an alti- tude of l, ,500 feet, the wire and it's low ering device were connected with the kite cord, an eight ounce red lantern designating the place of connection and similar lightweight green Ian tern being fastened to the plummet on the end of the wire The lanterns were allowed 10 ascend to height of 500 feet before an attempt to lower the wire was made. The wire ran out q short distance and then became jammed in the pulley Efforts to disengage u wire resulted in the green lantern be coming detached. It fell and was bro. ken to atoms.
 The kite string and wire were reeled in, and a white lantern was fastened to the plummpt This lantern was also de- stroyed ill same manner as the first. MT. Eddy and bis assistants again haul. ed in the cced and wire and attached a red lantern to the psummet. Line ar wire vera extended until the twin Ian terms attained an altitude of 1, GOO feet and then the lowering plummet and gignal lantern were allowed to descend safely ta the earth. Dr. Mitchell next carried the lowered end of the wire far down Lexington avenue and grounded it with q steel rod. Mir. Eddy did like wise with hls end of the wire, the tele- UtiOdG tEA8EBlAbAEAH 0EA9 RAt4S4CAts anu the aerial circuit was established.
 Satisfied that telephone communica- tion was practicable, both experiment ters signaled Mir Allen at his interme. diato station. It was half past o'clock when Dr. Mitchell sent the first vocal message to MT. Eddy.
 Hello, do you get me?" he queried
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 General conversation oyer the wire ensued, Mrs Eddy, MT. Allen, Freder- iek NJ. Wilson and a reporter partiei- pating. A times watches were held against the telephone transmitters, and their tiokings were plainly heard at the other end of the wire. 0noe CT twice the telegraph sounder was attached, and the clicking of the Morse alphabet on the instrument was carried clearly to the telephone receiver at the other end of the circuit. The wind s fluctuations per mitted the wire to sag so much at times that it crossed the upper wires of the long distance telephone lines stretched along Lexington avenue, and scraps of conversation were transmitted to the experimenters. During the operations the lantern at the apex of the wire arch burned out. leaving the point of con neetion in absolute darkness
 The wire used in the experiment. was s thin copper flament, abon6 the size of patent thread, and entirely bare Bo. .ng suspenC d from the kite string and freed from connection with any surface object except at the ends, it was per feotly insulated from every element save the ground and atmospherical electrical currents. This fact made the wire mo potential in conducting the messageE transmitted.
 The success achieved by Mr. Eddy in his experiment demonstrates the fur ther utility to which his aeroplanes can he nut by tiia arny's Hignal service de- nartnent. Rivers and straits, forests, towns, areas of country where trans portation and telegraph facilities have heen discontinued can all be quickly brideed in daylight or in darkness for the establishment of temporary tele. graph or telephone system. The Use A insulated wire and electric batterles and complet te telegraph aud telephone instruments in connection with the kites will dd 70 the practicability of the novel idea. rhe direction of the wind is no hindrg sce to the use of such n system. ag the ae 3planes can be flown from either of two objective points. 1t Is even possible to thus erect q system extending scores of miles by merely sending olofs q series of kites and wires at various points and then conneetlne the wires. One tandem line of Xii can be mat to carry and support WI , for q distance of several miles. New York Sun.
 Kentuclsy's Fat Boy.
 Caney's Fork, Ky, comes to the front with fat boy that lays Fred Dur ham. the MiddlebuIg kid, in the shade. His name is Master John Brown, son or MT I. H. Brown, an enterprislng farm or of that section. While Johnny IS only 6 years old he weighs lS4 pounds and is gaining rapidly. For his age he l is no doubt the largest boy in the state. MT. Brown has refused some good oners I from clrcas men who wanted to exnlpas Master John in their side shows.
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