The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16
|Nc ON THE AIR
\, long DISTANCE CON-
y" WITHOUT A WIRE.

|. Got an Amateur u.,
over Four Miles-6as-
A :. receivers
.,.nty of long distances over
pls uicos have been conveyed
,'. 'O'V Of placid water. Ar, AN
dlul iao tells of having talked,
g .n"os. on very still day,
,a ,uDVn' ~ miles distant at
If A lake, and another
s sas story tc with one of yelis
'I hoard and returned near a
u ~ three miles. These tales
pat a by a well authenti-
! raid by Carlotta, once t t
]. 'v woman balloonist in the
\ her rs story air, instead DIVA! Of wa,
|. ~ medium, and the distance
y ''.sation was four miles. IL
hove the outskirts OF st.
Z years ago xh;h;t;o, &"
,,s in telling the story, "aiid
,ao named White, who was
D"S in ballooning, had agreed
!" ~ ascension. / had already
nj was quietly drifting east
sir current when he started
'.d had enough experience to
I 70 handle the valves and
and he intended to go up q
and then descend easily Now,
air is full of varying currents.
NJ ooing due west at a half a
mia and when you get up q
]rea yards farther you may
current that carries you due
White checked his upward
west bound draft, so that
finally drited out of that cur
mine we were a good long dis
rt
ays have powerful glass with
/ make an ascension. When l
i on him, | saw that he was
His balloon had twisted a
such a way that l judged 1t
h TO twist more, and he was
h around the ropes trying to
Init without much apparent
h Of what was best to do. l
btened for him, for when the
balloon turns too much the gas
escape rapidly, and the results
h 70 be serious. | knew that
uld be heard a long way in the
had often heard people a mile
shouting, so without know
lar the two balloons were apart
10 hail tho other one. l gath
Inv breath ard shouted:
10, hello, hello!
| turned my glass on the othel
bgain. Up where the air is 81
ID is a mile above the earth ONT
h great distances with wonder
fnctness. Through my glass
\ Mr.. White start and look al
bin. That was quite awhile aft
shouted. He didn't seem to un
where the voice came from
ply | saw him put his hands &
th, evidently making a speaking
Of them. waited and waite
Just about to shout again whe
Be gasbag above me began {
ith sounds. They seemed to buz
sides and diffuse the air, onl
Il and come whirring and run
pwn the funnel to be poured int
and they formed in a tone thu
made up Of "a million otht
fllO! Where-are-you?'
Fas the most peculiar sound / ha
Prd When it had scattered itse
Fnce, | took out my watch, an
myself shouted:
Prov out one sandbag. I'll CON
y seconds later my balloon b
yibrate again, finally formin
tds:
right. In troubled
PC was method in my telliI
throw out the sandbag, as
terward Of use. / threw out
myself, for l reckoned that
Poye me | would find q currel
me toward Mr.. White. This
was soon within a short di
MIN, aerially considered. I'll
with his balloon was a sligl
PIGMENT of the ropes, which
Fen experienced, so l told hi
DO, and he was soon all RICH
planned to him when we reach,
a. we had been talking over
Flephone, the gasbags being &
a'erlal objects up there collectil
sounds and acting as huge recei
leu, said he, you got me out
|cad scrape, but / never was
ID my life as when that vol
Eued me. ] thought the ballo
Alng' and that l had gone Graz
was a pretty long talk said
powing the voice to travel fl
'oa mile by my timing, we mt
en close to four miles apart.
a' sslmply impossible, said /
Ivy well, | said. That's why
70 drop that sandbag. / thr,
y, TOO, and we can find out he
landed apart.
caSht much trouble to find D,
mad found the bags and KIN,
.re they were. Fortunately til
ued near a railroad track, so I