West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-27
BOWSER'S WIRE
LESS DEVICE.
Although Mrs. Bowser Tries TO Dis.
courage Him lie Makes Go OIL

reached home in the evening
a look to tell even the family cat
that he had picked up a pointer
with millions in it during the day
and was bent on an after-dinner ex.
pertinent. Mrs. Bowser groaned
inwardly as she realized it; but, al
though he anticipated being ques-
toned at table, she held her peace
and waited for developments. 1t
was after the finish of the meal and
with an air that told of victory that
he began:
"A woman doesn't know much,
of course, just enough to enable her
to dodge a cable car or a butcher
cart, but perhaps you have heard
of the new idea in science-wireless
telegraphy ?"
al have seen it mentioned in the
papers," stiffly replied Mrs. Bowser.
Then you know what the idea
is. 1t is to telegraph without wires,
or by sound waves of the human
voice. The human voice, as / may
explain TO you, does not issue from
the throat like piece of turnip,
but in waves following each other
so closely that it is hard to detect
the intervals between them. For
instance, my voice as | speak to
you seems to string out like a rope;
doesn't it2
eyes, | was just thinking how
much it resembled an old clothes.
line"
"Thanks. Ignorance always tries
to hide behind sarcasm. However,
there are scores of breaks or inter
walls in my voice just the same,
only your ears don't detect them. "
"And what if they don't ?"
"Ah, there is the key of the
whole thing. Two or three people
are working at it, but they have
Just missed it as yet. They don't
go on the right principle. They
forget that the last sound or wave,
must be heavy to drive the other
waves before it to distance"
"And so some one has started
you on that fad ?" she queried as
he balanced himself on his heels
and looked down upon her in a
plying, patronizing way.
"Cal! it what you will, Mrs. Bow
ser, discovery or tomfoolery-but ]
have solved the problem for the
world, and the name of Bowser
has been placed above those of Ed.
ison and Tesla. Yes, ma'am, lido,
as am, | have given the world
wireless telegraphy at last"
GLOW did you do it2" she asked,
becoming interested in spite of her
self and thinking there might prob
ably be something in it after all.
"By experiment, my dear WON
andy experiment and happy in
tuition. If you can be half way
decent for the next half hour, | will
show you few things to make your
hair curl. In all the experiments
thus far made the operators at each
end of the route have had to use
device. Observe that l use nothing
of the kind. l simply face in Ger.
tain direction and set the sound
waves rolling. We will suppose
that am in New York and the
cook down stairs is in London. !
want to communicate a message to
her through the receiving operator.
open the stair door. That gives
my voice a chance. | will now sci
the sound waves going by crying
out at the top of my voice.
'Hello, there, Bridget O'Halla.
han ."
"Ihat is what may be called the
driving wave to clear the track and
/ follow it with:
"Your mother died at O'Clock
this afternoon"
That's the message and now
drive it along by shouting at the tor
of my voice:
"And ! am glad of it 2"
"There is the whole thing, bland
ly explained Mr.. Bowser as he turn.
ed around, and we shall hear from
Briget soon. She jumps from the
chair. She rushes across the kitch.
en-. She is on the stairs. Now
she appears"
So she did. She appeared with
dish in one hand and cloth in
the other, and she was pale faced,
and her eyes we're rolling
"Who called me2" she demanded
looking from one to the other.
"Do you seer" asked Mr.. Bow
ser as he turned to his wife.
"Who called me, and said tina
my mother died at o'clock
shouted Bridget as she waved both