The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-21

there out ~ sight He throws 81 the
switch, the noise - 'he motor trails ~
INTO silence AZ IN" sound - Wind dos
N tho distance. and again ~" = ll-i".li &
with that far Iuza"rng ga'" a~r"ss t''.
Iroors The Hamburg from Naples.
iJo miles TO the southeast and IA, 49, 80 !
messages 10 send
You slt very -t,ll T. - a. milk" an
ordinary telegraph ofiiC" a. o. ak"r
PRAYER meeting - unllk" an afternoon tea
Pencil IN hand and Nth rad ~ 'sl'
graph blAnE- t..for" hlm IN" operator
listens listens always with ila' VIDE
eyed abEprb-d gaze into tho distanc"
\Dw he wr'tes word On the blank form,
now another suddenly d" -cowl- and
shifts irr,ahly on his cushion
ACAsr - JAHMING
Man N thor" -0'n-S thor" aiming
me- he muttarS m exploration and
when you get a Chanc" yoG ak What this
tanning
N" uetr->r approach - o. perhaps
~ things ordinary peupl" understand
would b" Tor two men ~ be frnvcllIr .
tho sam" uath ard Tor on. or he ofhr-
or each ~ them "a ~ 80 "lho' ~" "tE"~
ono ont ~ ht' way Sometimes "a man
doss ~ deliberately. b." wants m" night
Of way ard means 'n hav" 10 n h" -
tho ~'rouCe~ he gets ~ N they are evenly
matched ~ T..sri Is ~ = u'INup m when
n-i'h"- makes much prugr"s
In wireless u Cuuf'!s"s the signals
so'that they ar" .lrin'"llIgnhl- II -esrus
a curious thing that long wave signals
and short wave signals '-aN"l through
the air simultaneously without inter-
ferinC Wi'h one dn"th"- Perhaps one
can understand hnS they ~ ~ nv look
ing At a long Wav" "r ~ "ll ~ water ~.
winch th"r" are numb"rleSs httl" rIrrl"S
or Wav"l.ts
But to get hack - the operator and
hIs mesSag" from the Hamburg He
listens sCowliug To- -" JImrlr raus~d
by the Jammlng II ~" inau 90 'h"r"
spm"p here Gueu the light II salts
faction comes back INTO hi face. and
leaving spac" after tn" words d" ha,
already written b." adds another aud
another
AGAIN n" sruVls and leaning forward
gives yIctou- twist q" ;h" frank ~ N"
receiver Iat.r ha explains that 'h"
Hamburg man had stopped ~'!dieIl ~
and that . her ina happens the natural
intpulS. o. - xiv" the receiver wind
or two 80 much ~ - sav For h"7N"n =
sake 90 on
m. Hamburg man does e. ON aft-r
a minute or two. and M" operator after
listening p while fl's ~ M" blank spaces
h" had left ~ first AMI sends ~ - y hack
~ crackling sparks Nnu wonder how
be- found ont what t!'u-" messing words
were lie explains thai ~ "psratpT
when sending repeats each message
in case u - not b"'ng Easily r"C"lN -;
" hat the receiving operator may miss
the first time No gets the second
In case there IL some persistent con %
fusion ~ signals ~ that even the repeti-
iion II the message ISM clear and tn"
sender doesn't get hiS - X he NAV wait
"A little while and try again. or m -
ceiving man may ask him 10 wait or may
ask him 10 ~ eat II again II the sender
on tho other hand finds that he - being
taken easily he ma cIi out the repeating
altogether and Just 60 through a message
once az course h. never lets one 20
through without an - X from ~" ether
end
-rtANfp NFSsAGFS
The operator luIShes On. message
takes a SCI nd ulan. and b-Gins IN that
Then he softly does u'her things stamps
the blanks with to dat" r"arranges III.
litter of things t"ior" him evidently
there ~ anOtu,r hIa-k
BIt all ht- .U r.";u' ~ are quiet ono
fsels that h., o., .',lI -t'nInc lut"ntlv. ~.
Fa"s d0srwari .U.. -.ru'flIns.- the signals
ara - FAM tr. I b." Wri''.- he words
down 90 t0 ..,.i' Do" 'ueTH s'Tttuhiug
81 'I. ,.enor' 90 .N.. r,',ar 1r'Vns fh"tn
We ~. ~. .. r.s' |I.-tr"ff" -oItly
.'r.,. mrI~a- tul .a.ar ur l'> p"ncrl
AGAIN ~. HIwuurg man D. - - again
THIS time he gets through. and he hAs