THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 10, 1007.
HOW many of the Busy Bees read the editor's messag-e each week, I
wonder? Not all of them, I am very sure, for only a few hare
answered the questions asked from time to time, and only a very
few have complied with the request that each boy and girl stato
when sending in a story whether or not It Is original. Some of tho
Busy Be-es are still sending In letters on trips they have taken, when the
editor has repeatedly announced that the content for stories on these Journeys
Is over, and no doubt some of these very same boys and girls are wondering
why their letters have not been published.
'In future, any letter that does not comply with the "Rules for Young
Writers" will not be considered at all, so If your story does not appear you
may know that It Is your own fault. The editor hopes that no more stories
will have to go to the" waste basket, for every time that happens It makes
her feel Just as bad as any of the Busy Bees could possibly feel.
Can't we have some more pictures of the Busy Bees? There are still not
enough to use and I am very sure that every one Is anxious to see these
pictures. Remember, It does not matter whether you have won a prize or not,
Just so you are a Busy Bee.
The first prize was awarded this week to Byron McDermut, age 10 years,
Bellevue, Neb. The second prize was won by Ada Wilson, age 10 years, 1908
Ohio street, Omaha. Honorary mention was awarded to Maurice Johnson, age
13 years, 1627 Locust street, Omaha, and Mary Engl, age 12 years, 1709 South
Eighteenth street, Omaha.
When March Hares Went Mad
By Helena
HERE was a terrible commotion
among the Inhabitants cf Harj
vllle. The March Hons and the
March lambs and lambkin could
hear It from their respective
the Hons from the deep wood In
abodes,
the heart
of the forest and the lain.is
and lambkins from their delightful valley
protected from the winds and storms by
a range of purple mountains.
When the noise reached the ears of the
lions they came from their lulr to prick
up listening ears and to put scenting
noses to earth. The lambs and lamfivnna.
hearing the terrible commotion from fie
domain of their neighbors, gathered to
gether to hold council. "What can It
be?" asked one of the older lambs of the
flock. '"There is some sort of trouble In
Harevllle," answered another lamb, one
of the favorites of the flock. And nil the
lambkins set up a "Baa, baa, baa," with
all their pretty might.
The Hons In their lair heard the lumb
klns, and their pitiful bleatlngs caused
the Hon cubs to begin roaring. Thefe
noises of wood and valley, added to that
coming from Harevllle, where the March
hares dwelt, made the whole countryside
tremble like an earthquake.
"I'll go and ascertain the trouble," ven
tured one old papa lion. "It seems our
friends, the lambs and lambkins, are ex
cited over It as well as ourselves, if one
Is to Judge by their bleatlngs." "I'll bear
you company," spoke out a fine young
Hon, half grown and very strong.
The two Hons set out toward Harevllle,
stopping enroute In the valley to bold
council with the lambs. The lambs, see
ing them coming and being on tho
friendliest terms advanced In a body to
meet them. "What can be the matter
with our neighbors, the March hares?"
called out the Hons to the In nibs as soon
aa they came within speaking distance.
"We are quite unable to explain,
friends," answered tho lambs. "We're
Quite worked up over the terrible noises
from their quarter."
"We are off to ascertain the trouble,"
explained the lions. "Do some of you
care to accompany us?"
"With pleasure," replied several of Ihfl
largest and oldest liimbn. After coaxing
the lambkins to be quiet and to seek
their beds of clover under the ahol'.orlng
cliff, the committee of Investigation hur
ried off across the valley toward a hroul,
open upland with a thick grove of heavy
timber in its center. Toward this grove
tho committee hastened, for within its
shelter dwelt the March hares. This
place was called Harevllle.
As the Hons and the lambs approached
nearer and nearer to the grove the noises
from Harevllle becamo more deafening,
and Instead of warning the comers Unit
something dreadful was the matter the
noises took on the sound of revelry. "I
do believe upon my soul that they are.
having a great housewarmlng," declared
the old Hon. chairman of the committee.
"And how would we feel should ive step
Into a party where wa were not in
vited V
"But, friend Hon, how could they have
a house-warming without Inviting the
lions and the lambs?" questioned one cf
the lambs.
"True, that would be quite out of the
question," admitted the linn. "Will, let
us advance' with some caution and see
from a distance what this commoUon
and at the dead of night means."
They circled the grove and came in
near a clearing or open space In the
wood from where a good view could be
had of the hares. There, In the .vildent
confusion, were assembled us noisy a lot
of hares as It was ever the lot cf earthly
kles to look down upon. Thu Hons and
lambs were dumfounded. They thought
they must be dreaming, and. they bit each
other's sides to wake each other i'p. But,
ho, they Were not usleep. What they
saw was not from dreamiund's fancies.
The March hares were screaming, 1hui.1i
Ing, dancing and standing on th-lr heads
for a certainty. In fact, of all th eruiy
capers that were ever cut by animals
these capers now in progress of cutting
were the cnttleet.
"Buppose we enter In a body, serious and
collected," suggested the older lion.
Acting upon his suggestion the lions ami
lan-bs walked right Into the midst of the
xetted hares and began to address them.
THE LIONS AND LAMBS WALKKD BIUHT INTO THE MIDbT OF THE EXCUED
Davit.
"Friends, what means all this?" asked
the chulrman of the Investigating commit
tee, raising his great, roaring voice above
the din of the noises. "Why this unduo
demonstration at midnight when all peace
loving animals should be In bed?." Soma
calm-minded hare please speak!"
Hereupon a small,' withered old hare, his
ears drooping sadly and his cotton tall
falling prldelessly behind him, came close
to the speaker. "Come to one side," he
bleated In the lion's ear, "and I'll tell you
all about how this begun."
Tho Hons and the lamb withdrew with
the old hare to a vacant place at the
edge of the grove and made ready to hear
his story. The old hare rubbed his nose In
a puxzled way, tried to assume a calm de
meanor, and began:
"My neighbors, the March Hons and the
March lambs: You have this night seen a
breaking up among my own kindred and
kind, What has occasioned this strange
freak I am puzzled to know. But whatever
the cause, It will be the ruination of Hare
vllle. Those of us who have this night
kept our senses will remain calmly here and
drive the others out. In vain have we
calmer ones remonstrated with those seem
ingly frenzied ones to stop their unearthly
noises, cease their ridiculous capers and
return to their beds as becomes decent and
law-abiding hares. But our voices fell
upon deaf ears. The more we talked the
louder became the rioting and revelry
around us. Indeed, those recklcm ones lost
all respect for he dignity of age, and
catching me, two by the front feet and two
by the hind ones, danced me about tho
grove In the wildest fashion. Then, stand
ing me on my head, they ran round and
round me, crying out all sorts of silly
things. At Inst I managed to get away
from that crowd, and going to another
group of hllurlous hares, I begged of them
to .tell me what hud come over the spirits
of them. They laughed like men, crowed
like cocks, barked like dogs and mewed
like cats. Then, with one accord, they be
gan pulling my ears and tall till I feared
I'd lose those necessary accessories to my
annt'-my. Then, growing tired of me, they
began to tease some other poor fellow who
had not gone out of his mind. At this
point In my story, friends, you appeared
upon the scene. I have spoken."
The old Hon uicdltuted a moment, then
said:
"It hns lust occurred to me thnt Hare
vllle has gone suddenly mad. What you
tell me, and that which I have seen w.th
my own eyes and heard with my own ears,
make me draw this .conclusion: There s
brt one thing for us to do-withdraw while
we can. Thopo of you who are s:l'.l In your
sepsis would better Join us and be on the
safe side. Just now the mud ones are In
the gay state. Soon may follow a flghtlnj
state, and the few who are sane would ba
annihilated In quick order. Come, my old
friend, call together your brothers and sis
ters who have escaped this terrible affl'e
tlon of mind, and let us be off for Lion
Lnlr."
"Spoken with wisdom," said the lnmhs.
wagging their tails by way of Indorse
ment of the lion's plan. "We agree with
our leuder, the March Hon."
"Perhaps he Is right," sighed the little
old h.lre, "I r.m certain of one thing It t
not safe for one with dignity "and sense
to remain in this bedlam. I shall cull to
gether the few of us that ",
Put the old hsre did not finish his sen
tence, for at that moment a wild stimpede
of the frenzied ha-es t?nk place, they
heading for the mountains far away. All
that the sane oneo culd do was to get out
of their way. hide themselves behind the
trees and clumps of bushes till the mad
crowd hud well disappeared from the grove.
Then, overcome by the terrible sight. th;y
drew togethe- and decided to remain where
they were, knowing full well that the ma J
har s would never return.
And to this day the mad March hares
are loose in the land, always coming out
on their wild stampedes In March, then
hiding away In csv?, and canyons till the
season of their madness again arrives.
And even to this day the lambs and the
liori tell the story to their lambkins and
cubs of that terrible night many, many
ccntu-les sgo, when the March hares wept
mad. Hut ss the lions' and lambs' and
hares' language cannot be understood by
the children of men, the story of the Mad
March Hares Ilevolry hus never before
been told.
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CHILDHrS'S DEPARTMENT,
Omaha Bee.
(First Trize.)
A Penny
Uy Ityron McDermut, Aged 10 Years, Belle,
vue, Nth. I
I was once an old piece of dirty copper
lying In an old alley. One day a little boy
came and picked me up and put mo with
some other copper. I laid there for a long
time until one day he came und gave me
to an rid man. '1 was taken to the mint and
made into u bright new penny. I felt very
line among so mary brothers and maters.
A woman came In one day and gave five
old pennies for live new i nes. and I vvati
un.nng the new. She put us In her coat
locket, ai'.d then I felt myself carried
uwuy. I felt very lonesome without all
n.y brothers and sisters, and soon looped
to see the world instetuj of btaying In th.it
place. Suon I saw a hole In the pocket
and went to look out; but I lost my balance
and fill head first onto the ground. The
wumtiu did not nolle me. but hurried on.
I laid thcro for weeks and weeks watching
the peo le pass by. Haiti Ml on me, until
my bright face changed to a dirty und
rusty one.
Cine day when I was least expecting It
I heard a ymng man suy, "Ilello, here is
a penny," and
Kind a penny.
Keep it ill your glove:
Kiist Rirl you think of.
You 11 marry und always love.
And 1 am still In his glove, being care
fully handled so 1 will not be lost. But I
cannot tell whether he married the girl
he Arm thought of or not.
(Second Prize.)
Busy Bee
By Ada Wilson. Aged 10 Years, 1908 Ohio
Street, Omaha, Neb.
I am going to write about a Busy Bee. the
busiest bee you ever, heard of. Most bees
work hard in summer and rest In winter,
but this poor Bee works hard all over the
United States, summer and winter. To get
honey enough to llvo, Its owner has built
Its hive su large that it will never bd
filled. I suppose you want to know what
kind of a bee this Is. it is no small bee,
it la a very large Bee. It is called The
Omaha Bee.
(Honorary Mention.)
Pussy Cat Ann
By Maurice Johnson, Aged 13 yenrs, 1J27
Locust Street, Omaha. Neb.
"I am a white cat, 4 years old; that being
quite old for a cat, as you doubtless know.
I will now tell you my story:
As far buck ni I can remember I u
about 4 weeks old; I remember my mother,
she was a white and biatk cat, and always
very good to me and my sisters. She was
much liked by everybody in the neighbor
hood, but most by my nustresa My mother
was quite pretty, because she told me she
had once won the prize in a ca show; she
also said that I was the beat formed rat
he had ever seen. When I was 4 mouth
Girls Enjoy Country Life in the Winter Time
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FAMILY MAIL.
old my mistress gave me to another fam
ily not in this neighbor e : there were
four boys In the family n. ey were very
bad. They kicked me and took me by my
tail and, In fact, they did everything they
could to annoy me. One day they were
worse than ever; they kicked so hard and
palled, my tall so hard that I (seeing the
door waa open) ran out as fast as I could,
with the boys chasing me, but I soon got
out of that neighborhood. It was very
cold and cloudy and looked like snow, and
not knowing where to go, I turned Into
someone's back yard and lay down behind
tho barn.
It had now been snowing for half an
hour, and I was so cold and so bruised that
I got unconscious, because I could remem
ber nothing until I opened my eyes and
looked up. I saw a little girl stooping
over mo by the stove, where I lay, and
when she saw me move she took me up. I
soon got well and my new mistress told
nr- how she had found mo out In the snow
and how she had taken me In her houne
to be her pet ever afterwards. I nm now
In the sar.io houso and have lived here
nearly for four years very happily.
Little Tommy
By Mahle Lee Morrow. Aged 11 Years, 8.4
, South Twenty-eighth Street. Omaha.
Once there wan H little boy named
Tommy. He lived away out west, near
th mountains on a ranch. He wasn't
ulwaya ve-y good and would mirh rather
play In school than study. One day he
saddled his pony ar.fl started to ride t i
school. When he got there the teacher
had not arrived and there were only a f w
other pupils there. Gathering c.n:e of the
smalh r boys around Mm, Tommy planned
a Joke on the teacher They caurrht a
box of grasshoppers and put th'm in her
desk. When the teacher came In they
were ' Intently studying their geography.
Of course, when she ( jtnea her d lc the
gi as.-hoppers hopped out all over her. She
screamed and shjok them off. and then
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looked to find out how they came to be
there. Seeing Tommy laughing behind his
book sho asked: "Thomas, did you do
that?" "Yes'm," answered Thomas,
meekly. Leave the room at once and don't
come back until I tell you to, said the
teacher. After spending a whole morning
In the cloak room Tommy didn't think It
waa much fun to play Jokes on the teacher,
after all,
Helen's Pony
By Mildred Barney, Aged 11 Years, Kear
ney, Neb.
It was the week before Helen's birthday,
and her father asked her what she wanted
for a- present from him, and pretty quick
she said: "I want a little white pony and
nothing else." On the morning of her
birthday she found many presents by her
plate, but not any from her father. She
thought it strange, because he always gave
her sueh nice presents. And after hr.ak
fast she went out to feed her pet rabbits,
and when she went In the barn sh was
surprised to pee a little white pony stand
ing there. Her father then came In and
told her that was her birthday prevent
from him and ask'd her if she did not
want to ride. She suld she was afraid
to go alone and so her papa got on his
horse and went with her.' As soon as she
was not afraid to go alone, site enjoyed
her pony, and let many of her little friends
enjoy it with hi r.
Aun Mary's Parrot
By Mary Engl. Aged 12 Years. lTi'9 South
Eighteenth Street, Omaha.
My Aunt Mary had a parrot, whoso
name was "roily." Polly was a very
pretty bird. She had bright feathers of
red, green and blue. She did nrt like to
get Into the water und wash, so my aunt
had to wash her. Aft' r she had been
w:Khed, she would begin to lay her feath
ers. If a feather fell out, she would pick
Queens of England
Jane Seymore, third wife of Henry VII!.,
has left In history a name covered with
infamy. Openly she coquetted und Mined
witty the faithless Henry In the very eyes
of her royal niisinss. Anne Boleyn. defy
ing her at her own court and causing a
shameful scandal. In fart, she played the
same role In the king's household that
Anne herself had plpyert when she schemed
so dishonestly to usurp the good Queen
Kcitherlne of Arragon in the king's fuvois
and on tho throne. So that while we con
dem Jane for her disloyalty to he queen
und disloyalty to her own womanhood, we
cannot hud It within us to feel very deep
sy mpathy for Anne, who had r ported to
the most shum ful means to become
Henry's second wife. It seems that Anne's
pcni.-hn.ent was shapid out by her own
hand". In thut she set the xample which
Jane all loo soon followed. As Bhe hud
fioun, so did she reap.
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JANE SEYMORE.
The "faeUualing and discreet Jane," as
many blographeis call her, knew Hi-nry's
selfishness and weaknesses, and did not
hesitate to come between him and his wile.
She knew that once Henry should become
tired of a wife he would find the means of
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It up with her beak and try to put It on
her head or back. She seemed to feel sad
because she had lost a feather. Polly
learned to say many words, such as "Oood
morning, sir" and "Polly wants something
to eat."
Uncle John had a way of saying, "There's
no doubt about It," and soon Polly learned
that, too. One time Aunt Mary said,
"Polly, I'm glad to see you, I'm very
8lck."
"There's no doubt about It!" said Polly.
Polly did many naughty things. She
would walk about the room and pick the
tacks out of the carpet. At last Undo
John sent for a man to come and buy
Polly.
"How much do you want for her?" said
the man.
"Twelve dollars," said Uncle John.
"Polly, are you worth J12?" said the
man.
There's no doubt about It!" said Polly.
This answer so pleased the man that he
gave Uncle John the $12 and took Polly.
Our Bean Feast
By Eugene Fisher, Aged 7 Years, 2CJ8
South Ninth Street, Omaha.
One day lust summer, while out In Manl
tou, Colo., we walked up the cog-road for
a picnic supper. Among other things we
had a can of baked beans In our lunch.
We boys built a nice fire and set the can
on to warm. Soon there waa a loud re
port P.nd beans were flying in every di
rection over the mountain side.
I cannot tell you how disappointed we
were, but we learned a good lisson If It
did cost us our can of beans.
Stories have been received from Lena
Alice Clement. Old. Neb.: Marguerite Por
ter, Fremont, Neb.: Dorothy Welns. Platts
mouth; tlelga Itaannissen, Omana: Blnin
Varis, Florence; Ellen Bosen. Omnhn;
TCulh Asl.by, Fiemort; Martin Rosenhlatt,
Omaha; Bert Krelle, Oniaha; Frances
Bvrne, OpjaSa; Florence Furls, Florence;
George Jennings, East Omaha.
ridding himself nnd England's throne of
her. So the wily Jnne plotted to have
some accusation broutrht against Anne
wlttch would free Henry of her. Divorce,
death, even, was contemplated with de
liberation. But Henry did not need urplng. Indeed,
once he became eeamred of Jane, he
eoeld not rest till he had made her his
queen. All too readily did he listen to the
scandalous lies Anna's numerous enemies
whlsMcn d In his car. The more terrible
the r.ccus atlon the easier would be the
task of getting rid of the helpless accused.
Within tw nty-four hours after the execu
tion of Anne Boleyn the monster Henry
was wed. led to the shameless Jane Sey
more. As some historians have laid:
"While Anne was making her lt speech
on the scaffold Jane was preparing for the
evening's celebration of her marriage to
the king. While the blade descended which
severed Anne's small head from her slen
der body, the wadding feast was In prepa
ration, ut which Henry would preside, with
his third bride."
The bell In the tower tolled the news to
Henry that he was free of Anne, and with
happy gayety he cried to his grooms:
"Ixt loose the hounds! To the chuse! To
the chase!" And with a number of his
courtiers he rode at breakneck speed
toward the castle in the country where
Jane was preparing for and awaiting him.
Of the ef.rly life of June Sevmore little
is known, dhe Is supposed to have accom
panied Mary Tudor to France at the time
of the latter's murriage with the French
king. Lll:e Anne Boleyn, she must have
been a maid of honor at th-i French cojrt
for some years. But obscurity involves
her life till Henry's fancy for her became
rotlctatle.
She died at the birth of her eon, who
succeeded Henry VIII to the throne of
England as Edward VI. It Is said of Jane
that during the short period of her queen
hood she lived in constant p ril lest Anne's
cruel fate cvertaku her. She was most
obedient to Henry; humbled herself before
his powerful friends lest they take offense
at her dignity, and flattered and fawned
through feur.
perhaps there were times when Anne's
face came to uccuse her, or the; blade that
cut through her predecessor' little neck
glistened before her haunted eyes. At any
rate, her life was short and full of antici
pated danger utter she became Henry's
yueen. A1AKY QRA1IAU.
WIRELESS INVENTION BY BOYS
ftntlnn Met I p l l'vo I. ads at fJalves
tou. Who Drtlseil Their Own
Instrument.
OALVE8TON. Tex.. March .-Two Oal
veston boys, l'.oy dough and George Mc
Kensie Douglas, have Invented a wireless
telegraph device by which they are able
to copy nil the messages sent by or re'
reived from the Oalveston wireless station
and are able to break in with their trans
mitting instr'iir.ents and disturb the send
ing of mesaagi s.
Their operations started about a year
ago, not long after the wireless station waa
erected hero. The boys, who were then
about 15. thought It would be Interesting
to Invent a wireless system of their own.
Boy Clough, who took the principal part,
setting up the wireless station, knows a
great deal nbout electricity and earns tho
money to carry on his experiments by
making storage batteries for auto owners
in this city His father, who was a tele
graph operator for eleven years, and from
whom the boy doubtless derived some
thing of his present tastes. Is now a prac
ticing attorney In the city.
tjeorge McKenile Douglas, who was 14
at the lime tho wireless experiments were
started, is an enthusiastic student of elec
tricity and electrical engineering. He Is at
the present time living In New Orleans, but
the wWk of perfecting the new system Is
going on here Just the same In the hands
of his partner, Clough.
The experiments in the beginning were
very crude. In telling of this part of the
work young Clough srfld: ,
"To start with, wo were very much handi
capped, for we had never seen a wireless
apparatus before, and furthermore, wi
knew of no other receiver except the co
herer. And we started In to make one.
"Douglas said they were made out of car
bon grains. We had no 'phone receiver,
but I made one out of an old hairpin box
of my mother's.
"We nailed a tin can on the roof for our
antennae and led a wire down to my labora
tory, as we called the place where we
worked. We drove a piece of Iron pipe in
the ground and put a wire on It so that we
hud our ground and antennae all right, us
we thought. But we could not get any re
sults fron. it.
"About this time I devised a receiver. We
could not get any platinum wire In the
city, and so I got tho tube out of an old
inrandescant lamp which had two small
platinum wires In It. I broke off one of
them to get as small a surface as possible
and left the other one on.
"We connected the positive terminal of a
dry cell to the large platinum wire in the
tube. I then put our phone receiver In cir
cuit with the negative of the battery and
the small plutinum wire.
"Our receiver was then ready for the
solution. I broke the neck off a bottle and
corked it up. I filled the neck of the bottla
half full of a solution of nltrlo add, gly
cerine and water. In this solution wa put
the tube of the Incandescent lamp.
"We now put up a fifteen foot pole and
led two wires to the top of It. Our aortal
wire was now thirty feet from the ground. -At
this time Oeorge Douglas moved to.
New Orleans, and I waa left to shift for
myself.
"I had now fastened my ground and
aerial to the receiver and was sitting with
the phone to my head when there came
the call 'SW. GV, which waa Galveston
calling Southwest Pass, La, I hardly
knew what to think, as It seemed so strange
that I could sit up In my room and copy
all that the station was sending.
"I now had the receiver, and the next
thing to do was to get my transmitter. I
had no Induction coll, but I took one off
my father's auto when he waa not looking
and tried that, but the Galveston station
would not answer me. I then sent off for
a coil that threw a one-half inch spark.
"When it arrived I got it all in shapa
and went to school. After sohool I got
home quick, you may be sure, to try It,
"The Galveston station, I noticed, called
Southwest Pass every day for five minutes,
beginning at 3 p. m. As soon as they had
signed 'off' I answered, calling them 'GV
and signing my call as 'SW.'
"They said something back so fast that
I could not read It. I could not get an
answer any more, and so the next day
when they called I answered as before and
signed my right call, which Is 'CIt'.
"The operator, Mr. Thurston, know that
I had been speaking about copying mes
sages from them, so that when I answered
him the telephone rang. My mother says
'Roy, some one wants to speak to you."
I went to the phone and Mr. Thurston soldi
'You will have to stop butting In down
there or we will send some one there to
tear it down.'
"I did not say much, but said that I would
think about it, and he rang off. So you
see the station could not receive when I
was sending."
When 11 comes to explaining his Invention
In dVtail the young inventor shies. He
rays he haa not secured patents for the
Instruments and devices and cannot reveal
the secrets of tho Invention.
"The furthest I ever received was 150
miles, from the Mai lory steamer Concho at
sea one Sunday morning," he said. "X can
sit In my room and copy Port Arthur sixty
five miles away and Houston fifty miles
away every timo they send a message. I
think that is pretty good for a thirty foot
antennae."
When questioned as to what ha hops
to make out cf his wireless experiments
nnd inventions young Clough said:
"I intend to Improve my wireless Instru
ments eo that the static makes no difference
at all und so that I can work as easily over
land as over water without a large amount
of energy and high poles. Because of the
static, thut ever present amount of elec
tricity in the atmosphere, the De Fores
stutlon here cannot get Austin, which is
only o miles inland. I forgot to say that
I used a tuner on my receiver.
"For my antennae wlrea I am using at
present three wires of No. 14 galvanized
wire. The way they are used or connected
is a secret known only to me.
"I would not advise any one taking up
wireless to start on a coherer as a receiver.
The coherer is not senultlvs enough for
fast and relluble work. The auto coherer
is no good for wireless as It coheres to stay
under strong Impulses or waves, and re
quires to be tapped like the nickel and sil
ver coherer.
"With my system I have an apparatus
so that If the man receiving does not get a
letter or word that is Important I can let
the man sending know at once that 1
missed It and he can send It over."
On Account of a Frown
There was a small maid, Nellie Brown,
Who lived in a very large town;
'Moiigst the young and the old
81 e d not one friend, I'm told,
Fur her face always wore a dark frown.
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