Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-04-17
DEATH OF PROF. MORSE.
a Sketch Of the Great American Inventor.

Morse, the eminent American inventor,
who realized Shakspearo's grand con.
ception and "put q girdlc round the
earth in forty minutes" Within sight
OF Bunker Hill, on April 81, l79l,
Prof. Morse was born. His father,
Rev. Jedediah Morse, ID. d., was pas.
tor Of Congrogationalist church, and
author of that many volumed series
of text books from which the passing
generation studied geography. His
historical works, also, are numerous
lie was graduate of Yale, 1883, and
il was to Yale that hc sent the boy
Samuel, who graduated thence in
1910, in company with Gov. Ellsworth
of Connecticut, President Hasbrouck
of Rutgers, Prof Chauncoy A. Good
rich, Prof Ebenczor Kellogg and 9th
or distinguished men. Samucls bent
was toward engineering, but immedi-
ately aftor graduation he decided upon
the ilie OF an artist; so Won't to Eng
land with washington Allison IN lsll,
becoming then pnp'l oi benJamin
west 4
In 1913 he exhibited at the Royal
academy his dying hercules ana IN
May OF that year plaster model OF
the same which he had made IN pre-.
paring Tor the picture, won The gold
medal OF the London Adelphia society
oil arts. This success encouraged him
TO compete ior the premium Tor hlsto'
real composition. Tho picture pant
cd ior TINS purpose was "Ihe Judg-
ment OF JUPITER, between Apollo,
Merpessa ana idas ana west IS au-
thority tor saying .hat u woulu nave
won the prize had not his departure
from England withorawn u IRON
composition under tne rules In 1919
he returned, settling IN Boston alter,
ward gong !" new hampshire ana
getting hiteen dollars ,he mead Tor
portraits' lhence at the solicitation
OF iriends IN iszz, no came here. The
Guy OF New ork gave nm commls-
sion for full length of Layfayette,
and orders poured in. 1t was in 1926
that the National academy of design
was formed, growing out of drawing
association started 1924, Mr.. Morse
taking an active part in the organiza-
tion and being elected its first presi.
dent. This position ho held for six
teen years. The first course of art
lectures delivered in America was be.
fore the New York athcn@um. One
of his important paintings is a large
picture of the House of Represents
tives OF that day, with numerous por.
traits.
In 1929 he started again for Europe,
staying three years. While in Paris
he painted q picture Of one of the
Louvre gallaries, copying the chiefly
aotable paintings on the walls in min.
ature. His election TO the chair of
the literature of the arts OF design in
the University of New York recalled
him, and IN October, 1882, he sailed
from -Havre in the packet ship Sully.
There was the birthplace of the Morse
cier,rlc nv 'o'cgrapn'
iac professor hau ocon much ,h.er,
es'ea III e'ec'ro magnetism anu hau
Sceti wont 10 DISCUSS 'he new uiscov-
cry mucn Win ms irlehu, froI. D. H.
% Dans. Dr; ohaples 0. JACKSON do-
scrioeo la.o farls experiment, IN
mn'cn eiectricity hao peeh lransm't-
ecu seu '.rough long 'cngth Oh wire
oaio morse II that is so, sec no
leason WY messages may no, DC m
s'an'aneous'y !, =, trahS'nit'eu oy eiectrie'.
W. ne went 10 WORK az inc iuea,
ana pe,ore the snip reacheu shore nad
v,r.uany invented us 'eiegfaPh, ana
she'cneu upon paper tne essen'lai
features OIL tne transmitting ana re-
coru1ng apparatus.
VI course ,ne inveht'oh Oh tne tele-
graph was, IKE all the greatest Things,
IN some measure grown, Dnt inc
wor,d mas recoShlzed rroiessor Morse
as ~ ieast inc contributor OF inc great
es. snare oi the orig'haIoh, ana the
ohe successful promoter oi its reaiiza-
tion' Ills nrst ldca was 10 press
strip oil chemically prepared paper in
contact win tho wire, decompocslng
inc chemicals so as 10 form marks OF
Inherent lengths which should form
q sign alphabet. Next he thought OF
the acton OF electricity upon lever
as mode OF using pens and ink, but
TINS he abandoned Tor the lndentlng
steel point on the end OF lcvcr,whlch
is now In use. In 1889 he completed
q rnde apparatus all made by himself,
with an experimental wire of half a
mile around room, but this only
transmitted in one direction. BY 1887
DE had ready an improved apparatus,
which he exhibited at one of tho rooms
of tho university. Thisyear he went to
Washington, filed his caveat and asked
for an appropriation for line thence
to Baltimore. The session passed
without action, and he went abroad
England refused him patent, Wheat
stonc having IN tne meantime gone TO
WORK 10 france ne OBTAINED oreuef
q t"oemton' But he met WIN iittle
encouragement abroad, and o""o back