The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-04-22
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The Telephone has been O1td0Re. Ae-
eOndIng 70 tbs Cleveland L1ade ~ the
automatic Indicator, - discovered BY a
professor in an Ohio college By its
use, il Is claimed, telegraphy ean be ae-
complished without the use Of connect
ing wires. II is said that the new
thing under the sun looks ltf not an
April hoaxl looks somewhat like a
pocket compass. .'Instead, however,
Of having the points Of direction marked
ON the circle described by the end Of the
needle, it has the letter Of the alphabet.
The needle Is Of different metallic CON-
position than the compass needle, and
has been affiliated magneticaily' with
one OF more needles OF similar instru-
ments. BY the newly discovered prin-
ciple the needles Of two or more instru-
ments are brought into such relation
that when one needle Is moving on its
point TO a CERTAIN letter on the disk, the
needle Of the other makes precisely the
same movement and points to the same
letter. To illustrate: A and d each
has a properly affiliated automatic indi-
Gator rs tins new instrument Is called.
A goes 10 San Francisco while b re-
mains nj home. A wishes TO commu-
nicate with ID. lie takes out his 'indi-
Gator and by means Of a key moves n
needle OF II from one letter to the other,
spelling out what lie wishes 10 say. As
fast MS his needle moves from letter TO
let ter, the needle In BIS instrument
makes a correspond ing motion. In re-
ply d moves his needle In the same
manner, and AS needle spells out the
answer In case AS instrument is in
his pocket when b wishes 10 call him,
his attention Is attracted by the ringing
Of a delicate bell, like that Of a repeat
or watch. which is attached to the in
dica tor and rung by the needle IN its
efforts 10 follow the movements OF its
far of affinity In the hands of ID.
The inventor and secret OF this in
vention Is not revealed. but Il seems as
II ii must be genuine, from the mi
In which It Is announced. IL Is stated
that II has been patented; has been
tried and proved successful. The only
hint that has been given as TO the means
by which the apparatus works is the
assertion that the power of the pole
over the magnetic needle has been sub
ordinated to the will of men and made
TO operate the needle Of the automatic
indicator
II all that Is claimed, says the 'Lodd-
er, be true, the importance Of this in
ventlon can scarcely be estimated. The
telegraph and telephone will have been
outdone, and rendered almost obsolete.
Every business firm will he able TO COM
municate by its aid with all its cores
pondents and agents mt will. Every
body can talk with everybody else hav-
ing an indicator, - ..aniliated', 10 the
one he holds 10 his hand, no matter
how far apart they may be. The postal
system, until now the cheapest method
OF communication, will be underbid by
the ''indicator," and only general bust
ness will remain for the telegraph to
perform. One scarcely knows what
credence TO put in the many big things
announced nowadays. We can scarce
ly credit this story, and yet stranger
things have been brought TO pass by the
wonderful genius Of human invention.
Rochester Democrat.