Daily Republican., 1883-05-03
kOiiiC Coming IE.chiiOnh

What more '1n be invented
asked an enthusiastic citizen on t>a
urday, after listening to the talk Dycl
the line from here to New York.
Why we have only begun" reptile
a gentleman who had paid some atten.
tion to the subject. "'ro talk 600 miles
or so is nothing. You just wait tel
years and will tell you what you will
see"
Well, let's hear you now"
In the first place the present Morse
system of telegraph will have entirely
passed away. Talking will be 50 much
more rapid and accurate"
"Yrs, ! admit that"
"Well, that IS not all. There will be
perfect network of telephone co,nmu-
niration, and it will be very cheap.
But that will not be all. BY the pay
ment of IL very small sum the father in
northern Ohio can step t0the telephone
station at the township centre, and
call up his married daughter, who
many years ago emigrated to Dakota
As he talks he will look into finely
adjusted mirror that stands before his
face, and in that mirror he can see he
face Of his beloved daughter as she
talks to him. She, at her end of the
line, of course, will observe the counte-
nance clearly and distinctly also. The
conversation will run something like
this
"'You seem to be II little pale to-day,
father Are you as well "a usual :"
"'Why, yes, guess | am all right. -
How are he babies -
"Oh, Sally was sick all night and
don't seem to be just right this morn,
ing. Here she is (holding her up to
the telcphone). You must excuse her
appearance. Her face is not very clean !;
have been So busy that have not had
time TO wash it, and she has been play
ing around and got her apron very
dirty too,
"Sally is all right, amt she, little
one How grandpa does wish he could
take her in hi, arms. He can see her
very clearly though. | think she looks
more like her mothers folks as she gets
older, don't you ?'
Yes, we all agree on that William
has insisted almost ever since she was
born that she was mothers girl. But
here is Henry and John both want to
see and talk with grandpa a minute this
morning.
Bless their souls, grandpa wants to
see them, too. Let them come to the
phone" "
And 50 The conversation will 20 on,
and all for ten cents.
But this will spoil the nted States
mail. What will be the uSr Of writing
letters when we caU talk ihH' way '''
"Th"rr will hc n0n" at all. Bnt This
tclrphou" business will be rum by IN"
GoN"rumrut, aud the price Of commune
rali,n VIII hr kent down 10 the mini
mum when we mink thar we can
noN ILJh uN.ra lin" tru rIil", long and
her " bat + :njd, rlo you hi, 4 tla' '-
expecting }rN nurl.' WHO Noutd
h"yr Oru'I ih" sG,l 81 fling 8, %
Telephone was un. ib,n 'rr years Hgu'
| t..' yuu hM .. ruahiu- - a,NDm
in what lr}. lid a..I., InruIlh
Wi'h wull.r...r Nr' w.. uH", '.y
lav, only just hcGun. V" anejH - -
study rp .ujnr lno .nS "i rTgD C"U~It
by vi!irh u.|.i&gr, ar "UN Gt" r,n
hc ,nut irHu uu" pert ~ IL. @UGHul u
the ~ her wHcH lrroT ''al pr.
N"W, viii 4tt o'd trtpr' = tU}. Gr-
scrip'iou of if can Npac}l lrUm one papt
Of the country 20 Ch'orhrr hN telephone.
Men are noN studying Ill" problem Of
eject in locuMotiun, and IN Jrn years it
will Il" al accomplished fact, This i,
the fast age" IIa, ha ! This is an on
Observation-Disclosures agc compared
with what is coming. Twenty-Five
miles per hour for an express train
Bah who will be willing to wait for
that; We shall spin along at the rate Of
thirty or forty miles Il minute, when
there is any necessity for doing so.
Not possible? Why, man, You are
skeptic. Anything is possible to the
modern Yankee mind and genius. We
can do anything we have a mind to,
and we will"
The man, who thought the inventors
had got to the end Of their string, walked
away in reflective mood.