The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-10-30

that the cable broke. After a delay
of several hours in resplicing it, he was
signailed to come round and once more
take the cable ship in tow. In doing
this he managed to get the towing line
entangled in the wheel of the steamer,
and at last was obliged to cut it. He
did this so awkwardly that the l'ne
swung around the anchor of the cable
ship. and the anchor was lost.
| The position of Mr.. Cooper and his
friends was now most perilOus Their
vessel was without an anchor. A
storm sprang up. The ship began to
drift rapidly toward reef of rocks.
upon which it seemed for tineas if
she must be dashed to pieces. AT
last, however, The steamer came up.
the line was made fast and the trip to
sea commenced. But il was not sue
cessful. Owing to The plumbers Of the
captain of the steamer, the wire had to
he cut and eventually was dropped in
to the sea. causing loss 10 the COM
pany of O,OOO.
In two years. Mr. Cooper's company
had another cable ready. Ii was
successfully laid 10 newfoundland.
and the first link in the chain Of teie-
graphic communication with Europe
was finished. FolloaiBg up this be-
ginning, Mr.. Cooper and his friends
determined to lay cable across the
Atlantic For this purpose they
dispatched Mr.. Cyrus W. Field to
London to obtain subscriptions. His
appeals were successful. TIE 5000
miles of wire were contracted for. and
put on t~O vessels at were to meet in
mid-ocap. The scheme was universally
laughed ut and Mr. Cooper was re-
garded as a millionaire lunatic. whose
wealth had driven him demented. But
the project went on, the cable was
completed, the ships met i'm mid ocean
the ends of the wire were united and
the whole world was startled by the
announcement that the queen had
sent a message to the president New
York and London were wild with ex
element. The dream of enthusiasts
was at last n realized fact.
There was much rejoicing among
MIR. Coopers associates. But their
JOY was short lived A fter about FIVE
hundred messages had Teen received
the cable ceased to work, and the
sneers of the people who remark, Il
told you So" were pretty frequent.
Many men loudly declared that %
messages had ever heen received
through it. Fortunately the English
government had transmitted message,
that were of vital importance while
conducting their war with China.
Therefore, no doubt existed as to It's
practicabiiily, and no trouble was ex-
periences IN launching another com
pany to put down another ca DE. The
cable was made and laid half way
acrrss the ocean and then lost.
The company was now OH the We. &c
of financial ruin MIR. Field was again
sent 10y MIR. Cooper TO England to
raise more money. At first people
laughei at him, but he was instructed
not to return until the money was SUP
scrlbed, and he at last succeeded. the
third cable was successfully laid anG
worked lG perfection.
The lost half OF the second wire was
now rapied for, and, to the oewilder-
ment of the whole world. was at las;
ished out Of the depths of the ocean.
1t was Joined 20 the other half. and
the two cables were connecting the
two continents. This feat was pei
formed in depth of water two and
half miles deep, and is said 10 he Un-
paralleied 10 the history of the world.
Ii was pulled up three times before it
was secured. They co: it up just far
enough to see it, but i, would 20 down
again, and they would have to do the
work over again They lifted the CON-
pany out of the slough OF iespond aud
placed 1t on the highest pinnacle of
success. The shares ran up In value
To a fabulous height, and Mr. Cooper
was now rolling i'm wealth"
He was afterwari nominated for
president of the United States, but
was not elected He lived To the age
of 93. and went down his rest re-