St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-03

AMONG the list of patents recently grant
ed, mention is made of one to Nathaniel
Parks, OF Dansville and Frank J. Callancn,
of Utica, n. Y, on a new telephone. The
latter has for several years been experiment.
ing in the various uses of electricity, in
GLIDING the transmission of speech The
former, an associate in the invention, is q
gentleman over go years of age, and has de-
voted large portion of his life to studying
the science of electricity, and at one time
worked With Professor Morse, the telegraph
inventor. The Utica Observer gives the fol-
lowing account of the invention. In the
new telephone, which by the way is very sim
Pile in its construction, the diaphragm is of
glass or other vtrified substance. In the
old phones it is made of metal. The car
bon BUTTON" which in other instruments
is in contact with the diaphragm, in this in
strument is separated from it. The shut
TOM consists of hollow cylinder of carbon
supported upon two metal trunnions placed
opposite each other, but not in contact AS
the carbon is not fastened, but hangs from
the trunuions, it is far more sensitive, aud
transmits even the slightest sound. The
separation of the carbon from the diaph-
ragm, as we'll as the separation of the truu-
mons, does away with the rafting and
swapping sounds caused by an overcharge of
electricity. One of the trunnions is con-
nected with the ground wire and the other
with the transmitting line. The machine is
very sensitive, and for short distances it can
be used without an induction coil Its in
ventors believe that the simplicity of the new
instrument, combined with the chespness of
the materials used in its construction can
not fail to make it popular. 1t has been
Thoroughly tested and found to work admira-
bly,. In one test made in this city, speech
was transmitted with ease over 500 miles of
iron wire, which is said to be equal to trans
mission over $500 miles of copper wire,
copper being much the best conductor of
electricity. The new instrument would
the demands of lo1g distance service. Mr..
Callanen, who is the Assistant Treasurer of
the Utica City Railroad Company, has bee
warmerly congratulated on his success by
many friends during the week. Anything
looking towards cheaper and better telephone
service tends to the benefit of the public,
and Uticsns generally will Ctherefore be in :
terested in seeing Messrs. Parks and Callan-
EN- reap the reward merited: by their enter
prise and invention.
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON was denounced
as an infidel because of his severe arraign-
ment of q pro-slavery church in the early
days of the anti-slayery discussion. Garrison
and his immediate followers, were called
''Comeouters, because they abandoned pro-
slavery churches, and were denounced as the
enemies Of religion because they severely
arraigned theology that justified slavery by
the Bible. Garrison lived to see himself and
his doctrined vindicated, and to see pro-
slavery church abandoned, in shame-faced-
ness, their wickedly false dogmas, iustifyiug
Bible in greater veneration than did Gsrri-
son, and his severess invectives were inspired
by his reverence for the divine record, which
was so shamefully travestied by pro-slayery
ministers. Garrison was q far worthier
exponent of Btble-teaching than were the
s'Orthodox'' pro-slayery clergymen,
who excited mobs to DESTROY
him. Garrison bravely said, when
the churches denounced him, and tried to
silence him: Il know am right, and will
be heard" And he was heard, And the
world heard, and the God Of the Bible heard,