Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-10-15
IT BEATS ALL PHONES.

LUCKY" Baldwin has gone to New
York on q mission which is certain to
bring him wider fame than he now
enjoys. His companion is James A.
Christy, for an average lifetime hardy
miner, now at the age of II, the inventor
of telephone which he declares Is
bound absolutely TO displace all now in
existence. Mr.. Christy has for sixteen
years given constant attention to the
study of sound. For thirty-six months
he has been developing his idea OF a
telephone and now has an instrument so
perfect that the faintest whisper or
slightest rustic be the wind can be trans
mitted thousands of miles without the
loss of it's least vibration. The patents
for this wonderful instrument are practi-
cally all secured, and in q few days will
see the last bearing the government seal.
Then the work of manufacture and
putting to use will begin. "Lucky"
Baldwin is Christy's backer. He is
ready with the millions to put the inven-
tor on the pinnacle of fame. Mr.. Christy
was seen to night at the Hoffman house.
He did not know definitely what Mr..
Baldwin's plans were, but he knew that
a company wouldbe organized with the
wealthiest men Of this country, probably
including Jay Gould, John w. Mackey,
J. B. Haggin, with Baldwin himself at
the head, In Chicago while on the way
to New York, Mr.. Christy said he told q
few rich men what his telephone could
do and was promptly offered 100000
for it. He declined the offer, as Mr..
Baldwin reminded him that several mill
ions were at his command. Mr.. Christy
will use wire and electricity as is done
now and asks only for perfect insulation.
Induction will have no effect ON the
working of the wire, and the distance
cuts no figure. He claims to have found
in the air an electro motive force, which
does the work over his wire, controlled al
the receiving and transmitting ends by
the instruments which he is now having
patented. They consist practically in a
simple deivce for conducting and convey
ing to tbs tympanum of the ear the
vibrations of the air. Like other won
derful discoveries, the whole thing is 90
simple that the wonder is no one thought
of it before.
Asked as to the expense to the custom.
er using it, Mr.. Christy said that be
would simply dropa nickel in box q
foot square attached to the wall, make
his own connections with the person OIL
Office he desired to reach, and talk until
he was tired. No central Office would
have to be rung up, and there would be nc
swearing at the girls at the switch board
because some one else was in the way.
It is this switch board which Mr.
Christy has also invented and patented
that helps to make this instrument st
practical. 1t is by no means all theory
with this hardy old miner. His tele
phone has been practically tested in San
Francisco for some months. Mr.. Christy
has wire strung over and across thu
busiest street, placed as near as possibl.
to the heavier wires used for electri
lighting and for the transmission O
power, thus giving the question, tn
severest test. Neither wind nor storm
had the slightest effect on its working.
| Mr.. Christy does not fear litigation
as his invention is 30 distinct from any
thing else Of the kind that there can b
no claim Of infringement. The ne,
telephone has been patented in advanc
in all the countries of the old woal
where patents are granted. lex