Daily Yellowstone journal., 1892-07-30

4 Story u! t1,e bays Ntt*n IT," Telegraph
WA. iii Unknown *ttt ilt.n,

4 Story "' Tire Days Wh*n IT," Telegraph.
Was I'LL <nkn""n Nrtiun.
On May t. 1911. the Wl:ig tunyc1l-
tion met III Baltimore ami tho cyrt
Ut the country We're upon it. By
TINT morning Professor Morse ll;td
established tcleSrlphit' cumm,lnic;t-
tion between Washington and All
napolis Junction, where was stu,
toned the assistant of Morse. who. |
understand was Alfred Vail, All
that afternoon Professor Morse AMI
were alone together in the litt't
room iii thu Capitol. a glutifylr.;
message llad COME from Annapolis
Junction that everything WAS really
ut that t1'l Of tho line, and that
there could M. III doubt of thu suc-
ceSs ot orr plan tn convince Ill
tlu1,btrr>' tl}It t}lc electric telegraph
wus Il wonderful invention, which
would r,'vtjl,1tinnixr thr Transmission
uf nrv@. .:z>:. .:@. ...*. .*. ::...
1t IN <ln|t~it century >.i,lc> that t1uy.
anil yet ! lz4yrn vivi1 reeulle4:t;<,u nf
the tlrur,ati4' iut'htcnt with which it
<1llnlit13 +. .:... :: ::::> *==.. Il: ::
10 this Vttr I et1l >4'r p|ai14ly the
l>nr1tAN*ss:: ,31vy<tnxlt1zsl ro<>,n in: which
"t' "tl+:. with it, wires an.l i;>,, u,1l
rlte,uI<:al<> *t1st1 IN tho 14tt<tst uf it::thn>
wrir1 li;;Hlt: 1T the %rtut inventor
:WA Au W:}* >4}nta9t tu 1uailiz:s :*=hi~ "t}1lc:
ho:r'. ;tst''r. "a many years ct .t;i>aIr
l,ult!tment and delay He WAS very
quietly. tlt'
>t'l. hi:: coat mutiitrl
al"3ut lai> th,t,,t. aud El1 long hair
tunthlc<l about his forehead. H. ii,
l"a'ct1 tn l,e ,rryo1,> anil uprrrlt'lt
hi%t
Thu grave question 10 iu settled
was whether t'u. electric current
would re,nui1 ON the wires will, <uf
tlcitnt strength to work the sig1lHls
through ~ long II distance IN forty
four miles for in Those sluy< IL metal
lie circh!t wis u$ctl,. Even thust'
who believed that tic instrument
hau done lfS work over II short tlr
euit TT Il ttw miles doubted its com
!neltlal v:&lltt over l,1,% distances
At this lYtc date thu wo,nltr II, III.
il that ~ few ln'r>o,n took any In
trr">t whatever IN the lnnlH'>.r tx
pertinent WIS ii, tl1t lxn,'l many
ti':tt> preceding t(;<; 'ria| H::*l ~
cali that there >ttAl >'Is*s:~Si> :t1s.'- anil
llo anxiety y zElu,v4I: III t. tsI,, how
Professor a|ur*t, >t:> :l,!npI>~,;in,,
with his Work.: 4 I;",;ertl t,1inio,
among these WHO h"d lizard Of ill.,.
proposed ATTEMPT W:!% that II would
not succeed It v;;, t,i, absurd It.,
discuss. IT,, :::*:.
Latte III tht. afternoon. suddenly. tie
instrument un tllc tuEtlA tn:san to clirk
Eagerly: Professor Alnr>;. bent fo1
w;t1tl bvtrtl1r strip Ut latV"r that slow
~ 'ipr,)llH tr.:.l thu register. TIL
pnlcr h1|ttal. moved ;>lltis'l, s&u,Ynsl
*:nl movtvl again in an Irregular way
till finally Mur~t, rt'>c l,t,3n iil> tf,~t.
scrutiny 1T the l*lnr. >t'H,1 r1%r.
anil lt"1kin3 nbout linn, said proudly.
>"Mr Kirk the tonyt'lti,M hi, nd
juurnel; the train for Washington
from Baltimore. has .iu>t left 4\,ll,up
oils Junction i~;4rin% thut iut'11nu
tinn. and my assistant has telr
gr,a1, ,l'rl me thu. ,a'ktt rc,nin;4tctl.
He Ar$i'att'l. holding; in Ills hand the
mysterious nn:>s4E4.. ami then said.
'1'hr ticket Is Clay and Fr*lin@h}1y
snn'' ~ John ". Kirk in Sclibtr1''..