New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-28
THE 1ELEPHONE as 4 TILE-BEJhE"'
IT SOMETIMES GIVES MORE INfoEM\TioN THAN
is EXPECTED


is EXPECTED
THO metallic circuit used for telephones IN these
dovs makes # dangerous for pcopl" 10 discus secrets
I'm a room where the instrument Is IN use ~"
writer La, hoard ~ remarkable instance" VI vi"
conducting power Of the electric wire ana h'' "''
had some experiences worth noting. o"' s'"'S "''
told hy n we'll known Ncw-lork lawyer he WIS
.,in- n hi, parlor whoa tho telephone In ms h"r'rN
rang III. wife. WHO has q better "t"'pA'h' N"''
than he answered the call FOR Him.
N.r giving the usual 3" Hello. ycs' etc. Nh'
turned and called TO her husband; at Is MI y
ana he
III. v.nts TO know" .lld her husband Interrupt
Ing her when can 20 on with t' brow" cast
"Whv go" he an, wcr'd
And lr nv O." continued her husband 'ha' H.
will b. r,ady Wednesday"
.Wby y,-r She said again. but --
And hc want. 10 know II that viii suit mo
~Graclou,." said hI, Wiz. "how did you know
that D."
81 can hear him talking 80 you." J." w"rod.
III. VIII. could hardly believe this. hut when her
husband went to Tie iI"phon" 10 speak win Inc
other LAWYER she lcH "a" room ard found That she
could hear every word ~ their conversation
Tn. writer va, ,ocplonlns 10 The Trihnn" ONCE
one evening from lous distance. some orc IN '''
zane room with o." Irl'un" ir-irum"n' hht "'r"''
ti. long foor and busy writing n his desk win MS
back TUNED 10 Tie instrument recognized ti" writer
W. i-n1 i!'
~Nr." Wa "a" answer.
~w,n. tell lin" sid tie other, with laugh "no'
10 Veil go loudly ua he can b. heard all over Nh"
haitian Island"
mi. wa. 4 case 81 q iwcll.r in ela-, lou-c throw
'ng stone. FOR miles away ~ III" other 'hh "' 'i'
wirc Lad heard every word said In ih" room
downtown
IN a hnlidug on Long Island with witch III"
Trihnn. frequently communicate, by tl'ph"n" ilrr"
I, An indu-irlou. musician When be- j. PLAYING ana
Tn. Tribune tclcphonc (, IN connection with That
hou.o there i,ni the slightest difficulty for one In
The TrIbnn, telephone room 10 follow ih" tui" ana
To- catch every note.
I,n q morc Interesting oxamplc 81 IA" successful
,r,u.ul.. lon 81 sound came he writer attention
III. other evening he called mp the signal N"r'io"
Lur.au 10 ask for some data about the weather rec
ord, th.re. Ia" signal S"r,!r" official went To ~
anime If. records and while III" writer Wa waiting
At The rrbuac end Of ~" wir" b" noticed thai 'hr
sound u! a ticking t,lcgraph"r' Instrument some
vhcr. I'm The room, 81 the Weather Bureau WI, corrg
over the telephone vie with remarkable dl,ncinrsN.
If. called ID, one Of The Tribune telegraph operators
and asked ia. tclceruph'r II he could receive IL"
message which arriving In III" Weather bnr'an
The operator placed the telephone receiver To l' ear
AID held II there for q moment. Then Ii" Translated
the message.
at IS" lac said "the Washington forecast. For
10 morrow, Iar anu WARM, W'''"" ''"' "'''-'''' ~
light local showers ,
/ moment later the Weather Hur"an official re-
turned to the telephone and gave ih" desired III
formation. Then ~" writer asked
What + The Washington forecast
.Wnit "a miuutr,' tn" answer. - MINK u
has lust come IA. III go and a"c." II" returned
and said
Nrs. II has ju,t come
"Wn." said The writer 10 him. ISN'T " Tor 10
morrow. fair aud warm, preceded before Daylight 10y
light shower, ~ -,
Why, yes" said ia" official In >irpil'". How
did Won know that II has just this minul" come
md couldn't have been given out 10 any one.
The writer explained that "A telegraph operator III
Tho Tribune room, had heard III" telephone Wire
thr message licked IN the Weather Bureau room~.
Then the signal Scr,l lee man said that often when 4
hoy chilled him up from The Irihnn" Office Ia" cnuih
hear som" one In III" room Instruct The boy
~ Ia what he 10 say. that ih" answer I" th"
lion to IL, asked WI given 10y him 10 III" boy
before, the Information asked over ia" Telephone"
Tl, case of the sound Of the t,rgraph"r', ln>,ru
mrnt being distinctly Transmitted by l"cph"n" ~
to prrmIt is iran laon In another building l. re-
morkalL. for the clicking /, extremely drcal" IN IT.
Vnriati ons and the slightest defect IN the rriran>
mission 30 10 spnk, would blur IA" sound TO an In
dis Tin pnlshallc drgrrn