The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-13
HUMAN BODY A TELEPHONE.
First Message Ever Sent with a HUI
man Being ms Transmftter.
From the New York journal.

From the New York Journal
A human telephone line is the most up
to-date manner in which electricity ana
the human frame have been made to work
in conjunction. Although many MARVEL
Gus experiments have been made with the
electric current lately, that of talking d.
rectly through a human being has never
until now been thought possible. Now
that 1t has been thought possible, 1t opens
wide field for experimental work.
One of the telephone lines running into
Minneapolis from the southern part of
Minnesota had a breakdown between the
towns of Rochester and Roekdell the
other day. As the llnemen were slow in
ARRIVING, two young men, Anderson and
Lindale by name, thought they would see
IL one of them could not be talked through
by the other. Lindale took the ends OF
the wire in each hand. while Anderson.
having compared watches with his COM
panlon, went TO the nearest station, which
was four miles away.
Taking down the receiver he rang up
the town where Lindale was stationed.
The latter received a number of sewers
shocks. but pluckiIy held to the wires.
and the message was clearly transmitted
through his body.
Several other attempts were made, and
then messages were sent over the long dsi-
lance line, and in each case the words
were clearly conveyed. Lindale gives a.
graphic description of his sensations
while acting as an impromptu transmits
ter:
IT know more about electricity now than
ever thought would" said he, ''but IL
was worth the pain / felt to be able to
say that have had an experience such As
no other man ever had before. While Ar
derson was on his way to the station was
tempted hundred times to drop the wires
and give 1t UP, for 1 had no idea now
hard the current was going to hit me first
1t came. / thought, too, that with the
first shock / might not be able to let 60
IL wanted to, but set my teeth and held
on rather than spoil the experiment.
II was first thinking about how line
man looked who had been killed through
being careless in handling a telegraph
wire when felt sharp sensation that
ran up my arms and down my spine clear
to the tips of my toes. / next experienced
a buzzing sound in my ears, as though a
million bees had started up business In
my head. Sparks seemed to be shooting
out OF my eyes, and could feel my hair
rising and falling under my hat as the
current OF electricity varied in intensity.
The tips of my fingers seemed to be on.fire,
and was sure they emitted a blue fame.
which spread out In different directions.
Strangely enough, when began to gee
little used to the sensation found my
self listening for Andersons voice, for
knew from the way the electric fluid was
being pumped through me that the expe-
riment was a SUCCESS"
Anderson's report of the sensation he
felt In talking through his friend is also
interesting ITO be frank" says he. u
had no idea that the scheme would work.
When first began to talk / pictured Lin
dale down the line holding fast to those
two wires and probably jumping up and
down like a monkey on a stick. OF course.
he would let go at the first shock, I
thought. But no. here came the answer
Ing voice from the other station. My live
transmitter was working splendidly.'