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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-04
THE OLD AND THE NEW.

IAN increase Of salaryl" exclaimed
the pompous manager Of the street rail
way company to a clerk who had Just
made the request. Il am afraid, sir,
that you are too extravaganza" He
toyed with his heavy watch chain and
looked severely at the young man. who
returned his stare boldly 1t was the
set phrase on such occasions, and the
applicant had heard It all before. He
meant to have that rise or go some
where else.
Excuse me, sir" he replied respect
fully Il haven't any chance to be ex-
travagant on what earn"
Young man. continued the pompous
gentleman, 81 have risen from the
ranks. How2 BY being careful. When
] was young, made money by saving
car fares"
''Ah, that was IN the old days" said
the young man. with a knowing wink
But with the bell punches and the
present system OF inspection you would
find you couldn't save a nickel without
being collared, however careful you
were"
The manager nearly tainted, and the
young man had to seek other employ
ment.
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MORSE TO MARCON|

| against Marconrs further experiments
In Newfoundland as being within terri
tory Of which II possesses a monopoly
shows where the shoe ls expected TO
pinch, for complete success OF the
wireless" would be likely TO reduce
rates for cable messages, II not put the
present companies practically out OF
business. The fact that the many lines
across the Atlantic have all they can do
at high tarIff shows that there Is OPP
! portunity for a rival, hut unless the
wireless methods are made more rapid
there viii be no danger from this sys-
tenn,
Professor Pupln, whose Induction
coils are expected TO work o revolution
In cable telegraphy and telephony, but
which, after all, may arrive too late to
be OF use, says that the existing cables
Will be given greater capacity ana soon
be able TO transmit many more mes
sages than at present with no increase
Of expense.
No great invention ever burst into
Wow already complete, and II is par
tlcularly true of wireless telegraphy.
Attention was attracted 20 II sixty
years ago, and even Franklin had all
inkling Of this latent power In electric
ity A phase Of space biography that
Of tolegraphing from a moving car or
train, was developed by Edison and
patented In 1851 and the possibilities Of
aerial telegraphy were suspected sew
enty years ago but only brought out
within the last decade. French, Ger
man, English and italian experlmenters
made their contributions TO Its develop
ment but Marconi, the young Italian,
has had the greatest success In demon
strating the possibilities OF space teleg-
raphy His name stands forth more
prominently than any other in recent
years though had II not been for the
deep thinkers and silent workers, like
Henry Hertz, discoyerer OF the "Hert-
Elan waves" Preese and Lodge, the Brit
ish experts, Elisha Gray and, IN fact,
small army Of electricians whose la
bors Marconi has adapted, the last
named individual would doubtless still
be unknown.
What strikes one most forclbly in O
review Of the worlds great achieve.
ments Is the impersonolity Of genius
The individual Is nothing, or at most
small factor, in the great scheme, but
hls contribution swells the aggregate
and the great work goes ON TO It's full
iillment So It has been with electrical
progress, and especially with It's latest
development, space telegraphy. Com
paratlyely new men have reaped the
honors, while its great promoters have
stood unobseryed In the background.
But, no matter what the means en-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-04
THE FORCE OF IMAGINATION.

1t is told Of auckland, the celebrated
naturalist and geologlst, that one day
after dissecting an alligator he gave a
dinner TO party OF distinguished sa-
wants. How do you like the soup q"
asked the Doctor addressing a famous
gormand. Very well. indeed" answer
ed the other; turtle, is 1t not2" Buck.
land shook his head 81 think Il has
somewhat Of musty taste" said one
OF his guests. IAN alligators have" re.
piled the naturalist. THE fellow I dis
sected this morning and which You
have Just been eating There was a
general rout Of his guests Every one
turned pale, half a dozen started up
from the table, two or three hurriodly
left the room. see what Imagination
Is" said auckland III had told them
II was turtle or terrapin they would
have pronounced It excellent. and their
digestion would be none the worse.
Such is prejudice" But was II really
an alligator" asked a lady. "As good
calfs head as ever wore a coronet"
answered auckland
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ployed, the fact now confronts us that
wireless telegraphy will soon be a fac
tor In the world development, and II it
be established that messages can be
flashed across the ocean probably the
first practical exposition OF It's value
will be on the Pacific, across which It is
purposed soon to stretch a cable. unless
this new wonder shall make It unneces-
sary. The million miles OF telegraph
and cable lines already strung have
cost many millions Of dollars, and any
invention that win Obvlate further
enormous outlay will be warmly well
coined, Commercially speaking. how.
ever wireless teegraphy, with its
enormous waste of energy in the dlssi.
patton Of its waves, is not yet practlca.
BILE for long distances.
CLAIMING A. BARLOW.
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had been waiting since man knew the
letters Of his alphabet. Call the inyen-
ton Henryg, Morse's, Jaokson's,
Cookies or Wheatstone's-the first two
were well abreast the age in their theo-
rles and inventions, Morse, an artist,
imhlbed his ideas az TO electro magnet
ism from his friend, Professor j. r.
Dana, who lootured on the subject, He
saw or heard OF a French invention for
obtaining an electric spark from mag
net In 1882, and when on shipboard re-
turning to the United states, conceived
the idea Of anelectromagnetlc and chem.
zeal recording telegraph substantially
and essentially as II now exists" He
made his drawings al once but did not
exhibit his invention publicly until 1885.
In 1897 he filed his FIRST cayeat for n
patent and petltioned congress for an
appropriation to carry out his designs
This appropriation Of $50, 900 was grant
ed az the last moment Of the session Of
iS2-lS, and May q, 1874, his first mes
sage was transmitted over the FIRST line
In the United States from Washington
to Baltimore. Other lines were rapidly
constructed in this country, but II was
not until 1SF that the telegraph was
introduced into Germany, whence It
spread all over Europe. Morse's claims
were only established after years OF lit
igatlon, and as to priority Of invention
he probably had no case, but he was
royalty received, medaled, decorated
and feted oil over Europe, the demon
STATIONS eliminating In a grand coll
lectlye testimonial Of 100000 francs,
suggested by Louis Napoleon.
a bronze statue Of Morse was erected
In Central park, New York. ana unyol.
ed by the poet Bryant In 1871, and he
himself last appeared In public at the
unyeilng Of the statue Of Franklin In
Printing House square, New York, In
January 1872. dying IN June Of the
same year.
1t has been claimed for Morse that hn
also laid the first submarine cable. con.
Meeting Governors island with Castle
Garden, New York city, but unless his
tory erre the very flrst submarine cable
on record was that OF Dr. W. O'Shaugh-
messy, across the river Hugh In Calcut.
Ia, India in 1880, The first suggestion
OF an Atlantic cable, however, Is belley.
ed TO have emanated from Morse, who
in August 1913, advocated Il In a letter
20 the secretary Of the treasury. In
lsi7 j. j Craven Of Newark, NJ j., laid
Il short stretch Of cable beneath water,
followed by that between New York
and Jersey City Three years later an
experimental cable was laid across the
English channel between England and
France, This was quickly followed by
permanent one, which is stIll In use.
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the way TO certain place. After an
swerlng the man remarked, "I suppose
YOU know the king Is now heTe?" I'm
deed Yes. They say he is not much
TO look at-a poor, small fellow--but
good one for all that. He viii not see
US abused"
The king made some remark about
the fish, with a very red face, while the
queen laughed, wheroupon they were OF
fered to him with great good will ana
courteously refused A few days later
when out fishing again with the queen
they met the same man, who, TO their
establishment, fell on his knees, begging
them to forget what he had said. my
friend" replied Victor Emmanuel "
you always consider me a good fello~
and believe that have your Interests
at heart have nothing to forgive
And, giving the man goldpleos, he
left him his devoted adherent fer life
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-04

III ITHOUT arrogatlng TO Amer
lea everything important
VHI that takes place In the
NJ VI world OF progress, II would
M indeed seem from mere
chronological statemenl
that this nation has taken o leading
part In the development Of what many
have termed the greatest accomplish.
ment of modern tlmes-wlreless teleg.
raphy. Gugllelmo Marconl has an
nounced that he has received across the
Atlantic the long expected signal from
Europe, and the unthlnklng promptly
accord TO him all the honors OF the
wonderful achievement; but, without
wishing to deprive him Of any Of his
hard won laurels historical verify de-
mands that we 30 back beyond Marconi
for the moving causes OF this modern
miracle.
II seems like far cry from Marconl
TO Franklin without investigating fur.
Their but the great American philoao.
pher furnished the hypothesis for all
who came after him when, $50 years
ago next June, he performed his ia
nous feat of drawing lightning from
the sky II might be said. again, that
the electrical kite itself was not his
own invention, hut that Of a French
man the year before franklin made his
experiment
Franklin, however did more than
merely experiment. Tor he previously
arrived by pure reason at the conclu-
sion which the experiment proved that
atmospheric lightning and frlotlonal
electricity were identical. Even the an
clients centuries ago knew Of Joves
thunderbots and atmospheric electric.
ity, but nobody could tell the why and
wherefore" Of them until that little ex-
pertinent with the kite illumined the UNI
Outstanding like Hash. Then II was
easy to comprehend, for succeeding ex-
ponmenters had a working basis Of
fact upon which TO proceed,
More than any other man OF his time,
after Franklin, the cause OF electro
magnetism was indebted for its further
development to another American, Jo-
seph Henry He published theories Of
its causes and effects as early as 1898
and invented the first machine moved
by the agency Of electro magnetism. In
1891 he transmitted signals through a
wire a mile long causing a bell to
sound at the farther end lie pointed
out, indeed, the applicability of the
facts he had demonstrated by expert
mentation to the instantaneous trans.
mission OF intelligence between distant
points by means Of magnetic tele.
graph Mt least i've years before such
an invention was practically operated
by Morse,
The earliest suggestion Of the electric
telegraph is said to have appeared in
The Scots Magazine In 1858, and the
first line, so far as Is known. was con-
strueted In Geneva by Lesage. In 1918
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-04

a similar scheme was rejected by the
British government, and in 1920 Ampere
called attention TO the use Of needle
DETECTED by the magnetic current for
Geographic purposes. In 1928 II. G.. Dyer
OF New York invented a FRACTIONAL tele-
graphic system, but did not perfect IT,,
and In 1880 Baron Schlling had a tee.
graph with FIVE vertical needles exhibit.
ed at Bonn. In 1887 an Engllshman, W.
Il. Cooke, who had seen Schilllngs IN.
strument, Joined with Wheatstone and
In 1889 took out the first patent. Dur
Ing that year the FIRST actual tele.
graph line was constructed, between
PaddIngton and Drayton In England,
thirteen miles That year, also, the
first overland line, Of iron wire on BAN
boo poles, twenty-one miles in length,
was built In Calcutta, India, and work.
ed by Cookies single needle instrument.
Franklin had transmitted electric
shocks across the schuylkill In i7iS.
and a German physicist IN 1894 had
used electric sparks in biography
Many minds were working out the
miracle OF electrical transmission. some
Of them colncidently but It was per
mitted S f, b. Morse an American, to
give TO the world the first nearly per-
feet instrument that should stand the
test Of time, Henry had anticipated
him IN working out a correct theory by
several years but had produced no
practical invention, He blazed the
way, and Morse the artist and vision.
ary merely followed In his footsteps.
These two Americans, one born in al.
bany n. Y, and the other In Charles.
town, Mass, we've sufficient IN them.
selves--following after their great COM
patriot, Franklln-to produce the tele.
graphic instrument for which the world
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-04
MARK

wTW HAT eminent and unique hui
mOrist, Samuel Langhorne
Clemens, otherwise and bet
ter known as Mark Twain, is
u really one Of the most serious
of men. In fact, the only real
grievance he has against the public is
that It viii not take him seriously 1t
persists In ascrlblng to all his remarks
and all his writings leyity, not to say
frivolty, which he does not by any
means wish to convey.
1t IL owing to this mlsconceptlOn Of
the man Mark Twain, the real man,
honest and serious, the writer who
loses no occasion TO jam In a moral
whenever II can be done gracefully,
that his recent appearance in the role
of civic reformer is so grieyously mis-
apprehended. With reputation for
"poking fun at everything under the
sun and making light of subjects gem
orally treated from a serious point Of
view, II is rather hard to look upon him
as ever In earnest or possessed Of
strong convictions. Yet that he has
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-04

small long boxes containing a hundred
each. Each apple is wrapped in tissue
paper and they are packed in wood
wool (excelsior) and the leaves OF corn
husks.
In the fifteen years from 1885 TO 1900
the number Of physicians in Germany
increased from 1874 TO 1854.
Rice forms a larger part OF human
food than the product OF any other one
plant, being the diet Of India, China
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-04

miles away a distance that the pigeons
cover IN an hour. Messages by the bird
route, however, cost from 30 to Is cents
each
Paris leads the world In drccsmabing.
1t is estimated that there are 5000 per-
sons employed IN the dressmakiug os-
adjustments Of the city, and II one ln-
cludos the workers who design nnd
make the materials used by The dress
makers about 10000 persons are en-.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-04
THE WORLDS WORK.

The present growth of London's pop
ilation Is $500 a month.
Greek ladies' are said to have 1877 diff
erent styles OF dressing the hair.
Manitoba and northwest farmers had
10000, 900 distributed among them when
heir crops were marketed last fall
For an army Of 10000 men and 10000
iorses for three months 1t is estimated
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-04

that 1900 tons of food and forage are
necessary.
The first Sunday paper In this coun-
try was The Sunday Courier. begun at
New York In 1925.
South Australian apples are now sold
In the Vienna market al from cents TO
10 cents each, choice ones even higher
The apples are packed and shipped in
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-04

and the Malayan islands and occupying
a place on the tables Of 30 per cent OF
the Inhabitants OF the civilized world
one may safely venture the assertion
that 500 ooOo 900 people eat rice every day
in the year.
Pending the general institution Of
wireless telegraph systems pigeon
post Is doing great service between Los
Angeles, Cal, and Avalon. on Santa
Catalina island, In the Pacific, fifty
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-04

they paid their
first visit to this
part Of the coun-
try Through
that fact arose
very many ludi-
crous incidents,
as the peasants
did not know
their majesties
by sight and
were evidently
unprepared for
so little pomp
and ceremony.
The king one
day stopped the
carriage to ask
a half naked
man with a long
otrinp NJ Gala
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-04

Gagged In the struggle to gatlsfy woa,-
ans love Of chinons.
1t Is said that the commoncst name in
scotland as Wen as in England "a
Smith.
The leland q Jaya, which is only GIG
m'lca lcnE and about l25 miles Vide AID
located only degrees or tho equator.
has tho diH,lnguishIns poeltlon OF sum
plying practically al the clnchona bark
from which ;he worlds supply OF qui.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-04
A KING ON HIS VACATION.

Many are the tales and anecdotes
which come from RacconIgl where the
Italian soverelgns often spend their
holidays. From all accounts 1t would
seem that they live with very little ell
auotte, the life of any ordinary country
magnate,
The King himself usually drives the
queen about the large estate. Recently
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-04

Truxton Beale formerly minister to
Persia and son-in-law OF James g
Blaine, has written to q San Francisco
newspaper suggesting the investigation
by representatives Of both capital and
labor Of profit sharing as a means Of
ending labor disputes.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-04

nine Ia made. There are about 4,No
acres Of this Island used In grcrinS
clnchona.
Some Of the great main roads out Of
London are famous for their beauty
aud are lined vita some Of the most
charming villas aud country mansions
in Easlsnd or :he world.
In 1904 the capital o.. the Sen. OF
England was sc,0o9, 900. Il Ia now s'i,'
100000.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-04

The longest hair that was ever re-
corded as having been taken from the
head Of a woman measured eight feet.
II has been noted that a hair twelve
feet long was taken from a mans
beard.
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convictions and has most consistently
lived up to them no one who has read
his works, from his first great success,
'lnuocents Abroad" to his latter work,
Following the Equator" can honestly
deny. He himself expressed his own
sentiment In an alleged encounter with
stranger He was looking in at a
window where there happened to be n
portrait Of himself. The stranger, not
having gained q good glimpse Of Marks
face, said In an offhand way, SAY,
what do you think Of that old fellows
work, anyway"
Il think" said Mark solemnly, with.
out turning his head. that he Is the
greatest lmpostor the American people
ever refused to take seriously"
How so?" asked the stranger.
well, because he really Is serious
and because nobOdy'll believe him. He
passes for being humorous"
Now, Mark Twain has always taken
an interest In social problems not only
as related to municipal affairs, but in
the larger and worldwide sense. This
interest is particularly manifest in such
books as his Prince and Pauper" and
"A Yankee at the Court Of King Ar
thur In fact, throughout all Of his
work run the serious purpose and
the desire TO point a moral" without
too evidently preaching at his public
1t was Just about year ago that he
appeared In the role Of complainant
against a cabman who had overcharged
one of Twain's servants and hailed him
before city court Some curiosity be-.
Ing manifested by the judge why one
OF his abilities and attainme.ts should
take Interest in so triyialSi matter.
Mark drawled out: MY dear sir. II IS
not matter OF sentiment. 1t Is mere
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-04

A bee can carry twice lis own weight
In honey or wax.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-06-13
Rend Il In ms Newspnper.

George Schaub, well-khown Ger
man citizen of New Lebanon, Ohio, is
a constant reader Of the Dayton Volks-
xeltung. He knows that this paper
aims to advertise only the best In its
columns, and when he saw Chamber
laiu's Pain Balm advertised therein
for lame back, he did not hesitate in
buying bottle Of it for his wife, who
for eight weeks had suffered with the
most terrible pains in her back and
could get no relief. He says: after
using the Pain Balm for few days my
wife said to me, Il feel as though born
anew and before using the entire
contents of the bottle the unbearable
pains had entirely vanished and she
could again take up her household
duties" He is very thankful and
hopes that all suffering likewise will
hear of her wonderful recovery. This
VARIABLE linimentis for sale by Coco
Stone, druggist. 3l.lm.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-06-13
4 REAL FRIEND.

..1 suffered from dyspepsia and in
digestion for fifteen years" says w.
q. Sturdevants OF Merry Oaks, n. C..
After i had tried many doctors and
medicines to no avail one ofmy friends
persuaded me to try Kodol.l II gave i'm
mediate relief. / can eat almost any
thing / want now and my digestion is
good. checrfully recommend Kodol.
Don't try TO cure stomach trouble by
dieting. That only further weakens
the system. You need wholesome
strengthening food. kodol enables
YOU to assimilate what you eat by d.
costing 1t without the Stomach's aid.
For sale by @. D. Sturm s. Co., Main
street, druggists. 3l-lm.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-06-13
Quiet Dell.

The Sand Hedral has been launched
and is quite curiosity. 1t lifts the
sand from the bottom Of the creek
with neatness and dispatch.
Born unto E. a. Rider and wife, 9
pound boy.
b. w. Bee, a Wing republican who
had been complaining, was able TO
come out and vote at the primary: 1t
is needless to say Mr.. Bee is High
lander.
Lewis Cortrill has been indisposed
for several days. He has suffered the
most excruciating pain imaginable but
is better.
Mrs. Eva NJ. DAVIDSON and Mrs.
Modisett have been visiting at Mr..
Abner Stout,s. Mrs. ModSett is the
only living sister of Mr.. Abner Stout,
and is very estimable lady.
These big republican majorities
make the democrats tremble in fear
Of d monarchial government Do not
be alarmed, my brother democrat,
there is no danger of this Republic
be,np ruled by monarch as long as
the democratic party is In the minori-
ty. These big ma jorities indicate that
the people rule aud not ring, clique
or clan. Il.