The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-02-16

courage. this man. the real inventor or
the modern typewriter, saw at once
that there was something IN the idea
and laid his plans accordingly. sholes
vas not a wealthy man himself and
his first difficulty lay in finding q cap
italist who was willing to embark
With him iG the enterprise. This ini-
tiai stumbling block overcome, he ses
70 work with a viii, and between 1866
md 1873 turned out some twenty.ono
typewriters all OF which were theotet-
ically perfect. and all OF which went
to pieces with discouraglng regularity
after more or less prolonged spell
Of practical work Each model was
l'ttle better than the preceding one,
and thus at length a fairly efficient
machine was produced.
The finished and so far perfect arti-
Gle was intrusted for its manufacture
as marketable commodity to a man.
ufacturins company in New York. For
a Long time the demana was very
small Even after the lapse Of nine
years not more than 1900 machines
were being sold per annum This was
n 1882. Since then, however, the pom
llarity Of the typewriter has become
Fdch that at the present time nm
ished mnchipe is being produced for
every FIVE minutes of the working day
and this rate Of production is nearly
ir not quite, equaled by scores Of 9th.
or makes
The success achieved by Mr.. Sholes
naturally induced both inventors and
capitalists to turn their attention 70
tie production Of Others, and. II pos
sible, more perfect typewriters. the
result being that within the last tween.
ty.sevea years there have been placed
ipon the market $50 dlfferen, types
Of machines with a single exception
ell the best known machines have
been invented in this country
A striking feature Of the patent Of.
fee exhibit is the number of patents
taken Out on each machine, one. for
instance, having some sixty or seven
ty distinct devices.
There nave been many curious AMI
heautlfal machines constructed from
time to time to the order of various
people or for presentation. Perhaps
the most elborate typewriter ever
produced was that made for the Car.
ins Of Russia. All parts Of the ma.
chine ordinarily black we're enameled
blue, and those portions of the frame
work usually outlined in gold were
fnlaid with mother-ofpearl. The keys
were Of African ivory, and the bright
parts of solid gold. A similar ma
chine was presented on her wedding
day to the present Princess Of Wales,
then Duchess of York; and another
was made not long ago to the order
of the Khedive of Egypt. The. King
o. England possesses an exceedingly
elaborate typewriter. II is ivory-key-
ed gold-plated throughout, and very
beautifully engraved.
An extraordinary machine was that
made for Ii Hung Chang. Il was itt-
cd with twenty sets Of characters
$500 in all--each Of which, as no dies
we're available. mad to be turned out
by hand.
a somewhat expensive machine wa
bu1t by the Williams company for The
me. at Eton school. in England. Of
the young SD Of the Countess Of Car
maroon. It writes the Greek alphabet,
ena used by the boy. whose eyeslga,
Is somowha, weak in preparing his
I lcssons This is believed to be the
oaly Greek typewriter ever made. bui
machines FOR writing RuSsian are fire.
onetly common. n certain well known
American firm having recently sup.
FLIED large order for typewriters for
government offices in the land of the
Gear Machines have been built TO or
der for writing Arabic, Sancrlt and
even old black letter English