The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-03

hoard over the wire Bells voice say
ing: ..
On his 29th birthday, Rel received
his patent. II was at the Centennial
Fxposittnr held At philadelphia. two
months later. where men Of science the
world over who had come 10 examine"
and study tho numerous inventions
exhibited. saw rrof. E"ll give a rrac-
.Ical demonstration Of u" transmission
of the human voice nv electricity.
As for Bell himself he had MOI
planned 10 attend tho Centennial at al
He was poor and he had reorEanlzed ms
classes In vocal speech. IoWarn me
end Of June he went 10 the station 10
sec Miss Hubbard off for PhladeIphl7
There had been sono talk Of his gong
but he had put II quietly aside. she ne,
lieVCd he was going: when 'ncN rehCleI
the station she pleaded with him ana
was refused, As he rut her aboard the
train and II moved out. leaving him on
the platform, sho hurst out crying. ReII
dashed after her and spIang ahoard the
train. without baggage. ticket OF any
other trifleS.
The. .next Sunday afternoon Bell
was promised an Inspection Of his In
vention by the Judges OF EXHIBITS II
was a hot day and tho judges had seen
a great deal Some OF them were lor
going home; one jecrcd. and there US
a general boredom. Then there ap,
pcarcd the blonde bearded Emperor or
Brazil with outstretChed hands. lie
had heard some Of Bells lectures In
Boston: the deaf-mute work Appealed 10
him. His greeting made str. BEL
made ready for his demonstration: "
wire had been strung the IenEtn or n tno
room. Bell took the transmitter: Dom
Pedro placed the receiver 10 his ear
He started up amazed:
My God--it talks
Afterward the engineer Of the hrst
Atlantic cable.
He Podded HIS head s0iem"'| an No
ut does speak" ne said emHha t!cally.
1T Is the most wonderful thing l have
seen in America"
The judges took turns talking and
listening until 10 that night Next
the judges pavilion 1t was moobed
by scientists tho repairtier OF the
Highly Ronored.
The distinguished inventor was tho
recipient OF many honors In this coun-
try and abroad. The French govern
, ment ever quick 10 recognize science.
conferred on him tho decoration OF the
Legion OF Honor. the French Academy
bestowed on him its valuable Volta
prize OF 10000 francs. the Society OF
Arts In London In 1902 gave him Its
Albert medal and the University OF
Wurzburg, Bavaria, made him Ph.D.
One OF the curious things about the
invention of the telephone Is that Ben
knew almost nothing about electricity
when he started. He knew great deal
about acoustics. though. and the forma-
tIon of the human organs OF speech and
hearing. Bell was called TO Washing
ton once when he was in tho slough or
despond ana took tho opportunity 70
! call on Prof Joseph Henry. who knew
I 81 and tho tclP-
graph as any man alive. Henry tod
him he had the germ Of great IN
Yention.
But" said Bell. II have not got the
electrical knowledge that is necessary
Get f." said Henry
Bell did get some OF it--enough.
Had known more about electricity
! and less about sound" he said, 81 would
never have invented the telephone"
worked With Other Inventions.
While Or. Bell will be best remem
! bered as the Inventor OF tho telephone,
a claim that has been sustained through
many legal contests. ne also became
| noted for other Inventions. He was
/ joint inventor OF the graphaphone WIN
! Sumner fainter. He invented an In
! genius method OF TYPOGRAPHY. photo
| phone. and an Induction balance. He
| invented a telephone probe which he
used to locate the bullet that killed
| President Garfield He spent Is years
and over 100000 IN testing hts famous
! tetrahedral kite. and established n prin-
dral cells or nts.
Throughout HIS life. Or. Bell main
talned his interest and laoors for deaf
mutes. He founded, became president
and contributed s25o,00o - the Ameri-
| can Association to Promote Teaching OF
/ Speech 70 the Deaf. He was a memhe
! Of many Of the leading American learned
| societies.