Show JUST HISTORY I S 1 0 I By ALBERT F. F PHILIPS I tf Wh What f hath bath God wrought T This was Was the first message by telegraph long distance ever cyer sent and was transmitted by s S. S F F. B D. Morse More Inventor inventor in- in of ot the telegraph between Baltimore and anti Washington At that date in 1844 the late Charles Wilkes of ot Salt Lake son of admiral admiral ad ad- miral Wilkes of ot the United States Spates navy was a boy of ot 10 years His father and the Inventor of ot the telegraph telegraph telegraph tele tele- graph were close friends and on th the day that the first message was transmitted the two were discussing dis- dis dis cussing the tho wonders of ot the wn wIle together with the th then n commissioner commis commis- abner of ot patents who had granted the pa patent ent t to Morse A daughter of ot the commissioner expressed a desire t to tp have the c copy py of ot the message as a souvenir and the re request request re- re quest was complied with young joung Wilkes Wilke-j delivering the message the first of ot its kind in the history of the world This much Is said In order to call can attention to the fact tact that on June 26 1858 t two o steamers started tr from m to lay a cable that would would connect the United States and England by telegraph line The first cable was laid in 1848 connecting connecting connecting con con- New York with Jersey City The first submarine Atlantic cabin cabit was as starl started d in 1857 1867 the cable be beIng being being be- be ing carried by tho the steamship Niagara Niagara Ni NI- agara the uncoiling of ot the cable beginning in August of ot that year with Cyrus Cyrus' W W. Field who had formed a corporation for lor the purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose of ot constructing the submarine lino IIno on board the vessel essel and when miles mUes had been en paid out and the Niagara was vas six days out from Liverpool the cable parted The experiment cost half halt a million dollars dol dol- lars lam Then a a. second attempt was made this time the tho Niagara and the starting from the cable being spliced and the ships starting in opposite directions but when miles had been paid out the cable parted and again the vessels were compelled compelled com corn to return to England Then a third attempt was made and this was ivan successful for tor a short period President James Buchanan and Queen Victoria exchanging greetings but after atter a month he the cable again parted Darted Disheartened but still game game Mr Field made a I. I fourth attempt this time with a larger and stronger cable and tho the Great Eastern the largest vessel essel then afloat but a a. pigmy as s compared compared com corn pared to the giant steamer LevIathan Leviathan Leviathan Levia LevIa- than of or today carried the cable a and d began paying it out from Newfoundland New New- an and anh l when miles had I been paid aid out there was an another another an- an other othor break The fifth attempt to lay a a. cable Mr Field having succeeded In getting the necessary capital to finance the company and this this' time Ume the Great Eastern again carried the tho miles mUes of ot submarine submarine rine rifle cable and on July 27 1866 tho the cable wa was successfully landed at Hearts Heart's Content Ireland and j in perfect working order nt nine e ye years rs after atter the first start had been made The successful laying of ot the tho cable Is a practical demonstration of ot what persistence will do in of ot great difficulties When the shadows were falling on Cyrus W. W w Field he ho wrote a 3 oung young friend who had sought his advice the following follow tollow- ing S Be UBe brief briet time is very valuable Punctuality honesty and brevity are the watchwords of ot life Ute Never write a long letter A business man has not time to r relief ia it If Jf you hae have anything anything- to say be bo brief briet There is no business that is so Important important im Im- Im- Im that it cannot be he told on a sheet of ot paper Brevity is a rare gift gUt and punctuality has made many a mans man's fortune If It j you rou ou make an appointment be sure and keep I It t and nd be on time no man of or business business business busi busi- ness can afford to lose a moment in these these busy time time- times |