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Show ' .Li) . ' : .. 1 V .... . nr I (f C s . . '. ' - i t i : . ; i " i . tL CI. s 'c ! t ' : -. t it: .if i.3 :: r. . " ' . : PII SAAVU TOE TELEGRAPH. i 1 fSixty-one years ago tomorrow there occurred an event of inter- i national and world-wide moment. It was nothing more or less than V y the transmission by Prof. Samuel P. B. Morse of a message from ! j ; Washington to Baltimore, jover. the first telegraph line built on the1 globe.' "WHAT GOD HATH WROUGHT" was' the message which r marked A GREAT EPOCH IN THE WORLD'S HISTORY, j y With the sending of this message, attention was attracted throughout the world to the inventionrand distinguished bodies and j nations vied with each other iif showering honors' upon the man, I who, for years before, they had REGARDED AS A HARMLESS . . CRANK AND CAREFTJLLT SHUNNED. But this is the way of the world ; it was the way then and it is the way now. ' ; ! - Previous to the successful test of hi3 long-cherished idea, Prof. Mcrrsfhad met with every possible obstacle. His own means were .limited and those to 'whom he applied for assistance turned a deaf ear to his entreaties, believing that his scheme was impracticable. B::t, finally, Congress came to his rescue with an appropriation of t1 vrtlch te equipped a line frcn W;-ir;ertC3to Ealti . - ' - 1 . - |