| Show NO NOVELTY THERE is bothin nothing new under the sun the st louis says flays that the principles of the telephone have been known in india for thousands of years english travelers and officers who succeeded in gaining the confidence of the priests of certain temples ascertained the truth of this in the city of kanj miles from madras there are two temples about a mile apart in the interior on the ground floor of each is a small circular room guarded from natives as well as stra strangers adgers these rooms are supposed to be the abiding places of spirits but in reality they are the termini of a telephone line between the two temples the natives in their superstition regard these rooms with supernatural awe when a worshipper wor shipper makes his offering in one building and also expresses his bis wishes and desires and then goes direct to the other building all is known there ahead of him this of course to him appears the result of supernatural power the transmitters are of wood and about the size of the head of a flour barrel the wire is said to be of a substance resembling brass old worm eaten transmitters 2000 years old have been shown to favored visitors by the priests |
