| OCR Text |
Show How Tlirjr TclrRrnpIi In IVrln. Tclofjraphlo communication in Persia Per-sia Is said to work fuirly well In dry weather, but in time-, of ruin nnd damp it Is imfortiiimtoly far otherwise This ririwjs from thu fact Hint tho insulators insu-lators nro not fixed to poles of wood or Iron as with in, but are driven Into trees that havu liranelivn growing round tho booh nnd touch tho wire, thus Intercepting t'o current When n largo tree Ib not nvrtilablo a small one Is roMirtod to, which often brcalis, or tho BhaVinirof tlir slondcr tree by tho wind dlfclodgcs tho Insulator or hoolc ou which it is flxud, and tlio wire Walls on tho frrmiud. It U no uncommon uncom-mon thing- for tho wires to ho scon lyinjr right acroiu. the hlgli road, which Is followed by hundreds of mules both In Ohllan and Astrahad. A cafo Is dtllclally reported of a lifli foreign olMalal trleinphlitfr to Teheran from Europe aunounulng' Ids Intcmled arrival ar-rival nt Itcbhl, lu which tho telegram wns received In tho Bender's prcbenco eighteen days after its dlcpatoh. |
