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    he Omaha Illustrated Bee
NUMBER 293.
Kntcred Hocond Clans at Omaba fostoffice Published Weekly by The Bee Publishing Co. Subscription, f 2.50 Per Year.
FKtlltlUllY 1905.
Stories of
Men
wi nuic
W L. PARK, the new general super
intendent of the Union Pacific,
finished hi education In a news
jP7:S PPr office. He wns bom In
" Michigan In 1S69. He Is a son of
Colonel J. R. park, who came to Omaha
In the fail of IK. Colonel Park waa en
gage. at the time in making government
surveys. He wa a lieutenant colonel of
the Fourth Michigan cavalry, which en
Joyed the distinction of capturing Jeff
ravla. but Colonel Park had left the refrl
ment before thla Incident to enter the en
gineering corps. The elder Park edited a
paper from 170 until 1R73 and W. L. Park
worked In thlr otllre. He began hla rail
road Ufa in 1875, filling various poaltlon
untll lHto, when he was wan mude super
intendent at North Platte. He wan mide
superintendent of the Cheyenne division In
10, and on January 81. while returning to
Cheyenne fpm Omaha, where he had at
tended an entertainment he waa overtaken
by a telegram announcing hla promotion
to the office of general superintendent and
directing him to return to Omaha. Tha
clrculai announcing his appointment ih
signed by General Superintendent Mohler
and approved by Julius Krutschhitt, fourth
vice president and director of maintenance
fc.nd operation.
J. M. Oruber. whotn February 1 became
reneral manager of the Chicago, Rurllng
ton & Qulncy railroad eaat of the Missouri
river, began hl railroad career In 1SS5 when
lie entered the employ of the Chicago, Mll
waukoe & St. Paul as stenographer In tho
general freight offlcea under A. L. Mohler,
the head of the department. He waa In
the general manager's office from 18S8 until
IWffl. and then weht to Atchison, where h
entered the president's office as clerk. He
worked hla way up to the position of chief
clerk to the head of varloua departmenta.
nnd In 1894 went to St. Paul with tha
Great Northern. Ha waa In the auditor'
office for a few months tn 1KW when hla
unusual ability attracted tha attention of
Superintendent W. V. a Thorne, who marla
him aaslatant superintendent of tha eastern
Minnesota division. In June of tha same
yenr ha was made superintendent, with
headquarters at Weat Superior, Minn.
July, 18P8, he was appointed general
Intendent of the Montana Central, with
headquarters at Great Falls. This Una la
also a branch In tha J. J. Hill' system. .
He was with the road until March, 1897.
when he was appointed aaslatant general
superintendent of .tha eastern district of ....
the Great Northern, with headquarters at
fit. Paul. In April, 1903, he was appointed "
general superintendent of the western dis
trict of the line, with headquarters at To
peka, Kan. In February, 1904, he was ap
pointed general superintendent of the
Union Pacific the position which he has
resigned to become general manager of
the Burlington.
Two Well Known Railroad Men Who Have Just Been Promoted
W. I. PARK. NEW GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF UNION PACIFIC LINES.
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Progress
Fifty Tkniaaad Volts NS Miles.
AHHVINO a fJt.OiV-volt current a
C distance of eighty-five miles and
delivering In the neighborhood of
TlrTf liVloo-horse power, as la done In
i r the our of the Shawlnlgan Fall
J. M. GRUPER, WIXO LEAVKS UNION PACIFIC TO BE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF C. B. & Q.
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Some Tersely Told Tales Both Grim and Gay
Balked, lusu-t, . , . --
Bismarck and Rechberg. the .Austrian
premier, decided to fight a duel upon cer
tain morrow. "Why not now?" said; Bis-
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Kaocked Speechless. men and politicians, when Mr. Harlan aald: date for governor of Kansas, one day Jlorstmann of Cleveland had been caused forty rounds, killed at : least ten of the
ENATOR DUBOIS of Idaho was "Mr. Secretary, what is the difference be- when a bystander asked Captain Ross who considerable trouble by the Polish Catholic enemy ana had every reason to Deneve
United Stater marshal there dur- tween a statesman and a politician?" that one-legged man was.
lng the territorial days. A real
"tenderfoot" from the east came
to Blackfoot with a largo roll of man seeking a position and the boy looking Concordia Kansan.
element In his diocese, he visited Phlladel- myself a hero. I had begun to brag a little
Quick as a thought came the answer: "Why. don't you know him?" responded phla, his native city, and dined with Arch arter the tiling was over, when the cap
ut's the difference between the young the. captain. "That's Oomcr Davles of the bishop Ryan, who was also entertaining an tain of my company showed me that I
ecclesiastical visitor from New England, had loaded my musket ten times and not
"Wonder how he lost his leg?" asked the The latter Inquired of the bishop of Cleve- fired once and In a. fatherly way observed
land regarding the weather In Ohio. to me:
"It has not been unusually severe," re- "'Abe, I can forgive you this once for
running away and hiding under the bag-
"No," said Archbishop Ryan, "Just a few gage wagon, but If you play the trick again
the Poles." Philadelphia I shall have to take official notice of ltr "
Chicago New
marck. "We have eur pistols here." And money to buy a ranch, but fell Into the for a Job." Chicago Record-Herald.
tney agreea to a duel there and then. But hands of a well known gambler, who got $ bystander.
first Bismarck had to write a dispatch to him Into a poker game. The gambler bet' A Selflah Thourht. , "Oh," Bald the captain, disgustedly, "he
his government giving the cause of the 12 on a hand and the tenderfoot raised him Apropos of the suits for damage that are lost It hoppln' from one political party to Piled Bishop Horstmann.
uei. inn ne asaea Kechberg to forward HI "I'll Just raise that UtiQ," aaid the continually being brought against railway the other,
In case he (Bismarck) fell. Reehberg read gambler, shoving in his money. To the as- companies. President Francis of the St. And Davies thought the Joke good enough breezes from
the report and his passion cooled. "What tonlshment of everybody the tenderfoot Louis exposition said: to print la his own paper. Kansas City Press,
you say Is quite correct," he remarked, saw the raise. "What on earth have you "Many of these suits, of course, are mere Journal,
"but Is It really worth fighting a duel for got, anyway?" asked the surprised gambler, cases of unjust extortion. It Isn't often.
such a reason?" "That Is exactly my opln- "A pair of kings." answered the tenderfoot, though, that the victim of an accident ts as
Ion," said Bismarck, and the matter ended showing them. "Say, Bill," said the gamb- alert and resourceful as a man of whom I
on the spot. That waa Bismarck's triumph, ler, turning to a friend, with a look of tils- heard the other day.
but Vlrchow scored when the iron chancel- gust en his face, "tell him they're good I "A man and his wife were riding In a car
lor challenged him. "Her are two sau- can't," that was derailed. Crah, bang. It went,
sages." aald Vlrchow, "one filled with trl- 4 and then bump, bang, bump, down a steep
chinas, the other perfectly wholesome. But Heartfelt Thanks. hill. The man howled with terror, but the
they cannot be told apart. Let his excel- Not Ion" ,lnce ,ne cH"1' ,n one ' tns car soon came to a stop. He examined him
The Wrong Spirit.
Persuasion. Whea Age 1s Wot Rertrtaeel,
Some years ago oeeph Choate, now the "Americans are getting so that they
Thomas Hunter, the president of the amcn amoaa.aaor to ureal, cruam. waa --"1. " Z a
New York Normal college, waa addr.aalng f-ciated in a big case with a young He. WtoKunpen countries" said Clyde
urew lawyer, ino jaiwr waa a lime ooudi- - .v... w. iiuviuhu i.i uuhub
ful as to what to charge the client, and Private dinner party. "If architects at-
Mr. Choate suld: "Oh, never mind sending tmpt anything original they are ridiculed
In a bill. I'm going to send in one In a tor their P- If artists follow the bent
a band of young women. ,
"Young women," said Mr. Hunter, "gen
erally make excellent teachers. But if you
dislike to work, turn to anything else but
...... .i Tin ..... j t , . . of their Awn o-enlna thv ar rnnnHnrrlv
lencv rio m. th v,, ... T , fashionable churches of the south rendered ,eif nil over cnf.,n t ,-. v,. teaching. We cannot succeed ever In what " T ' . ' . . . . w rferrH v, ih.i. . .u.i- a
" . ,,. v.? w. h... '-u BnU you my own cu rr your "
mi me otner. ineauei was not lougnt. - j was quue unnnrmea. men ne tnougnt In .. .
Pamoas aad Afflicted.
General Edward F. Jones of Blnghamton, them was finished he arose, and to the
former lieutenant governor of New York, amusement of both congregation and choir,
well remembered In Massachusetts as com- .began his prayer In deeply earnest tones,
mander of the Sixth regiment In It memor- saying, "O, Lord, we thank Thee that we
frills and furbelows. The good minister the same breath of damages and of his
sat patiently through It, but when the an- wife.
Are you hurt at all. old girl?" he asked.
Bad teachers, when we find them, are
persons who dislike their work. They are
thank heaven!' the woman an-
able march through Baltimore at the out
break of the civil war known in the bust-
world a "Jones, he pays the freight."
! Jlule manufacturer ts blind at 77 years of
I", n mill nis innicuon witn pniloso-
are still alive." Upnlncott's Magazine.
'Yes, I'm going to take up teething.'
"The - friend looked amased.
" 'You?' she exclaimed. 'You a school
phy. and has Just mitigated It somewhat by Hartford recently a humorous address on
learning to knit A year ago he finished ln r examination papers
" 'No,
swered
" 'Then,' said the man, 'I tell you. what.
Let me black your eve. and won't we souk
the company hard for damages! It won't tchr? Why, I'd rather marry a widower
Wot Far Off. hurt you much. I'll Just give you one good w,th nlne children."
Charles D. Hlne. secretary of the State punch." "New York Tribune, " So would I.' said the other; but where
Board of Education of Connecticut, made In 'is the widower?" "New York Tribune.
How a Politician Imb His Lea. A
Oomer Davles was stumping along by the
half." In the course of the fortnight this masters. Autnors are schooled and cate-
check arrlved-and the lawyer waa amazed chl"e' ln the same way. but when any of
. i a it. t j ... . , . IhA thrA Annfnrm tri lti.tiimHrrk. rt
like the young girl in the country town " acKnowieugea n prorapiiy. l. ""t. "
who said to one of her friends adding as a postscript: "Almost thou per- the,r, critlcs tney are Instantly and un
wno saia to one or. ner tnemia. ' ' men irnllv jnH n.n. imii.r.
uuuesi me to oe a wnrisiiau. -
without a single grain of originality.
" "With a similar Jealousy we give a pref-
Ht Was Cool. erence to old wine, old books and old
"Now and then 1 hear an old soldier friends. In fact, the older anything Is the
bragging how cool he was in his first more value It has in our eyes, with on
fight," said the one-armed man, "and I exception.
always have a dim suspicion that his case "An old Joke Is the only Instance where
was like my own. age Is not revered and aoclalmad. Those
"I had determined to be cool at every poor old Jokes! They are the shunned out-
The Archbishop's Wit.
writing novel which two fact exhibit re- Mr- Hln had collected a great mass of "Ide of "Ed" Hooh, the republican candl- On wintry day, shortly after Bishop coat and so far as I could toll I nred awav run nt hnmr v..,i, tj..i
source, jsx-uovemor Jones uses type- n"n mi:"hi"i papi-is, mm nuu
writer for th blind nd has rigged up a ""I1! trom them a number of amunlng and
watch so that he can tell time by the feel fl"""" answers
. f It. If any school children In th city "Now ner-" ' Mr- Hln? ln the course
need eyeglasses the blind veteran stands of 'ldrp- "hpre l answer contuln-
Ing a good deal of unconxclous truth an
answer that seems to me to hit the nail on
th head.
"Th question refers to a famous town.
"What,' It runs, Ms this town noted as?'
'The answer Is, Jt Is noted as a watering
place.'
" 'What Is a watering placer Is the next
question.
"Answer, 'A place where people go to
drink.' 'Cincinnati Enoulrer.
ready to give them. Nor has he dropped
buslnea. Morning and afternoon he goes
to his factory and directs things.
Bachered Jay OealdV
Loot Houck, a Missouri contractor, la
raid to as the only man who ever beat the
lata Jay Gould In a trad. Houok waa
building a railroad tn southwestern Mis
souri. He eontfaotad with Gould for a
quantity of. old rails Gould had been using
on th Iron Mountain railroad. Th rails
war to be delivered at a certain time. Th
rails came, but after the eontract time.
Houck laid them and when Oould de
manded pay refused It, basing his refusal
on the breach of contraot by Gould. Suit
was brought and Houck won by proving
that tha rails were not delivered on time.
Gould was told to take his rails, but he de
cided it would not be worth while to tear
them up and Houck kept thwn.
Agreed with Both.
Horace Greeley waa th author of a style
ln editorial writing which had been often
imitated, but probably never equaled. Dur
ing his editorship two newspapers, neither
of which was friendly to Greeley, became
engaged In a violent altercation. The argu
ment grew warmer, until each paper openly
called the other a liar. It was the oppor
tunity Greeley had been waiting for. He
announced ln his paper that "be had the
Ponors to agree with both of his distin
guished contemporaries. "
Most Interesting Life Story of a Passing Pioneer
s
V2&i
Trlbate to the Press.
Senator Money tells a story of the tribute
a Mississippi minister recently paid to the
press. The town In which Ills parish was
located had turn visited within a short
space of time by several catastrophes, all
of which, with harrowing dwalls. had been
duly exploited In the local pupers. The
clergyman waa moved to make the mlsfor
tuis of his tnwnwnion a subject of prayer.
He knelt In the presence of his congrega
tion and began fervently: "O, Ixird, doubt
less thou hast learned through the papers
of our recent and grave afflictions."
Bishop Peek's llrrat Welabt.
Bishop Peck of the Methodist church was
a large man. weighing over .150 pounds.
While on a tour and stopping at the resi
dence of a presiding elder, the good bishop
turned over In his bed. and the entire fur
niture collapsed, dropping him. to the floor
with a tremendous thud
The presiding elder rushed upstairs, call
ing: "What la the matter, b'shop? Is
there anything I can do for you?"
"Nothing Is the mutter," answered the
bishop: "but If I don't answer the call for
break fast tell your wife to look for me In
OHN NELSON HAYS PATRICK.
th son of Colonel John Patrick
Matilda Ersklne, was born at
Brandenburg, Ky., June 28, A D.
1V7. A few years after his birth
his father moved to Louisville, Ky.. whore
he engaged ln the building of boats for ths
rlvr traffic. When the son was about V
crs of age his family moved to Fayette
county. Pennsylvania, ln which county
they lived until Mr. Patrick movd to Ne
braska. Upon reaching a sufficient age to
engage In the duties of life alone and as
axxlHiant to his father, he taught school
in -teviTil places In Kuyctte county, mean
V. I Hi- completing his education tuid study
ing law. He finally located at Uuiuntown,
Pa., where he finished his legal education
In the office of General Howell. Upon
being admitted to the bar he became the
editor of the 1'nlontown Standard, a demo
cratic paper, for he was always a staunch
and loyal democrat. Afterward he waa
elected and served a term us county at
torney for Fayette county.
llovetl by the necessities of his family
an? seeking a largi-r sphere of action, ln
ISAfi he made a trip through the weat and;
selected Omaha as the site of his future
home. He returned to Unlontown ln 1H67
and brought his family to the new terri
tory. After he had been a resident of
Omahii for a year he wa appointed by
President Buchanan register of the land
office at Dakota City, and ln the spring
of returned to Pltti-hurg and inurrled
Kliia Ptxon Wilson. He then built the
house now known as IB1N Davenport street,
where he res iled until 1871.
On the breaking out of the war' Mr.
Patrick enlisted In the First Nebraska
Volunteer regiment and was elected second
lieutenant and quartermaster. Pursuant Of
rT
Tablet t a IVasedy.
Henry Dexter, the millionaire New York
publisher. In settling up the estate of hla
so. Orrando P. Dexter, who was murdered
In the Adlrondacks sixteen mouths ago, baa the cellar." Philadelphia Record.
attached an unusual proviso to a memorial
gift. Mr. Dexter has given I'jno.OOv from the Pat DeRaltloa. ,
estate to the New York Historical society, Leslie Montier Shaw, secietury of the
to be used In th erection of a new build- treasury, was at luncheon In the Hamilton
log. When tha building Is completed he has rlub of Chicago, telling some of the stories nts offlcl-' duties as quai termaater he went
stipulated It ntust contain a bronse tablet which have made him famous In political " aahlngtoti, and even In the stress of
with this Inscription: "Krected In honor of campaigns stories Impregnated with the the demands made upon the quartertnas-
my son, Orrando P. Dexter, who was a-aa.s- wit he brought from Morrlctown. Vt.. te ter( department at the outbreak of the
slnuted by a cltlsen of the Adlrondacks. Denlson. la.. ntil of the sort calculated to war succeeded, by his tact and ability. In
who waa protected from punishment for hla caune a iuugh In Des Moines, Washington "e tring for the regiment the complete
crime by other cltlsens of the Adlrind ka." or the qiinrirenntnl conference of tho Meth- equipment of a regiment of Infantry. Hi
Th murdered man was shot to death from odlsi Episcopal church. But his answer to accompanied this regiment to Si. Louis and
ambush while riding along a tinely road' a uaery ; John Maynnrd Harlan Illustrates Participated, with the regiment. In th
and no clu was ever found to tb assassin.' hla delicious humor. The talk .i of slates- desultory fighting about St. Louis. ' Being
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JOHN NELSON HAYS PATRICK. Ffvtn a Phuto made In Hume sum years ago,
promoted to th rank of first lieutenant he
resigned and returned to Nebraska, where
he. In conjunction with his brother. Colonel
M. T. Patrick, undertook th raising of a
regiment of cavalry. They succeeded ln
enlisting six companies of men and with
them went to St. ' Louis. There this six
ooropanles, together with four companies
from Iowa and two companies from Mis
souri, were consolidated Into the Fifth
Iowa cavalry, which regiment Mr. Patrick
equipped ln like manner and was with the
regiment as quartermaster one year. He
then resigned from this regiment and went
tq Arkansas, where he acted as army sup
ply agent for General Steele, engaging In
the difficult task of providing the army
with forage, wood and other perishable
supplies. While so engaged the quarter
master's train, of which he waa In charge,
waa captured Just before the battle of
Sullne River and Mr. Patrick waa made a
prisoner. By means of his geniality and a
serlca of coincidence, resulting from kind
nets done by him to which he was prompted
by his largeness of heart, he waa not sent
with the rest of the prisoners to Tylers
vllle, Ky., but was mude a guest at the
headquarter of General Fugan, and within
thirty days was smt hack tn the linns.
After tho war Mr. lutrlck abandoned the
profeHHlon of the law and engaged ln vari
ous buWneeses to sU4rt htnmelf and fam
ily. In 171 ho built the first hone- on the
present site of Happy Hollow and then
went to Salt Luke City and dealt largely In
mines, by which he laid the fnunrtiitlons of
a considerable fortune. Afterward he be
came interested ln the development of an
automobile controllable torpedo of which
he mude a great success. It having b,cn
adopted by both the French and American
governments, ln 1KM7 he sold a Urge tract
of land which he had acquired In the neigh
borhood of Omaha, and with the proceeds
of his active business life and the proceeds
of the sale of his property he enlarged and
completed h's home at Happy Hollow,
where ho has since resided. In IMC? he
abandoned active business life and died at
his horn at Happy Hollow iu too evening
bf January 3, lAi.- . ,
eloctrlc plant in Cunada, Is an engineering
achievement of tho first magnitude and
Importance In even those days of remark
able, electrical undertakings. The Shawlnl
gan plant, ln fact, demonstrates perhap
a bit more strikingly than most others t
allied character what remarkable result
ln the development of a certain locality
may be reached by a Judicious exploitation
of Its power riches, for Shawlnlgan today,
a city of rapidly widening limits and grow
ing manufacturing Interests, was practi
cally nonexlatont four years ago. Tho elec
trical part of the enterprlso was carried
out by Ralph D. Mershon, as consulting
and supervising engineer, and represents
the fulfilled promise of excellent work to
be done which was given by his earlier
attainments In high-tension transmission
engineering. The installation, as It stands
today. Is one of the best existing examples
of what may bo hoped for from hydraulio
and electrical engineering skill comblnod tn
the face of great difficulties to b overcome.
Making aa Klectrlo Balb.
T'nsrrew an Incandescent lamp from It
socket and glance over It. It appoars to ba
of the simplest construction n ordinary
'glass bulb with a fine wire Inside and it
seems Incredible that such a trifling little
article should have passed through eighty
dlff- ront operations before It reaches your
hands. No leas than forty tests and ex
aminations are made during the process or
manufacture, and a list Is shown of 117
possible faults to be found In a lamp, which
Is a vivid Indication of the care and atten
tion required to produce a good one.
Almost all of the bulbs used by the differ
ent lamp manufacturers are supplied by
one of the best known makers of cut glass,
the difficulties attending their manufacture
having proved an effectual barrier to nearly
all maker. Although there are lamp fac
tories which produce from 60,000 to 100.000
complete lamrs a day, there Is not now ln
the United States ono factory' which make
Its own glass. On firm tried th experi
ment several years ago, but gave It up after
sinking 150,000.
These bulbs com to the lampmaker lit
shape quite different from that of th fin
ished article, a long piece of tub being left
on where the lamp enters th brass socket;
and the operation they undergo Is th at
tachment of still another short plec of
very fine glass tube to the bottom of th
bulb, this being for the purpose of exhaust
ing the air when all the other operation
are complete.
. Th Ilttl curled wlr Inside, th hesutlng
of whloh by the electric current cause th
Incandescence and light, Is called th fila
ment, and it waa this tiny thread that gav
a most striking Illustration of th splendid
determination and perseverance of Thomas
Edison in his experimental investigations.
After trying several hundreds of different
materials without satisfactory result, h
sent letters to United States consuls In all
' parts of the world, requesting samples of
tiamboos, reeds and other vegetable fibers,
and he followed this up by dispatching pe
dal explorer to search wild and uncivilised
countries, where, aa Frank McGowan (on
of th explorers) said: "A United States
consul was usually eaten before h had
time to open much malL"
Between S 000 and 4,000 sample were th
result of this systematic search, and of all
these only two r three were found to b
of any use.
At the present tlm most of the filament
used Is olean, raw cotton, dissolved ln hot
concentrated lnc chloride. At the consist
ency of molasses this Is run through glass
dies of the shape and slxe of the required
filament, dried ln plush-covered roller and
then wound on a form of graphite, to give
the desired curv and twist. A tiny plati
num clip Is fastened on each end of the
filament, which then goes through a procee
of carbonizing.
Copper wires ar next soldered to th
platinum clip, and the film is inserted in
the bulb, the end of which la then melted
by a blow pipe and closed up securely
around the wires. The air la then ex
hausted throu; th short tub on the
lower part of th bulb, which ln 1U turn 1
melted together and th bulb thus hermet
ically sealed. Next comes the mounting ln
the bruw oap, the attachment of two little
brass oontacu and th plaster of pari
filling.
Incandescent lamp ar mad ln great va
riety of shapes and strength. There Is tha
tiny bulb uaed by Jewelers for personal deo
orailon ecarfpln and hairpins, emitting
light no stronger than a vigorous firefly.
Lamps of from on a-half oandlo power upl
to loo candl power ar mude, and on In
genious form co a tains two filaments, on of
normal slia, the other very small, so that
by turning a switch either sixteen candl
power or two cundle power is obtained front
the same lamp. .
There ha been strong competition among
lamp manufacturers, which ha resulted In
the invention of most remarkable machines
and upplluncea for doing the wurk. On an
article requiring eighty different operation
and which soils at 11 to 11 cents finished
tho slightest saving In cost at any on
point means milch to the manufacturer.
In the early days of lamp making th
amount of platinum wire used cost more
than a finished lamp now sells for, and
although the demand for platinum has
lucrouacd so enormously as to place Its
value ubove that of gold the changes In
the design of the lumps and methods of
making thom have been so great as to
rid nee the quimliiy of platinum required
to a vuiuu of about 1 rent.
First Words la a Phonograph.
Thomas A. Kdlnon related a fact of soma
historical Interest a few days ago. When
he waa at work on his first phonograph
many woeks were consumed In experiment.
Ii Is saiil that wiion tho talking machine
was lit'Ht ill icivcrci U was as much a sur
prise to its Invenior hh to the world. Til
"wl- i I'd" was working on soino telephone
rei eivers uml was I' d to put a piece of
tinfoil on u cylinder. It recorded sound,
and Kdlsoii was convinced Hint the human
voice c'lMild be record "ii and produced.
When the time i-auie to make an actual
tent Kdlsnii. with Ids mind on me hmd'sl
details, atiseiiliiiimlcilly lejiled Ills contrlv.
an.e with the. familiar phrase, "Mar had
a Hit la lamb." Thcuc w ords formtd the
till record tukeu t th ButcU-BK .