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Highland Park News (1874), 5 Nov 1897, p. 2

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his preaching thus far has been at tended with such manifest. simplicity and upiritual power. we had hoped that hermight prove the divinely sent, and devoutly recognized evangelist for this place. and we might heed God’s call. as Christians to unite our spiritual fort-es for the salvation of men. He, came here a few years ago and Col. James was saved. and the Colonel said himself that it wav. Dr. Anderson‘s preaching. a few .Weeks that opened his eyes to his e )ndition as a lost sinner and led him to accept Christ and he saved. There are other men here by the score who need to he saved as much as did Col. James. Can we as Christian». and churches gird ourselves for the work: can and will we make this matter of Having our fellows. the work of our hearts and lives this winter. even to the sac ritiee of some H()(‘lfllS and otherjhings we very much enjoy. " Theréar’é‘halfa dozen or so of hmnorists in this country of first rank. We remmnher the hlithe Artemus Warduf five and twvnty years ago.an(l Mark Twain and "Bob" Burdette, the lay preachvr. and Josh Billings, and the Danhnry News man, and Bill Nye. Bu} their humor was not alike: some of it seemed to us coarse and {mink-had. while ollwrs were clean and refined. their sparkle-was of u hrouk and their difiqmrse us 21 «(ml lmwze through thv trmu-x nn H sultry "He-râ€" mmn. To our mind Eli l’vrkins he lungs in thix‘ InHr-r Muss. whmn 1n ELI PERKINS. THE HIGHLAND PARK NEWS Elisha Gray's wonderful telauto- graph, or printing telegraph. is an nouncegltolx; at last in working: commercial conditiim. and itis to be pushed by ‘a large company. Proâ€" fessor (tray was highly compliment- ed by leading electricians on both continents when his mechanism 'as first given to the public some four or five years ago. His patent was so complexand voluminous as to re? quire about a fortnight of intelligent study by an electrician for its under standing. It was probably the lengthiest patent which ever passed through the ['nited States patent of- fice. l'nfortunately. this complex- : ity extended so far into the mecha» nism of the machine that it cmild' not be worked to a commercial suc- cess. Four wires were required to transmit its workings. and the ex- pense of laying them and keeping them in order was so great that cap- italists declined to put their money back of the invention. Like a true inventor. Professor Gray set himself the task of simplifying his wonder» ful machine. and has succeeded in reducing the number of wires to two. the operation of which entails a cost which promises to render the . establishment of the. printing tele~ ‘ graph highly profitable. lwur is n positiw pleasure. It is more than a pleasure; it is a positive profit. What lots of folks want is not quinine, or beef and wine. or a corral (livt, but a good stirring up. such as a genuine humorist alone can give them. That is what Eli Perkins can do for several scores of our people. if only they will go and lwur him. The uperntiun of this mechanism is such that the sender of 21 message sits down at u machine himself. and writes his message. which is instant uneunsly reproduced in fur Hilnile on the receiving instrument at the other end. Any drawing or design may he reprmlm-ed in the same way. an that When; the telmlmgraph is in full operatinn We may expeet the (lznly newspapers to receive and re. prmluee pictures uf accidents and great, events at, n (llh‘lillu'd‘ with the HHHH‘ promptnesis with \vhieh they illustrate those in their mm vicinity. The telnntngrnph will be 2: great Hid to the lnmlern newspaper. llh‘ well as to the public at larger Printer and llunknnlker. The» first frost of the soasun value to Huvinnnk Tuvsday night. Nnv. IN. All tiny Tuesday tlw flmvm‘s in thv gurdvn and MW tonmtu VillQ‘H blooms-(1 as in Jluw. lmt Wmlm-sdny murning lhv)‘ lunkml Hurry enough. THE TELAUTOORAPH. 1 SOMERVILLE’S 1 Bakery and Restaflrant, Fancy fimceries, Tea and Coffee. EVANS - BR05.. Fruits and Vegetables. St. Johns Ave. Highland Park Laundry, A. G. ORTLUND, Manager. TELEPHONE 25 Hot Rolls and Bread Delivered ior Breakfast. in tln- lwst manm-r OFFIEE: HAHTRUNF 8|. KEMMEBER NEWS STORE. irâ€"st Class Work > At Reasonable Prices. Hot and Cold Meals at All Hours. Goods sent for and delivered to all parts of the city. Orders by post or telephOne promptly attended to. W. J. MCKINNEY, ainter, Decorator and Paper Hanger. All Work execute-d promptly and Fine Line of Bakery Goods All grades of Flour, Hay. Feed. ()utzs'. Bran. Corn MealJ Gluten Meal. Middlinus and Straw. Havin 1’ secured thr :lg‘cnvy uf [hr cc- ebmtcd Chase Sum lmrn Cnficc \x'v un- prepared to Sr” it m you in any quantity. 5!. Johns Ave.. next to P. ll“ DEALERS IN :u‘ s on huml Telephone 46.

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