The Telautograph

The wonders of science are never ending. lts most remarkable recent achieveruent probably is the perfecting of the telautograph and its application to the business of telegraphy. It consists of a mechanism whereby writing is trausmitted by electricity. By means of this inventiou a fac simile of the message sent is deposited at the receiving station. Nor is its use confined to writing only. A drawing or sketcii may be trausmitted as vréll. It does away with the dot and dash alphabet and anyone who eau write legibly can tise it. Trained operators are not necessary. It will no doubt greatly enlarge the use of the telegraph since any persou will be able to opérate it and the expense win be lessened. It is claimed that business correspondence can be carried on with it, checks drawn in payment of obligations in a distant city without leaving one's office, quotations given by brokers and orders to buy or sell securities without danger of error or dispute, contraets drawn and signed Dy parties without meeting, etc. It will in certain lines of business become a competitor no doubt of the telephone. It is a remarkable invention and has great possibilities before it.