How They Telegraph In Persia

Telegraphic communication in Persia is said to vvork fairly well in dry weather, but in times of rain and damp it is unfortunately far otherwisc This arises from the fact that the insiilators are not fixed to poles of wood or iron as with us, but are driven into trees that have branches growing round the hooks and touch the wire, thus the current. When a large tree is not available a small one is resorted to, which of ten breaks, or the shaking of the slender tree by the wind dislodges the insulator or hook on which it is fixed, and the wire trails on the ground. It is no uncommon thing1 for the wires to be seen lying right across the high road, which is followed by hundreds of mules both in Ghilan and Astrabad. A case is officially reported of a high foreign official telegraphing1 to Teheran from Europe announcing' his intended arrival at Recht, in which the telegram was reccived in tho sender's presence eiffhteen days after its disp&tch. Bcnind to be a bi? thing- The baby eJephant.