The Telephone In Germany

The telephone 6ervioe is admirable, as is testified by the public appreciation, there being over 10,000 instruments in use in Berlín. There are no private telephone companiea in Germany, the telephone, like the telegraph, being a branch of the postal service. The price for telephone service is low, the annual charge for an instrument being 120 marks, or something less than 30. The long distance service between the principal cities of the empire is being rapidly introduced. A telegram received for a person who has a telephone is at once delivered orally froni the central office, and the written message then fornarded by the local post. Likewise a telegram is transmitted by the sender to the telegraph office by telephone. Thetelephones in use are manufactured by Siemens & Halske, the great electricians, and are said to be a great improvement upon the Bell patent, upon