Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ..etc., etc . CSSOR SAMUEI, F. B. MORSE,INVENTOR OF THE seemed to be hoping against hope, asthe session drew near its close, and hisscanty stock of money grew dailysmaller. On the evening of the 3d ofMarch, 1843, he returned from the Cap-itol to his lodgings utterly was the last night of the session, andnothin
Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ..etc., etc . CSSOR SAMUEI, F. B. MORSE,INVENTOR OF THE seemed to be hoping against hope, asthe session drew near its close, and hisscanty stock of money grew dailysmaller. On the evening of the 3d ofMarch, 1843, he returned from the Cap-itol to his lodgings utterly was the last night of the session, andnothing had been done in the matter ofhis petition. He sat up late into thenight arranging his aflfairs so as to takehis departure for home on the followingday. It was useless to remain in Wash-ington any longer. Congress wouldadjourn the next day, and his last hope body, asking its aid in the construction of success had been shattered. 452 MARVELLOUS INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES. On the moruing of the 4th of Marchhe came down to the breakfast-tablegloomy and despondent. Taking upthe morning journal, he ran over itlistlessly. Suddenly his eye rested upona paragraph which caused him to springto his feet in complete amazement. Itwas an announcement that, at the very. ELKCTRO TEIvBGRAPH MACHINERY. last hour of the session of the previousnight, a bill had been passed by Con-gress appropriating the sum of thirtythousand dollars for the purpose of en-abling Professor Morse to construct anexperimental line of telegraph betweenBaltimore and Washington. He could scarcely believe it real,and, as soon as possible, hastened to theCapitol to seek authentic statement was confirmed by theproper authorities, and Morses dearestwish was realized. The hour of histriumph was at hand, and his long andpatient waiting was rewarded at last Work on the telegraph line was itu-mediately begun, and carried on ac-tively. At first an insulated wire wasburied under ground in a lead pipe, butthis fail
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