274 WIEELESS TELEGRAPHY. 



tarili' rate of about 12 cents per word, this ag-reeiiient to extend over 

 a period of fourteen years, and in this countr}^ as well as in Europe. 

 Already in the comparatively few instances where the system has 

 been introduced its great utility and importance have been amply 

 demonstrated, 



A number of vessels equipped with wireless telegraph apparatus 

 have signaled for aid for themselves and for other vessels in distress; 

 necessary supplies for light-houses have by this means been procured 

 in emergencies, and in other ways life and property have already been 

 safeguarded Ijv the aid of this latest wonderful utilization of nature's 

 greatest mystery, the ether, by the genius of man. 



