The Telephone in Russia.
The telephone;.it is said, ia not making much progress in Russia, And no Jskder; fancy a man going to the' pKe and yelling "Hel-lo! Is that yon, Devisostkivchsmartvoiczski?" ■' No, It's Zolleuschonskuffiinockenstiffsgowoff, Who's speaking?" "Sezlmoehoewiertrijuaksmzyskisakervmoff. I wnut to know if skeffiskilmakillmajuwchzvastowsksweibierski is still stopping with Dvisostkivchsmai'tvoiczski."Suchnomenclature over a telephone would tie the wire full of knots, and twist the enunciator all out of shape, Until the kinks are ironed out of the Russian names the telephone will not be an overwhelming success in the land of the Czar,— Truth.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2871, 12 April 1888, Page 3
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92The Telephone in Russia. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2871, 12 April 1888, Page 3
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