Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-13


\ NEW TALKING MAculNE.L From the
New York Sun, Oct. t. There is soon to be
exhibited in this city = combination OF wood,
wire, and India rubbcr-a machlne-Whlch
can talk in any language, say anything pro
,,ouucc distinctly laugh, cry, hiss, shrek,
ca, zeal sing diyIely III alto, sopranno, and
hp,ss,r :; in short, dc anything of.which the hu-
nan nan 'oice is capable This extraordinary re-
sult of ingenuity and perseverance, is the lnVen-
tion of 'rt.fessor Faber, OF Vienna. anu ms
nephew. The latS.'cr has brought It 10 TINS
country, after an eAeenaeu Iour 'nlouslou' II
Europe, during which i, aas elected tine CON- u
lnondations Of some of the aTsases' S'iou'ls'' "a
the Old World u
\ reporter visited the Prescott HOUSE YES
terday for the purpose oftestingit. itsonslS,s - >
of fancy gildcd table, beneath wh" ~ "a =
!oot-lever for moving a bellows above. Da
top are Il combination of wires, strings, deli. ~sS
wooden levers, rubber tubes aud trestle-worA :
forming the speaking machine Behind IS u
bellows, which represents the lungs. The air
is forced through narrow aperture into
tube rcpreso ntiug the windplpe, and thence
into large swelling representing the glottls.
Thence it passes through = vent rcpresentlnga
human mouth, with movable lower jaw, hips
and tongue of India rubber Wires from be-
Low push up the Jaw and tongue, i'll imitation
of the human jaw and tongue giving expression
70 rhe sound Of the rushing air. These wires,
aud others which act instead OF teeth, are
worked hv wooden levers at the end Ot which
are keys.
There were fourteen levers anl wires, each
creating different sound when II. .1nlpuated, ,and
r., lain combinations of these souitus produces
,ny 'pund Or syllable asked ior. \ separate
lever :, skes a laughing sound. Skllliui manip,,
ui,,;on ~. II these levers causes the ARTIFICIAL
t1,ot Of
inr, ,ycept tha, there is 10 infection, md !hc
sound of the ina d Or Is imperfect, eihss
pronounced like tn, The principle is sort 0,
inverSe stenoyraphv c, rmblnlng the component
sounds of syllab!es into p >srtcct words; Asmall
box, furnished with piano Keys and filled with |
wires and wooden states, proc. 'uces the slnglngn |
combination with mask made IN imitation OF
The human face aud its organs Oh speech.
Madame Fabcr, Il modest looking lady, play
cd upon the keys with great skill. There was
no hunming about it. Every sentence short
and long, every word asked for, no matter how
difficult of pronunciation, in English French,
or German. was instantly reproduced with as
;oni>hing dis,intness. Its style Of talking is
Il: follows:
i--;.nl --a-mcrc-:na -inc--buth- =
,',i:- -:aik-as--wull-as- -as--you-sir-r-r Mr.. r
fabcr said that he was seven years endeavor- h
lng TO produce the sound Of i. 70 show how Il
he succeeded at last lie touched Il number of a
keys and the machine said Mis-sis-sp- !,
N. Several Of the most diff cult words were i
asked :ur such shrimp, sister, Pau!ina and |
the German letters cks upsllon,tz but all were
with the greatest readiness The /
utility ot the machine may be queStioncd but
~ curiosity OF ingenuity its success cannot be
disputed. 1t is the only one ever perfected.
There have been others invented at different d.
crios, but their articulation has been confin- at
"i 10 u few sentences This can articulato any b,
hing. =,
.iNpERBILT's BEGINNING IN LlFE. From va
he Staten Island Leader. The newspapers pr
lien contain IN account Of Eauderbilt's be- L.
'Im1'nS r. Most ofthcsc accounts arc apochry hs
'Hal. His own statement Of his first real sue. tin
ess is this: he was young man on Staten in,
sland and II master OF rowing. He was gr
thlctIc, strong and daring. One night a STR
trangcr came TO the landing aud wanted TO be ~,
owed across to Gowanus The night was dark rn,,
nd stormy, and the wind blew gale Not loo
oatman could be found who would leave mo
he landlord said: ''There is nobody WHO can lnr
nw you over but Corn Vanderbilt for 40 he
as called. 1t was doubtful. no said, whether
c would do it. Vanderbilt was found, and in ,
ugh, but if you'll give me ten dollars, lie -
Dwn in my boat, and not stir, or do just as | r
d you, Ill try it," lie rowed the man over -
I'd back in safety. As soon as he landed on y,
tatcn Island, the stranger said: Young "i
an. how would you like to run steamboat ?"
Nothing would suit me better" was the re- EN-
= Have you pluck enough to obey orders?' :
id the stranger. ''Ihavc, was the response. "
suppose was to tell you to run into steam r.. r.
at, what would you do?' Run into hor!' '''
lc bargain was sealed amid tho storm that
yht On the island, and Vanderbilt soon began LII
5 welknown career as steamboat man. ia
TIE CAPITOL At WAsHINGTOS. Inside, the | !,
pairs now under way arc being pushed with I.d
pdty to completion. The seats Of the mom- Bro
rs in the hall of the House of Rcnresenta- Lag