The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1877-04-14


his friends the wonderful grand
eur Of the new system. "Why,
my dear sir" said he, sit will be
an incalculable blessing to the
world. 1t will be the means of
converting society. 1t will event.
nally lessen the long and terrible
list Of crimes now upon our crim-
inal calendars. Men will learn 10
love music, and their baser pas
sions win disappear. Who ever
knew man devoted to music to
commit murder2 We shall soon
be able to give every family music
just as water and gas are now re-
ceived. We shall plant monster
telephone at some point, says ST.
Louis. which is to cost about .
million of dollars, and supply the
whole OF the United States with
delightful melody. Then you can
have wire attached to o little
receiver in your house, aud VOLTA I
you have music of the most be.
witchihg kind. l tell you this Is
but in its infancyvyes, sir, in it's
very infancy" "a 1
In few seconds the prelude to
"Ilome, Sweet Home" sounded,
low and soft at first, then loudcr
aud sweetcr in tone, the notes
gradually swelling into the quality
Of those Of q iageolet. Every
sound was clearly heard, and when
the last prolonged note had ceased
was q clapping Of his hands almost
Us heartily as though some prima
donna had been there and had sung
the grand old song. After All in
tcrval Of about minute the open
ing notes of the ''l.ast Rose Of
Summer" were sounded. This
Dir was played somewhat quicker
and the pauses were not perfect In
the first ten bars, but suddenly the
higher notes Of the score pcalcd
forth strong, clear, pathetic, reveal
ing at once the tenderness and deli
cacy of the new Instrument ind ita
power IN transmitting melody IN
the most delightful form. Next a,l
air from Balto's Bohemian Girl "
was ordered by the operator, and
before the circuit could fairlY be
completed tho opening strains Of
"When s. other lips and other
hearts," wore filling the hall. This
was rendered with faultlcss pro.
cision, the highest and lowest notes
being executed with special accu-
rncy. To use n similc, the imprcs.
sioh was as though a stringed or
chestra was playing at a distance
the waves of sound following each
another in regular, agreeable sue
cession. II must not be under.
stood that there was all tho volume
the variety, the grandeur Of an or.
chestra, but rather the echo Of q
band stripped Of oil the clashiue
and extreme tone. There is a soft
ness, u fascinating medium IN the
notes of the telephone, which arr
as pleasant as they are inexplica.
BILE. yankee Doodle" and q
variety Of Scotch aud Irish airs
were next played, much to the
qualification OF those present, fol
1t must be said that many had cx.
pressed grave fears that the per-
formance would be failure.
A most important series Of ex
periments followed. Taking .
magnet with two wires attached
the Professor placed 1t upon Q
small circular wooden bar, ther
put both upon the sounding board
Of the piano, to which reference Il
made above. In few seconds the
strains Of "Old Hundred" wcrt
heard all over the hall, like the
lower notes ofa small organ, grace
fully rc-echoing, Us it were, the
sounds from Philadelphia. An.
other order, and the full chorus Of
the Doxology were plainly distin'
guishablc, the chords being as per-
feet as though the performer had
been Oh the stage with the appara'
tus, first two, then three, four and
five, demonstrating the wonderful
scopd1o which the instrument Cal
be adapted, and the possibility Of
playing some very intricate music
This delighted the audience better
than anything that had been dons
previously. Hymns were thcl
played, and numerous pleasing
airs.
Finally, Mr.. Gray tested the au
dience as Q circuit. A common
transmitter was connected to thu
battery and held by the Professor
WHO placed his fore-fingcr against
fa Disc faced with zinc, shaped like
human ear. The gentleman ther
assembled the stage and formed q
circle, one holding the wire, tho
others all joining hands, and tht
last one of the circle on the oppo
site side clasping the wrist Of thu