The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-04-04
TOPICS OF THE TIME.

tllat only tralned physicists can appre-
ciate." Alfred NJ. Mayer, in descriptive
article, says, in comparing the talking
machine invented by Prof. Faber, of
Vienna, with Edison's talking machine
"Faber solved the problem by repro
ducing the mechanical causes of the
vibrations making voice and speech;
Edison solved it by obtaining the
mechanical effects of these vibrations.
The peach crop in Delaware and
Southern New Jersey is said to have
been seriously injured by the late cold
storm. There is nothing very alarming
about this. The Delaware peach crop
is always destroyed by telegraph in the
spring, but August and September
never fail to develop as many peaches
as the railroads can haul ont of the
State.
A new style of torpedo has been in
vented by an officer in the United States
Navy, and the internal machine so deep
ly impressed Secretary Thompson with
its fine points that he has communicate
ed the matter to the House Committee
on Naval Affairs, which in turn agree to
report bill giving the inventor s6O,-
900 for the sole use of his patent.
English agents are buying great
number OF horses in Kentucky and In
diana. The Chicago and Northwestern
railroad daily carries to the Canadian
frontier five or six wagon-loads of
horses. 1t is proposed to purchase for
the English cavalry and artillery servi, &c
eighteen thousand horses. anil wind
that blows no body any good"
A man, in Japan, may procure di-
vorce from his wife on the ground that
she talks too much. Other countries,
however, doyline to initiate theil exam
pie from prudent fear of breaking
up all their families, and thus des-
troying the very foundation of social
order.
Lawyer Samuel Morris, Tilton's coun-
sci, denounces Theodore and propc scs
to deliver philippe on him at the
Brooklyn academy. The public have
had surfeit of that Beecher- Tilton
scandal, at the mention of which now
most people hold their noses.
A proclamation has been issued by
the Russian authorities inviting the ex.
patriated Turks to return to their homes
in Bulgaria. Many thousands of the
poor wretches are beyond reach of thi,
invitation, having perished from starya
tion and disease. Snch is war.
The French residents in Mexico. ac
cording to dispatches from there, are
by no means pleased at the prospect o.
the negotiation of a commercial treaty
between that country and the Unit ,t
States, because of the injury that would
result to their trade.
The miser Tullis. who recently dice
in Cincinnati, owned 3,1OG, ,29G acres o
land, which has been appraised at 81,
405,075. This is one of the larges
landed estates in this country. How h,
obtained it without attracting attention
is n mystery.
A Massachusetts, paper devotes abou
half a column to telling what to do OF
the farm in March. But really tn
only sensible and comfortable thin
to do on Massachusetts, farm in Marc
is to stay in the house.
England is suffering from an inverte
season. Flowing has been interfere
with by an unusual fall of snow, an
the plowman is sitting in the back she
waiting for it to melt and run off.
Great Britain has discovered thf
our cigars in their way are as good {
our beef Gnd oysters, and has begun t
import them on an immense scale.
A few NICE shade trees beautify one
premises more than anything else an
the cost is so trihing that it will nevc
be missed
Seven divorces were granted by I'll
st. Louis courts last Friday. Ar
it wasn't the regular day for divorc
either,
Governor Robinson of New York h
vetoed the bill providing for the reno
al of convicts from prison to testify
courts.
Kansas will have not less than sew,
members of congress, and probab
eight after the next apportionment
made,
A French Quaker has been sentenc
to- two years of penal servitude
refusing to drill after he was conscril
ed,
France is said to be again meddli
with Mexican affairs-not being will
to learn wisdom from past experien'
This increased probabilities Of war
Europe have made an increased dema
for American grain and produce.