Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-11
ANOTHER INVENTION.
Claimed to BE the Most Remarkable
Vet Made.
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ana man IL discover possibility to
yond all these, We arc not permitted
II this time q state specifically MI the
POINTS belonging ~ the invention III
question, hut we can say that M exam.
jnauon OF the working model leaves no
ROOM to doubt II It's successful applra-
ton tnr tho purpose designed. The
gentleman 81 whom wS speak has care.
tnlly Watched the progressive move
meMtS herct0|Fr mentioned, and from
them ~ conceived decentralization t,r
that is What liz claims hi, instrument
rs hrl whereby sound y@uld be tpt,s
HAeWnllS transmitted aud phuno
graphically registered IA Nshlo sieus
capable NJ contain and lmmpt tranSh
uon into written language This srems,
Ill tit>l alan0p III almost uncomfortable
achievement, but Y Slight retsrouCc tu
the mrtaNd employed should dtspct III
doubts lhe letcrhonaglaph i the
lau, M thv urM combination, and its
points aiI AS follows
| Telephones, is III common t,so, (or
thr transmission of the sounds III ihr
speakers Voice,
=. \ Geographic Instrument ef The
same nature N the printing telegraph,
Whereby the sounds may 10 registered
w photographic Sigus upon Slips 81 n
per. as in The printing telegraph
~ \ acNcAtr and ingenious nStrn
ment which indicates the slightest or
loudcSt tones, and produces sounds that
would "pcn tho precise key that would
indicate them.
I Al alphabet VI sounds arranged
upon photographic principles by which
every combination Of sounds and III
llrtNNn IN language cam 10 fully indi
Gated
The yntire machine il electric and
automatic, aud the photographic com
hlnntion>, made ~ much simpler shape
than III the most primary stages of
photography, are easily made hy elrc-
tlie action and A. RAPIDLY AS tile sounds
arc uttered Tho main Value Of tins
Instrument Is thai il Mill do away With
Hall necessity for telegraph operators
requiring only onr man II mn office,
and ahoislnng i vast amount ot in
Etefmcdiate rvd-taprism ia lhc tele
gMphy. rs greatest advantage, how
ever, Will be 10 the newspaper press &c
the country, for With ono Of these Sim
plo Instruments III the composing.
room, copy from this Instrument can
b. furnished printers, whose only pre-
sious preparation will he dny y study
IF tho Photographic alphabet III order
~ become familiar With the slgus
Once familiar g tho printer, lie can
take i piece ol this copy and yet il VI
I IL type rs readily rs reprint. \ person
60 whom II message i addressed, I'm
Outstanding tho signs, could rcad il as
easily lis though printed in Roman tsp,.
Tho instrument N hcing rapidly per
! fcctcd, and tho inventor has no doubt "
it, grcnt success and usefulness II in thu
worlds affairs
Tin cry &c hard times continues
t. come from England III it, survey
Of the industrinl situation The Labor New
records discomfort and strife iii several
places IN Northumberland, il saws,
the collicry mechanics have accepted
4 reduction in wages, and throughout
the district Of the northern honrd of nj,
hitratlun the iron-workcrS' Wages arc
likely 10 he rneonsidercd III IN rarly
date. The textile trades nrc generally
depressed, and ut RoChdnlo some bills
are on short timt IN the forest of Dom
and South Wales ercnl distress still pa
walls, and measures have had 10 he
taken for its relief At Sheffield il large
number Of puddlors and shinglers hasr
received notice Of il reduction, and I'm.
der present circumstances ii II likely e.
b. accepted iii the building trades
several important strikes still continue,
and labor is continually coming and 20.
ing Oh ihr work affected AT Stafford
tho boot and shoe trndc il especially
slack, and III Bennington many of the
staple industries are hnt nlifIrrontly
employed,
THE Withdrawal Of the suits for libel
brought hy Nathan Mckay, il prom.
inent naval contractor against tho editor
and publisher oflhc Philadelphia Times,
On account If M article denounciug the
former ~ - plundcrer and il public
thief, hasrfoAtcd ronsidrrabcadrpri
! Mckay, ii viii bc remembered, made
personal assault upon COL Mcclure ID
consequence of the publication, nnd In
abandonment pf the criminal Proscrn.
! tl0n would seem 10 denote some unCer-
tainty 81 lis pnrt whether he would b.
able e. convince i Philadelphia jury
Tint he Ind really been libeled IN