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The only obstacle in the way of the phOnO-
graph perfection was the indlstinctness with
which 1t reproduced sounds. By talking wi h
ones mouth within half all inch OF the dIa-
phragm, and in very loud voice, the rep, o.
ductiOn could he heard from all parts OF a
large room if perfect silence was ObSery. d.
even the difference between Two mule vote, s
could be distinguished, While the differences
between mans and Woman's voice W S
very marked. From the first it was evide, t
that TO make the phOnOgraph OF practical
value Tor ever, day use some means must be
found of magnIfying sound Ell her an inStru-
ment must be devised rendering the ear cipi-
bic of distinguishing sounds inaudible 10 the
naked ear in the same way that the micro
scope enables the eye to distinguish with C ear
an instrument which multplles the sou Id as
II comes from the photograph.
This is what PrOf. ID, f. Hughes has sue
ceeded in accomplishing. according to the
bare account which we have received of the
experiments gives no explanation of the phe-
numenon. The multiplying apparatus may be
described as follows: Two pieces of ch ircoal,
heated to white heat. are plunged into mar-
curry: they are then placed in glass tube and
pressed end to end, making part of an cleo
tie circuit: if a telephone is introduced in
the circuit, and sound is sent through the
two pieces of charcoal, it comes out at the end
OF the circuit senSibly increased in volume.
Heat. light, sound and electricity are supposed
by nIany physicists to be intercOnvtrtibe.
yelSi,n of electricity into sound.
Al all events the results obtained by Pro-
Hughes render the future of the phOnOgraph
simply marvellous. The lighteSt touches of
feathers edge or of a camefs hair brush on
the sounding board of the telephone produce
"a cracking noise of which the intensity was
almost painful to the ear The footsteps OF a
house fly walking across the sounding board
become distinctly audible. The widest dreams
OF the inventor Of the photograph will in all
probability now be realized. There seems to
be no 1ea>on why the photograph should not
he ], aGy 10 read car he wSpaperS and our books
20 us: 10 sing songs TO us; TO preach to us. In
faci The prospect seems so ab-urdiy amazing
that every man can think out for himself
another surprising and useful thing which the
phOnograph will do before long
Another use for this new invention. the mi
crOphOne, will be the absolute diStinctnesS
with which he physician can hear the sounds
OF the heart and tie rush of blood i'm the arte-
rles. AS a MEDICAL discovery alone The micro
phone may prove of The very highest value
Do
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Beauties OF Brazil.

Those who sigh for lodge i'm Brazil shou,d
read what Mr.. Bigg- Withers writes of the
beauties OF that country" The mosquito
called po r0rd, from being as small and multi
tud1nous as atoms of dust passes through the
meshes Of the finest nef, then penetra.es the
hair a and beard and sticks its yenomous pro
named cardpettd, when disturbed on the
cones and twgs by the foot of the passer -bv,
SWarmed up the 1rOuser legs and faStens upon
the flesh. 1t has so firm bite that if it i,
piucked on, its head is left buried deep in the
The hairy caterpillar, by day or night
:qually beautiful, 1uminousiy ph6sphoreScent
in the dark, and with covering of brilliant
hues like deIicately formed moss, the
antlers, infiicts with every poiat of these a
very painful sting. There is a lively red ant
whose tOrmenting powers are not to be de
Splsed. But one of the worst enemies of man
Kind, as well as of cattle and hogs. is a big
spotted fly which comes along silently and
PrickS the body of its victim. 1t sucks no
blood and instills no venom; its minute
weapon, instantly withdrawn, leaves no sore
ness or irri alton at the time. The man thus
slightly pmnciured does not rub or scratch
himself. He little knows that he has received
the deposit OF an egg which will soon become
a Wriggliig maggOt, half an inch long after
one week grow h, but capable Of growing to
an inch and quarter in length and an inch
or bristles around its body, it has a horrid
trick of revolving on its own axis, tearing the
flesh anew by each of its hourly revolutions
Mules, oxen and wild deer suffer likewise
from the hideous visitation. Wasps and hOr-
nets there are, OF course. There is a small,
stingless bee, which crowds so thick upon ex.
posed parts OF the body as to leave no room for
a mosquito to alight. As the bee only tickles,
instead of biting, stinging or laying an egg, il
Is welcome; but it Is impossible to eat without
deyourlng half dozen or more.
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The Women Of Cincinnati,
THEY REFRAIN FROM GOSSIP AND DRINK CHE.
BEER AND WINE

BEER AND WINE.
The wife OF President Hayes is hardly an
exceptional specimen of the ladies o. middle
Ohio He belongs To another type the steady
mont: but his fascinating wife j. a reminder
"f the Nlrgilia-OhioanS. The women of this
region are generally bruno teS with dark gray
or darkly hinged eyes: often hazel cOlorS or
the brown prrdominating- TIL Blondes are
generally. fattish, and all are as wei, fed as
spoken, yet with a true modrSty that never
sllnpels. Tie gossip life and unfnundad
assumptions or Sc. vile social concessions
which bell tie eastern intercou sc d , not take
the nerve out # young, people. in the West
by social law. The best ladies go to the
pleasure gardens on the high mountainous
hills which eEfold Cincinnati and sip beer or
VINE, both SO cheap here as to be almost free
and listen to fine music. These gardens are
reached by steam inclined planes or lifts.
winch, In mlilute hoist multitude out Of
the depths of the city to plateaus 600 to 100
teet in the air. By night and ON Sundays
these gardens are in full blast: the clergy and
the bridal couple are found there, and they
have become the lyceumS of musical taste.
o'wlthS:anding this freedom of public inter
course, Cincinnati is one Of the mos. virtuOus
cities on our continent, family loyalty being
based on kindness, good sense, and example.
Cheapness is the law of things here. Street
car 1are IS only four cents. Good wine is
thirty cents the bottle. The brewers are
will not export successfully. As you sit i'm the
great beer halls traders come through with
hot vienna sausage, served on a cushion of
horse radish and brown bread. That is half a
dime, and is the frugal supper of many citi-
zen; Beef and white fish are cheap and album
dant. The Ohio Valley is one long Rhine of
double Rhin"land ferlility.-[" cath" IN The
Phi adj tphta times.
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describes. "her graceful form, her merry eve,
her arched brows, her changing looks" Louis
Blanc said of her Mrs. HdlLer: Miss Cush-
much in all my life" and Miss Jewsbury
added, ''She seemed TO absorb and consume all
the false sentiment of the play, and to elicit
Julia another friend writes: tine manner i'm
which her face was made up in this play, with
its wonderful freshness and com illness, was
perfectly wonderful to those who had seen
Charlotte in private life, and to whom, de
1ghtful as the woman and the artist were, her
plainneSs and the almost strange cut of her
features were familiar. But just as .Pritchard
was genteel and Garrick six feet high so
Charlotte CuShman was lovely elegant. youth
full, and eSpieqel." IL is no more strange that
this versatile actress who could 80 transform
even her physique, should BE- equ lily great in
Meg MeriIieS. than that she should relieve the
tragic stress Of her profession by singing
Irish songs. telling dialect stories. and recit-
ing comic poetry at her private seances.
friend once asked her, while watching her
makeup" for Meg, How do you know
where TO put in. those shadows and make
effect 81 age,' / don't knOU," replied Miss
Cushman, 81 only feel where they oush to
come" Her costume in Neg was equally ar
tis;ic; tie battered head dress vaguel " resem-
bling crown; the robe mass of tat,erS, bu
full of ar ,istic method aud meaning. Much
and great has been the wonder of those vino
birs, IN, W she ever cOntrived to get into it a:
no earthly creature but herself and Sa lie
knew the mysterious exits and entrances o
that extraordinary garment" When the
stockn.s would wear out, Miss Cushman
would dye new pair with her own hands,
being "a ways particular and perfect in her
makeup" 1t is impossible for those who
have not seen Miss Cushman to understand
the pow Ell she infused into the rubbish of Meg
MerriiieS-a part tina is now as dead Forests
HetGmOrG. Indeed, one of the chic est e.
sen blanceS between CuShman and Forrest is
that, although the greatest OF American ac-
tors, they have left no school, no imi .atOrS, o
successors The record of Miss Cushma s
tIiumphs reads. in the present condition OF
dram attic art, like romance that could no.
possibly have been true AS she herself often
said: What is or can be the record of an ac
tor or actress, however famous? They leave
nothing behind them but the vaguest of
memories. Ask any number of persons to
give you real picture or positive image of
the effect any great actor produced in his
time, and they can tell you nothing more than
that it was fine, il was grand, it was over
whelming; but ask them how did he do such
and such a thing, how did he render such
passage, describe his manner, his gesture
even his personal appearance, that we may
have living picture of him-and they are at
once at a loss. 1t is all gone, passed away.
We strut and FREE our hour upon the stage
and then the curtain falls, and all is darkness
and silence"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-01

INGERsOLL OBSERVES: ITO. day the news
papers are engaged in finding out all the
mean things that are done. Unless a thing is
ers OF all the newspapers would look through
all the streets and through all the houses of
The country, and find the name of some man
who had practiced self-denial for the sake OF
his wife and children, find some man who had
given up. all the property he had to pay his
honest debts who had gone out of his house,
given up his pictures and all there was of lux
ury, and taken his wife by the hand and gone
down to poverty and penury in hut: if they
would tell the names of all the men who had
done generous deeds, l tell you every news.
paper in the United States would be crowded
with the names of the men and Womenn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-01

WHISKY DRINKING III NEW YORK.-The
proprietor OF the Metropolitan Hotel told me
LIST night that his bar receipts were $l75 DAY.
Ii We suppose the average receipts at the ba s
to be go day. about $4,000 would have b 2, n
spent every dav for liquor i'm New York by til.
piers alone. This is equal to $4,000 600 a year,
1t Is computed that 1,260, 100000 drinks a q
taken in New York yearly, aud 4 tariff of two
cents on spirits and a half cent on ale Ii
aggregate $9,OOO,OOl city revenue. We spend
for quOr' in the United States $735, 0)O.h0O a
year, or nearly four times the cost of rLnni p
the general government and vet the Eagii h
exceeM us in guzzling by $4,000 O00.-[ Ctnc in.
matt E1t0uiIe
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THERE Is A SOCIALIST SOCIETY In Syracuse
which is composed almost entirely OF members
of uadeS unions. 1t was formed year ago by
an agent who acted under instructions Iron
the headquarters OF the national order" The
members are m inly Germans and French
men. The presiding officer is Anton Anon. a
carpenter. He states that the organization is
opposed to mOaopOEies and capitalists, and lis
fundamena principle is this: The iaboring
man is ju tilted in resorting to any lawful ex,
t; entity to obtain his rights from corporations,
monOpolles and employers generally. When
asked II there is any prospect Of a genera
rail- DAD strike this summer, he admits that he
has received advices which lead him to expect
such az monstratlOn late in June. II a strike
ours, the members Of this society will he in
duty bound, he says, to extend to the insur
gents against capital all the aid in their d 1wer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-01

ENGLISH VIEWS OF AMERICAN CoMMUN-
IsM.-Ihe London journals are not diSp Dsed to
exaggefate TIE evils of communistic nd social.
istlc aei alton In The United States. The Times
traces the liein of the movement to the strin.
gency OF the times, remarking that when trade
Is bad, when wages are low, and when indus
Try Is consequently depressed IL is difficult for
men who are poor and struggling to acknOw-
ledge the justice or TO acquiesce In the neces-
sity Of the economical laws which permit some
of iheiI neigbbOrs to be rich. The Pail Mall
Gazette is convinced that the present danger
is Overra ed, and that the overwhelming ma
jnrity ill lily to the side of stability and order
whenever they are threatened, but contends
that 1t is certainly the duty Of the administra-
tion to take steps for strengthening In some
way the force available for the suppression of
riot either in San Francisco or elsewhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-01

T ames Freeman Clarke says that Nor.
rissey, may rise up in tn day vi judgment,
condemn the professors of religion VIII }, while
teaching Bill classes on Sunday, are rObbing
the COZ pOr atoms of which they are treasurerS
DUNG all the rest of the week"
AJ-A San Francisco clergyman advertis, d
a sermon entitled "TLe Boss Devil OF
America" meaning intemperance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-01

To VENTILATE A ROOM.-TO ventllate a
room without draft, make a hole through the
wall to the outer air, in corner OF the room
just above the skirting Through the hole put
one arm of a tube three inches in diameter
reaching to the outer air should be In length
equal to the thickness of the wall, and the
other arm should be two feet long, standing
vertically in the corner of the room If desired,
it can be covered with paper of the same pat
tern as that on the wall A tube of the diam
eter gwen above is sufficient to ventilat,
room of moderate size.
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The Honey Bee.

The honey bee IL an infiamible critter, sud
den III bis impreshuns and hasty in his conclI
His natral disDosishun IL warm cross be
tween red pepper in the pod and fu,il oil, aad
his moral bia> IL, git out Ov mi way"
AZ, They ne have long bnddy divided in the mi J.
ance lays at the terminus of their Subberb In
the shape of a javelin.
The jave!in IL alwas loaded, and stands
reddy t. unload at minni:s warning. and en-
tiers man as still as thought, as spry as Ii G.
ming, and as full Oph melancholy az the tooth
AXE.
their differences ov opinyun By letting their
iavein fly, and are az certain to hit az mule
Bees are not long lived-I kant state jist
stinkt and Obsefvashun, that emmy critter, be
he bug or be he devil, who il mad all the time
and sings every good chance he kan git, gen
orally dies early.
The only way few git the exact fiteing weight
Ov bee IL few tutch him, lei him hit you once
with his javelin, and you will be wiling tew
testify in court that sumbOddyrun a one tined
pitchfol inter yer: and az for grit l will state
for the 1nformashun Ov those who havnt had
a chance to lay in their vermIn wiSdum az
freely az hav, that one single bee whD feels
well VIII brake up large camp meeting!
There IL one one thing that a bee does will
give him credit for on mi bOOks-he alwas at
tends tew his own Dizziness, and won't allow
any boldly else to attend tew it, and what he
dul he duZ We'll, you never see him a altering
emmy thing, II they make emmy mistakes 1t IL
after dark and amt seen. -
u Rees MADE ha:f az many blunders az the
men do, even with their JaVelins, every DO Idly
would Iaff at them.
In ending .oph this essa, will come to a
stop by concluding that if bees waz a little
more pensive, and not SO darned peremtory
with their javelins, they might be guilty of less
wisdum but more charity. But you kant alter
bug nature without splicing it for emmy thing
else, emmy more than you kan an elephants
egg.-IJOSh Billings.
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IN BIS SERMON last Sunday, Mr.. Beecher
s sat- dShahg b IN the an 1aa baw men en-
their pumps and thu Oil flows, and By and by
il flows less freely, and then it stops. Tnen
they put a torpedo down at the bottom of the
pump and explode it and it bursts all he OBJ
st uctiOns, and a renewed flow is the result.
l. is a good thing to put a torpedo under an
orthodox doctiine and explode 1t. and You ge
better spiritual flow. One thing is certain.
ere is no folly equal TO hat Of cOwldic-
and to say to men, Don't think don't read
don't listen; shut your eyes to every hing
close your ears,",-this is spiritual sui,iie
Thel e is no fear Of the result
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CONCERNING 1LL-FITTING CLOTHES.-The
Christian Inteusgencer thus discOurseS:
MANY a boy, we believe. gets blamed and
punished at home and at school, who would
bear good reputation il his flannelS were
properly washed and looked after. What can
you expect of bOy-and boys are SO often
blamed for being petuient and peppery-in
these first warm days of the season, whose sys
TEN, Slapped by the spring fever, which, i'm
spite of the endeavOr of w II and hearty peO
PIE to ignore its existence, is a very real and
dlSagleeable aihent, IS tortured by flauuelS
grown thick and tight with the winters wash
must wear them till others are provided for
him whose sleeves are too short and his pan
falcons OF that most uncomfortable length,
above the tops of his shoes! Do not think il
Strange, if, thus harrassed, he should fall into
the snare OF the evil one, who is always ready
with his masked batteries when poor hum
nature is most tried and worried. Before YOU
blame him or punish him, see that his clothes
are made comfortable and easy. We believe
that tight and ILL., fitting garments are the cause
OF many OF our shortcomings. How can We
continue in tranquil state of mind ready to
perform the duties which are required OF us
with faithfulnesS and fidelity while We are
agoniZed, perhaps, wi h the pain of a collar too
small for US, which binds so tightly over our
jueular vein that the blood rushes into our
and roars in our ears when We stOop over; or
with arm-hOles SO tight as to p event free cir
CARNATIONS often feel the influence of such
discomfOrts without knowing what is the
trouble, and they daily mourn over and repent
OF their fits OF Impotence and temper, which
would have been avoided If their clothing
were made comfortable"
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Hs-"ater Is again causing trouble in T .XaS
Two men quarrelled over a bucket of it and
one Of The m was killed.
R0-Nr r. and Mrs. McCOllester quarrelled in
Story, Iowa, and he sued fyr a divorce; b t
after the case had been while In the cour
they settled their difficulty, and lived together
again. He died recently, and the widow
learns thai the suit resu ted i'm divorce. the
lawyei having failed to discontinue it, SO that
she has regal claim ON The estate.
Ss Tie Episcopal convention of Northern
Texas strongly condemns bull fighting as a
relic OF bal bariSn, demOraiZng and derol a.
tory 20 the character III the state. and asks for
a repeal of the law recognizing bull fights 8
exhibitions which may be licensed. Trey 50
request 1.-The good people of other demon ma
Iiors and creeds tO assist in securing the Iy.
peal OF the obnoxious law"
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A CURIOUS GAI-TENDER CASE recently
-OphOmOreS, the son of miikman, received a
number of FIVE cent pieces from his father last
autumn with which to pay his tuition, but the
age of the silver bill the student has been COL
Letting all the silver three cents pieces he could
find, and at the beginning of the present term
he rendered them for his tuition. They were
refused but the young man keeps his bag of
money, and the treasurer is given to under
stand that he will be paid as soon as he is
ready to accent the SDecie.
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NY LITTLE WIFE AND II.

VI t are travelling U-..T IiFr-s -nad together.
Ny little wife and |:
We are happy ia lair and stormy weather,
Ny Httie = lie and I.
In: reason Why is very plain.
There : nothing queer about 1t:
W. never give each other pain
" ESH Vt can DO without II.
We have tOiled DER many q road most dreary.
Ny little wife andI;
BH' our hearts were light when our feet were
weary.
Ny little wife and I.
The "raSen why we jpUTneyed on,
Since hand in hand we started:
We ne'er hal Sern the battle won
BY those who We're faint-hearted.
Tn ugh our home he plain, tHat never teazcs
My iUilr vile and /:
Though a humble cot, right well IL peases
My little wife and /.
! lac reason why We content
W Z do not fear 10 labor,
nd though iii toll cur time is SpNnt,
We envy no. ON nrighUOT.
We never tTea II OF i'm for the morrow
NJ little wife ami |:
But take what may come, h- it JOY sorrow.
My little wife aud |.
The reason why. W. do not fret,
And yOu'd do well to try il:
We ne eT have found a person yet
That was a gamer 10y it. u. II &.
Domestic AJHthiy.
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A HUMAN SKELETON INSIDE OF A HORSE.
in this city, tells of horrible reminder OF the
fearful snow storms of last winter, and of the
perils Of those who were caught out and lost
while he and two others we're crossing the
country, they came upon the skeleton of
horse, within which was the skeleton of
from between the ribs of the animal, like
prisoner peering through the bars of his cell.
The two 81 eletOns told the VIII de story. The
crawled inside of him, thinking TO thus escape
perishing of cold, buI the flesh of the animal
fr0ze solid, and the man was as much of
prisOret a. if he had been shut In by wallis of
iron. The wolves and carriOn birds had
stripped the greater part of the flesh from both
skelet tons. The miner concludes his descrip-
ton by saying: 1T was sight shalt never
forget. l can see it now whenever c oSe nv
eyeS.''-[ Virni' IN C5tu Ente rDrise.
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THE MARRIAGE OF WOMAN TO A WOMAN.
MaIancy Hughes was married in Sep embyr
last TO person who was known as Samuel NJ
Pollard. Her relatives opposed the match, and
she elOped and was married without their
knowledge, and a short time after their mar
riage Pollard confessed to her that she was
woman that she had trouble with her reia-
lives IL the East; had lost her property, and
that avenues for making money would be open
to her in that character which would be closed
to her as a woman. Pollard has never given
her any particular reason for doing her this
ated by foolish pride in appearing in the
character of married man. The victim was
ashamed to acknowledge that she had been
imposed upon, and shrunk from admitting the
truth. Pollard, without actually threatening
her life, repeatedly intimated that it would be
bad for her II she exposed her, and SO she kept
an intim alton of the fact, and questioned her
closely, and she related to her the Whole story.
The victim saws that the woman's real name
is Sarah NJ. Pollard, and that her trunk is
filed with feminine apparel. A complaint
was filed yesterday by j. G. HOwertOn accus-
ing, Pollard of perjury in swearing when he
man, Tuscdr0rd (Neuddd) Tim S-RsUieuo