Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-03-29

their originals. A prominent Snowman
has already taken steps toward the forma-
ton of museum of wax figures similar to
Madame Tussaud's in London. All the
figures are to speak. MatriXes of the voice
and words of gentleman whose limitations
of Edwin Forrest are astonishing are to be
secured and placed in the breast OF q wax
Statue OF the great trasedlan. The voice
and outward appearance OF Mr.. Forrest
are to be perfectly copied.
''Why," Says MI Edison. 'Adelina
Patti Can sings her SWeete4t ariaS, anu b.
this instrument We Cab css.ci4 slud. repro
duce them.eXactly as sung. Tie malrixes
can be copied the Same as slereoscopic
views, ana millions sold to those owning
the machine. A NAH can sit down in his
parlor at night, stare his phonog aph. and
enjoy PATHS singing all the evening it lie
chooses. The same with Levy'S cOrnet
playing. A matrlx of his solos can be pro.
duced, and q million copies taken, d d
Levy'S solos AID PaJl S ariaS can ue given
Ten Thousand years IL, m n, W as perfect.
and accurately DIS Wnen L,,. ST great arts
We're alive. Ii the last ben, uic4 10 a of 10
Rus mad been taken by Cne pnOiOa III h, -
matrlx could have been duplicated, ii,
every true Roman Ca ,olic . "a fac I
the earth might have heal d he; al cth
li1 OllC L opO D OWh NOlSO 'I|N an CtS CC
tuation. There WAS d fortune in IT.. L
matrixes could have been sold a, five dYl
lars apiece.
whole dramas and operas" continue d
Mr.. Edison. his eyes sparkling " 18th excite.
ment, ''can be produced i'll private parlOrs
The Instrument can be used III a thousand
ways. Say hire good elocutionist to
read David Copperfield or any other work
His words are taken down by machine,
and thousands Of matrixes of David Cop
perheld produced. "A man can place them
i'll the machine, and lie in bed, while the
novel is read TO him by the instrument
with the finest grade of feeling and accent.
He can make it read slow or fast. can stop
it when he pleases. and go back and begin
again at any chapter he may choose. l
could fix machine in wall, and by re-
sonations any conversation in a room
could be recorded. Political secrets and
the Vaccinations of Wall street pools
might be brought to light, and the account
charged to the devil. Kind parents could
lie i'll bed and hear all the spoony courtship
of their daughters and lovers. A man who
loved the music of the banjo or the fiddle
could buy his matriX and listen to Horace
Weston or MOllenhauer whenever he liked.
He could have the whole of Theodore
Thomas's orchestra if ne wanted it.
ITO certain degree" said Mr.. Edison,
1.-THE speaking phonograph would do away
with photography. Eman could dictate
to his machine whenever he pleased, turn
the machine over to an amauuenSiS, and
let him write it out. A lawyer through
the machine might make an argument be-
fore a court, even if he had been in his
grave a year. An editor or reporter might
dictate a column at midnight and send
the machine up to the compositor, who
could set the type at the dictation Of the
machine without a scrap of manuscript. L
tell you there is no limit to the possibilities
OF the Instrument"
We asked how soon the phonograph
would be thrown upon the MAI ket.
1--WE expect to offer them for sale within
two MONTHS said the Professor. 1.-THE
price Of the finest machine will be about
500, but we shall sell inferior ones at
much lower price. The matrices will be
for sale like sheets of music, and can be
used upon all the machines"
why" said the Professor. II could
put d metal diaphragm in the mouth of
the Goddess of Liberty that the French
men are going to put up on Bedloe's Is
land that would make her talk so loud
she could be heard by every soul ON Man
haitian Island. [ could drop one in a Cal
hear it miles away. Within two years YOU
will find the machine used for ADVERT sing
purposes. 1t will be sitting in the win.
doWs OF stores On Broad way and Other
streets singing out, 'Babbitt's best soap,
New York ''Sun"-price two cents
'Brandreth's Pill, 'Longtellow's Poems, !,
Ten cents for q shave!' and SO on. There
is no end to It's uses. 1t will sing songs
whistle A man has already made appli
cation to use the phonOgraph in. cabs, sc
as to record the complaints of passengers.
lite AnSonia Clock Co. of Connect lieut.
have one in their mauufactory this min
ute, and it shouts Twelve O'Clock y and
One O'Clock J 50 loud that it is heard two
blocks off. One might be used as al
alarm clock. II its owner wanted to get
up at d ce, tain time in the morning, he
could set the alarm, and at the appointed
there Five O'Clock What the matter
with you? Why don't you get up?'
The Professor calls the machine applied
to steam whistle the airophnne. He is now
constructing one to put in front of his
mandatory, and intends to make it talk
so that it can be heard two miles He
says g OLD Bill Allen Of Ohio will be no.
where"
Several of his speaking monographs have
been sent t. England where they have
created a profound sensation. Mr.. Edison
says that he received d cable despatch on
Friday last, offering him $4,000 and half
the profits for the right to sell the instru-
ment in that country.
''How did you discover the principle 90
asked the WI ter.
"By the merest accident,' said the Pro-
fessor, II was was singing to the mouth
rJn of fol nh rxrt,n hn tny,c
of the voice sent the fine steel point into
my finger. That set me to thinking. i'll
could record the actions of the point, and
send the point over the same surface after
ward, saw no reason why the thing would
not talk. | tried the experiment first on a
strip of telegraph paper, and found that
the point made an alphabet. / shouted
the words 'Halloo! halloo !" into the
mouthpiece, ran the paper back over the
steel point, and heard faint 'Halloo !!
halloo;' in return. | deteImir ed to make
a machine that would work accurately,
and gave my assistants Instructions, tell
ing them what | HAD discovered. They
laughed at me. / bet fifteen cigars with
Adams here adams was lying on the table
listening to the conversation-Rep.1 that
the thing would work the first time with
out a break, and won them. bet two dol
ldlS Will CIiO HIGH WIZ luctuC Vic llIClftliC.
and won them also. That's the whole
story. The discovery came through a.
pricking of the finger.''
Here Mr.. Edison, in a deep bass tone,
shouted IN the instrument:
nineteen years in the Bastile
scratched name upon the wall,
And that name was Robert Landry,
PareZ y0uS Francois? ST habla ESpanOl,
Sprechen sic DeutSch? ~
And the words were repeated, followed by
the air of ''Old Uncle Ned" which the
Professor had sung.
On being questioned concerning his tel
ephone, the professor said: II went to