Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-06-06
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He calls his re~ machine the. An.
fraphone, aud It viii talk oSH its own
hook just as we'll as the pHaIS3gr aph
will record me Sounds made by
persons. TIE Invention Is TOO Aon :
dorful not 40 deserve special cob.
sideration. We give';an extract
from an Interesting account that
appears in the N. Y. Star.
I'm tlle ceiling of his prfvate. once,
concealed from view, with the excep-
tion of a small eaF-shapped faanei, OF
dark color, he has fitted betwees the
rafers and the, floor above epe Of
bis double recording and speaking
machines In the rootn above pof-
tion Of the machine rises thrdngii qAe
floor. and attaeiSed to it is q small
wooden box, said to contain the coils
nf the pipe of-the trumpet, the boiler
mouth Of which opens through one
side. and is made of the new substance
discovered by Mr.. Edison, anu, saila.
ded to elsewhere. With the exception
ofthe boy, all other portions Off the
machine are open TO inspection. Eve
ry word uttered in the room Ueiow In
repeated in the reous above, = With
about treble or quadrpples the. yslsme
of sound (although it can be arranged
in vast excess of this,) while at the
same time it is being recorded on the
.satrix plate for futurc references Nisd
preservation througlFthe electrotsPizg
process. The effect produceds BY jAae
auraphone is not only comically weird,
but, in many ways, alarming. ScD6>
ing an assistant to the room below
in. order to test its cspaclty-for 'edtcA-
ing whispers, the orator, direeted= bS
Mr.. Edisons bent down his ear tolthe
little box only to be defeated BY the
inquiry, "What do you think u the
auraphone?" shouted in tones that al
most made the house rocks fe10Sed
by a laugh so mockingly hideops and
unearthly as to make the blood cur
die with horror This we soon dis
covered to be one zof the tpcealiar
jokes incidental to an intreduetionap
the auraphone, always hugely enjoy
ed by the inventor and his attaches.
Subsequent experiments proved the
exquisite sensitiveness of the machine
The faintest whisper, sthe tickinR of
a clock, the rolling Of lead. pencil
over the desk, the tearing of "a smaQ
piece of newspaper, a sigh, tune
hummed in the lowest register-an
were successfully delivered in the
room in exaggerated volume. At
night, when the quiet is more pro-
found, AIr. Edison informed us tina
he could plainly hear the puEringrof
his cat in the office below" ~t-~
There seems to. be be no eud sae
the fertility of Mr~Edison's lnven.
tive powers. If he isiHuld mot IL
nally be sbsreft of his rensons Id
may discover other 'prineiphssaass
machines more wonderful than hin
marvellous phonographs or his .ass
founding auraphone. Hsis proba1.
bly, endowed with a greater gehins
for invention than any man yet
known to the would.
RrtNrD BY A SffpER.-Sptdcrs
crawling more abundaitly ard CON.
spicuouAy than usual upon. the ttt.
door walls Of our honses forctch INC
near approach of rain ; but tiic 'foi-
lowing anecdote intirnates tiiatscfnc
OF their habits are the equally Ger
tain indication of frost being at
hand Quartermaster DisJoitvai,
seeking to beguiln the 'tcdfurn "ot
his prison hours at Utrcchs Sfaat
studied attentively the Iiabis Of time
spider aud eight years of iTpFisea.S
,nent had given him leisnrostol DO
we'll versed in its ways. sIna De~
ccrnber OF 1894, the French armyy
on whose success his restoration to
liberty depended, WIS I'M Holland,
and victory seemed certin,- if thg
frost. then OF unprecedented scycria
tv, continued. The Dutch conyoys
had failed TO negotiate peace, and
Holland was despairing,. wiseu die
trest-snddenly broke. Dhe Butch
were now ckulting, and tlel EFepehs
generals, prepared to refrsst but
the spider forewarned Disjonysl
that the thaw. wodld be OF short
duration, and he knew that giis.
weather monitor never deceiyed.-a
He contrived to communicate with
the army of HE eountrymep. and
iss generals, who duly estimatesdf.
his character, relied upon hls as
.surance within few days the VA
tiers would again be q passabie ny
troops. They delayed fheir re-.
treat !, within Id days the Jffost had
returned the French army Ari-
umphed-DijuisSal Wa liberated,
akd spider bad brought down rain
on the Dutch patipmz. - ~ zsl
We all need resistanbe To oneIer'
rors on every. side. w oca nht0aasI
when all men sneak we'll Of Nesaatlt