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, 1879-03-06

1873, md soou became prominently Mrntt0cI
With manufacturing Interests: As stnlor nlc,1,-
pioneer III tho Northwest !n The Manufacture of
their lt1'e Of Gooda. Although % years Of aec,
ha was until within short timo OF bis death
actively Interested Ia tile business, ant roycr 90
wei sontensed ~ whou within tho hum Of lts
mc,nber Of tho Methodist Church, an
q liberal supporter OF TINT denomination.
dle was one OF tf!e origlnators, ul,d ous Of the
iisst Isustecs 9f the Wabash Aycuue NJ. +.
Church., Mr. doss was native OF Lancaster,
Niast. a!o !eaVea widow, two daughters, {AIrs
". i, Phillips, Mrs. II, +. Eldrcd|, mud 4 son
tfrauk W.uoss) 10 mourn i!ls loss, tcstite large
remember him as tlrm friend ind an upright
business inan.
lls Will bo buried Friday. ut q o'clock, from
evanston spesia' train; free TO al! who wish
At meeting Of tho employees Of iho Alanufac-
turing Company, held yesterday, resolutions
wete adopted expressing their sorrow at Mr.
Gusa' death.
ACCIDENTS.
James Brennan. ncwsony, II years Of age,
willie allEht!ng from q Burlington t. Quincy
train at TIC Indiana avenue depot, slipped a1al
fell, all had his left leg broken below the knee.
He wna taken to tho County Hospital for treat
ment.
Late Tuesday night Thomas Grace, while GU
PoyPsI y hsouplfsE f5egnt e ssrs 10 ts sss at
between htay and Curtis streets, bud biz right
hand bally crushed. Ho waa taken to his home.
No. Ab9 Alllwnuhcc avenue. and was attended
" Dr. !tay, Who thinks the 4and will hayc to
4 horse attached to wagon owned by n.
Harrison, on West Lake street, ran away ou
0gaen avenue, aud when at Madison straet col.
lidel With horse and buggy containing Mrs.
Van I'll and her 4-ycar-0lu sou. The buggy
WIS badly wrecked. ull1 the occupants thrown
VitlleNtlv tn fhA pfOnNf Rt,1 hatlfv rn
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-16
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
By Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company
Dom este.

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DomesSio'
CHICAGO May Is 9:15 a. m-Dry salt pneats
3.6o@4.so Short ribs 60 bid a s5 asked June
L. 10 bid 4 rs asked July PDrk-s9 IS June. 50 ~,
az Is July Lard-615 bid, 6 20 asked June
617k bid. 6.25 asked July.
Union Stock Estimated receipts OF
So 1903 10 for common to choice. Cattle-Es-
timated receipts 1900: market quiet. Official
receipts Of hogs yesterday IS. 425; do shipments
6339.
ST. Louis, May ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS O91s
orn - MAJ Az Inn ~ ,,l - az az
OK 'l m IWbaat0si ~ - Nav a. ~ aam Inna
Al ~ INV a nnH Anwuat 9tnr,ns "a Ma u
Juna a5 inv ae Aunnst oAA ''>" AA"'' ~
NV YoRK NAV * IN. an a n-coffaa dr1I
COLES a7o9 SUGAR i Dniat and Arm. aa1aaN u
hhda no hovea oae banas Raanad an,arsateoa
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-16
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

ST CHARLES HOTEL-John Fl Beck. Louisi-
ana: Il Il Harper. river: Q LeBourgeois,
Prusten, Mobile; L Krower. New York; Miss 3
L Diff Pass Christian. Miss; M " MCCALL. v W
Bensham. Louisiana: X Hawley. Galveston ];
ton. Mobile: W Dnson. Mississippi; L Fobs,
New Orleans;. u Read. Baton Rouge; " G
G A Holt, Mobile: @ @ Quigley, Kentucky; q
ROXY. Thomas J Cheek. New York; J B Bun
MON, Chieago:J w Collins and wife. Missis-
sippi; l. Matthews. Louisville.
CITY HoTEL--H Poitevent. e Dame, Mobile
G b Davis VIM Carey Crane Independence: r
Q Jones and wife, Miss Jones Bay St. Louis !;
Woodville: Mrs. Z J H Tomlin: Il P Cooke. NJ
D. Norfolk Jno schopp, st Louis; Albert
Bonneville, Galveston; M Q Leary, Pensacola;
sin: Ed Desobry,- Iberville; u Fl DonnelI.
Rlaanemine; = Hodgson, C u 3 B
A Rutledge. lower coast; Fl Henry, l. Dizzell,
Brookhaven; Pierce Butler. Bayou Sara.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-16
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
MONETARY.
OFFICE OF NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, 4
Thursday Evening. May 15 1879.
NEW ORLEANS CLEARING HOUSE
MON ETARY
Total thus lar .-.. $5,4o5.575 IS 1872. 907


We quote exceptional paper 6@7 p cent; Al
do To-: second grade do @; loans on col
laterals COS; Al mortgage paper 80; second
grade do o y cent per annum.
Mexican dollars are now quoted at s5@85k
and trade dollars at 90@95. Halves and quar-
ters tAmerican) are quoted at 99@99K.
The sales OF foreign exchange were fair
and rates are firm. Bank sterling rules at
-048s. and bill Of lading and clear bills at
485@4sG.
French bills are firm and quiet. We quote
bank francs - commercial 5.1sA @5.1sz6.
Bank sight bills opened firm and closed
strong at X y cent premium for bank counter
rate; commercial Is quoted 10 p cent pre-
MUM.
State Consols steady at 4o1054gI.
Premium Bonds closed quiet at 25M@2s.
Stocks are firm ~."&
MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES - Consol-
lcated Bonds are quoted at 81 90: Half Paid
City Coupons 23@25 State Warrants. g7IM9sL !.
Levee Warrants. 7l@75 City Time, 1874. aok@
%; 1873. BOO; 1876. 2oa23; 1877; 2o1021. 1873
2Oa@-; Savings Bank Books. 37ta@3s. do nra-
ferred ESQ
NEW ORLEANS STOCK EXCHANGE SALES
FIRST CALL-10A.M
10 shares Waterworks Co. tenioinedt so
S. 900 State Consols Observation-Disclosures. aol
5000 State Consols. 4ost
States 4s1@4sA; Premiums 257s@2615.
SECOND CALL-l2 M.
5000 Premium Bonds IS. to drgl ....... 25m
States 495s@49a: Premiums 25a@26A.
THIRD Gallup. M.
States 4s1e4sI; Premiums 251.@2s@.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-16
CLOSING oALLr-3:15 p. II.

$4,000 State Console .--.-....-............ 1911
States 49A@497s; Premiums 25N@26.
The sales outside the Exchange comprised
A shares Crescent Mutual Insurance Company
a. AK 70: rs shares Merchants Insurance Com
many at $40 rs; 85 do at $40 87h; 70 do at $50:
a AZ al s5o TO- and " do at $50 rs per share.
[By Telegraph
Nru Yong MAY 15-Monsy closed at p
cent Exchange closed steady at 4ss@4s9k.
aovernments closed strong; currency c. l24a
@125. Pacific Railroad bonds closed as , follows
sin nk funds Ia ii4@l14ss Central l11s@
The stock market to-day was {. active !, and
higher The prominent feature In the dealings Sc
in which Rock Island, the leading point OF ac-
tivity, sold up TO 1s.x from 1873 at the opening
In the general list Western Union was the Tea
tnre. and advanced 1879 per cent. Grangers
shares closed 4t@s4 per cent lower Coal stocks
were firm for Morris and Essex. and "a general
weak for Delaware, LaekaWan aa ana western.
ELL i,1xr tha nlGaiIa0 iilG.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-16
HENRY G. HESTER, Secretary.

According to the st. Louis Republican, ex-
Secretary Of the Treasury Mr., McCulloch
urges, as means OF getting silver dollars
INTO more geneal circulation, the gradual
withdrawal OF the small greenback notes
those below five dollars. 1t Is certain that
while these notes are In circulation silver
dollars will remain In bulk on deposit Ia the
treasury or in the banks. Of these small
treasury notes In circulation there were IN
april, 1879, about $37,ooO,Oo0, while year ago
mere were $43.O0OOO0. Despite the efforts of
WE Treasury Department to pay out the ones
ahd twos, those notes will go back to the
treasury. The amount Of these small green
! oaeks outstanding in 1878 and 1879 thus COM
nara.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-16
The Baltimore Price Current OF Saturday,
contains thn nIIaxUinr.

The advance In the price Of raw cotton In the
last three months has been full Be per pound,
and ID but the natural result after so long d
period Of depression as was experienced in the
preceding months since the first of September,
1873. On the first Of September the price OF
Mtdd11ng cotton In our market was 11A0l1sc:
by the first Of November 1t had declnet to &c !;
for the following three months the market
ruled from 9S to 97sc: on March 1t had ad-
vanced to 9Ac; April to 10zs@l1c. and May to
12012ac. and since still higher. The average
for the nine months past gives about 1o.t7c per
pound for Middling. which. IT may be seen by
the comparison of prices for the same months
of the two previous years, falls considerably
below the average Of those seasons. which for
1878 was 1076c and for 1867 was 11.7Oc per
pound.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-16
WEATHER BULLETIN.

WAR DEPARTMENT, 1
Signal Service. United states Army. !
Daily meteorological record for the eight hours
ending at 1903 .. m. Thursday. May 15.
Observations taken at :ne same moment OF
time at all statiOnal
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-16
QUOTATIONS.

FLOUR-Local buyers having operated freely
during the early part of the week; there Is now
however are unchanged and holders general
" still anticipate further advance. Sales 50
IS Isl 100 at IS s7 25, rs and 100 at So %; 50 at
IS 30: 50 at Sc 35 and 100 bbls on private terms.
We quote: Fancy. extras s60se Is: choice
extras SIS 871aG6; family S. 7005 80; treble
extras IS 37s as s2k double extras "a s7a 0512h:
single extras 81 5000 IS; ,superffne $40
4 25; common 50 1903 Is p Dbl. Dealers 10
their trade obtain an advance OF 5oc 2 OBJ On
these prices.
CORN MEAL-The demand is good and the
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-16
COMM ERClAL.

OFFICE OF NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT.
Thursday Evening. May Is. 1879.
COTTON - An active demand prevailed
throughout the day and q large business was
done, the sales aggregating TOO bales at an ad
vance of &C.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-16

It will be seen by the following letter
addressed to the president Of each exchange
throughout the country, that the eonyr ntion OF
the National Cotton Exchange will be held at
Ut Louis on the sixteenth OF July next.
Toths President of the Cotton Exchange:
Sir beg to notify you that by vote Of the
majority of the executive council the regular
Biennial meeting Of the National Cotton Ex-
ooha4ge Convention will be held Ia the city Of
si Louis on the sixteenth day Of July, 1879.
N Under section 9of the by laws members Of the
NaaIlonal Exchange desiring to propose any
sstuolect Or resolution for discussion must send
we same to the secretary at least forty days pre-
Mou5 70 the time fixed for meeting, that they
may may be Included In the regular programme of
Sot he Sanlscts not on the programme shall
have been disposed Of. and then only By ma
rity vote Of those present 80 -
,ffompt attention to The requirements of the
above quoted subject will greatly facilitate the
WORK q preparation for the convention.
HENRY n urenrn
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-16

Fearful and wonderfully made are some OF
the eoncoctions which are advertised and sold
under the name of tonics. Reeds Gilt Edge
Tonic is guaranteed In quality. purity and
flavor. 1t is safe, pleasant and efficient medt-
cine In all disorders of choIeric nature such
as dysentery. eholic. etc. It Is equally effective
In malarial diseases, and never fails to give
relief. Wine-glassfnl three times day will
be found an agreeable invigorant.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-16

A New York exchange estimates that as
about thirds Of the foreign goods Import
ed into the United States are landed at that
port, and only about 46 per cent Of the total
exports are shipped from there, the returns
will represent In ten months an import trade
for the whole country Of 1887 100000 and an
export trade for the same time of 1914 100000,
leaving balance Of trade In our favor OF
S227, 100000.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-16

The long disuse OF coin for general currency
In this country has rendered 1t less popular
and universal than In those countries where
lican says:
The scheme for an international agreement
upon the relative values Of gold and silver is
far more likely to be acceptable now than u was
even year ago. strong popular sentiment
10 favor Of silver has grown W u E .nga e.
the government. The disturbance created by
Germany has proved disastrous everyWhere,
and has been serously fe IN anga ~ a1g aan
customers of England and accompllsnsal 7, M no
good. The greatest direct loss fell upon l, Ger
many who demonetized ana se negFa and h hss
been selling i ever since for goia . ~ Z ioss
Of over 10 to II, per cent, and STU J. mas lie
ananty for c sa Il as the BEEN
| and depressed. Nothing short Of general
| restoration OF the silver values can extricate
production and commerce rom t1 re damon
etization Of silver 1t is urged by one u the
/ best financial papers In England that the Brlt.
| action toward restoring the Interchangeable
| value of silver One Of the measures suggested
| is that the Bank of England purchase 0ne-h
the silver held BY Germany; and that the other
| half Be withheld from sale for five years. and
! thus withdraw the constant menace OF an avail
anche Of silver In case silver coming De re-.
| snmed On the Continent It is certain that out
| OF the despair OF the commercial SITUATION IL
| not from the sad and costly experience OF mono.
metallsm, there is general desiTe Inroughout
part OF the money OF the world. and that with
an agreed value OF 153 to the coinage OF silver
resumed without " m H. ns seea asa ago ne
cuuing those of Chicago. denounced the use OF
silver as money to be mere scheme Of repu.,
currency as essential to the salvation Of the
world.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-16
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT FRIDAY MAY 1e 1879

market mar closed strong; with prices tending up
al 90 Poi. Dealers obtain an advance q l5g
RYE FLOUR-steady: sos as.
;o HhhGjmis1 81 25o2 81. wholesale; 50 5000 50
GkITs-Lx landing 50 1902 rs; iobbing at
PoRK~Is quiet. steady and unchanged, and
the sales are confined to small lots intended for
Immediate shipment. We quote old mess at
ss 30. new mess at $40 5o01o s2h. Dealers OBJ
tain an advance Of 25G50c on these rates.
DRY SALT MEATs-The demand is fair for
1aa lots and prices are quiet and steady;
~. Dealers obtain the usual advance on
BAcoN@we note an improved feeling and a
clear RIB sides 55sc and clear sides SIC Deal
ers obtain an advance OF re on these rates.
clear rib sides a. 5sc; casks do at 5ac 10 boxes
clear sides at SIC.
HAMs-The market continues active and
8H@9ac for large and medium averages, and
9h@9a for small averages. sales-3o tierces to
LARD Firmer., with fair sales to arrive ut
refined as in brand. and s1s nominal for pack
Sales-2o and 40 tierceg refined to arrive at 7c
BREAKFAST BACON-buppy good demand
light. and market dull and easy at 6h n7c for
PACKERS HOG RODUCTB-DeaIer are
selling on orders in tho job trade at IS IS y half
as for for prime f e. pork; : 50 for prime mess
50 rs for family mess: pigs feet 81 for kegs. 81
or frkins and s. 25 for bills .u,.
CORN-Stock fair and market steady. Bales
500 yellow at 4scc 1909 do at ACC and TOO white at
!. oATs-stpck fair and prices steady at $50
BRAN-stock fair and market weak at soc
VHWI - rt- "a x.~,oo, = ~ a+oedxx
boe II fa prm suDg ps ton are steady
WHISKY - Market quiet and easy. We
quote choice Cincinnati at 81 os01 70. falr to
POTAToES-supply light and market firm at
onioNs-Light supply and firm at y rs y
CABBAGES-Firm at s8@3 Is p box.
APPLES-None here.
BUTTER-The market Is In moderate supply
New York dairy fine 1701sc. New York dairy
good 14@1sc. Western fine la@14c. Western dairy
CHEEsE- Steady. New York cream s@s15e
Western cream 41sO5c y ID. Western Reserve
factory IN @6he.
PoUITkY1 Old chickens s4as; young s. 50
GA ducks So 1904; geese s4@5; turkeys sis
EGds.Western 1o@11c: Louisiana 11@12c y
RICE- Firm. Prime exc, good eye fair SIC
ordinarry shc G., co or iH 5%@6e and no. &C fb
COI ION Ia ES-lub ". D. AEOu LOLu phuy Ito
is quoted at 81 y bundle-discount according
to quantity the Arrow tie. at 50 10 net
p bundle. the Davis tie at So 10 v bundle
with the usual rate Of ~ y cent discount for
each.
BAGGING-Domestiel lutte 1oc for two pounds
and l0Ae for two and q quarter pounds in
round lots retailing at 101d@10Ae. Baling twfne
is jobbing at 13@14c p ID.
NAVAL STORES-Turpentine scarce and
firm at CSC; kosia-Demand fair and stock good !;
81 rs, M SO as N 3 IS Pitch 50. Tar 81 1908 80.
COTTON SEED OIL-RefDed 4sN949c; crude
THE rATTI,E MARX E'T-rha foIfayUlno nrn
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-16

Mr.. I'll. V. Ogden has been appointed resi-
dent secretary In this city Of the London and
Liverpool and Globe Insurance Company, tn
place OF Mr.. A. Foster Elliott, recently de-
ceased. Mr.. Ogden formerly occupied this
position and managed the affairs of this COM
pany with marked prudence, sagacity and
success. For several years past he has been
the secretary OF the Crescent Insurance Com
pany and enjoys the reputation Of being one
Of the most accomplished insurance men In
New Orleans.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-16

~ - .'--- S3i S24 ,5bb
\. That Is all the small-note currency the
ieasury can keep in circulation, SO that
~ y We're withdrawn it would create
s ", for not over s5oo00,oO0 legal-tender
sasef dollars. There are now In circulation
sai4So, 43s OF fractional silver coins, and there
s.e ABOUT S29,000,00o of silver coin, dollars
- ifactlonals, in the treasury. In England,
saa aete There are no bank notes for less than
a, ~ the subsidiary silver In circulation
saouhts to nearly slO000O,O0O. In France,
sh asie me lowest bank note is, we believe,
80 w. the silver In circulation amounts to
~ o,,eiai hundred millions. All this silver Is
u II. Il value proportionately with gold than
uo SILVER dollars of the United States.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-16

It appears from an official statement just
made by the Treasury Department that the
total amount of and AZ per cent bonds sold
for refunding purposes since March l, 1877, Is
$685. o95, 500, upon which the amount of inter-
est saved as platform for John Sherman to
run on as candidate for President Is $685.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-16

The cotton manufacturing interest at the
South continues to grow in Importance. A
cotton mill has lately been started Id West
minister, s. c., some fifty cotton factories
are said TO be In existence Id North Carolina !;
and 1t Is estimated that one hundred and
elohty-three cotton mills have been erected
IN the South since the war.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-16

State Consols closed steady yesterday at
49S4@497ss against 491a@49Ts on Wednesday.
Premium Bondswere quiet at 251afo126, against
251s@261s on the previous day The sales at
the Exchange amounted to $4,000 OF States
and $1,000 Of Premiums. There was sale
OF Waterworks stock, enjoined, at $50 per
share. On the street stocks were quite active,
and we note the sales of As shares OF the Cres-
cent Mutual Insurance Company, and 292
shares, In lots, Of the Merchants Insurance
Company.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-16

Ex-Congressman Scott Lord, several years
aoo. was forced to take the benefit Of the
bankrupt law. Recently he returned to his
former home, in Genesee, N. Y, and paid,
principal and interest, all his past indebted
,ess, from which the law had given him a
release. .=#z.-.===-
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-16

OR6W JacKSOn'S best sweet navy TOBACCO. IL
Always ready. need no cooking
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-16

There are 81, 4s7 persons employed In the
nostaI service OF the United States, greater
number than In all the other departments
combined. The number Of postmasters Is
Al 25s. 1t may not be embarrassing to state
that these gentry are all Federal officeholders.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-16
rounmercial and Financial Matters.

..h,,,sv in the cotton market from day to
80 a,,rI their tails higher and higher. Business
o ua change yesterday openedunder the exelting
,aananee Of higher prices, both at New YORK
W VI liverpool, which led factors to ask an
o.. ,.anoa of 16014e on the prices OF the pre-
0s,no day The strong tone OF the market
va - active trading, and the day closed with
a. s.,os amounting to 100 bales, and prices
s~orked up Ac on all grades
AZ the sugar sheds very little took place OF
,ntarest. There was only light inquiry for
...,oeta and holders showed no disposition to
49, salps except ut full current rates. This
su.a PARTICULARLY the case with molasses.
BUSINESS at the grain landing was fair yes
.orday White corn was IN good demand and
ssIrty active at steady prices. Oats We're
arm. hay In moderate request, and bran In
light supply.
PROVISIONS were not active, although there
uas some improvement In the demand for
baeon, with prices firmer, but otherwise I'M
changed
Brea dstuffs, after ruling active all the week
thus far, have quieted down, and the sales OF
-four yesterday fell below 1000 barrels. The
general position and tone Of the market, how
ever are unchanged. Stocks and receipts are
light, and as wheat continues to rule strong
at St. Louis, prices Of flour here are strongly
maintained on the basis Of Sc % per barrel
Yor strict fancies. Corn meal revived little
Yesterday, both In demand and In it's market
value. |
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-16

Clearing House Observation-Disclosures $111,-
$50 $40, balances 1888, 342, 1887.
Louisiana Consols fell of to 49A.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-16

The communication was received.
The Secretary Of the Convention presented
a communication from Hon. Il. A. Burke,
State Treasurer, enclosing statement OF
payments made by the lessees OF the State
Penitentiary and by the lessees OF the New
canal, In accordance with the instructions Of
the Convention.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-02-06
An Artificial Voice.

Any man who is dissatisfied with his
voice can become an orchestra, with
woods, brasses, strings and big drum,
if he likes. In September of last year,
DR.. Fouls, of Glasgow, found himself
under the necessity of proposing the
complete removal of the larynx of one
of his patients. The man consented,
chiefly with the view of escaping the
lingering death which threatened him.
1t was accordingly done; and now at the
end of four months a fair share of health
has been regained, the windpipe and
other parts implicated have healed so as
to admit of the introduction of voice
tubes, and the man has been shown at
the University and before some of the
scientific societies of Glasgow, where the
professors and others were enabled to
satisfy themselves of the reality of his
speaking powers. For the sake of easy
adjustment it consists of two tubes,
which are placed in the wound sep
ardtely, and fitted to each other by slip
ping the lower a little way into the up
per one. A framework holding a vibra-
ting reed is passed into a hole in the
front of this tube, like drawer into its
grooves. When pushed home the reed
DlSltC olOJCo uOW INV dIOiSJ anu IllO CllILOIlI
Of air from the lungs, impingng upon its
free end, throws it inJ63fTibTatiOn. A
continuous musical note is thus produced,
which becomes mOdulated into vowels,
cOnsOnants and words by the action of
the mouth. All the reeds remain silent
in ordinary breathing. The vowels are
perfectly clear and distinct, both in
whispering with the reed out and in in
t1ning with the reed in the tube, prov
ing that the vowels are the product of
changes in the shape of the mouth-cav-
ity, and not formed by alterations of the
glOttis. The question of the reeds to be
used was one of much interest. The first
tired in Glasgow was of brass. Expert
ments have shown, says The Pail Mall
Gazette, that many other materials, such
as ivory, horn, cane, silver, or steel, will
answer the purpose, and the patient,
who is an ingenious mechanic, amuses
himself in fitting them up. He has thus
a variety of voices at command, and
with one of his reeds, made of vulcanite,
can positively roar. The softest and most
natural notes are given by the non-me-
tallic reeds; but the richest tone comes
from a reed composed of an alloy Of sill
yer and brass