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are, 10 begin with, the bellows, from
which the air Is driven with considera-
bly, varying force by means Of pedal
lever. The air passes in d horizontal
stream through small chamber, which
represents the human larynx and In the
same right line out through the mouth.
The lips and tongue are of India rub
ber, and the lower jaw Is movable. Be.
low the laryngeal apparatus, and open.
ing from the chamber in which II Is con-
tained, Is another smaller chamber,
about the size aud shape OF q lemon,
from which pipe curved upward al
lows the air when driven through 10 es-
cape. This supplies the place OF the
nose 10 the instrument, and when y
valve is opened enables the sound OF
the letters "m" and IN" to be produced
by striking OF the same keys with which
the sounds OF "b" orNp" are obtained.
The larynx is OF course the most com.
plex part OF the machine, aud TO Herr
Faber is due the elaboration OF this por'
ton the mechanism. Within small OBJ
long box narrow and exceedingly thin
strip OF hippopotamus bone, strength
ened by India rubber on one side, pro-
duces 10y its vibrations the speaking
tone, which may be called the funda-
mental sound. to be subsequently mod
iRed. At the will OF the operator the
pitch can be raised or lowered, but not
during the utterance Of word or sen
tence, 80 that In saying "Marianna" or
Comment yous porter vons = the
machine talk talks French, German, tai
ian or English) the keynote remains
unaltered TO the end. In front OF the
vocal cord, aud within the larnygeal
chamber, are stops or diaphrams, placed
vertically, aud rising and falling like the
wards Of Chub's lock, but different In
that each stop is complex machine in
itself, having within, moved by spring,
another stop, by means OF which an or
iiice at the base is enlarged or dimin-
ishcd. Herr faber has taken another
liberty with nature, for besides placing
the nose below the mouth, for the sake
Of convenience, he has placed the teeth
in the larynx, or, more strictly speak
ing, with one OF those stops he gets
somewhat lisping -" or the sound OF
"sh" from the machine. A small wind.
mill like arrangement gives the rattle OF
the letter "r," and thin iron band,
notched in tho lower rm in front, fit
ting outside the upper lip, descends To
give the "f' or "v' sound.
There are fourteen keys by which
sounds are controlled. Striking the
first the sound OF "a" in father" is pro-
duced, the mouth remaining wide open;
another key being struck the lower jaw
rises aud the sound OF 30" as in bow"
is given. a third key moves lever
which nearly closes the mouth, and the
sound of "oh as in movement" is emit
ted. The other vowel sounds aud the
consonants are produced by the use of
the diaphragms in the larynx with the
mouth in the second or third position.
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PORK PACKING.
The Winters Business In Chi
cagO.


CmCAGo, March ls.-lioSard, White
4 Crowcll's eleventh annual report Of
the pork packing OF the city, published
to-day. gives the following details.
Packing of hogs during the winter
season, 2,525. .2l9, a decrease OF Az SOC
from the preceding year; packing during
the past twelve months, 1850, ,637, a TALL.
ing OF Of 2S0,3ll. Most OF the other
Western cities have suffered in the
same ratio. Total yield OF lard,
l02,5l6,57l pounds, or 2S,290,677
pounds less than last year. There
were also made 3l3,620 barrels OF mess
pork, against 2l9, ,S02 last year; S7,5l2,-
$50 pounds Of short rib sides, against
65, S5j,b7S last year; q ,2Sl 400 pounds
Of short clear, against 50,92i,3j6 last
year; S9,75l,1S3 pounds Of long clear
sides, against 90, 0,572, ,293 last year /;
1857, 163 Of Staiiorlshire sides, against
9,oi6. si3 last year; 1882, ,289 OF dry
saltcd shoulders, against 30, ,430, ,332 last
year 10. I33. .i3S Of green hams, against
la,S5S,G6l last year; Q e,299, 40 dry salted
hams. against 3,26S, ,26S last year. 49,
S97 ,S1j long cut hams, against II l,69l,-
$50 last year; 1911 lisrccs
OF sweet picked shoulders against . e,5jS
last year: sweet picked hams, los. .63S
tierces against los, ,327 last year; 6,772,-
Ia Cumberland sides against 5,6Ss. .09l
last year. and other cuts Of sides sggre-
eating about 81 ,0O0, 900 pounds against
I2, 900 600 last year. The results OF the
twelve months packing may be sum.
married. as having produced large in
crease in short ribs and pork, and 10
have produced much less lard and most
other products than the preceding
twelve montha-
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RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
One Person Killed and Four
Badly Injured.

uAREIsBuRa, March ls,-One man
was killed and three injured at Ann
vile. on the Lebanon Valley railroad,
by M express train.
The details OF the accident show that
four persons were badly injured and
one Killed. A passenger train bound
east had stopped at Annyille station
about S. 80, and a number OF passengers
aliyhted. The night was quite dark and
the passengers were IN group on an
adjoining track when the west-bound
Ias, express came laundering past and
dashed through the crowd with terrible
efIect. Michael Bachman, OF Fontana,
was caught by the pilot OF the engine
and hurled against the station rail, kill
ing him instantly. John Fliekineer,
James Dohner. A, Griffith and man
whose name is not known, were thrown
a considerable distance and badly hurt
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PITTSBURGH.
Conl Miners Convention

PirrsuuRaH, March IS The coal min
ers' Interstate Convention re-assembled
at . O'Clock this afternoon. After dis
cussing the resolutions offered this
morning they were laid on the table Tor
final action tomorrow. resolution
was adopted that the miners Oi the var
lous districts organize themselves under
a secret organization, and recommending
the Knights Of Labor where no such
organization existed one be elected i'm
mcdlately.
u. Il. Jones submitted tho following
resolution:
ReN,ltrd, That each State hold CON
yention ON the third Tuesday in Janun-
~. 1881. to declare general and stimuli
taneous strike throughout the bitumi-
nous coal fields against tho present sys-
TEN Of weighing coal
The discussion on this occupied the
balance Of the day.
The Convention adjourncd until to-
mofroE.
Democratic State Committes.
The Democratic State Committee met
at the Monongahela House this alter
noon and selected Harrisburg rs the
place and April 2sth as the date OF hold
Ing the State Convention. A resolu-
ton VAS offered instructlng the chair
man of the State Committee To reorgan-
iEe the Mc(iowan delegation from PhlI-
adelphia in making up the roll for the
temporary organization OF the state
Convention, was carried by vote
oi ~ 10 10. The committee was III
session from 3 =. N. until nearly 5
O'Clock. and the discussions at tunes
were both animated and protracted,
Nothing else Of Importance MAS pre-
sentcd to the committee.
Western Iron Association.
The Western Iron Association held a
meeting to-day, which was largely at
tended. Every iron manufacturing dls-
trict west ot the Allegheny mountains
was represented. Alter considerable
discussion the iour-cent card rate was
4, ,firual
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A SHOT In THE DARK
nr,ny, Dawn a burglar.


MEuruIs. March lS.-This morning at
2 O'Clock William Shult;levorth, PAIN
ter residing in the Irving block, was
awakened by hearing some one walking
in his room, aud grasping his pistol
callr,l ont: "who is thereT faillngto
set a response, he tired at an object IN the
corner II the room. which proved to be
n bnn,lar. who lied down stairs pnrsued
by Shuttleworth, who fired two
more shots at the fleeing thieL Moth,
Ing more was heard Of the affair until
tbis morning at 10 o'clock, when the
police were notified that Joe Costello,
a young man haillng from bowins
Gren, Ky., was suffering IRON . pistol
sbot which had passed clear through,
Ms right chest. An Investigation proved
that ne WAS the man shot by shuttie'
worth, and had ran 10 his boarding
house six squares distant, without
knowing that the ball bad struck hi,n'
Costello eorle originally from Canada
IS at the City Hospital, and VIII prooa'
hlV lia
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Coal Miners Troubles.

CHcAGo, March lS,-For some time
there has beeh trouble among the coal
miners at Rapids city, on account OF
some Of the strikers wishing TO return
10 work. Mystic warnings, with skull
and cross bones, and signed "Mollie
Mcguire" have been distributed among
those who were presumed to be weak
eniug. On "Wednesday night Taylor
Williams was shot through the heart IN
his own house. Two suspected men
have been arrested and are held for the
INQUEST More trouble is threatened.
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AErI-TILDEN TRIUMPH.


hAulalAnAs
81, .a, Dispatch o. the Register
WAsmNUruN, March Is.
TrIygnms tonight show that the anti
Tldrn element Won a decided victory at
Pitt,burlh, where the Democratic State
Committee held meeting to-day.
senator Wallace was there. The deter.
mutation tu holl the State Convention
April 18th, at Harrisburg instead Of at
Pittsburgh on later day, is Just what
Tidcu's friends dd not want The
cruNuus act was the instructions
to the T,hbn chairman OF the
commit. To put on the roll delegates
ir1m Philadelphia already elected who
arr vy.rwhclmiug,y auti-Tllden. This
victory la Ptuus y,yania makes the anti
Tllru clement here very iubiiant to-
night an - regarded as a setback for
Speaker Randall.
4 trIc. .r,m tonight irom Ex-Governor
MtEurry, ot Louisiana, to Congress
man Etils, says there ~ no doubt
that Louisiana viii instruct tor Hancock,
aud another dispatch says it will also
instruct iur the two thirds rule.
The debate on the deputy Marshals
feature OF the deficiency bill to-day in
the House, enabled Democrats and RE
pulJicans alike to make more mistakes
aud prevented the passage oi the bill, as
Ms autiCipatpd
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THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
THE PRESENT PRESIDENTIAL oUT-
LOOK.
The Republican Congressional Committee
Considers the Question Of the Resul,
atChicagO- Iildsn'S Alleged
Defeat a, Pittsburgh
6raatS Boom.
GRANT IN MICHIGAN.

HIS Nomination viii Imperil Ropubllcan
Success Thero-The west Virginia
kivcls
Spccia, p,,pt1,h tu the Rcgislyr
WAsuISGToN, March Is.
\ prominent member OF the State Re
pub. can Committee OF Michigan says
tha, he has lately talked with enough
leading REPUBLICANS irom various parts
OF his State to convince him that the
nomination oi Grant will place Michi-
gan on tur list Of doubtful Republican
States. This gentleman Is himself
irlraiiy tp Grant.
Captain j. W. Cuylcr, ol the engineer
corps, has been placed ,n charge OF the
work on the Little hanswha, Guyan-
d1t,c aud Bls sandy rivers
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rA.1nain,.a ylrxinl. Judss.

LYxcHsuBa, VA, March ls-states
Attorney General Field, IN view ., .ne
recent decision os the United states
Supreme Court in sustaining Judge
Riyes in the matter OF County Judges
indicted In his court for alleged isiling
10 have negroes on juues, has Withdrawn
from the cases a. counsel for the indicted
Judges, stating that be did not wish 10
appear as placing himself and stzte In
the attitude Of resisting federal laws and
the decisions Of the Supreme Court. All
the cases were therefore continued until
next term.
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Strike
ON the Cumberland and Penn
sylyania Railroad.

CuNsKRLASD, MD., March lS-AI, the
train men on the coal trains OF the Cum-
berIand and Pennsylvania railroad, run
ming from Cumberland 20 Piedmont,
are on a strike, the First Division men
ioining the strikers this morning, anu
humber one hundred. They demand
On Der cent. advance, and their action
csuses over three thousand miners and
laborers to be idle and puts stop to the
coal trade. As this road at present Is
the only outlet from the important
mines 10 the canal, which 10 forced 70
remain idls ct ame where there . .
great demand Tor coal.
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F.hsr., ralking M.ehlna

Herr FAber's talking machine has re-
Gently been exhibited at the Converse
Iione Of the London Physical Society.
This talking machine Is the produce Of
the continuous labor and study OF two
members OF the same family. 10 was
begun in 1916 by Joseph Fsber. and %
Gar elaborated in ls4l that IL was exhib-
tied in that rear 10 the King Of Bavaria.
The originator, dying. bequesthed the
machine TO his nephew. the present
owner, also named Joseph Fsber, who
I'D been associated With him in its con-
struetion, and SINCE Il became his prop
erty Herr Faber has almost doubled in
povers Of articulation
The principal features Of the machine
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RAILROAD BoSDs-Quiet, but gener-

RAILROAD bONDs-Quict, OUT gener-
ally firm.
STARE BoSDs-Dull except for Iouisi-
ana consols, which fell of y per cent.
SroCKs-The market was active and
strong in early dealings, with general
improvement in prices. The chiei &C
tiyity was In Erie. Ohio and Mississippi,
Pacific Mail, Western Union and South.
western shares. The advance ranged
from | to Il per cent, the later In
Houston aud Texas, but reaction of !
to 2t per cent. followed. Daring the
afternoon the market was buoyant again
and there was an advance OF 70 81
per cent, the latter Ohio and Missis-
sippi. Toward the close q weakness
prevailed, and prices fell of TOLL per
cent, Ohio aud Mississippi leading In
the decline. Manhattan Elevated was
heavy throughout, and declined from ~
10 47l. The earnings Of the Lake Shore
road for the first two weeks In March
show an increase Of $22S, 900, st. Paul
aud Sioux City earnings Tor the first
week In March increased $3.50 aud
Kansas and Texas $25,S53. The earn.
ings Of the Union Pacific road for the
uTht hiAtctu uuNs W HhutNh tuttNestN
$25S,356. Northwestern gains $4,000
for the first two weeks Of March. The
Illinois Central railroad has earned since
January LIST at tho rate OF o per cont.
per annum upon its stock. There Is III
unconhrmed report that tho Secretary OF
the Treasury will pay tho April interest
without rebate.
The transactions on the stock tx.
change aggregated $4,000 shares, OF
which 1900 were A. X r. Telegraph Co,
|, 200 Chesapeake and Ohio, l4,0W Della.
ware, Lackawanna and Western, $500
Delaware aud Hudson, 5000 Erie, 500
Hannibal and st. Joseph, ., 300 Houston
and Texas, $4,000 Iron Mountain, 1900
Kansas and Texas, 10000 Lake Shore,
3.i00 Lake Erie aud Western, 1000
Louisville aud Nashville, $4,000 Little
Pittsburgh, LOO Michigan Central,
1000 Northwestern, $500 Nashville
and Chattanooga CLOSING at SSi), 100
New Jersey Central, 100 New York
Central, 1000 Northern Pacific, 63,OoO
Ohio and Mississippi, $1,000 Ontario
and Western CLOSING at 27l), 10000
Pacific Nail. 1000 Quicksilver, 5000
Reading, $500 81. Paul, 700 Union
Pacific, II 900 Wabash aud Pacific, 20,.
600 Western Union, and 200 ~. Louis
and San Francigco
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MAITLAND I.axialatura.

AxxsroLIs, March ls-The senate
sustained the Governors veto Of tho
bill requiring nonresident statesmen
and traders 20 take out license before
selling or offering TO sell within the
State aiy goods or merchandise. The
Senate also adopted an order requesting
the President Of the Senate and Speaker
OF the Houe 10 take steps ior the arrest
and prosecution Of parties who were
preventing. menAeing and threatening
Senators and impeding legislation Tues
day night and disturbing the peace yes
terlay.
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not Of pstsonal character. but grows
out OF the TACT that II In felt that he is
not an available candidate. All eoncede
that he has been cheated out Of the
Presidency and that II he could be elect
ed he ought to be the candidate. lmust
confess that 10 me he is the representa-
tive OF the great wrong done the Amer
lean people by theelectoral count, which
placed Mr.. Hayes In the Presidential
chair
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DRY aooDG
n sv York.

Nxw Yosx. March ls.-Dry Goods
Business moderate with commission
houses and the iobbing trade continue.
active. Cotton goods In hir demand
and firm. Prints in moderate request.
Giughams active and in light supply.
Dress goods aud lawns doing well. Mems
woolens quiet and Arm. The Builcf'n
says: Two thousand five hundred
pieces Of silks will be sold at auction
next Wednesday.
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VIRGINIA RIVERS

Appropriations for Their Improvements
$ ccial to the Register.
WAsmNGToS, March Is.
The sub committee Of the House Com
mcrvr Committee has agreed upon the
following appropriations Tor the im-
provrmcul Ui Virginia rivers aud har-
b,rs. James river, 500, COCO; Norfolk
harbur, s,0UOO, AppomattoX river $40, =
on. Rpppahauuuck rlycr S2O,OOO, with
sunlry small appropriations tor smaller
streams Last year the James got SO
Oll. aud this rrport shows that Mi.
kruuu has obtained more liberal action
CT West Virginia tuan has been accord
Cd Virginia.
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A Bsd beating.

SrEusKxyuLk, March l1.-lAsi night
Walter Bonner, one Of the new coal
miners at Swiit's shait, while walking
along south Third street was s,.s.sed
by several men, snpposet 70 Be siriking
mines, and bestea % badly that he u
wing In 7sry serious condition.
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s6{c ssllsr April; Ssic seller May; SSt@
ssh ssllsr June; rejected S6c. Oats -
Active but weak and lower 20c cash
and seller April; sale seller May. Bye
Dull and nominal at 7l97Sic: Bar
ley--Easisr at 77lc. Pork-ln fair Do.
mand but at lower rates at $il 10 cash;
Sll O2t(Sll 0S seller April; Sll iHS
IL III seller May. Lard-In fair de-
mand but at lower rates at 81 02i cash;
81 o. seller April; 81 1897 III ssller
May. Bulk Msats-Steady and In lair
demand at a 00(S8 6S(S8 Is. Whisky
lSteady and unchanged at 81 o..
Toledo.
ToLupo, March l8.-Wheat- Easicr;
amber Michigan 81 Soi; No. . red win.
ter spot 81 S0l; seller April 81 81 sell
ier May 81 50; seller June VI 2sl sci
lsr July 81 l3l; western amber Michi-
gan 81 29i; No. red mixed 2Si.
1jorn-Demand iair and market firm;
high mixed 4Stc; No. 2 spot seller March
I3c; seller May &2ic; seller July A2e;
No. 2 white tSc. Oats-Steady; NO =,
SIC. Clover Sced-Dull; prime ~ lSi'
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HOUSE.

The morning hour having been dlspens-
with the House went into Committee Of
the Whole, Mr.. Carlisle in the chair, on
the special deficiency bill.
The question was on the point OF
order raised by MIR. Hiscock against the
amendment offered yesterday by Mr..
Reagan.
MIR. Reagan withdrew the amendment
for the purpose OF allowing Mr.. Debrlll
to offer the following:
Prorided, Thai the commissioner OF
pensions shall not withhold pension
from any soldier or pensioner
OF the war of 1912 who was granted
a pension under an act OF Congress Of
1871, and was dropped for charges Of
disloyalty and reinstated under the act
OF March7, 1873. aud his pension shall
be paid from March 9, 1878.
Mr.. Hiscock raised point OF order
against the amendment.
Mr.. Atkins thought the gentleman
from New York ought not object to the
amendment, as ii would apply only to
six old soldiers.
The chair sustained the point Of order
The effect Of the amendment would be
TO change the law, or at least to change
the construction put upon the law by
the Commissioned Of Pensions.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS y, ,66J,-
900 for the payment Of pensions was
adopted, and the committee then en-
gagged in the Eve minute debate on the
amendment appropriating 100000 Tor
the payment OF marshals and general
deputy marshals.
The amendment offered by MIR. His
cock is also pending, extending the APP
preparation for the payment OF special
deputies
Mr.. Hiscock's amehdmcnt was voted
down; ayes l07; nays l2i.
Mr.. Springer offered an amendment
appropriating S76, 900 for the payment
OF special deputy marshals, provided
that hereafter special and general deputy
marshals shall receive two dollars per
day for performing any duties in regard
to any election and that all such general
and special election deputies shall he APP
pointed by the Judge Of the United
States Circuit Court Tor the district in
which they arc to perform their duties;
aud no less than two or more than three
appointments shall be made for any yot-
ing precinct.
Mr.. Simouton moved to amend Mr..
Garfeld's substitute so AZ To leave II In
the exact form OF Mr.. Springer's amend.
ment as amended by Mr.. Weaver, with
the exception of excluding from il the
provisions for general deputy marshals.
This amendment was agreed to; yeas,
III; nays, ia.
Mr.. Springer then moved to amend 10y
including general deputy marshals.
Pending which the Committee rose
aud the House adjourned
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Prepayment Of Interest.

WAsHINaToN, March lS.-Orders have
been issued by the Treasury Depart
ment 10 prepay, without rebate, all in
terest on the public debt falling due on
April LIST, ON and after Monday, March
22d. Drafts for registered interest will
be mailed by that time, or as soon
thereafter as possible. The Treasury
Department to-day purchased 10000
ounces Of fine silver Tor delivery at the
Philadelphia, New Orleans and San
Francisco mints.
The interest falling due on the LIST OF
April next, and which Secretary Sher.
man has ordered to be prepaid on aud
after Monday next, is the quarterly IN.
terest on the per cent loan, and
amounts to about S7,0O0,000. ID Is
stated that the Secretary decided To an
licipate the payment Of this interest 10
a. 10 relieve the tightness Of The money
market in New York, about which there
seems 10 be much anxiety.
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Pr,,onor sunoosted.

CHErKR, Pa. March ls-Richard
Neih, a convic. in the Delaware county
Jail, attempted TO escape last night, aud
In doing 30 broke the gas pipe and WAS
suffocAied by escaping gas
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TRANSPORTATION.
CLEVELAND ( PiTTSBUR6 r. r
Condensed Time Card.
ooINo EAsT AND wEr.

GOING EAST AND WET.
On and after Nov. y. issa, all trains will run
daily tcxcpt sunday, a. follows
Through trains Va ittuburgb.
aThrouEh trains to Cleveland.
arhfough trains 10 Chicago.
PuilmAn's PArior Cars between wsllsvills and
Hotel and sleeping Can ON ell trains beswssn
Alliance aud Chicago.