Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-12-13
HIS WONDERFUL PAPER
Pdis0n's Great Scheme of Publishing
Photographic Periodicals For
the Blind and Illiterate.
You Turn Crank, Take Your Ease.
and the Sheet VIII Read to
You.


NEW YoHK-Thep only few years ago
Thomas A. Edison announced he would
hottie up the human voice 80 that as any
fnture nme it would be uncorked and
heard TO speak again, there were many
,sho heard the statement with open akep-
ticism. Now if Mr., Edison were to an
nounce he would talk with persons on the
nlapet Mars, it would be generally credit
al The wizard OF Menlo park has not
mite accom- plished that much, but he
proposes to do something about rs won
5arful in the near future. The modern
newspaper is a triumph of mans crea-
tive power, but Mr., Edison proposes to
revolutionize journalism By starting
newspaper that ban be appreciated by
the blind, and even by the illiterate. To
obtain the news of the day from Mr.
Edisons proposed journal, all that one
will have 10 do will be to turn crank
and listen and the newspaper will read
itself to him.
Some mixing of this marvellous pro
iect OF the great inventor having been Sc
cured, a reporter went ont to Mr.. Ed
son's laboratory at Grange, N j. Mr..
Edison was greatly surprised that any
mint of the new invention had got abroad
and at fest was loath to talk aboutit. It
ia not generally known TO people at large
that Mr.. Edison has succeeded in turn
ing out what he calls dependence
pbUnograms. These pllOnograms are
made Of peculiar wavy composition aud
can be folded AND put IN an envelope the
same as an ordinary letter. When a
massage which has been traced upon them
by O monographs needle is 20 be made
public they are wrapped around 4 phone
graphic O. linder and by the revolution of
the motor emit the sounds of the voice
which originally talked TO them. These
correspondence pnonograms can be
multiplied 10 any extent by "a @onderiul
process, details OF wlieh ale yet TO be
made public.
It is stated at Jheiabora'or by one in
the secret thHG it necessary 10000 or
more copies Of the same cylinder could
BIO turned out IN one hour. They can be
adjusted to any monograph, so that 90
600 or more of the talking machines"
can repeat the same sentence at a given
moment. The possibility of this was
suggested to the inventor for the benefit
OF those who wish TO keep abreast of the
news OF the day, but who from failing
syesight or from other causes are not
able to read newspapers. The Edison
Talking Newspa company will supply
its patrons with the Photographs at an
annual rental of a small sum. These
monographs can be used, the same as
any others, to reproduce singing, piano
playing, whistling, band music, and elo-
oution, but they will be especially de-
signed for correspondence. PhoDo-
graphs later will contain each day ell the
latest news in condensed form and will
cover each subdivision, such as cable and
Geographic, political, dramatic. CONNER
cial, monentary, etc. Each phonogIaph
will be plainly marked SO that the reader,
or rather nearer, can choose for himself
whioh one he cares to use first. Ii a new
opera has been produced the night before
he can listen to an able bat concise criti-
cism of it and enjoy the sensation of hev-
ing repeated to his delighted ears
choicest passages of music precisely ps
they were rendered at the theater. If an
important congressional debate is going
on the Subscriber will be treated to the
most eloquent portions of the speeches
in the original tone of the orator. Even
the applause or laughter which greets bon
mOts will be faithfully reproduced.
At first it will be only designed, as has
been stated, 10 furuish synopsis OF the
daily newa, but for this purpose the first
editions of regular newspapers will be
read, condensed and repeated to receiv-
ing photographs, multiplied on CORES
ponding phonograus and delivered by
carriers to the Subscribers homes. In
this way tine subscriber will be able to
learn the news as he sits at his breakfast
table. and not only he, but each member
of his family, can listen to il at the same
time. There will be, when the project
has been thoroughly established, several
editions of the taking paper. Some OF
them will be elaborate and will give full
reports of i'm portsnt happenings.
IL will not be necessary, with the talk
ing and singing newspaper, for the un-
Imaginative reader 10 worry himself by
striving to gather from the critics just
which uian;st's performan sounded
best. He will hear them. Instead of the
hsokneye ed phrase: "Thuuders of applauss
greeted the speakers elOqueDce," the
subscriber will be dsafened by thunder
himself. If the president OF the United
States goes fishing, the newspaper nearer
will DO able 70 catch the exact shade OF
triump h in his toue as he exolaims to his
private secretary, I've got bitter or in
the precise tone of disappointment Us he
adds, by Jove, I've lost hint" This
may sourd like romance, but the public
has Mr.. Elisous assurance that 1t is
quite possible and will be accom- ished
IN the not distant future. Phonograms
As sc present made will cost about q
cents per cylinder. Each one will cou-
rain about column of ordinary news
paper reading matter, and the news OF
this day can be easily condensed INTO thai
space. In future the cost of the phouo-
grams will undoubtedly be rrought dowr
TO price far below this.