Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-11-17
1UCCE.S OF THE PHONOGRAPH.
It In Believed tn l&t Afurr rr,lctlcu1 and
HrIit11t Tim II Typewriter.

It In Believed tn ite Mere f'ructlcnt and
Reliable Thun II Ty1rwrtt"r.
Tho plaonuy1:>l,ll has probably seen
more ui~ and downs than :tn: cher
instrument ut equal usefulness. When
first presented to the public it WIS
not cu1nint11'ia1ly st1vi,y;,llc. and It's
early days were ln>>t't with legal com
p]irutin1l> and financial obstacles
Later Ellison again turned hi> nttrn.
ton to the Instrument that he k1't'N:
haul 1nor> III it than ha'l vt t"~n
brought cut. and ho eventually 1lG
diced the lA rlte:tssi pl4sna@rnph, The
now instrument WIS t1inl in t11;,ny
oteA = and pronounced II f:il:'1r' The
>1str titht1. voul:l not ~ could mot
learn to adjust it pro1H'ily, Or did not
l>now t|t:tt: rhonV*ral'h .t1i<'@Atit'n has
til bc 1{::4r9>Il likA any >utlzer art. or
the regulation oftlc: l~ttHri1:s became
un llI<<.,'nr task ut I'LL EVENTS t|e
ultimnt,nn. WIS .p1%tnuunctrl. =. ho
"couhl't ht'lut |lrrr.1 With it, ami The
pnon'Erapl4 company WAS requested
t., take the instrument away.
N1.,n ut more intelligence and ~
tirnt't. however. l,nd u~ II 111lt' Il very
different l:S11It from this. and thu
Instrument is nov rapidly gaining
ground ami ii spoken 1T most TIL,
Enthusiastically 10y those who usc it
duly III Washington the old method
ct debating tou typewriter Is dv|in"
Ing anil the Srrnu=ralhrr dictates his
Notes direct tn thu, l'hono@1aph at
any speed ut which ht<Hn read them.
The convenience OF this plan is Ill
most i1,1tlcu'u1,lr and the saving i'll
time immense. Commercial lntn n,'u
Just beginning to realize whit it
means tn lluvc IL photograph ut their
elbow. a1Iu appreciate thu ability IT,
dispose Of Il mail IF 1n', to 15U 1ettrrs
in It morning.
III novit"s ut rhono%1rlph dictatinn
there il generally little 1lervo1@s'
ncss and il Discrimination to subject
possible rvpetltions and mistakes to
tM critical ear Of the typewriter.
Manncl'is1nS and lc$it,1lcy 1T speech
IRE not noticed in ordinary dit'tation
after the car has become accustomed
to them. but I'll the phnn"graph they
ire 80 reproduced that their lccu
liaritits become more apparent. But
this ditfi'lcnce. as Il rule. SOON passes
away and the triumphant expedition
with which un overwhelming mass
IF correspondence can be disposed Of
is the best possible tutor in enabling
the business 1nun to t1o justice both
to his own resources aud those of the
instrument
The popular i,ltn Of the phonoyrapA
is gained from the nit'ktl-in-thr~~lot
Instruments that arc distributed Ill;
over the country, the records on
which strr ls;,t ton '>ftrn thin. stl1lealty
and unnatural. ami utterly mi:;lru'l
ing NJ un Indication Of what tho pho
noyra1'h / ally ram IT, The singing
mud speaking records; '1n >ki|lfully
and su;tahIy :djuSt~, l.: *.1':ncnt can
only 1se described ~ magnificent, and
the voict to->l"s cut with II naturs;
quality and with such resonance, TINT
1"arly Iw Tyr cent. Ut the original
sound III Reproduced. Such results TN
these ,&rn not to lna obtained by u
b1!n%lcr> Int that thry TIRE available
Is certain.
Ono ct tl,tss'. duys tho general pub
lie will 1m tslt1 uttr} u;> to the p1~lur
adjustment Ut their phonu41uphs,
ami then tho Lest unt1 the truly 1nnr
vtlU,,s results ui the t1s,'of the inst111~
,nrnt will 1M ohtuillel. ~Pittsburg
Dispatch.