The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-28

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hands being set 30 thai II win perform lis
various feats at desirable times. The re-
port does not say that ii calls cut the
hour. though thar seems to be understood.
and. aS Mark Twain suggested. che clock
may give visitors suitable hints. sieh ~
This IL my busy DAY" or where the
young lady Of tho house il IN the habit Of
sitting up late with her company" the
clock at midnight might conrteousiy ask
him to 90 home or to spare the gas
Their Adv~rtfsinw Uses.
A great many Photographs are used for
novel advertising purposes. Some stores
have hse-sixed ornamental figures holding
q trumpe; 10 the lips \ phonograph att
tached inside the figure furnishes an att
traction, and In one way or another -
calculated 20 make sales. In music
store, for instance. the latest songs ara
sung. ard announcement is made of their
merits, etc.
The phonograph already has a number
Of love AFFAIRS TO it's credit. In one ease
an actress succeeded In making the ac-
auaintance of a musician. whose paon-
okraph records had delighted her. He
amused her from time 70 time with his
selections, and when they became inti-
mate, he slipped special record INTO the
ful proposal Of marriage. Then there was
q fellow who went TO a New York phon-
ograph parlor listened to a number OF
pieces and finally the music stopped in
the middle OF a waltz and familiar voice
said: II have loved You for a long tine.
but have never dared tell you SO. VIII
you be my wife," When that bashfui fell
low called again. he said: she called me
a coward, but I don't care; its al right
Perhaps the most remarkable use of
these machines Is by doctors and sur
geons In studying diseases by means Of
the records. Every maiady OF the throat,
nose. chest. lungs. heart, and even a pa
tents cough. has been registered in tbs
way. The patient describes to the machine
the features of his case. and. by making
records in different stages, the physician
ascertains the condition of the patient. A
.remarkab BILE library of records is kept by
DIR. j. Mount Bleyer of New York. He
has about 1000 OF such records, each
marked. dated and described; and
IL the patient has a relapse the doctor
takes down the former cylinders and can
at once recall the circumstances on the
case An improved machine. calsssa the
microphonograph. is used by some of these
doctors in studying the feeble sounds gwen
out by the organs of the body. BY means
Of this invention many deaf persons are
being benefited. Aural massage In the
inders with rough surfaces. is applied to
their ears for two hours daily and this SO
stimulates the nerves as to provide some
substitute for the paraiyzed organs.
On the Race Track.
The value OF the monograph has been
proved at the race track. As the con-
testants pass the line their numbers are
generally called so rapidly that the judges
often disagree. When the machine is used
the judge faces it, so that every sound is
heard, and there Is no room for disagree
ment after the finish" An odd use Is
being made OF photograph by a physi-
cist, who is now studying climatic cond.-
tons In the tropical regions. He employs
a machine for recording thunder. claps.
volcanic sounds, etc.
A phonograph is being made for use
at the exposition of 1900 which is expected
to be of sufficient dimensions to be heard
by 10000 persons. Meantime the phono-
graph is being used great deal in church,
e.. In an Ohio church an address from
the former pastor, who lives in Califor-
mia now, was recently delivered by phono-
graph. The members of the congrega-
ton had been anxious to have him make a
visit. but. not being able to leave his home.
he sent the address In phonographic CYL
indsrs. Philadelphia preacher has used
a machine in church to repeat the scrip
ture lesson. and he Is endeavoring TO place
monographs and records of spiritual songs
with clubs and in the homes of people who
never attend church. In New Jersey there /
is u church using a large machine in lieu
OF a choir and organ, as II can be depends
ed upon. and Is not expensive.
1t is likely, too. that the phoEosraph
will be used by the army. When 4 Is
impossible to communicate by telegraph
an officer might find 1t indispensable in
sending a message and a specially shaped
record can be used which the enemy would
find worthless. even though they had a
monograph.
A remarkable demonstration Of the pos
sibilties OF the phonograph was given
at lecture delivered by w. ]. Hammer,
on 'Edison's Life and Inventions" at
Franklin Institute. Philadelphia. There
was notable musical entertainment. be-
ing given that night in New York, and
the lecturer. to give an object lesson
had a long distance telephone connecting
the two halls. While the lecture was in
progress the New York entertainment was
heard over the wire, and was recorded
there by phonograph. When the enter
ta,nment stopped Mr.. Hammers phono-
graph repeated the music that had come
from New York, and then, by connecting
the machine with the telephone, the per-
formers in New York were able TO hear
the music they had previously produced
and reported this fact back to the audi
ence at the Philadelphia institute.
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