Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-06-08

ghers of the Free state. IN the Solemn
resolution adopted by the Rad, 1--WE
must stand with our brethren of the
Transvaal." That decision, from the
point of view of prudence, may have
been a mistake; but 1t was hardly an act
so monstrous as to call for exceptional
punishment.
But it will he said that the annexation
is justified because England needs the
whole of South Africa for her purposes.
But even if it is conceded, as some peo'
BILE seem to assume, that whatever Eng
land wants is necessarily right, she can
not have the whole of South Africa. If
she does want it. Portugal is already
there: and 50 is Germany; aud unless
she is prepared either to buy them out or
to drive them out, she cannot realize her
ambition of an unbroken South African
empire.
There is therefore no justification,
either in provocation received, or in past
relations, or in present exigency, or in
future policy for the step which has been
taken in the Free State. 1t Is an act OF
sheer brutality, a crime perpetrated by a
great nation upon small one. In the
long run it will he found that in the
Providence of God, such crimes avenge
themselves Journal.
Something About Talking Machines.
Talking machnes-instrumen that
will record and reproduce speech or any
sound-have been before the public in
one form or another for twenty years.
| The most advanced type of the talking
machine is the graphophone. In the
popular mind there is considerable mis-
| apprehension and confusion regarding
the correct designation of these instru-
ments. The words "graphophone" and
"phonograph being frequently misused
as having the same meaning The name
''phonograph" was given to the first
crude model which demonstrated that
sound could be recorded and reproduced
mechanically; but this early model was
dnsulted to practical everyday use.
The "graphophone'' was the first prac-
teal talking machine, and the |. ).
patent office has put all similar inven-
tions into one class, designating them
''graphophoues. For entertainment,
for instruction, for practical use, or for
any purpose for which a talking machine
may be desired, the graphophone is un'
equalled. The graphophone process i;
the simplest, the best. and the only
successful one for recording and repro
ducing speech or sound. Great improve
ments recently made, embodied in
machines that reproduce music and
other sounds with the full volume and
vibrant power of the original, at the
same time preserving all the original
melody and equality, are due to the
discovery and application in the labor
atorv and factory of the American
Graphophone company, (better known
to the public through its selling depart
ment, The Columbia Photograph com
pany), of new principles which have
revolutionized the art The resulting
type of graphOphOne. known as the
"Grand.' gives a sound volume many
times greater than has ever before been
attained. Full Information regarding
entertainment graphOphones of all styles,
and machines that serve rs sub titute'
for stenOgraphers for debating and trans
c'iblng CORE. pondence, is contained in
the Columbia monograph company
catalogue. see the advertisement OF
this company in our advertising columns