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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-01
New york Money Market.

New York, Feb. 1.-MONE1- CIose.
Prime mercantile paper, 53z@611 per cent.
Sterling exchange weak, with actual bust
ness in bankers bills at 81 .S460d4. S465 for
demand and at "a -SO50G4 5000 for sixty day
bills: posted rates, 81. S2d4. SPY and 81 .S61s
commercial bills, "a .S0lz.
Money call easy. at 21s0315 per cent.
ruling rate, "a per cent; closing bid, per
cent; offered at 2h per cent. Time loans
dull and steady; sixty and ninety days,
cent
sILvER-Bar silver. 6Slsc; Mexican dol
lars, 52%c
BONDS-Governmen bonds steady; rail-
road bonds easy.
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Kansas city, February !
kansas civ Live Stocl1 Market.

Kansas City, Feb /. = CATTLE : Re
ceipts. 1000 head, including 800 southerns-
Market steady. Native steers. 81. 25Q6. go;
southern steers, So .50Q5. IS; southern cows.
81. 25@3 IS; native cows and heifers, s.. Esq
500; stockers and feeders, 50. 00@4 80; bulls.
s2.75@4. %; calves, 50 .50G7 %; western fed
steers. So. 75Q5.75 western fed cows, 81. 500
HOGsLReceipts. 1000 head. Market
strong to &c higher: Bulk Of sales. Sc seg
90 n heagy d SSSg1e. 9 gs packers ga sOs0a
SHEEP-Receipts, 1900 head. Market
strong to SC higher Muttons. 81. D45. 20;
lambs, $6.75Q7. 60; range wethers, s.. 400
10: fed ewes, 81 .65615. 90
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New York Produce Market.

New York. Feb. 1.-BUTTER-Firm
western factory, common to firsts, 1715G
21c; western imitation creamery. extras.
CHEESESteady and firm; New York
state full cream, small and large. Sept.
fancy, 141zc: Oct. best, 1S1z@14c;s good to
prime 121k@13c; winter made, average
best 12c; inferior, 11Q12c.
EGGS-Easier; western firsts, official
price 2512c; seconds. 231en2c.
POULTRY = Alive, steady; western
chickens 1Oc; fowls. 1876; turkeys. 13c.
ressed-Weak; western chickens 13@1Sc;
turkeys, 15G1Sc; fowls. S@14c.
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FORTUNE FOR TOYS.
Poor Children Provided in Will of
George b. Mutt.

Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. In the will
of George B. Mutt. who died here re-
Gently, a bequest is made that his en-
tire estate estimated at $4,000, is to
be spent for toys and gifts for the
poor children of Allegheny county at
the death of his wife.
BY the will of Mr.. Mutt, he provided
for the wife's interest during life and
stated that at her death the estate is
to be held in trust for the purchase of
playthings for poor children, especial
~ for those in institutions.
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General SIagruder's Son Dead

Rome, Feb. Henry Magruder, son
of the confederate general, John Bank
head, Magruder (who died in Houston.
Tex. in 1S71) is dead. Mr.. Maerudar
had been travelling in Italy with his
niece. Miss Buckler, who nursed him
during his illness.
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Cbicago Produce Marked

Chicago. Feb t. CHEESE = Strong;
daisies 141sQ15c; twins, 1S@14c; Young
Americas 141z G15c.
POULTR-Alive, firmer; turkeys, 12c;
chickens. lie: springs, 912c.
BUTTER-Steady; creamery. 21q311zc;
dairy, 20Q2Sc.
EGGs-steady; at mark, cases included,
23m25c
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Anv old stamps WIN Do.

Washington, Feb IA bill was ia
vorably reported by the house commit
tee on postoffices and post roads today
providing that-10 cents worth of post
age stamps of any denomination may
be used instead of a special delivery
livery" be written on the letter.
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n r Anthony HustIinv

Atchison, Kan. Feb. I'D. r. An
thony and W. 1. Biddle. of Leavenworth.
were in Atchison last evening in the
interest of Mr.. Anthony's candidacy for
congress. He was called upon at the
Bryan hotel by a large number of To-
cal politicians.
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Liverpool cables-Opening: Wheat, sd
second cabie-Wheat. I'D higher; corn.
unchanged
Closing cables-wheat, sd higher; corn,
sd higher.
Kansas City--Car lots today: Wheat. 81;
corn, 60; oats 6.
Chicago-Car lots today: Wheat Is;
corn, 497; oats, AL Estimated tomorrow:
Wheat. 26; corn. $50; oats 149.
Northwest car lots polls:
Wheat. 1872; last year, Isl. Duluth: Wheat,
81; last year, p.
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Health COMMITTEES Gets Busv.

Chicago, Feb. THE health COM
mittee of the city council took the
scarlet fever and dipththeria epidemic
IN hand yesterday and authorized tn q
employment of ESQ additional medical
inspectors for 80 days, or during the
present wave of sickness.
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Curuenheinn ia Introduced,

Washington, Feb. 1.-Senator Patter-
son. of Colorado, today presented the
credentials of Simon Guggenheim. his
successor. in the senate. Mr. Guggen-
helm was present and was introduced
to many senators.
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MARKETS TODAY.
Wheat Opens Easler--The Re-
ceipts Are Large.
Corn Quite and the Prices
Steady.
LIVE STOCK TRADE.
Cattle Are Steady - Natives
Bring 1925 to $500.
Hogs Quoted Strong to Five
Cents Higher.

Chicago, Feb. 1-WHEAT-The market
today opened easier. For the first time
this year the receipts at Minneapolis and
Duluth were larger than for the same
day last year. This caused easier prices
on the curb at Minneapolis, and this feel
ing was reflected on the local exchange.
Argentine shipments were reported as
liberal and this also weakened prices.
May wheat opened &c lower, at 78Ac, and
sold at 1850. Minneapolis, Duluth and
Chicago reported receipts of 211 cars.
The market became weak in the last
half of the session on general selling by
shorts and longs. May declined to 77zsc.
777sc.
CORN-The market was quiet and prices
were steady. There was no especial news
early in the day affecting the market.
May corn opened shade to lac lower, at
1850, and sold at 46ss@46Ac.
May corn sold up to 46k@47c and then
clining to 4614 @46ssc. The close was easy.
with May &c lower. at 1890.
OATS-The market was active and
steady. Commission houses were good
buyers. May oats opened a shade to 1sc
lower. at $3.50 to 3S16@3914c, sold down to
SS1sc and then up to 3S14c. g ~
quiet, but prices were steady because of a
strong market for live hogs. May pork
opened unchanged, at ST IS. Lard was
unchanged, at $3.50. Ribs were 21sc lower.
at 50 .671z
6S1eQ75c;- No. northern, S2QS4c; No. 2
northern, 79G83c; No. 3 spring, 7414QS2c.
CORNING. 8, 4214 @D43c.
OATS-NO. 2, 37Nc; No. 8, SIC.
RYEICash 69970c
BARLEY-Cash, 46057c.
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Earthouake in Tasmania.

Melbourne, Australia. Feb. 1.-Sev-
eraI earthquakes occurred Tuesday In
Tasmania No damage followed, but
people were greatly alarmed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-01

Here is a brand new stunt" The
house pages have raised a purse and
will treat the house members this
afternoon to bananas.
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Sergeant at Arms, D. B. Dyer and
Charley Burr, a house page of Smith
Center, went home today to remain
until Tuesday.
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GLIDING Amalgamated Copper. General
Electric. Colorado Fuel and American Lo-
connective a point or more. Bonds were
heavy.
effective Support and depressed prices
steadily. Anaconda yielded 81, Pacific
Mail 3, Republic Steel ~, Northern Pa,
cific 2ss Union Pacific and Central
Leather 2 Atlantic Coast Ling III and
Great Northern preferred, United States
Steel and American Car !.
Range of Prices on Stocks.
FURNISHED by ]. E. Gall, Commissions.
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Office ITO w. Sixth st. Phone 4S6.1
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Chicaco Live Stock MARKET.

Chicago, Feb l. CATTLE = Receipts,
1900 head. Market strong. Beeves. 81. coz
$50; cows and heifers. 81 .506t5 Is; stockers
4.50; calves, Sc. 0O0l7. 10
HOGS-Receipts. 5000 head. Market
strong. Mixed and butchers Sc. 1907 021z
good heavy Sc. 9Od7 so; rough heavy, Sc. 20
az. so; light, 81. 1901 90; pigs, Sc .O5G6. 70;
bulk of sales. s.. 921z@7 90.
steady. Sheep. 50 .6oa5.7O; lambs, s4-7o@
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-01

Frank Wiseman, one of the house
pages. went to Burlington Thursday t.
visit his folks. SO s--5.l
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Snenr and Conee NIarket.

New York. Feb L. ., SUGAR Raw
96 test, 3 15-32c: molasses sugar. 2 23-S2c
Refined, steady; crushed, s. so; powdered
81. 80; granulated, 81.
COFFEE-Steady; No. Rio. &c.
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NOTES FROM rHELEG1snAruRE.

InG eleC11OnS committee IS now walt
ing for an opinion from the attorney
general before proceeding with the
Kiowa county legislative contest be-
tween Bryant, Republican and Sherer,
Democrat. Sherer's attorneys filed a
demurrer to Bryant's evidence and
Bryant's attorneys replied to the de-
murrer. The legal matters involved
were referred to the attorney general
for settlement.
Representative ]. T. Tredway of Allen
county this morning received an an
onymous letter giving him some advice
about the divorce evil. The letter said:
It want to present a bill for the con-
sideration of your honorable body
toward preventing the divorce evil.
That young men be refused license to
marry until they have sufficient means
to support a wife or can prove them
selves of good moral character, holding
a position that will enable them to sup
port a wife. A. B. c., lola, Kan
Brick" Mason, assistant sergeant
alarms of the house of representatives,
was fined a barrel of apples yesterday
afternoon. Mr.. Cunningham made the
motion which fined Brick and he in
sisted that the gentleman was distrib-
uting railroad passes among the mem
bers. Brick paid the fine.
80. II. at:-r- E.
D. w. Blaine OF Pratt was excused
from attendance upon the sessions of
the house this morning, so that he
may go to Pratt to attend a meeting
of the officers of the Farmers, Mer-
chants and Shippers club. preliminary
to the hearing before the interstate
commerce commission at Wichita on
Monday.
Only one new bill was introduced in
the house this morning and that one
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Market Gossip.

FURNISHED by J. E. Gall. Commissions,
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Office 11o w. SIKH St. Phone 4S6.
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National Board of Trade, Kansas City.
Furnished by J.. E. Gall, Commissions.
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Office 10 w. Sixth st. Phone ASH
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Robert S. Hendricks of Rawlins
county was stuck for a barrel of ap-
pies this morning, on motion of his
Democratic colleagues. Hendricks was
quoted in a morning paper as saying
that 10 of the Democrats were pledged
to vote with the square deal RepubIi-
cans. The Democrats wanted him to
buy the apples as punishment for be-
traying the secrets OF the minority.
Cyrus Leland is acting as chairman
of the ways and means committee dur
ing the sickness of J. w. Creech w.
A. Clark of Jefferson was the second
member on the committee, but he de-
clined the honor of craftsmanship and
Leland was chosen
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Only one new bill was introduced il
the house this morning. and that one
was not very important
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Kansas City Live stock sales Today.

Kansas City Live Stock sales Today.
the stock yards, Kansas City, Mo, and
telephoned to The Topeka State Journal
by Clay. Robinson & Co.. live stock COM
mission merchants. with offices at all
markets.
Kansas City, Feb. !. = CATTLE = Re
ceipts today, 1000 head. Market steady.
(HOGS-Receipts today. 1000 head. FAR
ket strong to SC higher. Bulk of sales
Sc .S5Q6. So; top, 500.
SHEEP Receipts today, 5000 head
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TOpeIka Hide Alnri,ef.

tPrIces paid in Topeka this weeh 49,,
on Boston quotations.l 1870
GREEN SALT CURED.-.........,.'..- s' liz
NJ =, 50fl3 Os
= = AA1-A-O Save. 81
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HAY.

FURNISHED by the City Hay Market. ali
Quincy street,
PRAIRIE HAY-Baled $lL00Q12.00: loose
ALFALFA HAY-Loose. $500
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RrTTER EGGs ]

BUTTER. EGGS. POULTRy
FURNISHED by Cope & Co.,-ias ISS1 49,,
POULTRY-Broilers, lbs Pc: heeeI
1oc; coarse young ROSTERS, SCI. sprinss:
chickens, LOG; live turkeys: hens ana
EGGS-Fresh country 2zc 1'Ff - +
BUTTER-Fresh country, iSaoec 81 y
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Cotton Market.
Topeka Markets.

Galveston, Tex, Feb. 1.-COTTOl
Market steady, 10 11--6c.
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Chicago Markets.
Furnished by ]. E. Gall. Commissions.
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks
Office ITO w. Sixth st. Phone 1851
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Sail Rock,

| proper distance. 1t is see to be moth.
ing more or less than a huge block
of m~adreporic coral which has resist.
ed the assaults of the sea and towers
into the air.
When eel near at hand the trav.
eler only remarks it's strange posi-
ton, alone in the waste Of waters.
It's base has been worn away by the
waves on all sides so that it is round
ed, but above the rock spreads out
wide and at a distance bears a strik-
ing resemblance to a bark whose sail
is filled by a stern breeze. The slen-
der growth of trees at the top has
the exact appearance, when seen from
afar, of a mast. Nothing more is
needed to complete the illusion. The
resemblance to a vessel never fails to
deceive everybody who sees the rock
for the first time.
Il was named Sail Rock by the
earliest seafarers. The nautical in
structions supplied to Pacific mariners
make note of the resemblance to a
ship. They also speak of the rock
as serving a good purpose, for it is in
front of the narrow opening in the
reef through which vessels must pass,
and so points out the place.
Another fact that serves to keel
up the illusion to the last moment is.
as all the passengers are told, that
the opening in the reef is rather diff
cult to enter and a pilot m out to
take the vessel in. While the passen-
gers are gazing and specializing some
bright person of course suggests that
this is the pilot boat Nming out, and
everybody adopts tbs idea as explain
ing the true mission of the strange
craft. They are not aware that,
among those sleepy islands, nobody
is on the lookout for ships, which call
only at intervals, and the pilot usually
has to be summoned by the boom of
the ships INC
But the lookout has his joke, and
life is %enlivened for days by the mem
DRY of the excitement over a bit of
| Pacific coral.
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Spent Shot Kills Ducks.

The wild ducks in this vicinity are
affected with a new and fat - disease
which is killing them off by scores.
Dead ducks are drifting ashore in
numbers, which shows that the dis
ease is epidemic among the fowls. An
old trapper and duck hunter of this
vicinity who has practically spent his
life at those vocations gives a theory
for the epidemic which sounds ration
al. He says: put a shot of the
smallest kind in a kernel of grain and
feed it to any kind of a fowl and the
first thing you know the fowl will die.
Now, if you will bring up sand from
the bottom of a river or lake you will
be surprised at the number of shot
you will find, which has been fired
away by duck and goose hunters. In
the spring the ducks are ravenous for
gravel or sand and dive to the bottom
to secure them, getting shot into their
gizzards with the sand or gravel and
dying in consequence. If you don't
believe it examine as many of the
dead ducks as you please, and if you
don't, find one or more shot in each
of their gizzards just set me down as
a numskull. That's all there is of it.
-Winneconne Local.
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A SAIL IN SIGHT
BUT 1T is ONLY A ROCK IN THE
MiD-PAclFlc.
Fools Every Traveller When II
Is First Sighted.

To persons on the Pacific ocean the
sighting of another vessel is of great
er interest than the same occurrence
on the Atlantic, for ships are not so
common on the endless waters of the
Pacific. There is one place, however,
where the lookout will always an
nounce a ship.
He knows better, but he must have
his joke, and it never fails. He gives
the familiar call and the passengers
crowd forward and strain their eyes.
Away off they dimly see a ship.
Every minute it's outlines come
more clearly into view. Why, it is
bearing straight down on us, and the
faithful Pacific trade wind is bellying
its sail, they cry.
1t happens that they are approach
ing the little group of the Wallis is
lands, but the land can scarcely be
discerned, even when the ship is only
six or seven miles away. Every field
glass on board is brought to bear on
the vessel, and a strange thing about
it suddenly becomes a subject of ami
mated discussion.
1t doesn't seem to be moving, and
yet that glistening white sail is pulled
out by the wind. Why, it can actually
be seen to swell under the effort of
the gentle trades. Questions are fired
at the captain and the lookout, but
they are silent.
By unanimous vote it is adjudged to
be a rather small craft. AS the dis
lance lessons it's bow seems to be
rather blunt 1t certainly is not NOV
ing, and yet the wind fills that sail.
The awakening is sudden. The il
fusion is dispelled in a moment at the
The Tupelo journal., 1907-06-21

That the South has experienced sew
eral years of unprecedented prosperity,
q none will try to deny. 1t is a matter,
however, of some regret that our Seople
could not have enjoyed this prosperity
without such a long division with those
from other parts of the country. No
complaint is made that outsiders have
reaped such a large share'of these bene-
fits. We are glad to know that the de-
velopment has taken place, but the re-
greet is that our people could not be in
duced to do this years ago and without
assistance from other sources. The
Macon Beacon publishes the following
sensible article anent this matter:
"The Manufacturer Record gives the
following interesting tabulation of the
growth and development of the South in
the first half-dozen years of the twenti-
eth century:
The Tupelo journal., 1907-06-21
Painful Feet.

Pretty feet are always painful feet,
Shoes rarely if ever fit them. Hence
they carry their ~possessors haltingly
and too often they must direct them
selves toward the chiropodist's.
The high, arched instep, the pretty
foot's essential quality, is yet in a
way a deformity, for 1t causes an alb
normal tightness Of the tepdons gov
erning the toes, and the toes in con.
sequence all turn under a little as
though trying to grasp something.
Turning under, the joints stand out
prominently, just as the knuckles
stand out when the fingers are closed,
The leather of the shoe rubs and ir'
ritates these prominent joints and the
pretty foot's owner pays the penalty
in many a smart, in many a jumping
pain.
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THE STORY.

THE two men rose with naughty dis
! dain and indicated that the inter-
view was at an end, and the elders of
Israel realizing that further appeal
and remonstrance were useless, took
their departure. At the door the
spokesman of the company turned, and
said, with angry rising infection in his
voice:
Samuel, thy father, shall hear of
this, for surely he did not appoint thee
to pervert judgment in Israeli"
And without pausing to hear wheth-
er any reply were made the elders
passed down along the pathway and
soon disappeared around the turn in
the road which led back to the north.
ern country. They had come in re-
ponse to the many complaints which
the people were constantly making
against Joel and Abiah, the two sons
of Samuel, whom the latter had ap-
pointed as judges over the nation at
Beersheba. 1t vas only too evident
that the cause of justice was being
perverted by the use of money. The
elders had been reluctant from the
first to believe the reports brought to
their ears, but as time went on and
the complaints grew louder and more
numerous they were forced to give
the matter consideration, and had at
last decided to go in a body to Beer
sheba and place the charges directly
before the accused judges, in effort
to bring about a reform. This they
had done with the result just set forth
In the opening of our story.
Some years before when Samuel's
increasing years made it more and
mor a burden to go about and dis
charge the duties of judge, he had ap-
pointed his two cons, Joel and Abiah,
to aid him in this work. and had es-
tablished their headquarters at Beer
sheba, while he continued to dwell at
Ramah. This arrangement at first
seemed to give entire satisfaction, but
the people of Israel loved and honored
Samuel, whom they recognized as the
one chosen of God to be judge and
prophet over the nation. and they will
lingiy acknowledged his right to name
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Tattooed Docs.

For a long time dog owners have
been at a loss to know just how they
could place permanent Identification
marks upon their pets. Dog collars
are out of the question on account of
the numerous petty thieves who make
a specially of stealing them from dogs
all over the city. An inventive China
man of the Tenderloin, who heard of
the thieves operations, has hit upon
a plan which makes collars useless.
His name is Len Hung, and he Is an
expert in tattooing. Len reads the
lost and found columns in the news
papers and gets in touch with dog
n all over the city. He tattoos
the masters initials under the dogs
left ear and also any private mark
that the owner desires. The marks
are guaranteed to last as long as the
ear OF until the animal is ready for
dog heaven.-Philadelphia Record.
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loads on the March.

Ranchers in the vicinity of the
George Bixby ranch say that the my
riads of toads which have covered the
fields and roads in that section for
weeks past have begun to migrate
overland toward the and can
be seen by hundreds hopping across
country southwesterly.
The ponds and sloughs in which
they had their birth have dried up.
The ranchers say that seven years
ago there was a like migration of
frogs and toads from the ranches to
the sea, but the amphibians are more
numerous this time.-Los Angeles
Times.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-06-21
Photooraphino the Voice,

After the problem of obtaining a
record Of the humaa voice had once
been solTed by the invention of the
monograph, many inventors turned
their attention toward some suitable
process for photographing spoken
words. Though a monograph record
constitutes a true picture of the voice,
it is nc distinct enough to be deci-
phered by mere inspection.
The Photographic monograph or
photophone invented by Herr Huh.
mer affords a far more characteristic
graphical rendering of spoken words.
In this apparatus an electric arc lamp
inserted in the circuit of a microphone
is made to give out a radiation the
intensity of which corresponds to the
sound vibration in the microphone,
this radiation being fixed photograph
ically on the film running past in
front of a narrow slot. BY a conven-
lent inversion of the whole process,
the original sound can then be repro
duced from the Photographic record.