Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1878, Page 8

sania so glad, so gay. fits: er than they, ises thrilts; he May, Ah, ip, she wake- nm not with the da The Atlantic Month ly. A Russian Village Tea-Party. David Ker, in Sunday Afternoon for M. ay.) Sunset over the village of Isnlow: the tall green tower of the single church, with iis lead- covered cupola, standing boldly out against the erimson sk log huis clustered around it, like chickens un- der the wing of the mother-len ; the last ray of the sinking sun easting a momentary gieam upon the shining curves of one of the countless several scores of quaint little | | will beg for alms, all he got 1“be off out of this, you dirty 1, thongh” hs own bit: ratened ‘to pull d that he wouldi or heart was so iifred up great riches, that he said to him There isno man worthy to be my avite our Lord himself to come and with me!” Sc » brought out all dishes and richest wines, and put his servants in their gayest liveries, and spread a carpet on the steps of his house, and waited for our Lord | to come and be his guest. tributaries of the Volga, as it winds around | he base of the slope on which’ the village nds; all around, outstretehed for many a 5 in the back-ground, the s of the ancient pine forest jong the darkening hori But, picturesque as is the scene itself, it i: fully imatehed by the group of figures’ that cluster around as I sit perched on one of | huge iron-clamped chests, painted bright | ion, Which are to the Russian peasant grand piano ora ¢ ‘ideboard is | uplands of cen. | lay he sat watching and nz; and whene a fine carriage appeared in the dis- tance, or a troop of horsemen in uniform came dashing along, he thought, ‘This must be He!” But carriages and horsemen went by, and still no guest. Atlast, just as the sun was setting, a poor, thin, weary-looking man came slowly up to the door; and he showed his bleeding feet, and craved charity in God's name. “But Vasili was angry at waiting so long in vain; and he thrust him rudely away, saying: “Begone to my sister's hut yonder; youand she will be wellmatched! And the beggar turned away without a word. “Next morning there stood at Vasili's door & woman whose face was like his sister's; but instead of being crippled, she Was straight as a grenadier; and instead of rags, she wore a dress worth four roubles ($3) a yard. She held out her hand to him and sai “ Brother, a strange thirst has befallen me. Lasi night a beggar ‘came to my door, and I gave him what Thad. As we sat eating, sud- denly his face became like the great picture above the altar in our ehureh; and he laid his hand softly on my head, saying: “Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of the feast of these, ye did it unto Me!” And with that I became as Ow is civilized. brethren. ‘Strange-lookins ili tore his hair, and cried bitter! fellows inceed they are, these low-browed, | ‘That was He, then! and he might hi sallow, bearded, yellow-haired men: with the | ome great gift, if 1 had but known dogged endurance of their race written in | , "Buta solemn voice answered from on his very line of their patient, stolid, unyielding | )Obly they can know Him who are lowly and ne are in Ted calico shicts, worn 5 : wer their other clothes: some, despite the riches and gran- at of the room, keep to the tradi ional ited as snow melts in the sunshine, and epskin frock. A~ few wear knee hizh | 20one pitied him. but his Kind. sister, who Boots, smeared with tar: but the majority see | tended him lovingly till he died. So you see barefooted. and hare-headed likewise. | Drothers, that the old proverb is tru These are th of whom so mur vnd the faith famous “ Mujiks” of Russia, 1 is said and so little Known: description of whose daily would se nstrous and incredibl first accoun the African gorilla. rant as an Australian savage; superstiiious as an aneient Atl nured to hardships from whieh aw nchorite would have shrunk: at ph andan aseetie: peaceful eve shness, yet capable of | the most hurribie vengea to sustain | hfe on a pittance of f ald Ss ar Indian, and te pass whole nights out | in the depth « with no p ion | save a tattered she pskin: intensely suscep. tible of kindress, yet ungovernable save by the extreme verity, the Mujik is indee strang » of the Midd Isth century ‘ waifs stranded by the Ages upon the shore of the are the guests, there The tumblers (for no true kvsuan ever thinks of drink ; p).have been drained agai d lemons, whieh here re alr beginning to ru black rye loaf, ‘al cele- asin gutter Week) is ted in this remote corner as ze: scow or St. Petersburg itself. a-urn) which. B having just be and steaming like | plaiter of | litional daint Season, with fresh caviare, or cream) or all thre but out here relishes are not easily fain to content ourselves with teeth are so bus: the tongues are idle i for to these isolated vil- ; S a journey to Moscow or Saratofi is like a polar voyage or an African be arrival of a traveled visitor is at: and they at once overwhelmed with questions. And have i really been to Jerusalem, s, in Wi father? It mu ve been atremendous long journey for you! Not so, di r: it’s only twelve days from here.” Visible sens:tion among my audience. “Twelve days!” echoes a brawny fellow op- posite me, ina tone of unbounded amaze- ment. “Why. I thought it was right away at | the ends of the earth, beyond thrice tine | Hands," (ihe Kussian phrase for extreme dis- | an not quite so far asthat. You ride to | Jaffa, and go by steamer to Constantinople, | and then across the Black sea to Odessa; and from there, if you like. you can go round the C imea, as I've been doing.” And did you see the place where Pavel Petroviten lost his arm?” asks my vis-a-vis eagerly, glancing at a one-armed old man the corner, whose keen, bright eye almost con- tradicts the testimony of his snow. white beard and hair, against which his scarred, swarthy face looks doubly grim. “ Were youin that business then, brother?” ask I, turbing to the veteran. “Yes, father, 1 was down there in "4 and it | ‘was one of your countrymen who did this job | for me” (tapping his empty sleeve). °° Bat | what then?” when men fight they've got to | fight, of course, and I don’t bear him an: grudge. We're ali brothers again now, than! God: and after all. if it wasan Englishman that made the wound, it wasan Englishman who tied it Ge for me; aye, and tore up his own shirt to do it!” “Ay, ay,” chimesin another: he that re- members ues, let him have his eyes put out” (a native proverb). | “But tell me. father,” resumes my opposite neighbor, “are the countries of the south really as beautiful as people make them out?” “You may say that, Stepan Yakovitch” (Stephen, son of James.) of the countries where I've been, I saw trees grow- ing, one leaf of which would roof this hut of | sour some ink of tha!, now!” “ And grapes growing by the wayside, just as teherneeki (blueberries) do h * See there, brothers: what things there are inthis world, to be sure?” And no winter all the year round.”” This unlucky announ nt des'roys at toi ailthat has preceded ft. A Ifalls upon my hearers, who ex- ge looks of silent horror. * exclaims the Soldier at length. en's judgment on the un- don't deserve to h Petrovitoh whispers Jon't you see that the Barin (mas. ng fun of us? Asif any one could get on without a winter! 5 By this time every one has had enough, and iling of arms” in the midst Now, lads, after a feast comes a song, you know ; and Pavel Petrovitch here is just the man tosing it. Iii be bound he has sung ood one by the camp-fire, in the old days of “M4 There is a general murmurof approval: and the old “mustache,” obviously gratified atthe compliment, stri Which has lost little of the mellow’ ring where. efied the snows of Let heathen hosts around us roar, om Shall they fe For Ged aud for the Czar And then the chorus breaks out full mouthed, with a power of time and tune worthy of any orehestra:— + For God and for the Czar, © more F sod and for the Czar! Oar fiag shall fly in every sky Fos G.d and for the Czar!" n fear not swords tha wers that grimly fi For God shall march before out ‘And tread our foemen down. Nor steel. nor fire, nor mountain snow, Our onward way shall bai When to the field of fight we For Ged and for the Czar" horus- “Well sung, P: as the song ends. ean dois to drin! brightly shine a 1 Petroviteh! remark I, After that, the least we ik the Czar's health—! “And now, Stepan Yakoviteh, Veteran, “turn-about is fair pla: Tve = ‘ou a song—suppose you tell us a Y, ay.” strikes in another; “tell us about Zolotot Vari i (Golden Basil) and his guest.” The story in question is one whieh af least One-half of the com; pany have probably heard @ dozen times already, but the Russian, like the Turk, can enjoy a good story as thoroughly the twentieth time as the first; and ali bend eagerly forward as our host com mences:— . You must know, then, brothers, that there lived in Holy Russia, many, many years ago, man who was so rich that to reckon Wealth would have been like councing the Tass of the steppes. He lived in-a house as big as yo chureh, and had a carriage finer than our district inspector’ nd all the dishes on his table were of gold; and he kept troops of servants in gay liveries, and drank €ostly wines from beyond the sea, and had White bread for breakfast, every morning* ; and, in short. he was such a great man that every one exlied him ‘Vasili the Golden.’ But, to my mind, Vasili the Iron would have been a better name for him; for his heart wa like a flint. If adisabled soldier came along the road, limping or a poor, half-starved pilgrum S sip at once, in a voice | trey reach the other side, are to | informed that the ourari plant gre: | rough dark grayish bark two v | i | different source | to the cost of horses in America. | | i} | | | | ** For God and for the Czar,** ete. | +60 nis threats have thou no f Bot r: ul the poor man’s tear." 77 great me a her "This is the 1-ideal of iuxury, Curare. The Guiana poison, know! ous Dames of woorali under the vari- urare, OF curare, i arrow poison, and d to us by the description of i vton in his “ Wanderi chomburgk identified the plant asa sp of stryehnos, which he named 8. toxif During his travels in British Guiana, he a iu given by Wa Copeonen mountains, and made a sp pedition with the object of seeing it. found it, under the guidance of some Indians Who accoinpanied him, and described i a woody climber, having'a. very craoked often more than thre es thick, wi ne branches ai thin and somewhat climbing, often furnished with curled hooks, and covered wit tk brown hairs, with opposite ovate dar leaves ; the fruitis round, smooth, bluish about as big asa large apple, the seeds being | imbedded inan i y bitter gummy pulp. Ir ! We observed many ul wood covered with palin-trees, h, as the Indians told us, had been left by the Maroons, T. in two or e resorted to by the In- ctions and often Although this identific: ecepted, it is not universal ued that the woorali poison acts in a mode directly opposite to that of strychnia in destroying and that chemists had been unable to detect that alkaloid in it. It has been asce ined from numerous experiments that the woorali aets by paralyzing the ner- vous centers of respiration and motion, with. out producing essentially any discoverable alteration in the blood and t So that its action is, as has been said, directly oppo- site to that of stryehnia, to which, indeed, it is stated to act as an antido indueing ation of th ntracted mus it At hi been Suggested that the poison from the fangs of certain serpents may contribute to the woorali poison, if it does not form. its most active ingredient; but recent examinations of : and Weir Mitchell. show conclusively the presence o, | vegetable and the absence of animal remains The former contains a peculiar alkaloid, which they propose ‘to. call corrovalia, and they consider it to be derived from ‘a from the ordinary woo- ral Waterton. however, speaks of the poison fangs of two kinds'of snake as form. ing ingredients in the woorali_ poison, as well as a certain bitter root, some Indian pep- per, two kinds of bulbous plants which eun- tain a green and glutinous juice, and two ven- omous species of ant. Having got together the necessary ingredients, the Indian “scrapes the woorali yine and the bitter root into the shavings, and puts them into a kind of colan- der made of ieaves, this he holds over an earthen pot, and pouts water on the shavings ; the liquor which comes through has the a pearanee of cofice. When a sufficient quan ty has been procured. the shavings are thrown aside. He then bruises the bulbous stocks, and squeezes a proportionate of their juice through his hands into the pot. Lastly, the snakes’ fangs, ants, and pep) rare bruised and thrown into it. It is then placed on a slow fire, and as it boils more of the juice of the woorali is added, according as it may be found necessary, and the seum is taken o} witha leaf. It remains on the fire till reduced to a thick syrup of adeep brown color. As soon as it has arrived at this state a few ar- rows are poisoned with it to try its strength. If it answer the expectations, it is poured out into a ealabash or little pot of Indian manu. facture, which is carefully covered with a cou- ple of Itaves, and over them a piece of deer’s skin tied with a cord.” The poison is prepared with many special precautions. Women are not allowed to be present, the maker of the poison must be fasting through the operation, a hew pot is used for boiling it, &c. Martins thinks that a laurel (Vectanda cymbarum) forms one of the ingredients of the woorali poison.—[ The Field. American Horses we Foreign Mar- ets. We have before us the prospectus of a com- any now being formed in England, called the ritish Empire Horse Supply Association, limited capital £200,000 ($1,000,000). The com: pany has for the object of its formation the supplying the United Kingdom with good, sound horses. of which at present there ap- pears to be a great dearth. The company is under the patronage of the bluest blood in the land—a long list of dukes, marquises, earls, and o hers of high degree being appended, all of whom have intimated their intention to subscribe toward the capital. The executive council is also most powerful, and no excep- tion can be taken to the standing and integri- ty of these gentlemen. They are, most likely, As good udges of horsefieSh ag ‘ever walke but are they business men? From the word: ing of the prospeetus we much doubt it and it is certain they have not been well posted as hey eal. culate that horses can be purchased here for 215 to £20 (#75 or $100). Said horses, when On an average £65 (3325). Now, we know that very few horses worth a cent can be bought in the’ states for $75. The street-car_ hor Which are bought in large droves, and b: well knowing where and how to buy, average pver $1, and Adams Express give over #50 for theirs. A reaily good horse here, with guality and action, will fetch aimost as ‘much asin England. Tue prospectus points out the prone to be made from ihe trade by mention. ng the success of several private ventures in the exportaiion of horses. We do not doubt that money has been made by a few, but then they looked after the business closely them. | selves, and cou'd cut down every expense. ‘The prospectus does not mention the cost of freight, which is £10 a horse, though the talk of “establishing a line’ of large an fastocean going steamers, especially fitted for the trae, to make the’ passage ta twelve on In fact, when coal A rend. all the a eS given are vague an jusiouary,and before the British embark their capital ia this ening they noua ask the directors to give them minuter figures on thes profit.—[{ New York Sportsman. je Susbosen To SEA IN A TuB.—The Dover (Del.) Senti nel tells this story: “Mr. tsaac Johnson, of Port Penn, has falien heir to a fortune of #150,- C00, $110,000 being invested in United States bonds, and $%',000 in property in the City of Mexico. Mr. Johnson’slife has been an event- At the tender age of 10 years his nautical propensities induced him to pilfer a Wash-tub, and set himself afloat on the broad bosom of the D.laware. He drifted down the bay, and was picked up by the bark Henry Young, commanded by Capt. John Hall, since deceased, and taken to the City of Mexico, where he'was adopted by a wealthy Spaniard named Don Hidalgo Hernandes, who gave him a liberal eduestion and established him in his business, but being a strong advocate in favor of Maximiian L, he had to escape to Texas. At the beginning of the civil war he espoused the cause of the rebellion, and entered the ser- vice as aide-de-camp to Gen. Sidney Johnson. At the end of the war he Sogaged in an exten- sive since shoe manufactory in Philadelphia, but Owing to perfidy of his partners he was re- duced to poverty, and was compelled to retura to his native town of Port Penn. THE Chicago Inter-Ocean says that the citi- zens of Chicago have taken alarm at the re- cent performances of the Commune, and sey- eral thousand dollars were raised on Wednes- day for better equipping the Police and pro- n, | t Purposes, exci CLOCKS WHICH WILL TALX.. ‘The Wonderful Possibilities of Edi- son's Invention. HOW LETTERS KEAD, SONGS S AND ¢ PHONOG (Thos. A. sonin the North Amer. Review.) Of all the writer's i manded such profound and earnest atteution throughout the civilized world as has the pio. nograph. “This fact he attributes largely to that peculiarity of the invention which brings its possibilities within the range of the specu- lative imaginations of all thinking peopte, as well as to the almost universal apt ability of the foundation principle, namely, the gather- ing up and retaining of sounds hitherto fugi- tive, and their reproduction at will. From the very abundance of conjectural and prophetic opinions which have been dis- seminated by the press, the public is liable to become confused, and less accurately informed as to the immediate result and effects of the phonograph than if the invention had been one confined to certain. Specife applications, and therefore of Jess interest to the masses. The writer has no fault to find with this condi- tion of the discussion of the merits and possi- bilities of his invention; for, indeed, the pos. sibilities are so illimitable and the probabili- ties so numerous that he—though subject to the influence of familiar contact—is himself ina somewhat chaotic condition of mind as to where to draw the @yiding line. In point of fact, such line cannot with Satoty be defined in ordinary inventions at so early a state of their development. In the case of an inven- tion of the nature and scope of the phono- yraph, it is practically impossible to indicate it to-day, for’ tomorrow a trifle may extend it almost indefinitely. There are, however, certain stages in the developing process which have thus far been aetually reached ; certain others which are clearly within reach ; and others which, though they are in the light of lo day classed as possi bilities, may to-morrow become probable, and a little later actual achievements. * * * If the reproduction of sound is to be made audible to an audience, considerable force is requisite in the original utterance; if for the individual ear, only the ordinai conversa tional tone (even a whisper has been repro- duced.) In both cases the original utterances are delivered directly in the mouth-piece of the instrument. An audible reproduction may, however, be had by speaking at the in’ strument from a distance of from two to three feet ina loud tone. The application of a flar- ing tube or funnel to collect the sound-waves and the construction of an especially delicate diaphragm and embossing point, &c., are the simple. means WI Suggest themselves to effect this. The writer has not as yet given this stage of the development much attention, but sees no practical diMficuliy in gathering up and retaining a sectional part of the sound- waves diffus out the original source, wich- ina radius of, say three feet, (sufficiently re- moved not to be annoying to aspeaker or a singer.) e stage of development reached by the several essential features of the photograph demonstrates the following as faits aceom pus: 1. plivity of all manner of sound: Waves heretofore designated as ‘fugitive, and their permanent retention. — heir reproduction with all their original ‘acteristics at will, Without the presence consent of the original source, and after the i of time. ion of such captive sound ary channels of commercial intercourse and trade in material form, for p.1poses of communication or as merchantable E0ds. 5 4. Indefinite multiplication and preservation of such Sounds, without regard to the existence sience of the original soure . 4, The captivation of sounds, with or with. out the knowledge or consent of the source of origin. . he probable application of these prop: of the phonograph and the various bravch of commercial and scientific in i ted will 0, less mechani . Conce the apparatus is pr y perfected in so far the faithful reproduction of sound is ¢on- cerned, many 0 the following applications will be made the moment the new form of h the writer is now about ting, is finished. These, then, might sed’ as actualities; but’ they’ so. cluseiy tench upon other applications which will inomediately follow that it is impossible to separate them; hence they are all enumerated under the head of probabilities, and each speedily considered, Among thé more im- portant may be mentioned: Letter-writingand other forms of dictation books, education, reading, music, family record; and such electrotype applications as books, musical boxes, toys, clocks, advertising and Signalling apparatus, ‘speeches, &c., &c. Letter Writing.—The spparetus new being per ected in mechanical details will be the standard phonograph, and may be used for all pt such as require special form atrix, such as toys, clocks, ete., for an in- ite repetition of the same thing. The main wility of the phonograph, however, being for the plirpose.o letter-writing and other forms of dictation, the design 1s made with a view to its utility for that purpose, The general principies of construction are, a flat plate or disk, with spiral groove on the face, operated by clock work underneath the plate; the grooves are cut very closely to- gether, so as to give a great total length to each inch of surface—a close caleulation gives as the capacity of each sheet of foil, upon which the record is had, in the neighborhood of 40,000 words, The sheets being but ten inches square, the cost is so trifling that but 1\0 words might be put upon a single sheet economically. Stili, it is problematical wheth- er a less number of grooves per inch might not be the betier plan—it certainly would for letters—but it is desirable to have but one class of machines throughout the world;and as very extended communications, if put upon one sheet, could be transported more econom- ically than upon two, it is important that each sheet be given as great capacity as possible. The writer has not bY decided this point, but will experiment with a view of ascertaining the best mean pacts. ‘The practical application of this form of Phonograph, for communications is very simple. sheet of foil is placed tn the phono- graph, the clockwork set in motion, and the matter dictated into the mouthpiece without other effort than when dictating to a steno- grapher. It is then removed, placed in a suit- able form of envelope, and sent through the ordinary channels te the correspondent for whom designed. He, placing it upon his pho- nograph, starts his clock work and listens to what his correspondent has to say. Inasmuch as it gives the tone of voice of ‘his correspon- dent, it is identified. As it may be filed away as other letters, and at any su uent time reproduced, it is a perfect record. As two sheets of foil have been indented with the same facility as a single sheet, the “writer” may thus keep a duplicate of his communica- tion. As the principal of a business house, or his partners now dictate the important bu: hess communications to clerks to be written out, they are required todo no more by the phonographic method, and do thereby dispense with the clerk, and maintain perfect privacy in their communications The phonograph letters may be dictated at home, or in the office of a friend, the presence of a stenog! pier. not being pequired. The dictation ma: asrapidas the thoughts can be formed, or the lips utter them. The recipient may listen to his letters being read at arate of from 150 to 200 words per minute, and at the same time busy himself about other matters. Interjections, explanations, emphasis, excla- mations, &c., may be thrown into such letters, ad libitum. In the early days of the phonograph, ere it has become universally adopted, a correspond- ent in Hong Kong may possibly not be supplied with an apparatus, thus necessitating a written letter of the old-fashioned sort. Inthat case the writer would use his phonograph simply as a dictating machine, his clerk writing it out from the phonograph at leisure, causing as many words to be uttered at one time as his memory was capable of retaining until he had written them down. This clerk need not be a stenographer, nor need he have been present when the letter was dictated, &c. The advantages of such an innovation upon the present, slow, tedious, and costly methods are teo numerous, and too readily suggest themselves to warrant theirenumeration, while there are no disadvantages which will not dis- appear coincident with the general introduc- tion of the new method. Dictation.—All kinds and manner of dicta- tion which will permit of the application of the mouth of the speaker to the mouthpiece of the phonograph my be as readily effected by the phonograph as {n the case of letters. the matter is for the printer, he would much pre- fer, in setting it up in type, to use his ears in lieu of his eyes. He has other use for them. It would be even worth while to compel wit- nesses in court to speak directly into the pho- nograph, in order to thus obtain an unim- peachable record of their testimony. The increased delicacy of the P| ionograph, which is in the near future, will enlarge this field rapidly. It may then include all the say- ings of not a the witness, but the judge and the counsel. will then also comprehend the utterances of pots « akers. Books.—Books may be read by the charita- bly inclined [nei penned reader, or by such readers especially employed for that purpose, and the record of su yk used in the asy- lums of the blind, har pew sick chamber, or even with great profit and amusement by the lady or gentleman whose eyes and hands ma\ be otherwise employed ; or, again because ol the greater enjoyment to be rom a book when read by an elocutionist than when read by the average reader. The eg record et, Tepeatin this book from 50 toa 100 times as it will, would command a price Hints a ly in- in the honograph. . ‘educational Purposes.—As an elocutionary EF for children, in ble. By itdifficul: correctly ret MAY BE DICTATED, BOOKS ING, DOLLS MADE TO SPEAK, ALL THROUGH THE NEW viding for a force to meet any out ni has only x, after whlch he has only toap once, phonograph for instructions, The il Bly to his inventions, none has com- | child may thus learn to spell, commit to mem. ory a lesson set for it, &e. Music.—The phonograph will undoubtedly be liberatly devoted to music. A song sunj on the phonograph 1s reproduced with marvel. Jous accuracy and power. Thus a friend mat in a morning call sing us a song which shall delight an evening company, &c. As a musical teacher it will be used to enabie one to master anew air, the child to form its first songs, or to sing him to sleep. Funily Record.—For the purpose of pre- serving the sayings, the voices, and the last | words of the dying member of the family—as of great men—the phonograph will unques tionably outrank the photograph. In the field of multiplication of original matrices, and the indefinite repetition of one and the same thing, the successful electrotyping of the original record is an essential. As this is a problem easy of solution, it properly ranks among the probabilities.’ It comprehends a vast field. The principal application of the phoposrayh in this direction is in the pro- duction ot Phonog rapide Rooks —« book of 40,000 words upon a single metal plate ten inches square thus becomes a strong Probability. The ad- yantagas of such books over those printed are too rea “i Seen to need mention. Such books Mould be listened to where now none are read. They would prrserte more than the mental emanatons of the braia of the author; and as a bequest for future generations they would be unequalled. For the preservation of lan- guages they would be invaluable. usical Borex, Tous, &c.—The only element not absolutely assured in the result of experi- ments thus far made—which stands in the way of a perfect reproduction at will of Adelina Patti's voice in all iis purity—is the single one of quality, and even that is not Pony jacking, and will doubtless be wholly attained. ii however, it should not, the musical box, or cabinet, of the present will be Superseded by that which will give the voice and the words of the human songstress. Tous.—A doll, which may speak, sing, cry or laugh, may _be'safeiy promised our children for the Cliristmas holidays ensuing. Every species of auimal or mechanical toy—such as locomotives, & ay be Supplied wiih their natural and characteristic sounds. Clocks.—The phonographie clock will tell you the hour of the day, call you to lunch, send your lover home at 10, & Advertising. this class of phonographie work is so akin to the foregoing that it is only necessary to call attention to it. Speech and Other Utterances.—It will henee- forth be possible to preserve for future gene- rations the voices as well as the words of our Washingtons, our Lincolns, our Gladstones, &e. to have them give us their “ greatest in every town and hamlet in the coun- try upon our holi ly, and in another direction, the phonograph will perfect the telephone’ and revolutionize present systems of telegraphy. That useful invention is now restricted im its field of operation by reason of the fact that it is a means of comniunication which leaves no. record of its transactions, thus restricting its use to’simple conversational chit-chat, and stich unimportant details of business as are hot considered of suflicient importance to re- cord. Were this different, and our telephone conve! ion utol ‘ally recorded. should find the ¢ of the present s of the telephon It would be expre: sorted to as a means of perfee! record. wiiting our agreements we incorporate in the writing the summing up of our understand- ing—using entirely new and different phrase- ology which we U to express our under. standing of the transaction in its discussion, and not infrequently thus begetting perfectly mnocent causes of misunderstanding. Now, if the telephone, with the phonograph to re! cord its sayings, were used in the preliminary s uid not only have the fuil text, but every word of the whole matter capable of throwing light upon the subjec hus it would seem ciear that the men would find it more advantageous to actu- ally separate a half mile or so in order to dis. cuss important matters than to discuss them verbally and then make an. awkward attempt to clothe their understanding in a new lan- guage. The logic which applies to transac- Ss between two individuals in the same ce applies with greater force to two at a distance, who must discuss the matter be- tween them by Ue telegraph or mail. And this latter case, in turn, is reinforeed by the demands of an economy of time and money at every mile of inerease of distanee between them. ‘How can this application be made?” wil probably be asked by those unfamiliar with either the telephone or phonograph. Both these inventions cause a plate or disk to vibrate, and thus produce sound waves in harmony With those of the voice of the speak- er. A very simple device may be made by which the one vibrating disk may be made to do duty for both the telephone and the phono- graph, thus enabling the speaker to simultane. ously transmit and record his message. What “ hi of telegraphy can approach that? A similar combination at the distant end of the wire, enables the correspondent, if he is pres- ent, to hear it while it is being recorded. Thus we have a mere passage of words for the ac- tion, but_a complete and durable record of those words as the result of that aetion. Can economy of time or money go further than to annihilate time and space. and_ bottle up for posterity the mere utterance of man, without other effort on his part than to speak the words? In order to make this adaptation, it is only requisite that the phonograph shall be made slightly more sensitive to record, and the tele- phone very slightly increased in the vibratin; lorce of the receiver, and it is accomplished. Indeed, the “Carbon Telephone,” invented and perfected by the writer, will already we'l nigh effect the record on the phonograph: and as he is constantly improving uponit, tocau e a more decided vibration of the plate of the receiver, this addition to the telephone may be looked for coincident with the other pract cil applications of the phonograph, and with al- most equal certainty. The telegraph company of the future—and that no distant one—will be simply an organi- zation having a huge system of wires, central and sub-central stations, managed by’ skilled attendants, whose sole duty it will be to keep wires in proper repair, and give, by switch or shunt arrangement, proper attention to sub- scriber No. 93in New York when he signals his desire to have private communication with subscriber No. 1001 in Boston for three min- utes, The minor and totally inconsequent de- tails which seem to arise as obstacles in the eyes of the groove-traveling telegraph man, wedded to existing methods, will wholly dis- appear before that remorseless Juggernaut, “the needs of man ;” for will not the necessi- ties of man surmount trifles in order to reaj the full benefit of an invention which practi- cally brings him face to face with whom he will, and, better still, doing the work of a con- scientious and infallible scribe? Tuomas A. EDISON. The Housekeeper. [By A Lady, in Germantown Telegraph.) DOMESTIC REMEDIES, — Remedy for Bronchitis —Take dried leaves of common mullein plant, powder and smoke them in a new clay pipe; be careful that no tobacco has been in the pipe. Draw. the smoke weil into the throat, occasionally swal- lowing some. Use it three or four times jaily. Neuralgia and Rheumtism.—A very simple relief for neuralgia is to boil a small handful of lobelia in half pint of water till the strength is out of the herb, then strain it off and adda teaspoonful of fine salt. Wring cloths out of the liquid as hot as possible, and spread over the part affected. It acts like a charm. Change the cloths as soon as cold till the pain isall gone; then cover the place with a soft, dry covet till perspiration is over to prevent taking cold. Rheumatism can often be relieved by application, to the painful parts, of cloths wet in a weak solution of salsoda water. I: there is inflammation in the joints the cure is very quick. The wash should be luke-warm. A Matter of Health.—Never stand when you can do your Work as well while sitting. Every housekeeper and every mother should heed his. Have a variety of seats of different heights from the low cricket to the office stool of moderate pele It isa ma‘ter not only of comfort but health. MRS. OLIN’S RECEIPTS. . Spanish Cream.—Boil one ounce of gelatine in a pint of new milk until dissoived, add four cues well-beaten, with half pound ‘of sugar, sur over the fire till the eggs thicken; then re- move and add a wine-glass of wine or peach juice, or nice sweetmeats of any kind: if Sweeimeats are used less sugar {s needed. Turn into a mould and cool. Serve with sweet cream. Lemon Jelly Cake.—Two teacups of white sugar, half teacup butter, three and a-half tea- eups flour, one teacup sweet milk, three eggs, one teaspoonful baking powder. For the feuly, use the juice and grated rinds of two lemons, two tablespvons of cold water, two cups of sugar, two eggs well-beaten, Warm the water, sugar and lemon eetoay, pen add the eggs when scalding, of. Cook slowly, as it burns easily. Bake the cake in layers and place the jelly between. Ginger Sxaps.—One cup of brown sugar, one cup molasses, one cup fried meat gravy or half lard and half butter, one teaspoonful saleratus, one-third cup of butter-milk or water, one tablespoonful ginger; mix soft as will nieely. SOMETHING FOR VOYAGERS TO REMEMBER. If death by drowning be inevitable, as in a stopwresé; the easiest way to die would be to = i rat water into the lun; & powerft ion as soon as gne went ‘beneath the sr. 5 who had rage this would probably become almost imme- ly prnconsolods never to the sur- ‘accom: ansesthe inthe ears-and delightful visitas of Gung: Speier tee Seeger ns and with the most of dreams.— (Popular Science iy. 4a-Swan's down is the under down of geese Plucked from the living bird. - | ubject at present. bg 4 GOOD merican Agricuiturist} EIGHBOKS. with the first call ‘t new home, It was evening, Pate! had just come from his day's work. The tea-tray, with his supper of baked appies, and bread and buiter, haa been brought into the sitting-room, and his evcoa was keeping warm in a little pail on the sitting-room stove. The little ones and their mamma find it more wholesome to hive their light bread and milk supper earier in ibe day. I would not have liked to receive a fashionable cali just then, or a regular call of ceremony from strangers. But when answer- ing the knock, we 1ound a gentleman and lady who lived near us, but whom we had wever met, dressed in their every-day clgthes —the lady with a light shawl over her and her Knitting in her hand—] was unaitect- edly glad to see them, though an untinished matliess Was spread upon the floor. We all sat down at ease, and Paterfamilias ate his “little frugal," and we proceeded to get ac- quainted in very happy our-folksy fashion. I tek that they had accepted us ‘at once as nelanbors, and Uhat they had no particular apxiety about the proper time, or form of their call. This is the ri ee way to treat new neightors, I thought, aud L was sure 1 should ‘run in” often to see the new neighbor, iulowing her example and taking my work wi.h me. GETTING AWAY FROM HOME. Just twice in three months have I entered the next house to see the good neighbor I like so much, Justtwice in the same time have I cicsoed the street to sit down in the house of another friendly neighbor, whose children play With mine almost daily: And that is the Lest 1 have done anywhere in the way of | ucighboriy sociability in the meantime. I don't like it. I did not mean todoso. I never suprosed | should come to this, One might almost as well be living back in the woods out o. sight and hearing of neighbors. Wheuever 1.0 yet out from home | hear other people apologizing and explaining why they have nut been to this or that place.- Mothers and house- | keepers find their time fully occupied, and a habit of keeping close at home is form. ed. Itis unsocial. It is unwholesome for the woman Who keeps so close at home, and for her family. Contace with the world does us good: To brighten our wits and warm our hi arts, is the effect of good, houest sociabil- is Weeetitired of thedaily routine of house- hold labo smetiines it becomes a weary treadmiil, where we are driven almost be- | youd our ability to keeo up with the demand. | dow good, th ‘ a little res a oA of scene. lay makes Jack orning I heard a little y in airecess to-day and tor to-morrow is examin- T said. “Study your best in un out recess and have can study enough thing speil, to more than make up for the exira study at recess.” 1 {tind the truth ofttis when I take a little outing’ myseif. I love my family better, d 1 like my work better after having lett them for a little whi =but 1 am not at ali anions ot domestic life, Which make tremely diffieull for neighbors to be neighbor- ly. If 1 aid not believe in the possibility as well as the desirability of other conditions, L Would say nothing about it. Personal com. plaints about hard times are foolish while the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain, and no one is exempt. But the grand principle of compensation rans through all, so that human conditions are more’ equal, thoroughly considered, than it seems to the mere sui fa rver. tisfied with the con- said he be very sorry to hi diopped, because he wanted “somewhere to go.” 1 knew what he meant, for 1 felt the same Want myself, though perhaps not just as he did. 1 wanted to get outamong my neigh- bors, but I had not time for social visiting. These Tempe ice Meetings were the nearest approach to social gathermgs, open to all. Which the little town afforded. No village or hamlet should live in such social poverty. A good lyceum, somewhat social in its character, san excellent safety valve as well as educa- lor, among the people of a neighborhood. For lack of this, men and boys loaf about ores and saloons, and Women and girls gos- sip in pelghboring hous , OF resort to figh aname I have heard given to tea- parties, These are not necessarily sinful or Toolish, but they seldom satisfy the demands of real sociabili They are quite out of the line of experience and observation for some years past, but I hear of tea parties, not a thousand miles from here, where fourteen kinds of cake are served, and a lady who pro- vides only seven kinds of nice expensive cake considers herself quite moderate and econom- ical. Sociables and clubs in neighborhoods and church societies, have become quite com- mon, and often prove very sensible and profit- able in their entertainments. These, with lectures and concerts, fill the week for some of my readers, so full of social and intellec- tual pleasure, that they most feel the lack of quiet evenings at home. The problem is—h8w to mingle socially with our neighbors with- out encroaching upon peaceful family life? WHAT TO EAT WITH OUR BREAD. A good deal was said, last smmer, about “bread and water” as food for the laboring man. I could not help thinking how few peo- le eat bread that is really good and nourish- fag, and how difficult it is at present to supply ourselves with pure water. The bread that .Most people eat, can not alone furish such nutriment as the body (and mind) require to promote their growth and vigor. Even when our bread contains all the ¢lements of the grain needed for our nourishment, it can not alone satisfy the demands of a healthy ap- peat. We must have something with it, to af- ord variety, and to give that contented con- dition to the stomach so necessary for per- fect nutrition. Setting aside meat and butter —for most people will Supply themselves with these as they are able—let us think if some simple inexpensive dishes which may make our good bread go down more easily, and set more comfortably than it would alone. I have had this to consider a good deal in working for myself and the children, in their father’s ab- sence, where no warm drinks were used, and where meat was seldom at hand. " I will stop right here to say that “in the abstract” I do not believe in “ fifteen-cent dinners for the laboring man,” and his fam- ily, norin pinched supplies that taste of the coppers they cost for any body. I wish that you and I, and all of us, could’ go, when we are hungry, to a table bountifully supplied with a great variety of nutritious and de- licious kinds of food, perfectly prepared and beautifully arranged. And you should take a bunch of grapes and 1 a cracker, or Ia cup of milk, and you a sandwich, or you a bit of beef steak and I a plate of soup, just as we felt inclined. But for most of us this is siMply im- possible. Mary, who wrote tome for advice about cheap living, is trying to economize in every reasonable way in order that she and her John may ere long have a home of their own. Some of fhe rest of us live under the shadow ot unpaid taxes, or interest on mortgages most difficult to raise. For all of us, eeonomy is a good thing, but those of us who are are often driven to pinch ourselves. So we will not now say a word about canned fruit, orasupply of the most tempting articles of food to Le found in the market. Just here we will only consider what inexpensive dishes we can eat with our bread to make a good meal, besides meat or butter, or milk or tea, or Among hipaa first comes the potato. Butif simply boiled or baked, it be- comes itself only a part of the back ground (so to speak) of the meal, and it also needs some- thing—meat, butter, or milk—to go “ with it.” When warmed over, and seasoned with but- ter or cream,*and salt, it will do for a Kind of sauce ; also, when mashed, and well seasoned, or when made into potato pudding. Indeed, the potato seems almost indispensable as a part of a warm dinner, for all of the other vegetables relish rather better when a little simple potato goes with them. Sometimes this every day vegetable must be omitted. MasRed turnips or panani cubase chopped and cooked with milk, onions boiled an hour (or thereabouts) with a milk or cream gravy made with them after the water is poured off, or onions sliced and_ cooked for half an hour or more in a covered frying pan, with a table- spoonful of butter and a little salt, salsify cooked with cream gravy, and parsnips cook- ed the same, or in other ways—all of these. and other vegetables, go to make up a whole- some variety, using only one or two at the same family meal. But every one of them must be thoroughly cooked, ad then not one will sit hard on the stomach, or tend to an un- due production of gas. Sweet corn, both fresh and dried, hare well to fill the bill of forget bea fare. We must n which | Ser ns, abound so in nourishment. But they must be very thoroughly cooked. For soup they should be boiled about five hours. Seasoned then with cream, or butter, and with salt, they ought to be rellshed by everybody. However I may have seasoned this soup, Eee children always Wish to add milk upon their plates. beans must either be boiled unt! fore baking, or must baked rom six hours, if not tender—with a good deal of oF pan Those who use pork rut a piece of fat salt pork in the dish of beans prepared for baking. But some of us very much prefer a seasoning of cream or butter seers. soup, or common unsplit dried peas, boiled five or six hours without meat, is very nutritious, and much liked by ae I sea- son it with salt, and cream or milk if T have it —the more the rwise with butter. Ibave said nothing about fruit sauce, but theie is a demand for variety in tne Topics as wel: ax in our meals, so I will change the Se EE ora 1 Wel to a bowl—more or less, acontinn of the crackers. Pour boiling water, Soak them, over the crumbs. a om FE, ad quickly, g boiling water eg the whole ra; _ coo! tion, with Pale, pepper, eteam: orate | COAL AND WOOD. OLAS N MkOTRERS, e WHOLKE*ALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN COAL AND wooD. saNy (ifesire te call the attention of the pablte to the ‘act that we now Lave on band the and best selwied stock of COAL AND WOOD in the Dis- {riew: that ous facilities for doing Dasiness are not arpassed by any fir ip che same linein the United ‘Staten; Shah, Gat Kindiing Wood Factory is the argest south of New York; indeed, our ap- pointments for doing a Coal and Wood basiness are complete in every particular. ‘2,248 Ibs, to the ton our invariable standard, Fest Varieties at Lowest Market Prices, Main oTice—D Mill and Wharves, foot 12th, 18th and E streets southwest. Ofices—1202 F, 1112 9th ang 2418 7th streets north- ‘west. Janis-tr \OMAS W. RILEY & SONS, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN WOOD AND COAL, ‘Weare delivering best qualities of WOOD and COAL to all parts of the city, at wholesale prices Cumberland COAL, Run of Mine and Lump. always on hand, at lowest rates. Main Office and . Kiley’s Wharf, foot 11tb ‘and 12th streets southwest. between 9d and 34 n.w. OMces— } Sth st., between D and Es. 20-tr STEAMERS, &c. BR POTOMAC RI The 8 MATTANO, Capt. W. H. Byles, make three tri i) euch week, t¥.0 to NOMINI F’ ardone to LEON WN, stopping at inter- mediate ing and retirning. For further information inouire at @. L. Sheriit’s Goal vffice, 1114 and 328 Pennsylvania avenue, and at wharf, foot of 6th and N streets, ap20-tf G. TUCKER JONES, Agent. GUMMER ARRANGEMENT. s —— FOR NORFOLK, FORTRESS MONROE AND ae FOLK Te SOUTH. The swift and elegant iron Steamer LADY OF THK LAKK, C: C. J. BONNE- VILLE, leaves 6@th-sireet wharf, anril MO) further notice, eves; iN DAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY, ‘at 5 o'cl’k connecting with steamers for Boston, Provi- and other Northern Points, Returning, lesves Norfolk every TUESDAY, THUESDA and SATURDAY, ai 5 o'clock p. m. FOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS, Steamer JOHN W. THOMPSON, Captain Jon 8. Woop, leaves her wharf, termi ous of 7th ana 9th street line of cars, at 7a m., three times per week, for" Currioman, Nomini and Leonardtown, stopping at intermediate landings each trip. Days of sailing, | sane as Steamer Matiano, For further information. apply at the office, over Metropolitan Bank, Knox's Express Office, ‘or at “be Company*s Wharf, foot of 6th street, Tagpage called for of application at Knox's Ex- 1 8s Office, SAMUEL BAOON, Pres't, B,J, ACCINELLY, Agent, STEAMERS FOR NEW YORK. The Steamers JOHN GIBSON and E. ©, KNIGHT alternately leave Pier 41 East iver, New York, at 4 o'clock p.m. every SATURDAY at 4 p.m. : Geot town every MON DAY, aud Alexandriaeameday: Freight taken at lowest rates, For information avi olitan Bank, 15th street, rtoR.P. A. DENHAM, Agent, Water street, Georgetown, apel-tr SAMUEL BAOON, President, QTATE LINE.—T0 GLASGOW, SPOOL. DUBLIN, BELEAST, LONDON- DERRY. AND THE PARIS EXPOSITION. From Pler 42 North Iiver, foot of Canal street, as fo'lows: rATK OF GEORGIA. Thursday, May 2 TE Of LOUISIANA. ‘Thursday, May 9 STATE OF NEVADA, ..00)..Phursday, May 23 First cabin, $60 to $75. according to accommo- dations: return tickets ai reduced rates. Second calvin, $45. Steerage at lowest rates, Apply to AUSTIN BALDWIN & CO., Agents, No. 72 Broadway, New York. Steerage Tickets at No. 45 Broadway and at com- pany’s pier, footof Canai st.. North Kiver.myl-im NCHOR LINE. tip UNITED STATES MAIL STEAMERS. GLASGOW SATURDAY; Sail from New York for every LONDON eve! WEDNESDAY } Passenger accommodatiows unsurpassed for ele- gance and comfort. All Staterooms on main eck. and Saloon amidships. SALOON CABINS, $65 to $80, CURRENCY, SECOND CABIN, including ail requisites, $49, Excursion Tickets ‘for First-class Passage, New York to Paris and return. $185 to $195, accord- ing to stateroom and route chosen. For Books of Information. Plans, &c.. ‘DERSON RROTHER. GREEN, NEW YORK. ANNIE K. HUMPHREYS, 430 10th st. “n, Washington. ap24 3m Orto Wes \) OKTH GERMAN LLOYD. STBAMSHIP LINE BETWEEN NEW YORK, SOUTHAMPTON AND BREMEN, The steamers of this Company will sail every Sat- arday from Bremen Pier, foot of Third aoa ee ELRICHS & CO. 2 Bowling Green. New York, [45 LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS, NEW YORK to QUEENSTOWN & LIVERPOOL EVERY THURSDAY OR SATURDAY. Tm B40 City of Brussels... 36 4,607 |City of New York.8,500 4.368 ity of Paris... 3-081 built in watertight strongest, largest For rates of passage and other information apply to JOHN 6G. Bee Sland 33 Broadway, yey We. ROTRLER © REO. is for D. C.: D. A. BROSNAN, 926 G n.w.; 6. W. MOSS, Adams Express, fe13-mw{6mi E’S NEW EXPRESS LINE (LY¥DE’S y wae PHILADELPHIA. ALEXANDRIA, WASH- INGTON AND GEORGETOWN, CONNECTING AT PHILADELPHIA WITH CLYDE'S: LINE FOR BOSTON, PROVIDENCE, AND NEW ENGLAND STATES, Bailing Days. From Philadelphia—Saturday, at 12m. From Washington—Monday, at 1la.m. From Georgetown—Monday, at 7 p.m. Freights received daily. rough Bills of lading given to Boston and, Providence, ~Consit at town WI have them marked **Georgetown, D. For full information apply to J. H. JOHNSON & CO. ¥F 18th-street arts "Washington, D. O.7 Ge Fey DE. 60 We wi Wi in , D. C.; GF. a te street. Geo Dow) (B,CLYDE & ., Genel South Wharves, Phiia- delphia. — ‘mar20-ly NLY DIRECT LINE Fe FRANCE. GENERAL TRANSATLANTIC MPANY Between New York and isvre. Pier 42. N. B.,foot Morton st. SAINT LAURENT, Capt. Lachesnez, Wed- nesda) 10 be cARaba, Capt. Frangeul, Wednestay, May Pri f Ps in Gold (inelud! wine)—To Havre, First Gabl-s100: Second Cable, $65; Turd Cabin, $85. Steerage, $28, including Wine, bed- ding, and utensils. Steamers *‘PEREIR: sear LAUREN’ sengers, UI8 DE BEBIAN, Agent, 65 Broad Beda anita Paccines tacit ington, D.C. rene cae om pn a en MERICAN LINE OF STEAMSHIPS AM every THURSDAY direct fro B: ». “VILLE DEPARIS,"* not carry steerage pas- Philadelphia to Liverpool, tou Queenstown. ‘Cabin, Intermediate and steerage can be had at H. D. COOKE, JR. & OO. ers, 1480 F st, “Also, agents for the Red ntwerp. ‘Bank- Line UNARD LINE. jOTICE. ith the view of diminishing the chances of colision, the Ste of this line ‘take & specific passage crossing the meridian of Oat az iat., OF nothing to the north of 42, bas Sar AND NORTH AMERICAN perwey hee Oy reas LIVERPOOL, CAL EIEG AT CORK HARBOR. * ‘ORK, Fx01 From KEW ia. LIVER- THE LEADING NEWSPAPERS, THE EVENING STAR. | THE WEEKLY STAR. The proprietors of Tue StaR present te the public its daily and weekly editions, respee- tively, as not only the completest and best, but also the cheapest epitome of events occurring at the national capital, and of general news ae well, to be found anywhere. How well the public understands this is conclusively showa by the exceptionally wide circulation they both enjoy, not in the City of Washingtom alone, but throughout all the States and Ter- ritories. In order that the reader not now familiar with the paper and its strong hold on the pam lie may understand at a glance upon what elements its great popularity is based, the opinions of some of its contemporaries as te its merits are appended. It is needless to ad@ that no person is so good a judge of the value of any given newspaper as the men who coa- duct newspapers themselves, | What Other Papers Say About The Star. Decigediy one of the best newspapers published tn the Vaited States: has nothing in common wit the rabid partisan press with which our country te At this time unfortunately overstocked. A spirit of frankness, candor and fair deallug gives charace ter (o itsarticies and adds much to {is dignity aed value, “Asa compendium of the current cvente me the day, it is without a rival. Vewhernian (N.C), as fairly earned its present prosperity by ite ener in obtaining news and the ability which it s shown in the treatment all current teph s solid merits are suffich sUfied toby t iment a place in Wask- ia hardly be Wash ad hha ne Washi ton without {t.— Baltimore Amerioam, Now the oldest paper In Washington city, amd one of the most valuable, as a living picture af thetropolitan and Congressional life: has earned & continuous and prosperous existence by sagacious servance of Popular sentiment and po 1 oe original fact ro Fy enterprising .—Hille- t interesting and best in the cou: givesall the latest an: news of Congress and Washington city; isa most anxiously looked for paper by every bod: ould be in the handsof every public man and citizen anxious for reliabie information from the capital of our nation.— Parkersburg (W. Va.) 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