Show THE FIRST PHONOGRAPH In a letter wrItten a few years before his death Thomas A Edison said Sald I conceIved the Idea of o recording and reproducing human speech and other sounds on July 18 1877 Mr EdIson w ent ent on to say that he worked on hi fIrst model of the first phonograph during the following two months and that thIS first model was entirely ely successful He also declared that this model comprised alt the basIc principles of modern phonographs phonographs graphs and talking I Many l will l remember the early emly phonograph records made on ax yr ax cylinders s These were welE greatly inferior to the later disc records besides they wele fiery elY fragile and short lIved StIll the they I principles used in recording and reproducing the sounds were wele the same as those employed up to the present I The olId ti orld owes much of Its enJoyment and instruction to the idea born 11 in EdIson's fertIle brain bram more than 56 years ago It IS ISI I gratifying that he was permitted to enJoy a long life in which to develop and wItness universal employment of tIns this and other toI epoch making inventions which he gave to mankind I I I ISome Some husbands dont don't even dale dar a to make a minorIty r t I II I Theil is a polItIcIan like a dredge When Then he slings a lot of i mud 1 I Our new monetary y polIcy IS encouraging male gold dIggers in inthe I the West Vest I Professional reformers will Ill be unhappy In heaven wIth no- no nobody no-I no body lody to 1 reform A friend m in need is one who always has an extra rette I and and a match I The pessimist is dIsagreeable but he gives less foolish advice than the optimIst I Jurors are sworn to deCIde m in favor of the side having the I most convincing liars hars I A London chimney sweep s has wrItten two novels and anda a re- re reVIewer reviewer viewer VIewer declares they are not smutty I We Te admire those who are independent and courageous enough to agree wIth our VIews With a surplus of almost everything the supply of gossip seems never to equal the demand Another odd fact is that kindhearted persons and murderers agree In theIr opposItion to capItal punishment Bulletin No I issued sued by the U S ChIldrens ChIldren's Bureau an- an announces announces the important tant dIscovery that mIlk is good for children n |