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Show The Flrat riiomi;ruph. A Boston man says that when Edison first thought of making a phonograph he perfected most of the details before even drawing a plan. When he had tho idea well developed ho told an old German, who mado models for him, to make a machine after a certain pattern. pat-tern. Tho inventor didn't hint what he wanted it for, but occasionally sent an order for a change or alteration to be mado, without with-out even looking at the model. Finally the German took the machine to Mr. Edison, who fitted a bit of tinfoil into it, turned the crank, and spoke into the funnel the words of that famous poem beginning "Mary had a little lamb." The German looked on as though ho thought that the inventor had gone crazy. Then Mr. Edison reversed the crank, and in that queer, piping voice now so familiar, tho machine repeated the lines. "MBin Gottl" said the German, throwing up his bands, "Mein Gottl it talksl" New York Bun. |