Show d Z t JN n 2 L new musical instrument it is rather strange that of 0 the mr nu berous devices patented so eo few re late to musical instruments and 1 I this particularly so aa as the piano violin guitar banjo and mandolin aro are so old that t bat they have gron groin common and as aj yet no other instruments to fill theli thelt places P laces have been introduced A new musical instrument suitable for pai lor entertainment Is shown here it is nade made of wood and the inventor 1 claims that it will nill give forth sounds differing from front those produced by any instrument in the nature of a horn flute or whistle being very simple and easy to learn most of the novelties that have heretofore been introduced have been suitable mostly for outdoor use but this one can be played in the house without jarring on the nerves and ear as much as a beginners be inners work does on the piano the body of this instrument la Is a thin metal tube formed with the sound opening having a fea ther edge so that when tho player blows into the mouthpiece the body vibrates and produces pleasing tones the length of the vibrations being determined ter mined by the position of a piston rod which can be moved to make any note within the range of the instrument in using the instrument the player grasps gr asps the mouthpiece with one plays like a trombone hand and presses tho the end against the lips while with the other nand he grasps the handle which 0 operates P crates the piston and at the same time supports the body frank II 11 fairchild of detroit mich Is the patentee combine telephone ind telegraph A new now of the telephone and telegraph with 9 1 abw complication of their names Is irie idea of an italian electrician E I 1 kil cotti who makes a triple proud boast of bis his invention firstly that the apparatus is susceptible of 0 belne being used on any existing telephone lines without any previous alteration of 0 the latter secondly that secrecy Is warranted of any communication and thirdly that the construction is fl simple and the arle e of the instrument low tho the distinctive feature of the apparatus is the fact that there ii 1 no necessity of installing an any y special x hanges and special lines but that any existing telephone plant is ift ready for the tel cryptograph e for thus the telephonic innovation has been christ ened the apparatus is worked by currents analogous in every respect to telephone currents and therefore in no way ing with the ordinary telephone service the secrecy of the tha dispatch is warranted by a device al lowing of any two apparatus being timed for a figure established before hand eo so as to keep the telephone so be cret through throughout olit tha the line as well as at the receiving station the mes messages bages ar riving as ciphered telegrams the receiving apparatus may bo be caused to decipher automatically tho dispatch e cither ither after reception or during tho the same the number of ciphers tho the apparatus is 1 susceptible of is upwards upward of 0 which Is 1 practically in lr finito I 1 i it Is a SL good deal easier to cond condemn a new idea than it is to comprehend it |