Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1879 — The Audiphoue-How It Works. [ARTICLE]

The Audiphoue-How It Works.

Mr. Cox, the agent for the new instrument called the audiphone, explained its workings to a Sentinel reporter. It is astonishing that it has only been invented so recently. It consists of a sheet of carbonized rubber about 8| by 10 inches in size, to which is attached a handle. From the top of the fan extends a couple of cords which are brought down and held by a small fastener in the handle. By this the tension can be increased or diminished at pleasure. The edge of t ie fan is placed between the teeth, or allowed to rest on them, and the sound of a voice from in froi t passes over the fan to the tee.h, nd from thence to the auditory nerve, thence through the banes of the face. A deaf and dumb person can hear by means of this simple instrument, and of conrse can learn to speak. It will do away with the necessity for the asylums over the country for such unfortunates. For the worst cases thete is an additional sheet of a smaller size placed on the under side of the instrumentto assist in conveying back to them the sound of their own voices. The experiments made at the Asylum on Sunday, were highly satisfactory to all parties. The cost of the audiphone is $lO for the simple, and sls for the compound.—ludianapolis Sentinel. —While our exchanges are boasting of their mammoth vegetables it may be well for them to record the fact that White county has a radish measuring five feet in length and three feet in girth, one head of oats five feet in length corn weighing 150 pounds to the bushel, and stranger still, a turnipseed weighing over 100 pounds.— They all belong to the animal kingdom, however, and begin their names with capital letters.—[Monticello Herald. —An exchange says some business men never spend a cent for advertising, either in the newspapers or any other way. In the stores of such men are generally seen old barrel heads, on which are inscribed in chalk or charcoal such devices as these: “Flower, Korn Meel, Pertatoes, Pourk. Cheze, Kaliker. Kountry produce bawt and sould, goods cheap for cash, Tee, Shugar, etc.’’—[Waynetown Banner.