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A maoazink (Wr*f#d to all Inlemili ooofiecMl with the recording of Hound, the reproduction and preservation of speech, the Telephone, the Typewriter, and the progress of Electricity. The portrait of Mr. Tate herewith presented, is an excellent likeness. His Anglo-Saxon birth betokens great staying powers, and his knowledge of the work carried on in the laboratory at Menlo Park fits him admirably for this position. PUBLISHED MONTHLY ONE YEAH. SINGLE NUMBERS The Imaginary and the Real Phono graph. lost age Prepaid X. II. !tl<’IC.fLl?. Maaager. Pulitzer Building. Boom 87. NEW YORK. ADVERTISEMENTS. Tnr. Phonogram, having special facilities in its circula- tion through the vast commercial system occupied by the Phonograph. Telephone, and other Electrical Devices, pre- sents «n exceptionally valuable advertising medium. The rates are reasonable and will tie furnished on application. CORRESPONDENCE relating to the Phonograph. Typewriter, or Electricity, in any of their practical applications, ts cordially invited, and the cooperation of nil electrical thinkers and workers **ar- nestly desired. Cl^ar, concise. well-wriUeo articles are especially welcome; and communications, views, news Items, local newspaper clippings, or any information likely to interest electriciat.s. will be thankfully received and cheerfully acknowledged. New Vice President. Mr. A. 0. Tate lias just been elected vice- president of the North American Phonograph Co. Mr. Tate has entered a field thoroughly fa- miliar to him, having been connected with Mr. Edison for many years, in positions of responsi- bility, tbedutiesof which be performed with such exactness and fidelity that promotion has fol- lowed, and he now stands with the heads in the management of this great enterprise. * In securing the valuable services of our new vice-president, all who are interested in the phonograph may be congratulated. Much has been said and written in regard to the phonograph, and its marvelous capacities have been so llrgely desCanjfd upon, while its construction and actual powers are so little under- stood, that the imagination*^.multitude run riot on the subject and ascribe to the instrument human and superhuman powefs. Mr. A. W. Clancy? president of the National Phonographic Association, recently made this topic a theme for the enlightenment of a group of listeners at the Hotel Cadillac, in Detroit, Michi- gan. and as his exposition of the subject was both forcible and humorous, we lay it before our readers: •« The machine cannot do everything. It can- not report the proceedings^of a young ladies* sewing society, dor can it follow up the rapid elocution of some lawyers. It cannot travel round and carry the minister’s sefmon to his congregation# every Sunday morning. It can call out “front’’for a hotel clerk as loud and long as he pleases*. Ml it'oaunot deliver the key of a room, or tell a lady where to get stamps, or impart all the necessary information required by guests at a hotel ; but it is a faithful servant and will conduct business like a setting hen, and never strike for higher wages.” These simple words are intended for the bene-