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220 THE PHONOGRAM. tones will quicken the pulse of a horse, they will affect the movements or work of a copyist. The reader will readily see that some of these suggestions apply particularly to phonographic dictation, while the others apply to the records of the typewriting machine. The Phonograph Exhibit at the American Institute Fair. This is the season of fairs, and at Bos- ton, Pittsburgh, and various other cities, the stirring people of onr country are ex- ploiting the objects displayed to attract purchasers, with commendable zeal and intelligence. The phono- graph holds its own among the legion of attractions, for it is like a kaleidoscope, ever offering something new. The American Institute exhibition is in full blast, and persons from all parts of the United States who came to witness the Colum- bian celebration, and per- haps to make acquisitions in the commercial line, remain to-receive instruction and gather more factsat this Fair, At the Institute hall a space of thirty feet square is de- voted to the. phonograph in- terest, and is artistically dec- orated with bunting and adorned with a fine portrait of Mr. Edison, while fifteen automatic machines stand ready to pour out music or recitations, according to ( the wishes of the patrons. Apart from these is placed an ex- hibition machine, connected with which is an eighteen- way hearing tube, that af- fords visitors the opportu- nity of listening, eighteen at once, to the music. The songs most popular are five campaign songs,“I’ll Be True,” by Edward Clar- ence, of the New York Co.; “The Laughing Coon," by George Johnson, and the