House and Garden 
THE PHONOGRAPH AND DEFECTIVE 
MACHINERY 
A N interesting instance of the cliver- 
^ sihed uses of which the phono¬ 
graph is capable is afforded in a recent 
experience by the Knowles Steam Pump 
Works, of New York City. The com¬ 
pany had put up one of its large pumps 
for the Ricks Water Company at its 
pumping station at Elk River, Cal. 
After several years of use something 
evidently went wrong with the pump, 
and in a letter of advice to the works 
regarding the trouble, which took the 
form of a phonograph cylinder, advan¬ 
tage was taken of the cylinder to record 
the sounds of the pump in running, pre¬ 
cisely as the stethoscope is used by the 
physician in examining the action of the 
heart or lungs of the human body. The 
manager of the water company spoke 
into the phonograph receiver, describing 
the symptoms of the ailing pump, and 
then moved the receiver so that the pul¬ 
sation of the pump would be recorded 
on the wax roll. When the cylinder was 
put into the machine in New York the 
voice of the Californian was heard first, 
giving in a clear, precise and distinct 
way the symptoms of the pump, and then 
he asked the listener to pay attention 
to the pump’s action. The experiment 
proved successful, and by means of the 
roll the disease was diagnosed. The 
proper remedy was suggested, and the 
pump is running once more, and the time 
and expense of sending an expert to Cali¬ 
fornia was saved —Philadelphia Record. 
MALARIA BANISHED BY ARTESIAN 
WELLS 
/^UR correspondent at Lake City, 
Williamsburg County, reports 
that there are now eighteen arte¬ 
sian wells in the village, and adds: 
“ Before the wells were bored the people 
suffered a great deal with fever and 
malaria, but now it is a rare thing, in¬ 
deed, to hear of a case of either. ” This 
is very decided testimony to the value of 
pure water for the redemption of ma¬ 
larial districts, and Lake City’s experi¬ 
ence and example should not he lost on 
other places where the water is bad and 
health no better. There was a “great 
deal” of fever in the village when the 
wells were shallow. Now a case of it is 
“rare.” That is sermon enough for 
people in other fever-haunted places.— 
Charleston (S. C.) News and Courier. 
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