25 MAY 1878, page 10

The Last Application Of The Ballot. T He Result Of The

latest application of the Ballot is so very curious, that it deserves more than a passing mention. On the occurrence of the riots in Blackburn, Alderman Pickop, of that town,......

The Microphone.

T HE instrument which Professor Hughes has discovered (and which he proposes to call the "Microphone," as the one which enables you to send sound to a great distance is called......