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4 Visit to Thomas Jl. Edison—Hmk
and Surroundings Not a Bit
Lika the Man.
To one who knows anything al
all of Edison, the first glimpse ol
his house and its surroundingi
comes with a shock of surprise
says Woman’s Home Companion
Who would have suspected
that this most democratic of mei
would have chosen for hiinself en
▼ironments so essentially aristo
cratic? He lives in the heart cl
a splendid park, patterned aftei
the English idea of vigorous ex.
elusiveness, its gates Jealous!]
guarded by alodgekeeper.
The interior of the house is ii
keeping with the atmosphere d
the park without, quite unliki
Edison. The reception-room wai
utterly different from what I ex
pected. The admirably drapef
curtains, the tables and chairs ar
ranged wih an eye to artistic ef
feet, were not of Edison’s choos
tng. He cares too little for th<
luxuries of life. This was hii
wife’s work; it was all so worn
anly.
I heard quick footsteps behia<
me, and Edison appeared, greet
Ing me cordially and unaffectedly
He was dressed in the queered
ef costumes—a long blouse tha
reached to his heels, evidently o:
his own pattern, serviceable an<
work-worn.
“Come along into the labors
tory,” he said.
BO i ionowea mm iiiruugu im
dining-room and the “den” int<
the laboratory that he has flttei
op for himself in his home
There I found his little boy, hii
Ishirt-sleeves rolled np, his fae<
■and hands smeared like hii
Vather’g. They had been makinj
■rarious compounds of which lamp
Rriack was the chief constituent.
“So you work on Sunday, toof
Edison winked confidentially
“You see, Mrs. Edison is away. :
tan do as I like.”
That brought back to me a stor
that I had once heard from afrieni
•f his—a story of how he worki
Bight after night in his labors
tory, utterly absorbed in his ei
periments. Midnight comes an<
goes, the gray dawn creeps in, am
still finds him bending over hii
test-tubes and retorts, until a
last Mrs. Edison appears ani
fondly leads him away to sleep.
I looked around the laboratory
This at least was his room. Then
were Bunsen burners, mortari
and pestles, glass rods, watcl
crystals, bottles of chemical
scattered about in bewilderinj
profusion. I watched him and hi
boy while they worked, the bo;
listening with rapt attention t<
the teachings of his father.
A FORTUNE-IN A POTATO
Tuber Raised by Scotchman and Sob
at High Price—Well-Named
the “Eldorado."
Ne potato ever gained so muel
notoriety as Eldorado, raised bj
the famous Scottish raiser Mr. A
Findlay, of Markinch. The ver;
same of the variety, says the Qai
dener’s Magazine, was a stroke o
genius, for it is hardly possibl
that the raiser, or those who ha<
the good fortune to secure som<
of the first tubers distributed
eould have imagined that in s<
short a time it . would chang*
hands at such enormously higl
prices.
Mr. George Massey, of Spalding
was one of the very first to obtah
the stock, and from him Mr. Zaeii
ariah Gray, a well-known growe
at Everton, Sandy, purchased i
•tone weight for £20. This set tb<
ball rolling, and as Mr. Findla;
resolved not to further distributi
Eldorado until the autumn o
1904, the demand for the smal
stock available was doubled an<
trebled, and so the prices rose
Messrs. Dennis, the Covent Gai
de n salesmen, and Messrs. I. Poa<
ft Sons, of York, possessed suj
plies, and the latter firm found i
purchaser of four pounds at £lfi
per pound. This determined then
to obtain further stock, and so a
the Smithfield club show a mem
ber of his firm found that Mr. Mas
sey had a limited stock for dispos
al and made him an offer of £1,00
for a stone. Mr. Massey refused
as he wanted £1,500, bot eventr
ally the bargain was struck a
£1,400, to the satisfaction of bot
parties. Subsequently Mr. Mai
sey sold a relatively small quar
tity for £2,000, so that his origins
transaction brought him a m
handsome return.
!fire department
SHOULD BE CENSURED.
i, _
Second Time Pine Bluff Had
Change to Get New Depot is
Spoiled By Fire Fight
i! ing Brigade.
—
Pine Bluff, March 28. —The
fire department again put out a
1 fire at the Iron Mountain depot j
yesterday morning. Five bales
i of cotton stored on the front
! platform, which is supposed to
i be for the use of passengers,
caught fire about 10:45 o’clock,
; presumably from sparks from the
1 south bound Valley train, which
■ had just pulled out of the station,
1 and when the fire was discovered
1 all five of the bales were blazing.
, The alarm was turned in and
both fire companies responded
. promptly. The bales were pulled
. off the platform to the ground
i and the flames were extinguished
i without even smoking the sides
■ of the frame structure which
serves Pine Bluff as a depot.
1 This is the second time in the
last few days there has been a
! fire at the station, and the sec
, ond time the department has put
\ out the flames without damage
I to the structure.
It is not known yet to whom
the cotton belonged, but most of
it will be a loss.
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» A GOOD SHOW.
I _
“If the crowd that attended
| the Eiler Rip Van Winkle show
, Saturday evening expecting to
, sit through the ordinary per
. formance ihat one meets they
were agreeably surprised. The
‘ play itself was staged in a very
• i creditable way, both in acting
^ and scenic effects. The orches
tra was a first-class one and ren
I dered pleasing numbers during
J the play, besides showing skill
in the accompaniments of the
splendid specialty numbers be
! tween the acts. The whole show
1 in fact given by Eiler’s Rip Van
1 Winkle company was one well
i worth seeing and hearing and
t was conducted in a clean, gen
I tlemanly way by the manager
and his assistants.”—Minot, N.
D., Daily Optic.
[ Manager Doherty has secured
' the above company of twenty
1 five people for Friday, March
1 31st, presenting the play made
1 famous by Joseph Jefferson,
? “Rip Van Winkle,” with all spe
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r superb band and orchestra.
t Prices 75, 50 and 25, proceeds to
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