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CREAT INVENTOR AT HOME.
A Visit to Thomas A. Edison—House
and Surroundings Not a Bit
Like the Man.
To one who knows anything at
nil of Edison, the first glimpse of
his house and its surroundings
comes with a shock of surprise,
says Woman’s Home Companion.
Who would have suspected
that this most democratic of men
would have chosen for himself en
vironments so essentially aristo
cratic? He lives in the heart of
n splendid park, patterned after
the English idea of vigorous ex
elusiveness, its gates jealously
guarded by alodgekeeper.
The interior of the house is in
keeping with the atmosphere of
the park without, quite unlike
Edison. The reception-room was
utterly different from what I ex
pected. The admirably draped
curtains, the tables and chairs ar
ranged will an eye to artistic ef
fect, were not of Edison’s choos
ing. He cares too little for the
luxuries of life. This was his
wife’s work; it was all so wom
anly.
I heard quick footsteps behind
me, and Edison appeared, greet
ing me cordially and unaffectedly.
He wras dressed in the queerest
of costumes—a long blouse that
reached to his heels, evidently of
his own pattern, serviceable and
work-worn.
“Come along into the labora
tory,” he said.
So I followed him through the
dining-room and the “den” into
the laboratory that he has fitted
up for himself in his home.
There I found his little boy, his
shirt-sleeves rolled up, his face
and hands smeared like his
father’s. They had been making
various compounds of which lamp
black wras the chief constituent.
“So you work on Sunday, too?”
Edison winked confidentially.
“You see, Mrs: Edison is away. I
can do as T like.”
That brought back to me a story
that I had once heard from a friend
of his—a story of how he works
night after night in his labora
tory, utterly absorbed in his ex
periments. Midnight comes and
goes, the gray dawn creeps in, and
still finds him bending over his
test-tubes and retorts, until at
> . lg.st Mrs. Edison appears and
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I looked around the laboratory.
This at least was his room. There
were Bunsen burners, mortars
and pestles, glass rods, watch
crystals, bottles of chemicals
scattered about in bewildering
profusion. I watched him and his
boy while they worked, the boy
listening with rapt attention to
the teachings of his father.
A FORTUNE IN A POTATO.
Tuber Raised by Scotchman and Sold
at High Price—Well-Named
the “Eldorado.”
' No potato ever gained so much
notoriety as Eldorado, raised by
the famous Scottish raiser Mr. A.
Findlay, of Markinch. The very
name of the variety, says the Gar
dener’s Magazine, was a stroke of
genius, for it is hardly possible
that the raiser, or those who had
the good fortune to secure some
of the first tubers distributed,
could have imagined that in so
short a time it would change
hands at such enormously high
prices.
Mr. George Massey, of Spalding,
was one of the very first to obtain
the stock, and from him Mr. Zacli
ariah Gray, a well-known grower
at Evertou, Sandy, purchased a
stone weight for £20. This set the
t ball rolling, and as Mr. Findlay
i resolved not to further distribute
Eldorado until the autumn of
1904, the demand for the small
pHB^stock available was doubled and
Hl^ptrebled. and so the prices rose,
iMessrs. Dennis, the Covent Gar
den salesmen, and Messrs. I. Poad
i& Sons, of York, possessed sup
plies, and the latter firm found a
mrchaser of four pounds at £150
>r pound. This determined them
^obtain further stock, and so at
P'Smithfield club show a mem
f his firm found that Mr. Mas
^l€\d a limited stock for dispos
er Snade him an offer of £1,000
*ey “'ane. Mr. Massey refused,
al and\nted £1,500, but eventu
for a *k^rga;n was struck at
as he satisfaction of both
aliv (lie ‘tyjequently Mr. Mas
£1,400, oatively small quan
so that his original
k Kty/for £2,0d^ht hl“ ‘
transaction b. *
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AN ODD OLD CHARACTER.
Kate, the Bumboat Woman, Who Has
Haunted Washington’s Navy
yard for Forty Years.
Kate, the bumboat woman, is
the title applied to an odd crea
ture who has been haunting the
Washington navy yard for the
past 40 years, says the Washing
ton Post. Her name is Kate
Royal, and as far back and further
thun the oldest man connected
with the yard can remember, Kate
has been making her daily trips
with her basket of candy, fruit
and notions to sell to the sailors
who visit Washington on Uncle
Sam’s boats. Kate has a speaking
acquaintance with all the great
men of the army and navy. She
has letters and presents from
most of them, including Amirals
Dewey, Sampson and Schley.
Kate made her first visit to the
yard during the civil war. She
was a young woman in those days,
and her bright Irish ways made
her a great favorite. In later
years, when age began to creep
upon her, she began to form an
opinion that she was an active
and indispensable part of the
navy. She considered herself an
enlisted person and became as de
voted to the cause as the most
loyal man. It is just 40 years sines
Kate began to consider herself a
sailor.
She has had ten red enlistment
stripes, representing four years
each, placed upou a field of blue
cloth, and this she wore to cele
brate the anniversary.
Kate is a picturesque charac
ter. Her form is bowed beneath
the weight of 70 years, and her
face is seamed with the marks of
time. Only her eyes still retain
the brilliancy of youth, and they
sparkle with the same Irish hu
mor and good nature that
gleamed fi ora them 40 years ago.
Kate has no regular hours of
business. She is on hand with the
rising sun, and the late hours of
the evening find her still on duty.
She gathers her little stock of
trade around her under the fore
castle of one of the United States
boats lying up at the yard, and
with the sailor boys lying around
her on the floor she will tell them
Df llOP VAnfar» enAiiA Tm'cili
melodics for them until the signal
for lights out is passed around,
and the sailors seek their swing
ing hammocks, and Kate shoul
ders her basket of goods and wan
ders home.
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HERO AND THE TOOTHACHE
Remarks Thereon by a Disillusioned
Girl—He Had Faced Death
at Santiago.
“I used to be given to heto
worship,” said the girl with
the Russian sable muff to
her companion of the long, dark
eyelashes, according to the New
York Sun. “But, dear, we change,
do we not? Do you recall how I
spent the last of my pin money to
attend a reception that the club
arranged for a certain hero?
“Well, the week before last I
was coming up from Palm Beach.
On the train was a hero who had
withstood a dozen hostile fires at
Santiago. He hud a toothache, a
simple little toothache, and he bel
lowed like a calf. I thought of the
five teeth that I had pulled out in
one afternoon without gas and
asked myself if the man was real
ly brave. I decided that a hero
must have a toothache such as
the ordinary mortal never
dreamed of.
“One of the train hands who
sympathized with the hero said:
‘The best thing for a toothache is
whisky. If I had one I’d fill up’—
and he did. I mean my hero, that
was, did. Don’t talk to me in fu
ture of hero worship. Facing
death may be one thing, but I’d
rather face death than be afraid
of a toothache. Have a bon bon?”
“Radium Sirup."
A practical joke, now common
among Parisians, is to go into a
drug store and ask for three cents’
worth of radium. At first the
chemists took it good-naturedly,
but latterly it has become quite a
nuisance. One chemist in the
Rue de Rlvoli has just hit upon a
way of getting even with the
would be joker*. He has made a
concoction which he calls “radinm
sirup," and when the practical
joker arrives gravely hands out a
small quantity, charging aa extra
! two cents for the bottla,
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PUT TRUST IN THE LORD.
Navel Defenae Made by a Colored Maa
Aaiwerlnc to (k* Ckarge
of Tbeft.
“Last winter when I went south fa*
my health,” said Col. L. S. Brown, of the
Southern railway, who, according to the
Washington Star, always has a good
story In stock, "I was told they were
going to try a colored man for stealing
a quantity of raw cotton, and when the
hour arrived I went up to the court
house to hear the case. The prisoner
was a man about 40 years of age, and
he had elected to plead his own case.
The prosecution proved that the bag
of cotton was found In the colored man’s
cabin, and the property was fully iden
tified as belonging to the owner of a
compress. The prisoner asked no ques
tions, but said he wanted'to make a
statement and rest his case ‘wid de
Lawd.’ After awhile he was given an
opportunity to speak and said:
“ ‘I was gwine by dat compress at
’leben o’clock last night when a voice
dun called out to me: ‘Hold on, dar,
Abraham Jones. Yo’ was a pore man,
an’ yo’ Jest take ’long dis bag o’ cotton
:o buy yo’ some shoes fur cold weath
er.* Den de bag fell at my feet, an’ I
dun took It home.’
“ ’Did you recognise the voice?’ said
the Judge.
“ ‘No, sah; but I reckon It was an
angel who spoke.*
“ ‘Then why did you hide the bag
when you got home?’
“ *Well, sah. Jest as I got frew de gate
another voice dun told me dat I’d bet
ter hide de cotton for a few days.’
" ‘Did you recognize that voice?’
* ‘No, sah; but I dun reckon It was a
voice from heben.’
** ‘And that’s your defense, ia It?’
"’Yes, sah. I’ze willin’to rest dis case
In de Lawd’a hands. De Lawd He dun
knows I nebber stole dat cotton.*
“ ‘Hadn’t you better have a lawyer?*
suggested the Judge, with something
like a smile on his race.
" ‘I reckon not, sah. I’ze been gwine
to church fur de las fo’ty y’ars, an’ I’ze
reetlg’ dis case right in de hands ob de
Lawcf.’
*’ ‘Then I shall have to give you four
months In Jail, Abraham.’
“ ‘Huh, what fur?’
** ‘For stealing that cotton.’
“The prisoner received his sentence
without a word, seeming to have ex
pected It, and was presently led away.
Two weeks later I met him on the streets
of a town 50 miles away and said to him:
“ ‘Abraham, I thought you were In
Jail over at Selma?’
“ ‘Yes, sah, I wras,’ he replied.
“ ‘And I remember you put your case
In the hands of the Lord?’
“ * ‘Deed, but I did, sah, an’ I cum out
all right.’
" ‘But you got four months.’
“ ‘So I did, sah—so I did, but arter
serving nine days ob de time de Lawd
showed me how to dig outer dat Jail,
an’ yer I am an’ dey won’t nebber git
HEALTH PARAGRAPHS.
Especially Intended lor the Guidance
of Girls in Their Everyday
Lives.
The thin girl must sleep as many
hours as possible. She must not wor
ry. And she must live in the open air
and sunshine just as much as she can
every day, says American Queen.
Study your own physical make-up and
then develop the weak parts, while at
the same time you keep up the exercises
for the whole bodp In general.
Be careful not to let any physical
fault get a start Prevention Is so much
more valuable than cure. And if you
will cul^ate a keen eye for your own
Imperfections, It will not be difficult to
overcome them at the start
Do not neglect to carry yourself well.
Do not bend over at the waist Hold
your head straight and erect It will
Increase both your own self-respect and
produce a better Impression on all about
you.
Your voice may be cultivated till It
will of itself attract friends to you.
TValn yourself to notice pleasant voices
and then modulate your own and see
that it always gives out its best tones.
Control of the voiee will have great
Influence over your disposition. Bs
careful that your voice is never harBh
or whining.
You cannot be graceful unless every
part of your body enjoys perfect free
dom of action.
No indoor exercise can take the place
of activity in the open air.
The skin is of the greatest value in
eliminating Impurities from the body
and therefore should be kept in perfect
condition.
If the top of a shoe does not allow ths
toes to spread forward and outward they
will have to turn up. It is easy to ses
how painful this will be In playing
games, or in walking down hills, or la
deep bending, or in jumping down from
any height.
Never use any metal Instrument
about the teeth or you will run the risk
of Injuring the enamel. Never bits
threads or crack nuts with the teeth.
Mutton tallow Is very good for ths
hands A few drops of camphor in It
havs a healing effect
Rest Is fully as Important for ths
thin girl as diet Relieve all tension by
closing the eyes and banishing all
thought for short Intervals
Never neglect your henda, and espe
cially your nails Keep both scrupu
lously neat
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Seven pounds elderberries, stemmkff,
lour pounds sugar, one pint vinegar,
two tablsapaonfuls clansman, one
tablsepoonful cloves. Boll until ths
Juice Is rather thick. They wBI keep
la sa open jar. I havs preserved elder
berries in this way far M years, sad
bars yet to learn of the first poraoa who
tens not like them after firing them a
trial.—Mm ML i. Three* Ik Rural Mew
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