The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-04-25

have to say. Such letters as 90 to
people who have no monographs. will
be copied from the machine by the
office boy.
80. For reading. A first-class
elocutionist will read one of Dickens
novels into the photograph. 1t can
all be printed on sheet ten inches
square, and these can be multiplied
by the million copies by cheap pro-
cess of electrotyping. These sheets
will be sold for, say 25 cents. A man
is tired, and his wife S eyes are failing
and so they sit around and hear the
telephone read from this sheet, the
whole novel. with all the expression
of a first-class reader. See! A COM
pany for printing these is already Or
ganized in New York;
SO. 1t will sing in the very voice of
Patti and kellogg, so that every family
can have an opera any evening.
81. 1t may be used as a musical
composer. When singing some lovely
airs, and believe musician could
get one popular melody every day by
experimenting in that way.
IS. 1t may be used to read to in
mates of blind asylum, or to the
ignrrant who have never learned to
read.
$50. 1t may be used to teach Ian
guages and l have already sold the
right to use it to teach children the
alphabet. Suppose Stanley had had
one and thus obtained for the world
all the dialects of Central Africa!
81 It will be used to make toys
talk. A company has already organ
lied to make speaking dolls. They
will speak in a little girls voice, and
and will never lose the gift any more
than little girl.
80. 1t will be used by actors to learn
the right reading of passages. In
fact, its utility will be endless
"What will the photograph sell
for?''
eve shall charge 800 for a ma
chine. This will limit it's sale for the
present."
In politics Mr.. Edison is not par
tisan, but has generally voted the
Republican ticket. while his father
was and is a Democrat of the extreme
type.
elbow about religion, Mr.. Edison!"
THAT is a matter have studied
somewhat, but l haven't been able to
get the first clew to any first cause, or
any hereafter. l do do not dogmatize
about it, because l do not know.
But l may add, that am strongly
inclined to think that nobody knows
any more than do about it. / have
never found that guess-work paid"
Here is story characteristic of his
methods: In the development of the
automatic telegraph it became neces-
sary to have a solution that would
give a chemically prepared paper upon
which the characters could be re-
corded at speed greater than two
hundred words minute. There
were numerous solutions in French
books, but none of them enabled him
to exceed that rate. But he had in
vented a machine that would exceed
it, and must have the paper to match
the machine. 81 came in one night,
johnson, an associate of Edison, says
to the Graphic. ''And there sat Edison
with pile of chemistrieS and chemi-
cal books that were five feet high
when they stood on the floor laid one
upon the other. He had ordered them
from New York, London and Paris.
He studied them night and day. He
ate at his desk and slept in his chair.
In six weeks he had gone through the
books, written Il volume of abstracts,
made 1000 experiments on the fOrmu-
las and had produced solutiOn-the
only one in the world-that would do
thevery thing he wanted done--record
over 200 words a minute on wire $50
miles long. He has since succeeded
in recording thirty -one hundred (3.l0W
words minute. This statement will
be doubted by the incredulous, but /
have seen it done"
Those who have worked with him
believe that he can envolve from his
own brain any invention required.
"Does he know what is in those
5000 Walls on his shelves :" inquired
the Graphic. THAT he does" was
the reply. He bought them all him.
self. Whenever he hears of any new
compound he Immediately orders it.
tor he does not know how soon he
may need it,
Edison has studied astronomy also.
and. in conjunction with Prof. Lang
ley. Alleghaney university. is now
engaged in devising improvements in
the telescope.
You may say this for me" says
Edward II. Johnson. an associate of
Edison, latter long and intimate
acquaintance. l allege that Edison is
the of the fairest and squarest men l
ever knew. He is perfectly honest.
and the men who are trying to avail
themselves of his ingenuity by SLAM
dering him will be exposed and
beaten.
Thomas A. Edison was born in
Milan. Erie county, Ohio, February
ii, lS4I. and therefore is now only 81
years of age.
''How many patents have you taken
out - l asked him to-day.
II don't exactly know" he said,
and went to his bookkeeper to ascer-
tain.
''That one received to-day" said
that functionary, makes l5s patents,
and a more have been applied for
and are pending in Washington.