Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-12-07

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emit failure IL TIE psisting-oaeAias -
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clared he voslA never coos aovn
tall il worked. Il took sixty hoass Co.
tinuous labor, bat Is worked, anl thaa
he slept for thirty. The rostiss a n
day is . routine Of grand processes and
ennobling iaess- Nowhere else Proba-
bly, would such . day be pos~sbls.
There are not fortunes, II there were
capacity. 20 carry on the business al
pure scientific research on such Q scnle.
His whole great estAblishnsst 10 oecs-
pied not in manufacturing, nor prioasi-
" in projects for profitable rseasns,-
though these follow but in psv relse-
tons, new combinations, in vreskiag
from Nature inch by inch the domain
she would have kert hidden. He
comes in the morning and reads his
letters. He overlooks his men and IL
experiments Of his assistants. Tho
element Of hazard enters into these some
what. There are great number in pro-
gress, the action Of chemicals upon Va
rious substances or upon each other, or
the phenomena of substances sub
jected to the various forces Il
command. Stripe Of ivory, for in
stance, in certain oil in six weeks be-
come transparent. A globule Of mer-
curry in water, then with . little potas-
stun added, takes various shapes for
the opposite poles Of the battery, re-
tires coquetishly or 10 attracted, forms
in whirlpools. changes color, or be-
comes immobile. There il NO use at
once for these results, but they are 10
corded in yoluminous notebooks.
When the proper time comes they are
borne in mind; some one Of them may
form the connecting link in the chain
of an invaluable discovery. Then per-
haps he tests for the thousandth time
his carbon telephone for new perfec-
tions. and then goes on carrying for
ward q step each Of the works in pro-
gress, or becomes wholly engrossed, &C.
cording to his mood, in one.
In spite of the fact that the motive
OF his retreat to Menlo Park was in
good part to escape them, numerous
visitors arrive. II is the Mecca of .
continuous pilgrimage Of scientists, re-
porters for the journals, and curiosity.
hunters. Yesterday troop OF one
hundred and seventy five persons,
brought by o gentleman who had asked
the privilege Of presenting few friends,
tomorrow q special train of visitors
from Boston is announced. He re-
ceives all aAably, submitting himself
and his inventions to be gaxed ct with
out reserve. One wonders, next to his
photograph, at his good humor.
"Stin, shall blow up somebody yet"
he says, laughing. II am considering
the idea Of fixing . wire connecting
with battery that knocks over every
body that touches the gate"
He sits down at the monograph,
fixes q double mouth. piece to it and
summons one Of his assistants. while
auother pluccs himself ut an organ in
the corner. They sing in two parts
"John Browns Body" As the sonor-
GUS music rises and fills the long apart
ment, one gazes musingly, yet with .
secret thrill. It is like assisting ct
some strange, new rite,-a martial
chant of rejoicing in the greatness Of Q
new era full of sublime promise and
the diasination 0f m vakorioa