, 1880-01-24
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.
Ia DePrc'iatioHs of Iisitors 10 Hc!slO Park
--Hore EiscAie; Doias-- The Beal'iflI IJs.
cGaG-s~noe SIN. Bright ~ Er~r.

cGa6-s~Hoe SIN. Bright az Errr.
Notwithstanding the fact tha. Mr.. Edison
has closed his laboratory 10 the general pub
Ec, admitting visitors By special permi: only.
hundreds sslii come nightly 70 Meilo Park
70 see the electric hight. @; the number,
comparatively few have special invitations.
but the crowd, no; satisfied with the street
lights, dozen OF which are kept constantly
Burning, and The lights IN tie dwellings,.
which are III nearly every part Of theyiilage.
literally tcrce the.r way into the laboratory
aGi almost take possession Of It. The good
nature ot the great inventor Is taxed 10 the
utmost. DiShkins 10 turn away scores who
come from distance, he permits their ad-
mIttance uatil they become so numerous
iha; 1t Is utterly impossible Tor ,he assistants
to do any work. For more than week
now his entire establishment, with It's ~ or
80 skilled hands. has been practically at 4
stanGs.lli, ovin- t. the rhronss ef visitors.
They cone from near and far. the towns
FOR n.I!es around sending them IN vehicles
farmers, mechanics, lahoyers. boys. urls.
men and womeH-aEl the trains dei sting
theiG leads Of bankers. brokers, capitalists,
sls!it>ecrs, hungry agents booking for basi-
ness. and others. All boldly walk TO the
laboratory, beSie:e the doors and insist on
seeing Professor Edison, Until tha, gentle
man at times wishes he hal neyer invented
t!:e electric lamp or anything else.
TILcEs THAT AIM AZ DARKNESS.
Among these Numbers are not few rnalic-
ious persons, who, ior some motives of their
own seek every opportunity 70 play tricks
with the wires Twice tonight the latter
we're Temporarily short cIrcuited," but
kiisoa's ingenuity prevents any serious
damage Forewarned by the attemp, made
the otAeg evening by some unknown person
10 throw the whole power 81 the current ou
= part only Of tke circuit, thus a..smptiu.
TO Iniure some Of the lamps he r,g.ed AZ an
ingenious attachment 10 tie Wire-a sort Of
safety valve thar throws of all the elcc-
tric.ty OF the circuit the instant the wires
are taapered with. All this vigilance, how
ever, Is not able - prevent the electric lamp
from being distracted By GneonseionaLle
people. six more lamps Were foand missing
yesterday, maxim. fourteen IN all that have
nOw been taken.
Outside the annoyance Of having his sane
tam thus invaded and his apparatus bodily
which must be I torture 10 him. because OF
the Ignorance they display SAID one well
dressed lady. apparently quite intelligent.
after the system had been explained in detail
and much pains had been taken t1 make her
understand. oh, Yes, how wonderful,
understand /; all Row. You bottle up the
light in these little globes and then sell 1t for
80 much bottle, Isn't it nice:' Another
intellectual visitor entertained crowd OF
admiring friends by explaining al length how
the little chalk telephones which abound IN
the laboratory furnished the electricity that
gave out the electric hight.
COOL REQUESTS.
The requests for lamps and horseshoe car
bons are numbered by the thousand, and
many of the visitors feel indignant when the
assistants politely decline to take their prof
fered pay for the same, explaining that they
are not for sale The little globes OF fire
still continue burning In all their beauty,
notwithstanding the predictions of the scep-
ties. The three hours test which rival
electrician loudly dared Mr.. Edison TO make,
prociaiming that only that length Of time
was necessary to prove the utter failure of
his invention has now grown INTO test OF
30 hours and still the lamps are burning.
The lamp which referred 10 three days ago
as having been placed under water and made
to give light IN that position still remains
submerged, and no change has occurred IN
the light, thus suggesting an important and
for submarine divers IN their work Several
Thousand people have now seen the light,
and Mr.. Edison feels satisfied that he has
H. rl,. s,..-r,ttss
TIE QUESTION OF COST.
The exact cost of the new light the H.
ventor has not made public; but it is char
acteristicaily summed up in an answer which
he was overheard to give al inquirer:
After the electric light goes INTO general
use" said he, none but the eXtravagant
will burn TALON candles. " T. HsrGM