The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-09


walk for miles along the streets there and
see no other lights taan ours. The electric
hight stocks there are now as staple as gas
stocks used to be.
Il was the guest of Fender, the cable
man in England, four DAYS. | went to Lon
don twice and inspected our stations.
went out to Deptford, where they are build
ing that enormous plant for the alternating
current of 10000 volts. 1t is a tremendous
plsnt, dynamo forty feet high, aud so on.
One man mas put 81, 900, 900 in and another
SSOO,OOO. Hooked it all over and then they
asked ms what | thought of it. / was
thinking of the eighth of an inch of hard
rubber between that current aud human
HE, SO told them when they had it COM
pleted they'd better novs their families
into powder magazines"
did you get any new ideas during your
Journeys Did what you saw suggest any
thing new or to doF'
mot one idea i cannot think outside Of
the laboratory. Ny brain was in a whirl
all the time. had to keep book to keep
track of myself. Monday, do so and so
met, is conducting some abstract re-
searches into the nature of electricity.
cannot explain what he is doing in q way
that people unfamiliar with such matters
would understand, but think he is going
to tell US what electricity is.
What was that story about your sending
photographs by telephone or photographing
countenances through the telephone at long
ranger
81 do not propose to do quite that |
think it is possible that men VINO are talking
through telephones may see each other, as
well as hear each others voices. They may
see the expressions of countenances, see the
other fellow laugh over a good joke, for
instance. 1t will be as though you saw a
IL -,
only through short distances, say within
the limits of city and it's suburbs, think
l am quite sure it can be done as a matter
of scientific accomplishment, but whether
it can be made commercially practicable is
another thing. l do not know yet but
shall try to find out. have lot of expert
ments ON hand all the time Some of them
l work on for two years or more, only to
find that they are not commercial possibil-
ities The moment l find thing will not
pay drop it."
Have you considered the subject of
making display al the exposition of 92
in New York;
81 will ill all the space they will give me,
you can depend on that. II they beat tn g
Paris exposition they will have to hump
themselves. There is no hope Of equaling
the art display but we may do bstter in
other things. have two criticisms on the
Paris exposition First, the machinery was
scattered about too much. There were
more than fifty miles of aisles there, and as
the machinery was scattered, one who cared
TO see it all had TO do a deal of needless
walking Then there was no such thing as
a live industrial process. They did not take
sides of leather, for instance, and make
shoes of them before the eyes of tie peo-
pie, as they should have done. The ma
chinery was all very well, but they should
have been making something with it.
"The exposition was a great success,
because there we're two men of wonderful
executive ability at the head of it. 1t is
hard to convey an idea of how well every
thing was managed there. But, as an ex-
ample, take the dinner given to the
mayor of France. There were over $4,000
people at the banquet. and when the doors
were opened not a man of them all had been
in the hall, or knew where he was to
sit, and yet seat had been provided for
each man, and each man found the right
one. There were six courses, and every
thing passed off with the utmost good
order and precision, as everything
was in a gallery and saw it all
Now think of the army of walters thai
had to be managed, Gas well as that armylo1
hungry and thirsty men. The hall was
divided into departments corresponding
with the departmental of France. The name
of each department was on huge placard
hung above the tables in it. Then in the
departments the tables were divided alpha
betlcally, so that man whose name began
with A, for instance. went to the A table,
and there he found his chair. They raised
the money for the exposition by means of a
lottery. IL we get a financial scheme to
suit us as that suited France we shall sue
coed well.n
"How did you enjoy traveIingl Did you
''No. Did you ever cross the English
channel? Well, we had passage long to
be remembered We pitched up and rolled
down terribly. guess everybody else was
sick. l was up forward smoking and feeling
pretty comfortable when a man who was
very seasick came along and looked at me.
have the habit of inhaling the smoke He
had never seen any one inhale smoke uutil
he saw me. 1t is not a common practice
over there. He gave me one look of mingled
establishment and remonstrance, and then
he grabbed bowl handy for seaslck people.
L was interested at once and whenever any
one came along after that / took pains to
let him see how we inhaleaand exhale TO-
bacco smoke. It fetched ZEN every time"
1--WE have been told that you we're made
an Italian count by King Humbert." Mr..
Edison laughed.
sit is not true. sent chevalier to sx-
hibit photograph to the king and to Queen
Margarita. They were very much delig ntsd
with it. The queen sent me message of
thanks, and so did the king also received
from the king decoration something like
the cross of the Legion of Honor. But it
did not make count of me-"
you got new cross of the Legion of
Honorr
Eyes, got the plain cross good while
ago. Then at the last exposition was made
an officsr. This time they raised the ante
again and scooped the jack pot. 1 am now
commander, and that is the highest rank
to which a foreigner can attain.
Unjust Taxation.
IL is uniI1st TO tag the atom ach with hurthane