The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-06-27
THE WIZARDS LATEST.

THE WIZARDS LATEST.
Edison Will Exhibit Several Astonishing
Inventions at the Worlds Fair.
Thomas A. Edison, the famous electro
clan and inventor, is preparing to aston
ish the world. by the exhibit he will
make at the Worlds Fair in 1893. II
| shall have two or three things to show"
said he recently, (which l think will
both surprise and please the visitors to
the electrical department of the EXPOSE
ton, which, bv the way. I am fully con-
| WINGED, will be a great success. Two of
these inventions are not yet ready to be
described or even characterized. The
| third, however, is so nearly perfected,
that 1 do not hesitate to say something
about it.
I hope to be able by the invention to
throw upon q canvas a perfect picture of
anybody, and reproduce his words. Thus,
should Patti be singing somewhere, this
invention will put her full length picture
upon the canvas so perfectly az to enable
one to distinguish every feature and ex-
preston of her face, see all her actions
and listen to the enhancing melody of
her peerless voice. The invention will
do for the eye what the photograph has
done for the voice, and reproduce the
voice al we'll, in fact, more clearly. I
have already perfected the invention so
far as to be able to picture a prize fight
the two men, the ring, the intensely in
terested faces of those surrounding it
and you can hear the sound of the blows,
the cheers of encouragement and yells Of
disappointment. Aud when this inven-
ton shall have been perfected" said Mr..
Edison with the trace of enthusiasm's
glow on his face, "a man will be able to
sit in his library at home, and, having
electrical connection with the theatre,
see reproduced on his wall or a piece of
anvas the actors, and hear anything
they say. 1 can place Il SO it will COM
mand a street corner, and after letting it
register the passing sights for a time, I
can have it cast them on a canvas so that
every feature and motion of the passers,
eve to the tw1tching of the face, car be
seen, and, if a friend passed during the
time, you may know it. This invention
will be called the 'Kinetograph.' The
first half of the word signifies motion
and the last 'write,' and both together
mean the portrayal of motion. The in
vention combines photography and pho
biography"
MI. Edieon occupied nearly an acre
with his exhibit at the Paris exposition.
As he wishes to show at Chicago all that
he exhibited at Paris, and numerous 9th
or things besides, he is DESTROYS of being
accorded a greater space in 1893. The
electrical exhibit is expected to be the
wonder of the exposition.
Please Turn Over.
81 think about the most amusing letter
I ever received" said Chauncey M. Depew
the other day, twas one l found on my
desk in the Grand Central one morning.
1t was directed to me personally. The
paper was heavy linen note, and the hand
writing evidently that of a ~well-educated
man. When 1 opened it l found it began
TO the Hon. Chauncey NJ. Depew,' and
college degrees 1 ever heard of and many
l never saw before. Then it went on
somewhat like this: Dear and most hon
ored sir, Ihave read Of your after-dinner
speeches, and while it has never been my
good fortune to listen to your eloquence,
1 have delighted in such published reports
of your utterances as / have been able to
secure. So much have they impressed ME
that L have but one great wish. 1t is to
listen to the speech you
"Here 1 reached the end of the page.
There were two dinners on my list at the
...me, and I supposed the writer wanted
to find out from me how he could hear the
speeches at one of them. I turned the
page over full of a charitable wish to ac-
cede to his request and read:@'would
make after a dinnerin your railway res
taurant at Poughkeepsie.