Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-05
tOISON'S WORK
, oo, for the Future Is a
Great Task
slgMs HE HOPES TO SOLVE.
testing and Important Interview With
Blm in His Home
i, r,,l Re Is ElnhIY.Iour Years Of
accuse He Has Since His Twen
!, VAR Worked Eighteen Hours
,Ou Feb. II Ms Birthday

gob. Thomas A. Edi-
mi mrasurc age by years bu'
m,n of unusual methods co.
ssI singular he his purposes
w life. has standard which
wi Sa adoptrd 10y the majority
A' ~ i".cribe thnir age. Mr., Edi.
" M, 4. the 18th Of February,
~ Y. harm npon that day ln 1871
4 ,,sd of calling himself 40 years
4 ny declares that lac IS nearly
a Id rs that 10y one rsliiuuiv,
.agtbipg near as old by another
~, md er. ~ years of age,
I. fsw DAYS ngo, when his np.
Fl birfbdny was referred GO, nnd
.o a whimsical look into his
N rbirb those who have known
F. ~ are familiar with ana delight
f sod which tells Of the love OF
ajieh Is the sufpty-yal'c with
~ am -. Ever since ] was
N egc. perhaps before That, ]
M working on the average, and
Ierd for eighteen hours % dny.
II 1trep hours every day. becuus"
sss ls,p 10 good many days when
"A worked from dawn To dawn; but
hours on the average, Now
Il .isnu twice az much work ~
IL orn of men put into day !
Nine or ten hours h regarded
III DAVIS work. So that csti-
X, the amount Of work have
have lived twice as long as most
M throwing of u few years for
dhnod ! should SAY That was,
Id To the common estimate,
Nor 81
ibefe Is another estimate which
,on makes, and IL rs perhaps his
one. He fixes the passage Ot
M With him by epOchs in his
0tler than by the coming Of the
s He was sitting Ia the family
The home Of luxury, which he
.qn able To create for himself
II ubon the edge of l.lcWcllyn
- j.. when hp made this humorous
M VI hia age. lie was surrounded
ey comfort aud luxury which
could buy. This room, like the
I'm tle house, contained no gnrish
ons Of wealth. It's decOrU-
M rs furniture were not Obtru-
pleasing 20 the eye. II wnH
aheW tired man could go and
n be- could b. thorc az rest. a
Nfn Of hickory logs. not little
WI huge inggsts just as they
Z the cord. was burning upon II
" hearth Mr. Edison wore u
Jacket. comfortable slippers,
y his seat w the bay window
vi upon q prospect which was
Although zero frost was be-
N 10 paint with liz finger the win
no. seen Mr.. Edison since he had
BEL ihe commercial availability
lurandcsccnt lamp, When he
ne Into public notice aud was
be wizard because Of the roman
"a Aladdin.likc suggcstiveucss Of
4 hdOns, had often met him and
+ much about him. Then he was
"A slning in dress and manner ms
+ BIZ ease in the days when
Nv by his appearance NJ u
pumpkin of q telegraph Op-
y Ne astonishpd his associates by
Ndlty with which hc received and
Hanuful and clear chlropaphy
Hhlch he recorded the press mos
Fldch he received. He had gained
l'wlde iumc, had come 10 be- cs-
one of the American immortuls
# Ninieenth century, and had Great.
N fortunes for himself aud those
Numerically developed his inycu'
# fihce ! had last seen him, aud
naturally there was curiosity IA
lle genius had changed, Whom
|fhded his hand, pulled me into 4
IN the uld-tlluc freedom Of man.
! Che hearty laugh and merry
" the eye which are the joy OF
fho know him we'll were added
ga greeting, ! saw that Edison wus
Haggd There are lines about hi,
y upon his forehead, which tell
IEN OF intense concentration
M His face changes it, expression
more swiftly aud strikingly per
'tYah any other mans whom | huy,
excepting Mr. Blaine. aud tn,
OF MN which accompanies iM,
81 suggests rot only his intellectual
wv lhAi expression which mas
W Wh'n bis mind Is upuu th,
y winch concern him. HUT h,
" WIN the swiltucss of though
ph humorous fancy b. touched
sool story is told, u pleasant re
~ revived or "a COmluM lncilcu
lhht Ice seems, as he Away
lnse VINO have been near him
NV pulgtOwn his hoyish nnture
'nph'Ny OF greatness aud thl
" Eehlns were strikingly cXem
~ ue Interview which ! ha,
" on ihls wiutry afternoon hi
"nl suggest some of that uuulitl
Nplr perhaps aud, at times
al',l-fsmS and his wholly un
"A nuN almost unconscious reveal
puh'll' These ARE things whicI
type. '"'N''' S"HspA'''
edison has just returned from
Nv. Jays 10 his mining proper
we Now Jersey mounlnins. IA
W nursing There with that zca
& r"',NV'ril4es HIN, aud with littl
'1'ns from the mills INTO tl
np exchanged tcmpernfure %
Iaq seventy degrees for one a
ronnpM zero, aud thai had cause
iu" irritation which made
ny 70 ms watchfm wife 10 kpe
NJ nVnse Tor n day or two. Beln
M qllpl' ANA not at on ~. Mi
I "''Vrf opportunity than hn
I,tnHe' iof many months. 10 cha
evrr ,ll' hhe suggestive manner
IHing ti4N1 colds. said he. Will
~. 'Ng bronchial irritation. "nn
NM. 9',h' This trouble h purrl
r, u sudden chnnse froi
,'f1N'fheft ui the mills t1 ia
an ~, ,pNtNdo. looked into thI
MA, NV. aonr time ago, aud mud
lp1tl mat II people would nInt
tbee 'u'hE to the changes
Az could not catch cold
ar. ,a,i'e nor Lad uoll sine
thod v some OF my friends nbm
n IN. @ ,hey have adopted /
IN, u them ever lad a col
~ / NV riEar having offered nj
lnresb',e' chat no longer I'D N
itl.es slnuke the ofieusi,
latlm, aomewhere Ia mper rcn
wf.i, ana distinguished 4
~ i"ts and mrchasnLlp Tor
dal.esi. T,''..li' ~ these cigars VA
br m fNiiline, the subtlefv
Ia the ,' ipi wrappers. NJ
ubelat.,N a ~. when he wis a icl
hni vac accustomed 10 che
30 M Y abandoned that hnb
after hel 70 serious matte
'nAnglng a few relnlui