The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-28

Paris. Around the room are hung interest
ing portraits, drawings, etc.
But Mr.. Edison has very little time to
devote to the Establishments of home
life. Until within recent years his home
has been like the English sailor s-wher-
ever he SHE'D his caster" hence we get a
better view of him in the mountains, than
in Orange, where he visits once a week
AT his mine he is surrounded by people
OF his kind, from the scientific stand
point, and while he may away from the
world in person the world is with him in
spirit This was evidenced a short time
ago, when he received slight injury
through falling off a porch. Letters Of
sympathy and inquiry poured in on the
little postoffice from all parts of the
world, AS soon as the news of his fall
reached Europe-for even so slight a
thing concerning him is cbronicIed all
over the world-cablegram from leading
scientists came all the way across the
ocean, asking detailed information. All
OF this is an evidnce of the opinion in
which the public holds him.
Mr.. Edisons immense correspondence
is another phase of his attitude before
the public. He is literally swamped with
letters, and naturally he has not time to
look them all over. His correspondence
Is handled by secretary and Mr. Edison
does not probably see more than two
letters in every ten. 1t would distract
him If he saw more than this, for It
would seem from perusal Of them, that
every person with a grievance or an in
vention, or fad, or an idea about Anv-
thing at all. first asked Mr.. Edison's
opinion about 1t, before going ahead.
Letters from inventors who want capitaI
letters from inventors who want .usxes
tons; perpetual motion cranks who have
all but "one little thing" and want Mr..
20 al
from autograph hunters and photograph
hends; letters from-but pshaw! thew
have one large file which is devoted to
nothing else but letters from cranks. II
is labelled Crank File" and ii has had to
be enptled several times.
Mr.. Mallory, who attends to this
branch Of the inventors affairs. tells A.
story OF crank who insisted on interest
ing Mr., Edison in the recent controversy
over the silver bill. He started off by
sending one-page letter, putting forth
his ideas on the matter. A polite letter
was sent in reply stating that Mr.. Edison
did not wish to be concerned. A week
later another letter came, double the
size Of the first one. 1t was replied to
in like manner. The third letter was
returned, but this did not cool the man S
ardor, and a fourth had to be treated in
similar manner. The letters came at
intervals Of a week apart and every
week a page or two was added to the
manuscript, 1t kept up for several
months and the letters began to grow as
large as thirty pages each. After they
grew big they were returned without
being opened The man wrote we'll but
wildly, and was undoubtedly a crank
One day the letters stopped coming and
the man was never heard from again.
This is the story of Edison, his life and
his works, the man whose individual
effort has done more to brighten the
world than perhaps any other man OF
his time His ceaseless activity has
been more than crowned with success
and his success is the greater in that we
may expect so much more from him I'm
the future My favorite recreation. :"
he says, lis to do more OF some other
kind OF work" The resource OF such 81
man is unlimited. The length to which
he might 90 Is infinite, yet he remains as
simple as child His creed IL that there
are greater possibilities In what we NAV
expect than In what we already know ana
this Is wonderful when we think thar n
comes from man who has adopted
Mirabeau's motto, that Nothing is i'm
possible 10 the man who will"