The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-01

man. But l should say that he had
an imagination of about 40-horse
power
Was it not strange said Miss Full
Ter, that it should have fallen to me
to Introduce two such famous men as
Flamarion and Alexander Dumas in
their own native Paris. said TO them:
How is 1T that an Americans girl has
to travel over 5000 miles to present two
such distinguished Parisians to each
other?'
II really don't know said Flamar-
rion- How is it. Dumas, that we never
met before%
Probably becs use you dwell in the
heavens and 1 on the EARTH replied
the novelist
Ii HUNG CHANGES HAT
"By the way, Edison, that was nice
dance you led me with Lii Hung
Chang, said Colonel Goureaud. You
know had given my word to produce
you at Niagara, as the viceroy had
expressed the greatest desire to see
you. When you failed to appear at the
meeting held for that special purpose.
suppressed mutterings r'ere heard
from his excellency, followed by the
most searching cross examination as
to the means l had employed to find
you. Finally the interpreter slowly ar
ticulated: The rajah says you appear
TO have not kept your word. When
the full purport of the viceroy'S remark
with all that it implied, dawned upon
me, L rose, seized my stick, took a
step backward. when my eye acct
dentally lighted upon my congression-
al medal of honor; and almost between
clenehed teeth, L managed to say:
Please say to the viceroy that for
only the fourth time in my life L
dOnned the media of honor to wear in
his eXcellency's presence; and If it
were possible for me to do what he
has implied l could never again look
upon the badge without shame At
this the viceroy asked to see the
medal, and inquired minutely into its
origin and significance. No sooner
did he find that he had been guilty
of an injustice to a gentleman than
he sought to make amends by every
means in his power AT a word from
him, the interpreter sent servant
from the room, who soon appeared
bearing the viceroy's hat. His excel
lency then motioned me to approach,
and with a little ceremony, placed the
hat on my head, saying that he re-
GREETED that it was not new hat, but
that perhaps l would not value it the
less when 1 knew that it was the one
he had worn in the presence of every
sovereign that he had met in his
journey around the world. Later on
during my trip to Toronto, his excel
lency who was sitting beside me, took
the hat from my head aI1 sent it from
the room. In a few minutes it reap
peared and was placed on my head by
the same hand that had removed it.
Glancing up, l saw reflected from a
mirror opposite a brilliant jewel on my
forehead and simultaneously heard the
words from the interpreter: The raJah
says that since he has an exact dupli
cate of the stone you wear, when you
come TO China, you will send him this
hat, and he will know that it is you.
And also when you present yourself at
the door of the imperial palace wear
ing the same, it will give you audi
ence with the emperor
At this point in the narrative,
Colonel Goureaud took the hat from
his pocket, and placing it on the head
of Edison, said: and all these honorS
that have been conferred upon me were
but reflected honors, and belong to
you. L therefore place the hat upon
your head, and the diamond shall be
joint heirloom to our children"
Edison, who seems to care less than
nothing for pomp and ceremony and
all the distinguished honors conferred
upon him, was apparently little i'm
pressed by the interesting ceremony,
scarcely looked at the hat or diamond
and only CALCULATED:
THE Chinese are. just trying to get
ahead of the Japanese. But those lit
tie Japs are the fellows. I tell you
they are smart, and they know how
to work, too. I have had three here
studying for the last year. They will
work steadily IS hours a day and are
never satisfied with what they do
EDISON'S LOVE OF PIE.
This capacity of ''toiling terribly" is
the surest passport to Edison's favor,
his own habits lying entirely outside