Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-11-04

'elt Nhe1 - says tbs. ard perhaps i =
strictly true.
L naug other Eays TIE two foremost
electricians q rhe day Ee- radically.
For l-stancs. although II isou = 50 e.
crossed u Is w9-k mat Z. sometimes
remains n his laboratory to- weeks
without going hone 10 sleep. b. 5 ra-s-
iy TO busy 20 Be seer by auy iuGzi--
irg 1ewspape- MAJ: ard. 70 mater
how pressed to- tine e nav b. Is
greeting 3 always Unaffected and
hearty. i :. 9 fact. he charaet.ristz
greeting % - western mar. bsiuy ae-
eompz-lsd By a warm hzudciasp. ard
otte1 sounding slap CT the hack O. a
friendly poke IN the ribs You vi
-sz-E = made 70 feel II a. ease n b.
p--ss1ce = YOU really have something
Interesting = AK about. ard Z you
A. god listener you are sure 20 20
away flied vita Information or ! dozes
pots abo1; whieh you we're not pre-
pared % question the wizard az all I
remember wei calling Al Edisou's
laborat5ry or oue occasion TO get az
interview CT 4 certain topic He quick
! answered all NJ questions. after
which r. talked fer an hour or mere OF
kindred subject % vastly greater n
po-taree than TIE ore : asked about.
Nox. Tesla : rot diseourteous 10 any
oz--taT from L; bot he does rot allow
yen % forget for single moment that
h = an excessively busy MAJ. ard. al
though l. rarely wifhhoids informa-
t.1u. be reFer volunteers an extra word
Moreover. VIXEN he questions are
asked and answered. i IS ter eharces
- ore that h VII say:
Vow you are quite al liberty to pub
LsA al I have said. but rot as CONN ?
from ne ! an glad Il have beer
able 70 serve you. but I % rot care to
D quoted IN the neWspapers--
There i also vast difference in thc
two meas methods o. work. and les. 4
Is undoubtedly much the more seien-
tife OF the two. He reasons out rs
course a. far as possible before he BE-
glns given SCI OF experiments. and
works according 10 4 carefully prepared
Ian Thiz. 10 doubt. : largely due 70
his earlier training. Tesla took up cleo
trleity as systematic study under the
direction % experts while still boy.
and his work has been correspondingIr
. seIaaiie- Edison. on the other hand.
stumbled into an electrical career as 4
telegraph operator. and his inventions
have almost all been made at random.
- 70 sp-ak-that j. they have been
the results Of experiments made sim
nv - za.a 49, -nr-fT -.
rot Of systematically directed effort.
T-s.a's work 5 Ike that Of the skillet
rnarkSman who deliberately takes aim
81 a definite target. while Edison's ID
more Ike that Of the fisherman who
pGts out net for whatever he can
catch.
But in no particular DO they differ
more than in looks Edison seems ike
typical man of business. with ten
dency 10 make joke row and then.
lie : plump and roly-poly in appear
ance. and his face 5 generally wreathed
In smiles; yet there Is always a look
% latent seriousness, 50 70 speak, upon
his features His hair is snow white
now, and when you behold him for the
first time you cannot be sure whether
[ be Is older than he looks or looks older
/ than he Is His speech, like his greet
/ ing. Is that Of the western man
Tesla Is tall. angular, ard nervous.
/ His face. though that Of a decidedly
younger man than Edison, has a thou
sand more lines and seams, and he
never makes joke in the American
sense Of the word. OF wit Of the French
or South-of-Europe sort there is plenty
ia what he has TO say. but genuine
American humor Is as scarce with him
a. provisions in the Klondike in mid
winter.
They say that Richard Croker. tn.
gentleman who IS just Cow running the
Tsmmany campaign for the mavoraIty
OF the Greater New York. Is absoIuiely
devoid Of physical fear; and they ar.
telling this tale 10 prove II.
Some years ago one % the New Yo-.
papers printed Al article stating that
AL the stories OF sharks eating or ewes
biting human beings we're sheer fakes
According 20 the writer. sharks ar. &C,
tua,iy afraid % NEE. and would swim
away in CONSERVATION IL one we're sud
5enly TO APPEAR before them. II W.,
wcaderful how quickly this artiel:
brought replies. asd bow long the read
RS OF Tire paper continued to discus,
the sHesginr through is columns D.
eegszs. s0lo1y >etiiel the matter. 4,