Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-21

S''".h loMN Wherever Slchm poW'I ~ now
Sine" he began HIS experiments In his
modest Iaboratory close to half n century
ngo Mr.. Edison has not stopped even for
u moment. lie has gone ON NJ II mnd pace
which We wonder any mortal could hold.
dreds of disappointmcnts have stopped him
FOR the moment. but they never stunned
him; they never set him back. They but
made him stronger and more determined
e, gain the object he had In view. Each
failure added fuel to his genius, for he
Try. Try again" lad not this Thought
been. dominant perhaps even yet. we might
not hay" SHOWN the comforts and the bless
ings of the electric railiond, the kinctu
scope. The plionogrnph, the quDdruplcI ~ ni".
graph. IN" electric light and the s'oam
II IL n matter OF history that the plIono.
md n thrilling success only after failure
In all cases only his almost, Incredible
WORKING powers aud an equally wonderful
for the world TO float In ease and comfort
upon those wonderful things which he has
given 10 the people fortunate" enough to
i've IN the present century.
rloSoGRArH IL MS Pet.
While the qundruplcx telegraph Is one Of
Edison greatest inventions, no FAR rs
money NaIu" Ii concerned, til" pliOnogrnpl
IL his pet because hr knows what Il fund
of %pl"asur" this king OF entertainers is
giving The world and also because 1t Is the
greatest s%cicntiiic wonder OF all. II makes
the uhi", Of sound. motion aud matter. \
person talks, II band plays. or, somchody
sings and ia" sound waves. thu" moving
ar makes Tiny waves on the record 80 TINT
TIE same sounds can be reproduced over
aud over again days or years n%ltSrwnrd!
pii"h"Erarli is In the laboratory "l tie
wizard AZ iIcwcllyn Park. nnd only by com
pairing inns with the amazingly perfect ma
chin" "i today can one realize the years
OF labor that Mr.. Edison gave To this on"
instrument.
Mr.. Edison knew TINT his general plan
was right, that "A machine tpulu H.. uIu,lr
to reproduce the vibrations of the human
voice and the tones Of musical instruments,
wcr" the foundations for them can hes, BE-
shown by nu Edison monograph. which
pieces of mechanism The world ever las
i]ra,ion Of the %od"rniEzr%a 'f iiiison u" r' ''",
faint Idea Of the instrument as II really IL.
u y"ii hay" never seen nor heard one of
these wonderful machines you owe 4, TO
yourself To do 80.
MIR. EDISON STILL A HARD WORKER.
Mr.. Edison, although 81 years old. has
no, stopped trying yet, nor viii Ii" stop
Bile for him 10 go further. TI" wiznr,i siIil
bubbles with enthusiasm over his PROJECTS
nmn ,is plans Which nrr na yet Ia their
!cihihg energy on his new electric sturag"
battery, which presently Is to rcyoIu!ioniIc
Is working also 10 produce electric power
directly from coal, when tina, discovery
IN innd" ia" steam cngin" and boiler win
be- driven ont of use. II win then b" pos
sibl" 10 have a~irships, and Mr.. Edison saga
d" experts 10 see them lying before his
death. such II discovery viii MAX" 1t pos
hlbl" 10 driv" great ocean gr'yhpunds across
~" sea at III" rat" of ifiS mites an hour
ihrr" days ncross III" Atlantic from shore
10 shore.
II tbs" things mr." given to IN" world
they w.il come. in part ~ least. through
IN" powrr Of Mr. l;dlsIn'S brain r"ncnnlro
sleep nni almost without food,
SHOUTS "srE2Ih' ron DAYS.
ON" of Mr.. EdisonH assistants tells III"
story that III working out III" phun"grnph
twenty hours II day for hiN or seven months
al u stretch shouting. The" word "Sp"zin'
against ia" wax cylinders in his cnnrt to
have ia" s%ilihanis distinctly reproduced
The lhirhs" and prolonged labor which re
suited N his new phoiograph scarcely can
b." realized Let, III" man VIII" has n phone
graph max" II record of his own vote" re-.
producing III" word "Sp"Hia' In IN" mn
chin" aud he will see nj once, how succrs+
crowned the efforts OF The determined
genius.
Mr.. Edison has an amazing memory. hut
even great aud far reaching ns II IL Ii" never
TO Jot down Immediately every idea that
"hiis' him., u" matter wl"r" he may b" ut
III" time it strikes IL" attributes much
he has preserved. u" builds his Ideas NJ
one after the other liz" u = on" wall, II
note ON one particular suhp't here on
on" page ANA another on another pugo b"lug
two necessary steps In his inventions. %
caslonnlly one finds In running through his
printed clear across the Page, THIS %rocii"r-
Gus "~xrlnIna,ion appears directly under a
minn'" record Of the various stages Of prog.
and the incahdesc"ni electric Hight.
MASY IDEAS THROWS AWAY.
= Al the bottom of n notation, however,
" on Tc%"S W Irnng"S%.,y on the ,c 'n', nanps ,no is'' irr
4 ters no other mention of that particular