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

you.'' said tho boyish. looking young man
with the large head who was near IL" ma,
well, then, please de- IT," said the mnn.
agcr In an appealing manner.
In ivc minutes young Edison had III"
ticker going again. II" was offered 5000 u
ticker service. In relating the story after
wards he said the amount ALMOST stunned
hin.
MAKES his FIRST INVENTIONS.
Immediately he began TO carry ont plans
for the bettcrment OF III" service and In
vented several contrlvahcirS which the com
pHny adopted almost AT once. When the
day Of settlement arrived and young Edison
was called into the ollco Of the president
of III" company he began 10 wonder wlIat
he would b. given for his Inventions. lie
thought that 1t wouldn't b" less than So
600, anyway.
son IN telling the story, and was afraid
that If | mentioned SI.uuU wouldn't get
anything NJ all. when was asked what |
wanted | said 'SuppoSc you make me an
ofcr.'.
When ! was ,olh that the company
chair. bui replied as calmly as | could
that ! guessed that would he all right"
a few days later th" l"ung man signed
the ]contrnc, without reading IT,, h" says.
iinving that h" was being swlndl"d 10y II
Wall street skin pnur.' II" neglected
10 Indoors" the check when he presented II
at the bank and the cashier showed it back
nj him.. shouting out something which he
did not understand. Young Edison handed
In the check Il srcnnd time. only 10 he
~rcIulscd IN the same way.
BELIEVED he WAS "IonBrp."
This time he went away with II sinking
heart. believing hrmly Tint Ia" had been
swindlcd. lie went 10 th" brother of the
manager of the company and told his ex
pcricnce. or course. his story met with
rOars OF laughter. and III" company sent a
representative to the bank win him.
a trick was played on him there when
hp MHA mid IN small hills He Stnn..l
and even then didn't have quite enough
room. MIR, Edison wond' IN now that no
1t wasn't long after that when he in.
vented the qhadrnpIex telegraph Ind other
used by the western Union Company Mr'
Edison expected to receive from these about
The same amount he got from the Gold, 4
ms he did before when asked what ne
wanted for his Inventions: Suppose you
max" me mn offer"
lie was told that the telegraph company
was willing 10 pay him 500, 900.
,nn nEcF s .n% Es MS' nd ii."r | nyIy'y f"l po on my %S
taken wings In the experiments | had
made. and no ! told them that ! would
accept tn" 100000 II they would pay M
company agreed to do. and was thus fur
nirh"d with a working capital and could
carry on my experiments without hin
druncc."
STARTS 10 WORK IN EAnSEsT.
II was then that Mr.. Edison G,,.,; tp :.
complei" laboratory aud started to work
In earnest Nhilr Ii" had not quit" yet
startled the world with his qundruIl,A
h" had bc'cmc extremely well known.
la II very snort ilnit Mr. Edison brrHim"
u tremendous power In the world 81 orirnC".
His wonders followed one another In rapid
succession after Ii" once started his never
firing, and his almost never sleeping cam
Imign. The tiny electric light enclosed in
the glass bulb which fills us with wonder
every time W. look upon u burst upon the
world to throw It's light even into the half
civilized parts OF the globe. Each time We
look upon this tiny light We ARE iillcI
with awe and wonder. u IL but natural
for us 10 say 10 ourselves Would TIA,
world siill b" without the electric High,
II Edison had not vet been born - Whu
can answer such II question: We only know
that the world Was old-vcry old when
Edison came into II and brilliant brains
which had preceded him here had been sat
is!icd with the oil lamp ana the pine knot
because they were unable to invent nny
thing to take their places.
one after the other The amazing scicn,
tiic fcats Of this amazing individual were
brought to the attention Of III. world. IL
upset scientific principles. he east i0 tho
winds the theories of ages and ~" onsied
from his reckoning the ancient idcns which
for thousands Of years had held the world
In n state of thralldom.
ELECTRICITY TO pIsPLACE STEAM.
Through the power of his marvellous
brain the electric railroad has been ,cvcI.
opcd until today II Is II strong competitor
~ the steam roads and, It In believed. clcc,