Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-02-28

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4 his grandfather, while his father
lived close 20 the century mark. lie
expects 10 reaoh somewhere above
100.
Retire That word is not Ia the
vocabulary lie never eA
poets 10 DO that. and II was only after
twenty years that he vas finally per
suaded hy his wife TO take a vacation.
Rot an that Edison saws his trip 10
turore lasi summer with his family
was really not avacatiou He says
vacation means warN because when
person is AZ work he is too bus, to
WORRY
Tired Of Electricity.
Many persons. no doubt, believe
th,y know what electricity Is. Whers
il comes from and where 1t goes
Edison doesn't llc confessed that
about n Year ago this Wizard OF
Menlo Park" who has found more
uses Tor the spark that Franklin pull
ed ont of the clouds than any other
Individual living today
u arm tired OF electricity he said
when asked - explain IT'S mysteries
/ u wont 10 find somethinr new. Elec-
uioity was discovered from nothing,
and as far as known has mo- tangible
body Neither has the energy which
runs 'hronch cor body ! want TO
discover new energy and apply II
and use 20 in electricity EleUtrici-
Ity has ne.er been analized Lives
and fortunes have been spent tryine
20 discover It's origin Solve the
energy Of the light. the yastness OF
space and the profound mystery Of
rravitation. then perhaps We viii BE-
better able 10 understand what
makes your finger wrierle when you
want A."
But rs vet Edison has found no
new power 10 take the place of cleo
tricity. though he Is irving 1lon
with his other work that is contin-
uolly goine ON IN his ahritory in
ORANGE. \ peep into his work room
is an education Stuck 20 cvery
part of tho room the walls the cell
inc and even In the floor are sub
stances of every character organi.
and Inorganic. In fact. several times
ne has CHALLENGED persons 20 name
% substance found In any part o'
the world that he cannot lay his
hands ON I'm five minutes time.
For example, when hc was perfect.
ing he dis, for his talking machine
be spent five wears In getting sub
stance that was entirely satisfactory
Tie ransacfcd every corner Of tn,
world from Madagascar to the remote
provinces of Manchu He Is in cor
slant touch with the American con
sui In all parts OF the world, advis
Inc them 10 be on the lookout fo'
new materials
Edison Is really q mcterialist. This
man who has found that the proof I.
in the tost is more or less skeptical
Edison dcuics that there is 2 'heins
b throued above ms rs God. dir"ctiu'
our mundane affairs In detail re-
5 eardinc ms AZ individuals. furnishing
MS. reVarding Ms as human judges
: might 10 not wish 10 nave he
- prblic think that ! deny the merit o
: the worlds great moral teachers
Christ Ruddha and CONTIGUOUS The
we're great men truly wonderful
Their teochiucs all are summoned ~
, in the Golden Rule. and any mar
d who follows that will be Gar harriei
than any man who does NOT Gu' 'h,
worship Of an individual cod is no
b n necessary detail 20 following th'
Golden Rule.
Edison does not believe in the i'm
mortality ~ the sorl He has tcei
attacked much of his views hut vhei
t reminded bv reporters what his as
. savantg say. he often shows why hotl
! men do not even incur his 100 viii
Edison t. a rich man with TIE roy
e allies pouring In from his hun
: drcds 81 inventions Md besides h,
/, has shops Of his own lhi would max
r. him independently rich had no ucve
r. received LOYALTY Eut with ali hi
I rushing business. ho is never TO,
b. busy to talk to visitors and accor,
: them every courtesy
u He Is five feet nine and hal
n inches tall. weighs l1f pounds. an
?, has not varied In weight In the las
J. quarter century. Vie is rigorousl
y ahstcmious, hardly e.cr touChinc al
j. coro., caring little for meat, bu' Ton,
j. OF fruit and pie, and never aycrse 4
q a strong cup Of coffee or a good elsa
Clothes are ono Of The subjects 4
which he takes no interest The tail
L or who made his clothes went on
II period Of twenty years Withou
e seeing his customer Edison's cloth
p es we're made from q measurement
a and sent 10 him
J. In 1873 he married Mar. Stilwal
D. who died In 1854. leaving thre
n children Thomas Alra, Willial
e leslie and Narions Estcllc Hc mar
IS ried again In 1885, Nina Miller. an
n to this union there have been Dor
lie three children Charles Madeline an
~ Theodore.