Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 8, 1878, Page 3

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, APRIL 8 engine too full of water, #n that it was thrown from the smoke-stack, and deluged the engine with fllth, much to the discomfiturs of the engi- neet, who i slept while Edlson ran the tral In L'Inclnnnu‘ on his first stay, he made an fn- genlous small stean-engine, and arranged hia first duplex Instruments. * The inatruments were very crade, ns lio had eo litle to work with, but the drawings, which still exist, show conclusively that double tranemission was pos- #ible at a niuch cartler date than when put Into practical use, His sccond stay (n Cincinnatl wasvery unpop- wlar on account of his continued expertments. He would get excuscd from duty, and takea bee-ding to the Meehanics' Library, where his entire da{ and eventng would be spent reading tho most ponderous” electrical and aclentlfic 1878, N ; 3 ing, will make an earncst effort to npset CITY REAL ESTATE. everything that they regard as agajnst the in- or g o = tereat of the polley-holders, o, to be moro ex. | [0ORBALE-27.0m-81.600 DOWS, K0, 00 NORTI plict, againat thefr own. The Jocal repro- | iut24x100. eaat fronts hvise. 3 vooras deth atd Tn 1on unlntln‘r(n of n(:l}cy-)mldcr:l ot the meeting will | Diinutes’ walk of tho Court-House. Rent, $75 ber weak, s0 far as {ts voting strength o8 1 e " 18 concerned, and 1t 18 arzued from this that the | dnching: brick b oot e a0 Py e aeerraat Infinence of the present managers, Which ia | plovementitcratanot s better resident-property In principally felt here, will not be of material im- ¥i—Fine octagon-ront briek dwelling. and lof, portance. What the Compang really needs is a et front, on Slonore-st., between Madison and Monroey Board of Dircctors composed of men of practi- j1in dawns pasenion tow, cal exporience In Insurance and financial mat- | 0502, AL the bullding, and lot 100 on Hlsted by ters, It has reached the lowcet cbb. and when ndiot’se harh pay: this 1o erlainly 8 reorganized on & mutual basls cannot regaln b rirner. nad pugtl o el at oce. the confidence of the policy-oklers, unless they T, dwaluak And_ ot a7 can be convineed that the business 18 to be man- ared economlically and with energy., Tho ‘pres- office waa in a jewelty store, and Edison had an opportanity to Indlze his mechanical inclina- tions. 1lo worked night and day to improve himeelf, but reslgned i six munths because compensation promised for extra work waa withlield. His regular salary was 25 per month, Hie next went to Stratford, Canada, ns night operator. The operators were required to re- port “six " every half hour to the Circult Man- ager. Fdlson induiged his ingenuity to a purpose by makiog a wheel with Morse charac- tors cut n the circum(erenca in atich a way that when tarned 1t would write the fignro six and aigu his oflicecall, This the watchman turned 10r him whilo Edison slent. His utl( at this poiat wos brief. One night the dispatehier sent an order to lold a traln. Edison rcrencd back tho message beforo show- assistants, Hometimes he lias fiftcen men em- rlorc-l exclusively in developing his fnventions, fof fmportence and near completion, Edison was described by the United States Patent Comn- missfoner as the youne man who has kept the path to the Patent Oflice TIHOMAS A. EDISON. Hitherto Unpublished Reminis= cences of a Wonderful ‘Genlus, 10T WITH WIS POOTATEPS. Ly Tlc has been granted 112 patenta {n this conntry, and has omo twenty applicationspending In the oftice. [Tia most valuable inventions bave heen patented in many forelen countriea. Of his American patents, thirty-five pertain to auto- matie and _chemical telegraphs, elizht to duplex and qualmplex telegraphy, thirty-cight to rinting telerraph Instruments, fourteen to Morso teleeraph apparatus proper, and the re- malider relate to fire-olarms, district and do- mustie teleweaphy, electrle signals, the eleetrie ‘Tradess WASTED-A TAILOIL TO WORK OR CUSTOM foNE Appiy Bt @ 00 48 Midlianad. from |0 The Busy Life of One of the Greatest of American Inventors. ‘V‘As‘r‘fi i5T-CLASB USTIOLETEREL, TWER- y-fifth-st. ann Calamet-ay, ¥, MOELLER, Employment Agenciess VY ASIED=TO LEAVE MOKDAY, 0 BATLROAD So. 1440 Trairle-av., corner Tweoty- li. BovD, Ros ent managers, Who went into ofife with & con- | J70TE BALE—GGOD AND BAFE INVESTMENT— ; His Career as 8 Nowsboy, Amateur | ing it to the cunductor, When bigranoutforthe | worke, ife remained in Cluciunatl only a short | pen, the speaking phonogranh, aud a varlety of | siderable flourlsh of trumpets fast summer, O abineaa i, focated. on ona af tha bewt combrs b et fortna Lo Ao X IEL Tine fatey low ist, Nowspapor-Pablish- purpose the train bad pulled off frotn the sile- | time, and returncd home. electrical and non-electric apparatas, have not Smmortalized themaclves: in fact, the | i bustocat portionof cliy. Ground ieated for 2072 e 4 = & g Chemist, Newsp track and waa gone. When the dispatcher was Tio hal o swarm personal friend, M. T. Adnins, The printiug telegraph inatruments, the auto- | 40 per cent acdliug of policles demanded by them ac_ltom 44 Major Block, 147 Lasaile-at. notified, the opposing train was beyond reach, Fortunately the two trains met on ‘a stralght track and no sceldent happened. The rallrond Buperinteudent sent for Edisonand so frighten- ed him with threats of lmprisonment that, without getting his wardrobe, lo started for lome, and was greatly Miscelinneous, WAYIZD-MES TO TAKE ‘* AGENTS GUIDE." Tella who wants agents and whiat for:_10,001; 5ih yri1copy Loy monthly. J. I', ECOTT, 9 Dearborn-st, ’"“fi;nsn— EN TO SELL BOME NEW ARRTICLE: P est ser Kl"t"!"s’tm" Immensely, Am m, ns essential to the life of the Company went far | PARTIIDGE. townrd weakening the confidence of the poifey- FOH !AT»—!MM-”L HWN, A FINE TWO- loldera in thelr abllity, and wiil have s welcht atory and Lusement brick l'rll‘ni and lot, eom- in infuencing a very decided chanee In the com- | £ {’.’,.‘,(',&flffl)"tfi.{".’,‘.’,’:,’\'f Gt Ve Duremeth | position of the Board chinscn to hulld up the Ih- | houne s certainty cheap, E2, 00 worth of i atitution under {ts ncw Jease of hie, it, T, B, BUY1), Room 7,176 Madison- in the Boston office. _An expert was needed to work & heavy New York wire, Scveral candi- dates had falled, as the New York end was worked by ** York and Eria operators, who, a8 atlass, had the reputation of writing nuf- thing but the *Morse” alphabet, G. 1, Mull- rator, matle or chemical system, by which 1,000 worids er, and Ope a minute can be transmitted on s aingle wire for medium distances; the quadruplex system, by which four messnges st a time are sent on the samne wire by the Morac method; the clece trie pen; the carbon telephione, which exceeds garly Telegraphie Experiments—lis First Line, with Cats for & keu, the manager, offered the situatfon to Edt- | all others Tor Its loudness and distinctncss; the —— ——— F—WE OFFEW FOR'A FEWV DAYE A 0 15 A LIOHT MANUS Battery. dtellghted to reach his nntive land. o spent a | son by telegraph, and he accepted. Ho starteil speaking ploncgrah gnd the acrophont aro MEXICAN TRADE J e tE tna hare ana 1ot PERn. i e o on ReUES, HAGR: .| few weeks at Port Iluron _in study, but oper- | viathe Grand Trunk, and thic train was snowed | among his most valuable productlons, 4 . nur best realiencs aireetd. Weean seil 8L $A,.0.0; cus) terms. While the hiouse ta_ desirable, the It [s wort| miure ihan price asked. Address o juouire of TURNEI W ton-at. ators were In demand, and he obtafned o situa- T e A Promlsing Field for the Business Men of | & BOND, 102 East ing! in for two days near the blufls of the 5t Law- tion at Adrian, Mich. Hero ho had o small shiop He has made many extremely intereating and rence River by a violent storm. The possengers VAT HU=K TIVE MAR IS EYERY COUNTY IN minor discoveries, such 88 Lthe lubricating prop- ibe Unlied ‘States ‘to manufactare and mell s What He Has Oontributed to the World's le Brilcie just pateated. = Escluriva tight aivent and & fow tools, where his sparo time was used | nearly perlshed with cold and hunzer, hen | erty of electricity upon which the electro motor- the Weat. X '.\‘:S..: terme nts: b E. MORE] ftook of Eleotrical Knowl- in repairing Instraments snd. making such cx- | all resources for fael and food were extinusted, | graph la based, nd upon which could be bullt | The Chleago public & few wenks azo had, g Chicazo, RERD RIONIREAmATL SAR OIHHAS a delegation was sent out to hung for relfel, Thoy were goue so long an- other expedition was about starting In search of them, when they returned and re- ported a hotel vot far distant where clars wery one cent avlece, whisky three cents a glass, and board 50 centa nday. A .shout of relief went up from the crowded cars, and they were soon comfortably housed till_the stormn was over, an entlrely new svstem of telegranhy. His mind |a 60 prolific that he can always alford o hcu-ut reasunable compensation for his inven- jons. He is almr&) at a bargaln, and has been styled a Tallsrand In nezotiatiug for the disposition of his Inventious. His peculinritics and” the great value of his inventions have led to scvere edge. l;erimun!! a8 he bad the means to accomplish. t was then a peculiarity of the Morse telegraph system that only one messago av a tiine could be sent on a wiro at the same time. Itisalsoa characteristic of young operators, that cach con- sldera himself tho most Important bersonage on tho line, and that his business must go first. Being af safa distances operators flingtho most vlvlent abusa at each other with impunity, and 55 fesl, on through the columns of Tum TAisUNE, the | bt i 1 $30nc nd balegce cen views of Bishop Merrill concerning Mexico from | ta? hocen E:‘n':r:vffin;'ent o 'lu."-vmll.u;' i ‘H o misslonary atandpoint, Coming down to less | licavet Dioc] spiritual matters, the dissenlvator of Intelll- |~ SUBURBAN 12 gence is this morning enabled to present some F‘u,{”"‘ 1 Ol EXCHANGE—HOUSES, BAL 01t 2] views of the great country beyond the Rio lota, actes at lilnsdale: hizhest Jaud of any xunurh; Granilo from n business atandpolnt, which will | e YErZ bost bargains. 0. J. Krovsii S earhara. Nursesa VWASTER=AT 1412 INDIANAAV., A GERMAN «irl 10 mind ehildren and aslat in Honsework. VWASIED-A NE N TINY GERMAN GITth, 150r 14 years oid, to tako cn nf children. Wages €1 per week.” Apply at 543 West adamnat. Over Four Huandred Thousand Dol- lars Expended in Experi- ments. strugeics for the posscsalon of some of them. 301 BALE~AT DAK T'ATtK=A MOE 7| NITUATIONS WANTLD-MALE. P e, ot Tcanwhile messages wait. Fdlson bruved no | Edison finally feached oston ail rizbt. iis | His kreat anxicty scema to bo to iive an cquiva: | probably interest n somewhat lnsger, though | POFitiitc 7 @ME AR MR INE |~~~ O e = exception to the rule, and on one occasion when hehad somo message from the Superintendent inslsted on taking the line from all comers, Tho Superintendent of Telegraph Hved fn the same town and had an Instrument {n his house, Hearing tho tussel on the wire, he_rushed to the ofllee, S)aunced upon Edisen,and discharged Lim for yiolation of rules. tis next situation was in_night servics at Fort Wayne, and in two months he had Improv- ed 80 as to sccure o situation at Indtanapolis. tlere he fuvented bia first successful automatic repenter, which s au arrangement for transfer- ring the writing from _one telegzraph line to an- other without the medium of a sending or re- celving oporator, It was nn Important nchicve- n:ant for 80 young and loexperlenced an oper- ator. ‘The ambltion of- a1l operators 1a to be able to take **press report.' Edison practiced nights incessantly to accomplish this end. 1o was finally given a trial, but tinding himsel? makin, too many breaks or interrogations ho rigped two moro recording reglsters, ono to recelve and ono to repeat tho embossed writlng at slower apoed o it could he copled, When this was done he told the sonding operator to '*rush bim,” which gave him s brief reputation, for the Yeopy™ was so slow In reaching tho preas it caused complaint, aud ho waa suspended from the work. Ab the end of six months he was transferred to Cincinnatl, Hera he worked o day wlre‘ but continued to practics nights and **subbed ' for the night men whenever® hie could get the privie reception at the telegraph oflice, and the man- ner {u which he so successfully overcanc the prejudices fusplred azalnst him by his uncouth appearance, was described atlengthin T TRI- oNgafew days azo. Althoush somewhnt ex- aggerated, the necount is substantlally correct, he tabie at which he bad been placed was in thacentra of tho roown, for ‘thehetter enjoy- ment of his discomfiture, fla noticed the ur- rangement, nnd says hie would have died rather than made o break. He arrived fn Boston In 1864, and In the person of Mr. Milliken fouud tho firat superior officer who COULD APPRECIATE HIS CUARACTER. Mr, Milliken was an accomplished gentleman, n thorough master of his urofesslon, and an in- ventor of inerit. e mada allowance for the gawky and hungry look of hie subordinate, and in the secret exetiement under which ho secmed to laber rcc%:nlzed the fire of genius, Edi- son’s stav In Buston was congenial. There s o vein of hutnor running through his character, and he played s practieat joke on the cock- roaches. which fnfested the office in great num- bers, 1Te placed some nartow urlrs of tin-foll ou the wall and connected thet with the wires from a powertul battery, Then be placed food in an stteactive monner to tempt them, When thege clammy {ndividuals passed frum ong foil to the othicr they completed thebattery connee- tion, and with a flash were crenfhted, to the de- 1iizht of the spectators, Edison started a shop 1n Boston, and gave all his spare thne to it. His fileas here begau to aesume practical shapo. ile mvented a dial {nstrument for private llng use, lent fuventfon for the price asked, but he pro- fessea to be utterly without consclence {n case of any attempt tooverreach him. In person he fa five fecg nine and one-half inches tall, he wears 4 seven and seven-elghths joch tall hat, his hair is black and worn short and is slightly gray. His complexion is pole and falr, his oyes aro grav and plercing: he has o sharp nose and countenauce. When fo appli- cation his look s most Intense, although there is often a merry twinkle In his eye, Hls chest cxpansion Is five inches, His powers of appli- catlon, paticnce, and endurance are lamcl?xlnq wonderful. He hegina whera most people leave off, and. like a Morphy st chess, carries on five or six lines of experinient in totaily different divisions, never censing any of thiem Ull & result iz reached or an {mpossibility proved, Iie keeps a careful record of each day’s experl- menta, properly witnessed, and bas numerous volumes of such statiatics. o {s quite hard ot hearing, and hLls accomplishinents with the telephione are most remarkable on account of this delect. For a long thine he was unable to distinguish the sound produced, and depended upon bis assistants, He many times despalred of a result. At last he rot his carbon telephone sulticently loud so that be could hear it over lome dlstances without ditficulty, and was satis- fied, That such a mav shiould zo on and eltins inate the specakiunz phonograph s surprising, aud, in view of bis defect, he may alinost be forgiven the production of the aerophone, ine tended to tulk from tbree to ten tollcs. wili be sald at 4 urby ot 10Ux172: good bars, thre verhaps more wordly, constituency. Mr. David e A e hi . Add LU, W, V. Whiting, of Austin, Tex., General Manager §||c"k"‘fin‘v’frv,\c'z.l{mn'.”u Al of the Cothollc Immigration Compony of that | "~ COUNTRY REAL ESTAT) State, is at prescut {n the city, stopping at the | o e e e S S e 8herman House. A reporter ran across him last P N 2 Ol AT 3 Al Joutlicast uf Uniyn Statton, In Meilenry County, evening fn his perambulations among thehotels, | 1 thisit one of the hest atock aniatey tarmuclr cared oty 1 the arge barns, goolorehards, aud, having understooa that the gentlemau | sif fenced 100 crea (Imber, " isting’ water, only 53 1130'pald considerable attention to the question | Wliesfrum Uhicago, Why, dent sou buy whes such of &0 inesemed {rade wiih Mexieo, entidown buarvadn,” £ 5. Bov DL foam 7. h hilm to Y ut the Republic, its business relatlons tothis s political prototype, and to the other conntries with which it carries on trade. Mr. Whiting was quite ready todm- | L3 patt his views, and the reporter had tiftle cl; e e—— - wdv?thnu keep his ears open and his pencl REAL ESTATH WA] D, moving. XFANTED_THE BEST 100 ACT AR * Mexico," eall the gentleman, s now In a \ ‘:{‘TB" I i’.“.fi&’é.‘i?. %l'fi%”\fi condition {0 give this couutry an alvantage | dress, giving toll description of laud, 75¢ West Van over cvery other country In the world {n polne | Durenst. orcall atierfp. n. uf business facilities. Its annual business now | = amounts to §70,000,000, of which this countr e ot Ok koL lics bt wit 0 NENT=TIHEE 2-6TOLY, AND BAEEMENT bis country isdone with New York, though a lit- ™ NT= F 2-6T0 BAEF. tle of it 1a dono with New Orleans. Now, there fs ;l,,p";‘;’j" front Jouseey 435, £/ sud B30 Adabuest 1o reason In the world why 8 majority of the | Fio—sm o IRICK $70,000,000 of business should not be done with this country Instcad of Europe. Our cotton fabrica are superior to those of England, and, | 7 815 besides that, are much cheaper. l Tionre, 490 W TUE CUIEF REASON Y aand L. ot that the bulk of the lmsiness ot present is done | SHeis ransiam. with Europe is that no cffort has becninade fn | frame. 30 Larvard. this country to coutrol the Mexlcan trade. An- ) 4 ne. So much attention has recently lzc}n attracted {0 the Inventlous of Thomas A. Edison, that the facts concerning this remarkable man may bo found Interesting. It {sa matter of prido with him that he {s a full-blooded Amecrican, His ancestry on tho fathor's side can be traced back 200 years, when they were exteusive millers in Holland, In 1780 members of the family emi- grated to this country. Thomas Edison was n prominent bank official on Manhattan Island durlug the Revolution, and hils name appears on {ho Continental money, ‘The racois long-Hved, Edison's great-grandfather lved to bo 102 and Dis grandfather 103 years old. Ilis fathor, Bam- uel Edison, {8 now iving, aged 74, and fn pertect Lealtn, e stands six feet two fnclies, and in 1568 outjumped 250 men belonwiug to o regls ment stationed at Ft. Gratlot, Mich., Io learned tho tailor’s trade, hut subsequcutly en- tered commerclal 1ifo, and enuaged consecus tively In the gralp, commission, lumber, nurse- ry, and land busioess. He has always been in comfortable circumstances, Edison's muther, Mary Elliot [Edison, was of Heoteli parcutage, but born {n Massachusetts, 8o gvos finely educated, mnd for several years taught (n a Canadian high school, Bhe was an {ndustrious, capable, literary, and QITEATION WASTED-BY A BELIABLE DROO- ) ‘ist, rapable of compounding any prescrintion; hias attnnded one eourse of lectures In the Chicago College of I Adtdress 1t 94, Tribune offic JITUATION WANTED=—AS CLERR OIt BAL. Expdriehed inY e Apiacice, o3, Iaw, Aod who i active Y a activ 238 energetic. ' Address \ o8, Tribuas offics: Tradess QITUATION WASTED-BY A NEF YORR COTTER 4 in & custom tatloring establishment. Address T 16, Aelime abics, = S Conchinen, Teainsters, &ce ITUATION TED = A8 COACHMAN AND 1 ) pardener Ly 8 atngle young man || now, or by fat'of Biay. Address it Do ndia ~BITUATIONS WANTED _FEMALT: Domesticse ITUATION WANTED-DY A G0OOD, RELIADLR 1) girito do general housework fn & Emall privata family, Bestof city refercaces, Lall or mddress No, 12 Culon Park-plsce, Employment Agencies, QITUATIONS WANTED-FAMILIES [N WANT OF £ “goud Keandinavian or German female heip can ba supplied & G. DUSKE'S o) North Halsied ot Miscollaneons QlTl'AT"L" AN S COIYIST, OR TO +Y write in of udy In & Orat-cless estab- lishitnent. Addr = X0 EXCHANGE,_ STOCK OF READYMADE CLOTHING FOTi EX: ™ ESfE 3 IRUIT o Sitel 3 T atesae Dutld: AT rehuer. ug, Chle i, 3-TOKY BHIC tory Dcka, M and T Harvan e clisaga for & 1 (short tme) paper. Addreas ¥ 73, e office, T AND 21 WALNUT-§T, (NEATL ew 2-ntory and basciment wnarile- Ho_was married to Miss Mary Stiliwell, amuitious woman, Bl died fn 1563 at 07 years | jepe, Anil put several Into bractical oporation, 16 | of Newark, i 187, The medallion on the ney | Shhghresson s, that Taroptan markels furnlsh . AsplescatLagw Loty e, pacement jmamie | ! AL FIEEST BTOGK of age, Thomas Alva Edtéon was born Feb. 11, | ke had been {n Cincinnat! three months when | made n chemical vote-recording apparatus, but | stiver dollor is an excellent profitelikeness of her. H::: “'i.’e‘;flrgflf.: m,fl":fl: ";L,:?.';f”_’ credits | Very muor. andall ther Mmodern Linoravemen Py e e e harh at a delegation of Cleveland operators came down to organiza o branch of tho Telegraphers' Unlon, woich resulted in the great Atrika o fow years since. They struck the oflice In the evening, and the whole force, with_one exception, went off on o gigantic sprec. Edison came round as usual to practice, and finding the office so nearly deserted took tho press report to the best of bis abillty, and worked througb the night, clearing up bustuess. The lulluwln‘z day ho wasru- Eing-tubes, elc, 840 per i W BELULY Koutns 8 sad & con 1847, at Milan, Erle County, Oblo. This was 00" Acres. | Abply §0 E. ANTHONY, 1 thena thriving town of several thousand fu- habitants, Located ot the head of the Milan Canal, four milcs from Lake Erle, it was tho centra ot {he ship-bullding, wheat-shipping, nnd stave-making {utercsts of that reglon, Ex- bauation of tho surrognding timber, sud tho construction of the Lako Blore Rallroad some ‘Their honeymoon was ecceutric, as Edison, nl- though in”tho samo city, coutd not leave his work for more than a few “houra two or threc times & week, the remainder of his time being used ot his factory, The mflucace of his wife lias greatly improved his habits and nppeagance of recent years. They have two children,—a litt]e «irl b years and aboy2 years ola,—who are nick- named “*dot" and *dash,” after the characters fu the Morse alphabet. 1lc Is affcctionate and | gas 8 sutisficd” that, with the proper efforts, most i}?f.f.n'.‘.h G U. of the $70,000,000 of ~ husiness can | Diock. hc bruli:l\fl. tu n.;‘ur lalw"r:mdnura.h (Wl{lulln i \0"15 he past six weeks, 5,1 worth of fruit e trees, ratsed It Northern Penosypleania, hos been | Rl i afrurements furmae £ sold 'tn Mexico, If thuse artlides can be eoll | oo poe i NP-FRONT, FURKIRIED i tliere, brought from the Middle States, I don't R T sec nny reasun why other products cannot teet | enceni gentieman and wire desire to board with the with Just ns rcady u sale. The Mexican Goy- | teoante BaVEKIVGE & DEWEY, 89 Dearburu: crnment desires to form relations with this Routh Nldes falled to get It ndnmcd’lg & Muossachusctts Legislature, He commenced his experiments on vibratory telegraph apparatus, and mede trial tosts between Boston and Portland, Ho muturcd his first private line prioter, and put elght into practieal wperation. From lack of meuns to pay for qootations his venturo was not successful, and ho sold out. This patent subsequently came Into possession of the Gold and 8tock Telegmph Company, and was consid- t Itng nd fece of - 5 and Lasement octagon welling,brick barn, and low 252180, b ud Wonds want: good Tar Jand of lots 12, Noom 7, 170 Madison-kt. 120 WORTH _OF ale Tiouse, now and latest I ut o) iu] dlstance south of the town, broughit about de- | warded by on ftcrense of sa from $05” to | ered to have o basc or foundation valuc upon | geoerous ln his family, but 41 don’t know of a be 5 . i or two xond cleur tamma i Hilnots or cav, which compelled Edison’s parents to re- | $105 per month, and was the Louisville | which many subscquent improvemeuts wero TIDES BOUGH 800D ?;‘.’.'{“}I}'u?".uc-. on.n et';::)fl. °’Tnc"‘1§‘.§;‘ (‘;l",';:,',f 'lo ‘l’l'v;\;l"m' z‘llgc.s;l;ig Ill{U?:i. Fmtml's&l,:lv‘-fi ‘m:l. -r'crl: all:pr_xflu .'fit‘, . ‘3.7.:”;.‘ pove to Port Huron, Blich., when ho was 7 | Wire, onoof the most desirable iu the oflice. | bullt. gres tho ardinary waouorlsms, of 1tc, and gets | Jnent, T am satitled, Is more Atable than it ever | sagbishfSentiney el {07 boaraing. Buuse. G years old, which hns stuce been thelr home. Bob Aartin, ono of the fastest sonders in tha | At ono time he was fnvited to oxplaiu the op- | down to what ho calls solid business, o has | gagfefore,” o betweeu Suuth Park 180, No. 43 Twenty-fourth-at s per moni country, worked the Louisville end, and from ¥ MUSIC, 92 Van Buren+ she experionce lere acquired, Edison dates his nblluly as o first-class operator. Edlson's utter megligonce of dress nnd ap- ‘pearance, his willingness to work at all hours, night or Un{. his uunsatiable thirst for readivg, and his enthuslastic sttempts to solve what ap- ared 1o his cotmpanions {impossibilitics, carncd a lorge and comfortable residence near his Inbora- tory., lc saystho existence of aUod can be demonstrated fn a thousand ways toan absolute certalnty, but he haa no relfzions convictions in the ordinary sense. His attention has hierctoforo been largely turned w electricity, but. hi kuowledgre extends vver a wide fleld. Ho fecl confldent of being able to produce one or two eration of the tclcgmgh to what be supposcd was a girl's school, fo forgot the appoint- mietit, and when found was putting up a line on a house-tup, He went directly from his work, and was much atashied to find Llnselt ushered into the presence of o room full of fincly-dress- ed young ladies, He wus actually timid in ladfes’ presence, but his subjcet was understood, “ What {s the fcellng there towands the Unlted Sates?” *There has Leen until o recent date a feeline thero that thls Govermment wanted to grasp Mexican territury. Tbls has Leen the great bugaboo with thie Mexican veuple. But the; AT are now becoming aatlsfled that the Unitei situate 118 Kb States docan't want any more territory than she | & DEWEY., 50 Dearl Edison never went to school over two months inhis lfe. Ills mother taught him spelling, reading, writing, aud aritbmetic. Bho was a fino reader, and often read aloud to the family, Edlson acauired nis love of reading from her, ‘which was encouraged by his father, who pald PARGAINEL BTG selling off ali our planos lcretofure Leen rented out, o rosewood fnatrumenta that have been us y tnsix months, snd contafp all Inodern_ {mpravements Warranted ve sears, Now I8 Lho te to wake a seiection, and obtain ' frilabje plano at alf price, Beed's Témplo of Music, W Van ureu-si., betwoen £ 10-B0GN BRICK 10T ilock south of Eills Par Appiy 10 9, X, ABLE STONE FIO; les-av, § luw rent. born-sL. bim for each book inastered, At 10 | for him tho name of “luny" or crazy man, | and the occasion possed pleasantly. o was | things cqually gzuod ae the quadruplex, telo- d the . - P & CELEDRATED ORGHESTRAL it Tos o1l et rend oo Penny. | which elunit 1 higs & mumbes of yeare, ~fla o | Mirolluced o a mumbor Of tho. young 1adies, | phoke, sicctrit pen. or pHONOZTAVyA years T16 | Wieiohy prevalcns Apsrewil be b chaneo s Sane | L0 O e e Ay G L At L T v Lo atet o7 4t Encyclopedia.” Ifume's History of England, taiued, however, the personal good will of bis | who slways recoguized him on the street, mueh | fully expects to live to the age o} the oldest fean_sentiment. ‘The only way to bring this | Latorybrick. pariors dining-rvoin, sud kitchea 03 | cllme urcaus. W Wo RIMBALL. asgoglates, 111804 he went to memphis and obtained a more remuncrative salary. Ilis assoclates were dissolute and imposed upon his good nature to h an extent that tho work e did was enor- mous. Abstemlous hilmsel! shnost to stocismn, ho freely loancd s money to his compenfons or expended it fu the purchase of books and apparatus, lcmade aud put {nto operation hie automatic ropeater, so that Loufsville and Now Orleans could work direct, ‘Tl ldes of DUPLEX TIRANSMIBSION had taken posscasion of Lim, and he twas per- petually advocating and experimenting to ac- complish it. These offorts wero looked upon with disfavor by the management, and in the changea resulting upon the trauafer of the lines from the Goverument to tho Telegraph Compa- uy ho was dismlssod, to the astonishment of his fellow-operutors not 1in the aceret. Edison I8 a strong bellever {n the Boston girl. \ His [dea of a duplex system'constantly burned In bis braiv, aud In 1870 he went to Rochester, N. Y, to try hia_apparutus between the two cities. ' Mr, ¥, L. Pope, the present patent ad- vlser of tho Woetern Unlon Telegraph Comn- }mny. asslated I New York, Tho effort was o aflure, altbough Edison bas always clalmed it ought to havo suceceded. He then wont to w York, srriving thero dead broke and dis- cBuraged. Hie hung around the office of the Gold Indlestor Company for several days. Thelr apparatus was cutmbursoms aud lperfect, and frequently out of order. At such tfmes the brokers would rash to the offca und demand in- staut ropairs. One day wheo there was an un- usual exeitement lu the wold market tte ap. member of his family, In which case, If the pub- lcdesire a rellef from his fuventious, the only way will be to bang him, as the New York Tiies suggeste, for preventlon, Uis fncomo from his lurentions the present year will proba- bly reach $50,000, all of which will undoubtedly be spent In pushing his inventlons to complc tion, His personal tastes are very sinple. When {nvited to dine recently at Delmonieo's, lio sattsfied bimself with o piceo of ple and cup of lui: greatly to the astonishment of his host, who wanted to do the handsome thing. Wheu tendered s public dinner he decliued, stat- ing that $100,000 wouid ot induce bim to sit lhmugh o hours of personal gloritication. He aislikes personal notoriety, and says a man 18 to bo measured by what he does, and not by what 1s sald of him. When o soccess {8 reached it rapidly Joses about Is by intercourse beiween the two coun- | “Ftditages. Jarce low. €16 per month. ISIPL'l T{w mountaln mu:t Ko to .\l(lum‘n\cl. oF || oty frame house, Eflle-ar .| mnllol.““’ ahomet must go to the mountain. Why, a ! . Y USf hucmitons. fim}{' many eoola h:!.\lcxkl:n dnln'l. kmfl' Doae- | wAldress or tnquire of TURNEI & BOND. 10l East tlcully, that 1203 such a place ns Chieago. | 7535 RN T L R AR Y AC N Thelr {deas of the Unlted States are centred I | 10 0tis froms vuiecaara imolss Haorocaments. New York and the Fast, and they have heard | mear street nud siesm cars. _ltoow 3 Hopure Biuck, dl:llmv{ littlsor nl;lhluz “ldmlf West. Our | = " Norih Biac, maunufacturcrs, erchants, aud bustness men v D 217 N Tenralls ot fo. 5o thore themeclven.or cwe | O REXT=2ta, 215 AND 217 KOUTH BTATE.ST., Induce the Mexican busitiess men to comne up | with af 3 3¢ History of tho Reformation, Qibbon's Rome, Bearl's Iistory of the World, several works on chemistry, ond other similar works. lle read them all’ with the utmust fOdeclity, never skipplog & word or & formuls, al- though mathematice wero and ore especially repulsivo to him, 1t {a this haoit of concentra- tion which las led bl to the accomplishment of many astonishing results. As a boy, he was always occupled, and smused himsoll making pank roads, digring caves, und trylvg exper- ments, his mitnd being full of subjects, Howas unensy to get {uta busineas, and at 19 years of sge Lis father sccured him a place as train-boy on the (irand Trnnk Rallrosl, When the road ‘waa completed between Detroftand Port Huron, he mequired an exclusive newsdealer’s right, aving os high as four asslstants, Luring the ¥ DIFFERENT MARE FU ‘oary terme st warcroutus of W, W, K. corner State and Adams-ais. QMITIE AMETRIC, 1A T organ f the warld—fur tela on tuatalimonts, aquired, at wareroms of W, W. KIMBALL, corncr btate und Adagis- D-IIAND PIANOS #13 cash, $10 jer mont month, at warcrooms of V. Etate and Adama- ECOND-MAND GIGANA FIOM 830 UPWALDY on nsalimenta: some &L §5 per Gonth, otheraai §4 and €10 per muntl until pad for, W. W. KIMIALL, corner b d Ad: ‘odern Tprovetnents, | K. ANTHONY, Ui hicre, to the cod that there moy be au fnter. | ¥asbinglon-se change of Ideas Letween the two countrics, iburban, whicn shall lesd to the growth of o larger and To NENT-THE x,fi-m lx':fmpr,;:cn 3 2 i Vi wore profitable trade. o A THERE Al VAST IESOUNCES THERE~ i overlvaiing Take Micliiga, it TV ANCER MADE agricultural, mining, and otherwise—actuslly R b R oo O ki é\l c.e A LAUNTERS y1 A il m 5 an Iying dormant, walting for capital to come and | g'm.q order. Wil be rented ¥ Bl il il B render them profitablo Lusiuess investments, | teuaut. KAML. GEHR, 114 1 Al FOIL OLD (OLD. AND ¥ fuur years he ran the ruad, his carniugs avor- Belug without money, and having transporta- uratua falled, Tho confusion at the Indicator | foterest for him, and he muat flud somo fresh g FERTIRN e -C“;f.":m i losn on walctics, dinmonds, sad velus azed & dollar & day, which was givers to his | tioh to Decatur oniys e walked Lo Nashvilloy Piie was great. Tho Buperiitendent was ont. | impossibility upon which to expond tho fucl of fi‘J,‘}'[ff ALy ",’;,'.’,l,c;;%ffl",we,fllfibfp::'c:.flf:; TOJENT 398 YAmETY Z‘u‘l"”l{' cription st GOLTRMTLS Foad s Tl moter, In commoncing to visit Detroit ho | whero Billy Foloy, an operator {n the sawmu pre- | Edison happened inand stood watching thocon- hl{ \genlu-. and burn out his Iife. {s rendy to uxtend nny advaviages tho United | §13Hon ¢ ry cheap, | UUice Gleenteds, 0} it ] ln(ned the library, aud started to read it through, ¢ began on the bottom shelf and read every book for flfteen feet, when the job was given up s hopeless, pud thereaftor congental aclections wero made, 1le wos _an oceaslonal reader ol fictlon nud,Fonuxy. Victor Rugo Is bls tavor ite nuthor. Tho ™ Les Miserables " ho read a dozen twes, and has roviowed it as often since, The Tollers of tho 8ea™ he conaiders a grond book. fiis memory fs s0 retentivo that Lie can Quute cxtenslve extructs from many sources, and can osuslly refer direct to the book an pago of his sclentific ljurary for any fact or ine onnation needed for cxperiment or rescarch. s mind Is crasnmed with an finmenso mass of {nformstion, it being diflicult to meution a sub- Ject about which he knows nothing, JR UAS A PARTIAL KNOWLEDOE of tho French, German, Italiap, and Spantsh languages. Altached to' the wixed traln upon which e sold papers was & frelght-car having a room partitioued off for smoking purposes, As Ao car was without springs or ventilstfon, no one would rido in it. Edlsonobtaincd * Tro- l‘eulul le\lgl of Annlysis,”” bought some chemicals on the installwent plan, induced tho bauds st the ralirosd shiop to make him some rotort stands im_ exchange for I e e e & g etrol 'reas, then owned by Wilbur ¥, Storey, came out In s new dreas, Edison purchased for atx munths pubiih :‘uunun of old type, and w < sl “called Tha' Grand " Trant. Jovaid. b Prica was § cents, and tho ‘subscription list ran uptoscyeral hundred, It was printed on ong [l luuly, by hand, and wos devoted to raliroad aun D, clianges, accidents, and Information. . :zulrgc Stephenson, the Englisn engincer, who ullt the tubulur bridge ut Montreal, when dicament, was found, and they traveled together to Loulsville, Edison had only o liuen sult, ond on arriviug at Loulsvilla he found tho westher ulmnel; chilly. He hunted up a friend who loaned him noney for his lmmequ need, Foley's reputation was too bad to ob- tain o eituation himsclf, but he rccommended Edison, who obtained work, For this servico Edison supported Foloy tll he could get a job, Edison describes the Loulsville oflice at'this time na the dirtiest and most free aud easy in the business. Tho cowmmon disposition of tubacco-quids was to hurl them at tue ceitiog, where they stuck by the hundred. Rats in great nunbers kept the operntor company at night. The discipline was lax In all things exespt the quality aud promptness of work. Hdwon was required to take reports on a lino wurked from the blind slde o1 u repeater, where ho had no chance to break. This required skilt, and he ined to a rare perfection by the tost careful atudy of nanes, markets, and general tnformation.” The line was old and 1 poor con- ditton, belng subject to msny futerruptions and chauges, To asslst 1n his work, Edison was In the habit of nrranging three sots of Instru- ments, each with a different ndjustment, so that, whether the circuit was strong or weak, or uo watter how rapid the chuuge, be was able to recelve the sigpuals accurately. Ha ro- mamned In Loutsyille for nearly two years, and then got thy Bouth Americsu fever. Incon- nection with Mesars. Keen and Warren, two of his assoclates, he saved moncy for the trip, and lhey started, Jutendlop to go vin New Orlcans, On arriving at tho Iatter place, the vessel upon which thoy were to shl g bad tortunately safled, Edi- son fell In with o Bpaniard who had traveled round the world. He told him of all the coun- fusion, Heo volunteered to fix the machinery. o Preaidont looked upon hiin with awmazo- ment, but, belrig fn tho mood Lo catch at straws, grave bl pormission to try, 1o spesdily found the dofect, and the next day was encaged to fill uunnmnblo position with the Company, He immediately began toimprovethe apparatus,and soot luvented a gold printer, The Compauy was Ex’rclmcd by tho Gold and Stock Company, and dfson was ‘thrown out. e then went luto company with Pope and Asbiey (the Iatter now betug editor of the Journal of the Telgyraph). TILR FOP'E ARD EDISON PRINTER was brought out,, and u private o systom was put In active operation. This was svon sold to the Gold and Btock Company, aud Edison hag for many years been retalned In the servies of that Comuvany sod the Western Uuion Tele- graph Comnpany at a largo salary, they laviog the first optiou to purchase his inventious per- taining to telegraphy at prices agreed upon in each case. Edison's faventions pertaining to tho gold aud stock telegraphy soun replaced the old n‘ppnrutul. oud that systemls {nterwoven with his inventions sud Improvements, At the formation of bis jutimate conuection with the Gold and Btock Company he established an m- mense clectrical manufacturing establlshinent at Newark, which was diylded {nto threo large DLOPOIHII two laboratoriea for exper- fment, Ho cmvlafitd utmnnh of 800 men, and wus bimacll the busiest imun In Amcrica.” Heo illu himself searcely any timao for siesp, An dea of bis detarmination aml persistenco can be gained from the following incident: He had been glven an order for $80,000 worth of {in- proved printers. The sample instruument bod worked un sxperbuental cireult, but the bret Instruments for practical use proved a fallure, here can an example be found who hns domne more {n his own sphere than Thomas A. Edison to promote knowledge and bring the nccrets of Nature under the useful control of Lila fellow-men? Gxonon 1. By THE CHARTER OAK LIFE. Its Neorgnoization on s Mutosl Maslse Rumors Regarding the Now Manage- ment. Bpecial Correspondence of The Tridune. IMirzronp, Coon, April 5.—A lcading tople in Hartford tusurance circles is the prospective reorganizatlon of tho Charter Oak LUfo-lnsur- nnce Compauy on amutual basls, pursuaot to tho provisiuns of the Lezislatiyo amendincats to thecharter. A wceting of the policy-hold- crs ias been called for tho 18th fnst., at which this reorgauization will bo effected. It fs diffi- cult to predict who will form thic new Board of Managers, It s concoded, however, that o Tadical chango will be made, aud the most jm- portant of these, it {ssald, will bathe retires went of thy Hon. Marshall Jowell from thy Presldency, A current report s that ho has pledzed himsclf to coavey the coutrolling lu- terest of the stock orranization, which he holds, to_whoever may bo elected President by the policy-holders, this conveyance not to be by nawne, but simply as ** Presldent of tho Churter Qak LAfe-nsurance Cotpany,” as Trusteo for the pollcy-holders, A further report Is that Mr, Jowell desires to retire from Lis position to T e OROAN | 3 ay L'uxyy Vastiuitun AL, Nlli,lé':loxi BUMS UF 84 AND UPWALDS CAN had tn exchange for currency at the counting. ruotn af the Tribuae Company. N EACHANUGR rOI% roumn_of thie Trinune, N IN PACKAGES L counting-room ol IOUGHT, A ply to Chiv vtn 6. v B i Btates wants, Oue present advantage Is that » " = ‘collaterals. | Aj manutucturing and miving fmplements and mu- | TG BN LA A T eres e chinery go there free of duty, and the free list, | === - i D AN AR T'am satisticd, can v fncrédacd, i the proper | 7O JENT=UOUSES, LUTS AN LANDS AT TS effort {s made in that directton.” 0. S OT oI S Dearhornat, m “ What 18 necessary, In fuur opinlan, to bring | moTee— it nboiu e M&nfit&‘m T ‘-lhl"m‘Illi come vl oo TLVKRE 35 ARDA0C nu fucrease ican tradel” minuies’ walk to Keow stiun, twy ry Bousen, | & A A ne tf - | Bew painted and calclunined. contatoing six and seven | yJbf 810In exchange forcurrenc, boiiog ' Apedl Or Slrihestug el i | o e i, e, Aies o dnd LA wile) | Znboie Cmpane. favor of this vountry, protection to American | s or of G. b DUFEK. coratr of Giark sal Bls+ Interests down there, and exemptionfromn forced | tecath-sta. loans, Mr, Foster, the Awerican Stinster tesi- | 1.0 REST- ilenb in the Ctllly ufl .\!ltlxlu'o, has been to ':\'u’?- 1 r""i"if' gv" El:\‘g-n ngton recently, ant his Instractions when he 24 — 2. returned aro underatood to bave beeu to scw 0 RENT- what could be done Inthe direction (ndlcated. g The special Minlster of Mexico has alsa visited | = Washington mcnl{{, and has invited American 0 20 MPLETE DOOK-BINDERY, ed and 2] . | JOR BALE= A “CO; KD UNFURNIANED with good wili: fs well estab has"a “goo ie loeattous. BEVEis | cliynud country trade, Pruprietor wanls Lo reilry on sccount of 11l hesith: il sell Yory eheap and fa » bar- o K blder. For particulars sud invest: JEKIL corner ot riswold asd 2 FIYWO RARE CHANCES-1 OFFEIL FOR BALE THE . pos, 010 L | i uil ru Intereourse with freat country Le repre- | an:‘muIFt‘_!‘vuuulz:. vk T A D hs | ok eacuiient watel-pawer, B0 wetlcr Mnd More. Coe seneer i AR i “WIHAT ARE TN TRANSPORTATION PACILITIES | rj0 REKT-1¥ GLENCOE-VERY CAEAF-TWO UHLID N MALT. ilcu s s run- between here and Mexica i L0t Bomue hosssuf 7 £54 8 foowis, with goud eidarc Wil sll (bt Impnivotenis; Mith verg 4 There ia dircct communicationbetween here | barns and crounds sttached. C. K BROWNK. o Udar- ¢ed or uat il can be coue @ New Urleans, and a line of st 1y b ake 8 goud xa 1 ¥ Urleans, Ci T L e e }.«';w Orleans to Vora Crue, =‘l‘nz:: ctnt:]:;c" l:“:u. '1“’}{,’@"“,'“",,!‘.‘.".‘,,"!‘"‘,}"‘“" OWN GESIDENCE; ) COTTAGER AT AURTING RIDUK & DEWKY %0 Deart B [Uha'd Guod chiaca ¥ LUSIREDON, Vice:President, rect rafiwoy communication between Vern Crus | sento e s sl ok oo int]. iaxing gli th eont Buriiagton, Ttacine Co., Wi Allul.l tluz’ City ulb‘;\lcxlciu.l The hl:lolu trualuhtlm gn:l:l:zl.!.!lll::dl::l. flbfl&x’;""l{flf"n‘fl.‘;"flz hed ST atter city can be tmade In seven days, and there e 18 an effort making to establish a 1o of steam- W ers between Galveston and Vera Cruz, which TO NENT-HOOMS, 121 AND 123 CALUMLT-AV. — DESIRADLE wil grubnbly shorten the trip about two daye. "‘"""‘"“"““"“,’;i Sidos R with boasd. The business of Moxico s scattered all over the RENT- " country, and not cooflned to the large cittes, | TONERT: Of cousse, the buslucss of tho luterior is %gnnemln BUS, =ty i DITE OF 0 ROOMS NO. 233 WEST Klotels. sultable for Imu-kulvlnl[rlnndlln B“OWN'S 110T; 418 STATE-8T,—FUUNISIED [y rd, £9: 5.0 por wesks withiout Sobeluse order, Wit HOMP. rooms, with not as larza as [t would bo were thers better Jesb Atailiao e facilities for communication, What the country € o.f‘ ERT MADISON wants s railroads, and with thew {4 will dovelop b wmodern tuprorementa, o Ar rooms. will : J Bl very rovidly, ~An clfort {s makiug by St, Louts | grists, st lov, Uy W, 1L THOMPROS, 5 West | Ry dod funsh ber tors B S0 10 Vbdos Lo () tour biveks south of .30 10 §: ek, 6o 81 er wou rd. 4 M In valn he sought to remedy the defout, till | give placa to some practical jusurance man, but Ni Iy M i e . Datalnic over the road, found Edisou st work, | tries vished tho United States was tho beat, [ flunlly, takiug four or tive of s eat men, ha | ft wh Do safe o ccept this tory with al. | B e CrIEane b0 oTen T i Moy | 70 BENT RIS TR WOSTI] TEVADA HOTEL 146 AND [50 WADABH-AV.S ALl rln extra edition for bimself. Tho | having the most desirablo Government, institus | went to the top door of Lis fuctory, rewurking | lowances, for- a 810,000 position i 0ot [ phis conntry hias & market next door to (L, from | Ealotog S fme ity £xs R (tps sl ‘\ Jieduced prices. Uud ruums and bosrd, 8150 per k;"_m“ U“n L‘:mnm- noticed by the London | tloos, climate, and peopie. This wholesomo nd- | that they would never come down till the | upt to be abaudoued throngh mero gen- | yijeh it can get quicker returns and better Ctved ans iven.| ADLiy o8 bremises; ap18 SuEL horus bnu‘l, oy tho water fu Edison's phos- | vice shiook Edison's detérmiuation fu counee- | printer worked. Thoy labored continously for | erosity, The prime —movers in tho | prices thay from Brazil" “50 HENT-S5TOREN, OFFIOES, &ce Emlmi Vhea vaporated, it tell on the foor, aud | tlon with bls dlsappoltuent at deluy, and bo | sixty bours, and Lis waa so fortunate as to dis- | reorganization will bethe Company's general | ™ What about the question of frefghtal” A RN S CESS SR | ke MTOCK VATES Hires. they out | via the Gulf an: antlc Btates. r 1o- | per At an’ expensa of uch sovero | wen . Jewe ; . NT- 3 Now flaven, Thewe phactous are tbe beat sold o £ tue car, nd gave Edlsou s tbreshing, so that | malning o few weeks be ngain got warkc ot | bt ;wr{:lmclcd Hebors." aro corminon with | and the present maniagers, becango the fiat went | S50,,b9, B0 questlon bt it couts lusa to send 10 55V ik Adansat - adgion o 'f‘r'll ted; i ars U5 HuArnteEd. G L DRADLEY: ce #ouds from here to Moxico than (rom Europe 80 | aiso store and hasemeny 180 Kast Adsins: Hlexico, or evon from New York Lo Stexico. A8 | GLORUR MiCON VELL 10 ast Adsmasst o | A Y OO IS FEW AT 1t will therefore be for tho Interest of Mesican | 5 —STONE DBUILDING 80 LAKE®T. | X! i ] L ¥ s uewspuper wnd laboratory caum :'l'n.! He'vontlnued his e:perlmmg tr?l.h:‘:gllll?r\ utue, aud carried bis printer's material with wiar Louisville, aud yoturued thore, I now began U fcot | 318 Wabubi-av Lim, He says alter golng without slecp tosave his carnings more than ever, and n- forth severnl months sgo that the Compaoy in- wore than the ordiunryw hours he be- tonded, i practicable, to dlspeuso with thele ? 4 Ply 8t 408 West Munroe him for keveral years, veated them In ndditions tohis library, appu- | comes nervous, 4and o fdeas flow | services for ‘the future, and havo the busitess | i 4iness men to trade with this country, and as erus akay, _He L. WALT, loom 13, 73 Dears = i ——— v i ratus, printing-otlice, and sho; Hastarted to [ In upon Lim with cat rapldity, | transactlons direct between the policy-bold 5 fBre-py " h 0K SALE~GOOD RUSINESS HORSE, BUITADLRE Wilo ruuttng o Dotrolt ho became. uc- | pobliil s Workon oottty ith pia avn ot | s s1ech after theso ciforts 1 correspondinily | apd the hoine oflice, Thu gencral agonts ciaim | fnere it 4 BTowK fecling domn thero decldcdly 1'"{‘1_',‘;,‘{,',?“"" susal MRl Rid Can basectas Qustuted with tho tulegraph h-‘ln IuZ about thu vilice the hfi:ml‘“;'utzg l‘a ::.. to telegrapli the newspaper head ngs to the & Uons u advancg of the tran, Tne effect to spread the Information of the: battles ’l’h taking place and greatly Increase his sales, wo uccees taught “him the valus of the Qltl‘l"h, and hio determined to learn the busi- r:l.e.'n l:nu-rfiue‘u & work on, the electrio W Hraph, b in conjunction with James ce, but the task proved too much for his facllf- tics, Howent luto a most claborate series of urmm:nu, as was Lis custom when investi- ‘“um' '5"’;'"5”%‘;".1” du' 'yrlml.ua t?e mgu rapld an cat-adaptes o o enman- shlp fur sn operator's use. Ho finall fxed upon & slightly back-band, wi regular ropnd characters, isolating the letters from evch othor, aud witbout shad- that all insurabce expericnce proves L a plug 5 chimerical, and they ure reported to be sctuslly at work through the country securing proxles from policy-holders sutticient to ¢nable thew to voto down sny gentlemen numivated for Dircctors who hold objectiunable views, ‘While the Company would unquestionably bo beoetited by saving the porcentagus now puld to geoeral sgents for acting as * mfadle. favorable to this country, thera 18 nho reasou v]m RENT-ATOR] FRET FRONT. COLNER OF | CHA why our business men should not put forth an ML M&" e e 1 U old lus ca effurt to secure the advautages which a large | BUEE 3% WG R i vabi Trou 54 T, Nobiy NEW YORES trado with Mexico must render spparent.” Fiores and otices Under Treuwuut Honse, oo Lake and | 3o Made ST UREY S koo Clicount made for Id al I+ | St —- e — E 8. forimution on the subject he holds himwelf 1n 'lvolllt‘_!fi{ ToA réch"lhnnnlfik I’HAI&. O L e K wenly-second-aL’s readiuess to be Interviewed. 2 A e e o T INIY i foory tu ssute Lullaiug. " Wil 'reut scparate Why the Churches Aro Poorly Attended lu | HKKIY & JACOS WE! I $ "w'v"’n table coruer Tuirty-omt- long, sometimes lasting thirty to ‘thirty-six or Commerclal Bovel, | 85, aud Wabaeli-av, Wil hours, 1ie kuows no such division as du{ and uight in hia labors, and. when toe inspiration upon him, pureues the {nvestization and expert- nant to the ond, Ass manufacturer ho did uot prove o success, The UIOre rcsources sl com- maud, the greater his cfforts at inveution. At ona tima he had farty-flve distioct fnventions fnorovemeots uuder way, All the large d fow for casty, TED-TEAS-THE CHOICEST IN. world~lumpuriens' staple srticlo-pleases ev ., 148 Dearborn Vi fog. This_beautiful peomanstip ne became | sums received for his patcots and the profils | mew,” 60 to speak, the ogents urga that to do body~Trage prives—Laryeat Comuany lu Aimer Ak, i et ombra b | o o protoc ot th e f oy frovar | Mine o, manulltin o the wnelihtf | a0 Wonlf b 5 bl preclint S no e, g Tone by ity G S A . They used o 5 ort | per minute, which §s the extreme limit of & [ ncarl ave been expended in fuventive | reputa wpany would recognl o apol 2 FARIa SR LT \ .fi:f:, fl"fl' &:fifl.‘;{:&‘x“fl:“fl;vwm wira o | Siorse oporator's ability to transmit. Edison's fa, 5 s That would ultiinately prove fatal to the institu- | Churches aro uumerous, sud tha pulplts are | = Bt & vesy it trees und crossed under an uxw:ngn:::dmttc eans of & picce of abandoned ¢ e fron the Détroit Hiver: 1h fret wspmebr ahed Wwere mude with wire wonnd with raga for fn. ;ul-uun, aod a plece of spnug brass was used or & key. ‘They were sowmewhat mxed 83 to the rclative value of dywamic and static electricity for telo- ph purposes, sud the first attem b Eenerata a current was by means of mugra of caty rubibed v’%umu»ly at cach eud at an ap- pointed time. ls effort proved a faul lthuugh they succceded mrmint ridot the Eu with lightulug-like rapldity. Soon after : experiment, some old telegrapb-inatyu- ments wud battery-imaterials wers purchused, and @ successfwl” short iiue was Inaugurated. B ot wits thes o ot heas places of A rman Diocie oppualie Ca Wi LosT AND FOUND, o keeplng with the times. ct icsc places of sun Ul ', fakr + x \'M'. UND, Cdalis worship are very puorly aiteuded, sud, while the | 7} PGS piis QAU ) BERh AL J oAb ELED WITIE winfsters are wastivg tuelr week's work ona 4 guid snd elaven reward will ba few meok sod lowly followers of the Cross, = Oifices, Gl turareturu bo veut corner of whole sarmies of young men sud old men are ']'o RENT—~G00D OFFICES IN BUILDING 84 AND | Wabash-ay, aud | helr uxiatcuce playing draw-poker, 81 Lasalle-at., with vauits, elovator, ‘snd Lesied whilinz away thelr oxiatouce playing poker, | g1 seans, Asply 10 QKU. C. FRY 2 on luvemwnlln‘l‘l wouldoluwhl)p lhedful. that, for | prewlics. 5 e ot o sanciuary, len #t AL & pokertatiel | Docks and Yaras. : Dou't {rritate your longe with a stubburn con; LN IO Y ey G Lavetie BAFE AND CLEAN §TULEHOURK FOR TIOURE: whena el iafa Bl Corman D dapasy | ke, BAMKD M BRAGLES. Whasledt, —_ || A nuhrwodnfiml gulier”property, 20d 10 204 ltai: Expectorant can bu vo easlly procured. Sorg throat Sliscollaucous, doipt-sc. Hale Jullding); sdvances tade; low rate R L AT AT O, RENT TN MAY L THE SRAEE OVER | |OUELLLY I SO AN DA A A i T b pidd by ton Nattonsl Printio Yowpaags ‘wultabis for | bie; Incrensed’ facilitien for torage of furniture sud $uy whaesals"businae: low reat ki W OUTUET, | geueral handlse; low rates: sdvaces inade; efloris. e nnnllrv becaine excessively annoyed T—8TORE NO. at the tax upon bis powers arsing frowm regular basiuess, snd concluded to remove to sume suall glmu fuconvenlent to reach, where bio would bo fres from curiosity-seekers, and have oppununu{ to gnl. futo practical shana his con- ceptious, In 1676 he sold Lis maochlnery, and moved bis family to Mento Park, X description of the babits of his sssoclate operaturs at this thae fs smuslivg o the ex- treme, Often when he weut huino from his work {n the small hours of the morning ue would flud threo of the boys on his bed with thelr boots, where thuf lad crawled after an evening’s dissipation. Mo would geutly haul them out and deposit them on the foor, while ho turned in to sleep, Mennwhile, the office was Iemoved to s new building with fuproved Higtures, aod the {nstrumeots were fastened 10 tho tables. Orders were Lsued uok to wouve abo Sustruments, Edison, however, could not calst from takin threo scts to conouct up so ;‘m'fl et report correctly, for the line outsjds g fmproved. At ons'time Le had every w;uuu:enl in the office out sod conmected tion, to say nothing of violating the expruss un- derstanding under which the busineas was pro- cured aud has beenretaived. That the meetiug on the 1Sth will bo largely controlled by the general ageutsis an sdmitted 1act, for they will hold proxies suilicient to e~ ., | complish whatever ruxuaou they have ln view, on the Pennsylvania Haflroad, tweatv-four | provided they act with unaniwity. ‘The present miles from New York. liere, on the ) managers of tha Company made some crest of w hill, remoto from other buildings, | elforts witnin the pust “two or three bie bullt a laboratory 23x100 feet, two storics fu | weeks to sther in @ fair showing neight. In one room ou the grouod fioor he | of proxics, but with unsatisfactory results. bus & wachinery spartmunt, fn Which ts located | However, there s an opinion that the ugents W ton-borse-puwer enging aud & collection of | jusy be divided in their opinions, and It f stat- expensive tools, so that any nflplhnw. bowever | ed here that some of the Westirn azents, con- Intricate, can be mads under his own tnspection, | trolling s large proxy yoto, are sumewhat favor- BT-SUNDAY N BT TID Fresygierian Courch (via Koleyal ) and 265 Farks V., 8 calfu-gurin stong fendant set 1a ol Sultubla fewsrd W Ouder st Bbove Lumbar. 1 another roum are ranged onahclyes and fu | sble toJowell and the prescut Board, for reu- HIIATT IS R NUMEIOUS B N ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE OU Safeiy v s cther to scs the models of largu hutuber of bis ex- s best kuown 10 themselyes, ‘Thero cannot | | i 3 - ol - s S UGt i ks 4t lopadreds of s o THY AN mxrRRINENT, e o o e e s o | ba'a direct elcction of Jewell and bis aasociates, | Braben (ifices s b dlnoseos P isicas, e ieiganicd | /0 UEST_PINE UNTULNNIED LALL. ToX38 TUSINESS CALDS, e8 throughout the vountry. short | Beueath the ollic way & bank, aud in the back | found many fustruments of prechion which he | even if thetr friends had sufficieut strength beluw wlcra ndvertisamients will b ta ~ oftice an elegant carpet coyered tue fluor, Over llhh wa4 thobattery room, and oue night, in Ir;- g Lo abetruct so; -ulfihum acid for exper- meuts, be tip, ¢ the whole carboy. The {ug the carpet and dolug otber proved the climax of ¢ndurance, nmm Efiflun was discherged. He went unmedlately to Clocin- uatl, aud obtained work as “‘report operator,' ‘This was the scene of sowse of tirst achiove- wents. lle always had s bankering for wa- bas purchased ut great cost to ssstst in his in- | the mevting, for the stwple rcason that Jewell vestigutious, His library f1_entirely sciontific, | and one or two others are not policy-holders, and costly, but uot larze. On bis upoor Hoor | and therefore are not elective tn & mutual com be has ravged uppn stelves thousands of bt~ Mn{‘.' Tu the present unseitled condition of tles of chumicals, sud be wakes f& s rute to | the luatitution no Youuu can be fssued, nor 4 purchase suine of every kuowu chewleal or min- | this possible untll after the reurguuizativu, eral, to bave at hand in case of need. Fers | But au {ngenjous ruse is rumored as planued be conducts bis uxperiments under his per- | that s, o elect & fow wen who will be dumuwics sousl supervislon, Me bas wiwave with bim | iu cffect, thien reorgenize tbe Cowipany, Lssue thres or tour assistauts, wboma he bLaw | policles to the previousty incompetent puartics, solscted on accouut of their ekill as | whereupon the dummies would Tesigu sud the o - aate-) e 8 closcis, eic., Chos) s BE A it eoed M-E:h TR IR Y TIFI T, Dretatsits, VETRIINAUY FUROEOY, uutll 8 o' i sod ust @ p, @, | Bout 1 [ o, Mooros ot ou Baturdays: i ce: 315 Wabuals %% 'L BiMMS, Dooksellers and Biationers, 123 | 'I'Q] L2 TEAT WD, Nowsdeater, Station 100 | ¥ AL N, Newsdeater, 3 Silain o mear WheCraay L S price ta clurgedad the ut two months alterward, as the railroad i traln was switching some cars un to the side- wn Mt. Clements Bation, the ageot’s Jlit- Trom Yy 4 years old, crept upun the track in i nl? Of tho soprouchivg cars, Edison, secing nhfmw £, Bprung to the ground, selzed Lho il lhll barely saved bis life, J, A, McKenxlo i wl e sizeut 9ud operator, and In gratitudo or the act yoluteered to assist Edison to learn m‘qmphy. Thereafier, un reaching the end of Toilte, Edison would go back by freigbt- Clark-at.. et ottive with J. L, Curner Wesdunuy oy a Alchigunar.. ticatd ! NT—X BUILUING SUITABLE VO PACK: ¢ toreze. Aprly to CRALLES GUOD- S A BUOKS—STANDARD WOLKS prices. Heloro you sell yoar EN T~ ;Y STABLE NOS Xis AND 270 g w\:‘%&“&l&’l{“‘:&l‘:’(’:’fl)‘onu; brick bulldiug L, 0d No-§ Joeality, beiweaen Kaniainod and Morgon-atss | libran ruer sdudison ud Dearbura s, Nokbisater, ang Vaney | DY it THOMPAON, S0 Weae Madlsoi st o oo PR Liscoin, ([0 BERT-ENTIKE FOOLTH FLOOK LAKESIDE | _ Al ,N :‘ w“' - s —= | -0t opin hoate N STED — - ¥ i s pout: | PALTNEE WANT 1TH TIOM 81,000 7 bt L Af o-al’. curuer s mmnm | DG Ww‘ufievl or factiltica, ste. Al 2 NTLE. ty ccoud and LBl wilh et 3 g (k8" ANDGENTLE. | fueeadsecoud aad, Lhird, Sobn with atedw heatldy. | in un sey apd very g A LL CASH PAID ¥0lt LAD! truln 1o M. Clemge & chinery, aud when on $he Grund Trunk Rallway | drouchtsmen or workmeu, willlngness to | remainiug wembers of the Board would bave Gieu's caut-off cluthing. “Orders by sl VrowpUT ulte 8¢ Roolu d coaged. _For pa Pertect blwsel! fl'fim‘:‘-’u:f worked nighta ta | frequented tbe wachine-sbope, aad learued 1y comply with his wishcs, sod thetr physical | tha power to il the vaceucles by the cleciion of | fleadeity JONAR 7"-‘& Do Kialent .. DISSCELLANEOUS. | T YIQUSEMOLD GOODE. _____ o¢ yus, DEDBLCE, AND 53 A 1L WANTING FUKSITUKE. CARPETS, CIOCK- y % 3 lome vil i praminisinie. 2 % i OB UEDETERD €00 53 Weat Madisinate rua an eogine. On oue ocvaslon, whou the cugloeer and Sreman wero exhausted trom over- work and fell nsleep, Lo Ta0 & tratn vearly (o enthre trip. He unfortunately pum tho endurance, which, with him, s an {fmportant | tho newly-qualifed gentlemen. cuuslderution. Alessre. Charles Batchelor, The geucral agents are to bold & private cau- Beotel, and Jawmes Adams, Irish, sud Mr. | cuson this and other rumored schewes two or Kusel,'of German desceut, sre tho priucipal | fhiree days before the date fixed for the wmeet- woced to e o Luent In the telegrapl ollcs gt mi‘ifl:flfi"fi"fle e KU MALE. JOit BALE—ONE YEAR LI FOI A 5TOKK, }:‘ ;nJun Moarve-sl, Boa7 Wabash-av. luguirg