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and last but by no means least, the eminent inventor, 

 Thomas Alva Edison. 



This brought our festivities at Philadelphia to a 

 close. It was a busy and interesting city, of which 

 we would gladly have seen more. There were about 

 a thousand miles of paved streets, and two hundred 

 thousand dwelling houses in it at that time. Doubt- 

 less there are many more now. Going from Wash- 

 ington to Philadelphia is rather like going from 

 Leamington to Birmingham, so great is the contrast. 

 Anyhow we saw as much of it as was possible during 

 our brief stay in the " Quaker City.'' 



