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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-21
Rights of Purchasers of Patented
Articles.

WE published last week the decision
lately rendered by Judge Sawyer, of Cali
fornia, in the case of Mckay Us. Wooster.
Those who are in possession of an exclu-
sive State, county or other territorial right
to make, sell and use a patented machine
or patented article, of any description
whatsoever, will be interested in learning
that it is now settled by the decision of
more than one United States Circuit
Judge that the purchaser of such a ma
chine or article within the territory of one
exclusive licensee may sell or use it with
in the territory of any other exclusive
licensee without liability to an action for
infringement. 1t amounts in a nutshell to
this: The exclusive licensee for one
county cannot lawfully sell or use in the
county of another exclusive licensee, but
tho FassiaHcnr without condition of the
machine or article from such ncensee can
lawfully use or sell it in the territory of
the other licensee.
With the present construction of the
statute, exclusive licensees may take I'M
due advantage of the other. 1t would be
wise, therefore, in many cases to seek
through the grantors of territorial rights,
the placing of restrictions on those work
ing adjoining territory, so that neither
licensee would sell to parties whose only
intention at time of purchase was to resell
or use in the territory of the other.
The decisions so far made on the point
proceed on the ground that, the machine
or article having passed to the hands of
the purchaser without condition, it is no
longer within the limits of the monopoly,
and hence such purchaser is not restricted
in the use of the machine or article either
as to duration of time or place. The
Supreme Court of the United States has
passed upon the lawfulness as to duration
of time, in determining the rights of users
of patented machines for any extension of
the original term of the patent, but not as
to place of use. No case has there been
decided involving the question whether
the purchaser without condition, from a
licensee restricted as to place in making,
using, and selling, may lawfully use or
sell the patented article so purchased out
side of such restricted territory. 1t is,
however, foreshadOwed, by those cases
which involved the right of purchasers to
continue lawfully to use through any ex-
tended term of a patent, that the decision
of the court of last resort would be in the
affirmative on this question also, were the
precise point to come before them for re-
view.-Scientitfc AmertcdR.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-21

EDITORIAL NOTICES are so common that it
is almost impossible for an editor to express
his honest opinion of the merits of any article
without being suspected of interested motives.
This fact, however, shall not deter us from
saying what we think of IA new addition to the
Materia Medica to which our attention has
been recently directed. We refer to Dr. j .
WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BrrTERs a
remedy which is making its way into more
families than all the other advertised medi-
eines put together. Its popularity, as far as
we can judge, is not based upon empty preten-
sion There seems to be no question about
the potency of its tonic and Alternative proper
ties, while it possesses the great negative
recommendation of containing neither alcohol
nor mineral poison. That it is Il specific for
Indigestion, Bilousness, Constipation, and
many complaints of nervous origin, we have
reason to know; and are assured on good
authority, that general invigorant, regu-
latlng and purifying medicine, it has equal.
1t is stated that its ingredients obtained from
the wilds of California; are new to the medical
world; and its extraordinary effects certainly
warrant the conclusion that it is compound
of agents hitherto unknown. If popularity is
any criterion, there can be no doubt of the eff
hciency of the VINEGAR BITTERs for the sale
of the article is immense and continually in
creasing.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-21
Kellogg and the North.

The colored Kellogg supporters of New
Orleans are organizing, we are told in the
dispatches, 'for "a better presentation of
their cause to the people of the whole
country" They held a meeting at which
resolutions were adopted asserting that
Kellogg was legally elected, and that his
supporters were shamelessly abused and
deprived of their rights last fall; also,
providing for the appointment of a com
mittee whose duty it shall be to send
North some of the ablest colored orators
and organize in every parish of the State
committee for the collection of evidence
and selection of witnesses, and to do ev-
erything that is necessary to remove mis-
apprehension in the North of the state of
affairs in Louisiana, and to present KEEL
lOgg's case in the strongest light before
Congress next December. 1t would be
difficult for these colored supporters to
obtain better evidence in favor of the le-
gality of the Kellogg government than
that which was adduced by the Congress
sional partisan committee last winter
That committee, after weighing the evi-
dence and examining the legal questions
involved, reluctantly came to a conclusion
which it will be difficult for any other
committee, however deeply imbedded in
partisanism, to escape. I'VE come now,
they said-referring to Durells order-''tC
the saddest chapter in this melancholy
business-the interference of the Federal
authorities with the affairs of the State o.
louisiana" After giving the facts which
were brought to light by the investiga
ton, they further said
Viewed in any light in which your COMMITTEE
can consider them the order and injunctions mad
and granted by Judge Durell in this case Kellogg
most reprehensible, erroneous in point Of law
and are wholly void for want Of jurisdiction, ant
your Committee must express sorrow that a Judg
Of the United States Circuit Court should have pro
ceeded in such fragrant disregard Of his duty, ant
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-21

as gift fail to grow; then again, the
varieties may not be adapted to the eli
mate or soil, and partial or complete
failure is the result
Now the remedy which we propose is
inns: raise your own seed whenever and
wherever it can be done, even if it does
cost little more than to purchase them.
II YOU have choice or even good Narlc-
ty of beet, carrot, parsnip, turnlp, or
onion, plant n few roots this spring and
raise the requisite quantity of seed there
from. If YOU do this there VIII be no de
lay next spring in waiting upon the mails
or seedsmen for supply. New and promls-
ing sorts need not in the meantime be
neglected. but be sure and have a supply
of the old and well known ones on hand
while the value of others is being ascer-
tanned Variations frequently occur
among vegetables II single beet may as
sumo Il different color or form from the
general type of the variety, and if the
change is apparently an improvement,
then the specimen may be carefully pre-
served and planted for seed. New varie-
ties are generally produced in this man
ncr, but it is only those who are on the
lookout for such things who ever find and
preserve them. Our choicest varieties of
tomatoes, melons, squashes and other an
nual fruits, are produced by selection; the
being preserved for seed. The Ger.
tainty of knowing that the seed we SOW is
fresh and good is something; besides, it is
usually the case that if the first
planting fails it is then too late to repair
the loss, and whole season is lost Then
the convenience of having a supply of
seeds on hand when wanted, and not be
ing obliged to write to some dealer, or 20
to seed store or neighbor for them, is
worth far more than their cash value,
or cost of raising. Those who are in want
of garden seeds this spring should not
omit planting Il few for the purpose of
raising seed, remembering that man who
depends upon his own resources, whether
it be garden seeds or things of more i'm
portance, is far more likely to succeed
than he who trusts to luck, or the RELIABLE
ity of his fellow mcn.-Nelo York SIM.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-21

this system of exchange to any ruinous
extent; but it will impede intelligence
and embarrass in some degree the
publishers of papers, especially those in
the countrv-wEicE is precisely what is
contrary to the interests of the people to
do. There are now on the exchange list
of the InterOceoR nearly 1900 ncwspa-
pers, coming from every quarter of the
United States and portions of Europe
The postage on these papers will amount
To $500 or S40O per annum. Ou~ ,,,rt,,-
exchanges have, pronI..snIv. from - to 200
'"p''S vi ..,e1r lists in a : nlilar way, the
hostage on which, il continued, will
amount to from $40 to so n year. The
hardship in this respect, therefore is not
SO great as would appear At first glance.
The greater misfortune will be the tax
levied in the way of postage on the coun-
ty circulation of papers, the cost TO sub
scribers being thereby increased, and the
circulation of these valuable mediums of
local intelligence being, to some extent,
at least, retarded and decreased Neither
does an estimate of the revenue to be de
rived from the new system promise to be
such as to warrant the imposition of such
a clog upon journalism. There are in the
United States, in round numbers, $500
newspapers and periodicals. OF this
number ga are dailies, 107 tri-weeklies,
115 semi-wecklicS, 4, 200 weeklies, SO semi
monthlies, G22 monthlies, Is bi-monthlies,
and 40 quarterlies.
For convenience we take the two
classes, dailies and weeklies. The circu-
lation of the weekly papers is stated at
10,5G0,000 copies annually; Of the dailies,
2,600,O00. The postage on daily is thir-
ty-five cents per quarter, or 81 40 per year.
On weekly, twenty cents per year. 1t is
probable that of this number not over 1, =
100000 copies of the weeklies are exempt
ed from postage under the present reguLa-
tons, and the number of dailies so eX-
empt is very small. The whole revenue
to be derived from this source at the most
liberal estimate will not amount to half II
million of dollars, and probably will fall
below twothirds of that sum. The levy
ing of postage on exchanges and those
papers that had been before wisely en-
couraged by the freedom of the
mails within their own localities,
was rather petty business, and hardly
worth the energy displayed by certain
gentlemen i'll securing its passage. We
shall see, before the next meeting of Con
gress, how the system works and whether
the returns justify the continuance of the
law If our calculations are not very
erroneous, it will be found that sound pol
icy demands the repeal of this provision
and a return TO the old plan Chicago In
tel-Ocedn, WdV pa
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-21
Sleeping Under the Clothes.

THERE is reason to believe that nota few
of the apparently unaccountable cases OF
scrofula among children proceed from the
habit of sleeping with the head under
the bed-clothes, and SO inhaling air al
ready breathed, which is further contami-
mated by eXhalations from the skin
Patients are sometimes given to similar
habit; and it often happens that the bed
clothes are so disposed that the patient
must necessarily breathe air more or less
contaminated by eXhalations from the
skin.
A good nurse will be careful to attend
to this. 1t is an important part, so to
speak, of ventilation. 1t may be worth
while to remark that when there is any
danger of bed sores, a blanket should
never be placed under the patient. 1t re
tains dampncss, and acts like II poultice
Never use anything but light Whitney
blankets as bed covering for the sick
The heavy, impervious counterpart is bad
for the very reason that it keeps the
carnations from the sick person, while
the blanket allows them to pass through
Weak patients are invariably distressed
by great weight of bed-clothes, which
often prevents their getting any sound
sleep whatever-Miss Ntghtingale.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-21
An Illustration Worth Considering.

The Treasury Department in Washing
ton keeps two wagons to carry its mails
and other packages in that city. One of
these is Il two-horse office wagon, and the
other a one-horse mail wagon. Yet it APP
pears from the report made by the Super
intendent of the Treasury Building on
February 3, 1878, and published in House
Executive Document No. 1872. that 1.-THE
care of horses for mail and office wagons
and repairs of wagons and harness" for
this same department cost the Govern
ment during the twelve months of the last
fiscal year exactly $11,6S7.46. \ consid-
cradle portion of this money was expend-
ed for repairs, and the account of this ex-
penditure from July 81, 1871, to June 20,
1872, is set forth in the following table,
which we take from the same official docu
ment:
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-21

The repairs of harness fas, tl-eso two
wagons .-i...-v,,st tne neat little sum of
81, bliss. On one single day, June 30
1872, these repairs amounted to S}S413;
and besides the repairs of the two wagons
specified in the above table, the Superin-
tendent likewise reports that the repairs
of carriages-observe this is in addition
to the two wagOns-cost in that year
S1,1761O
The two wagons above mentioned
which cost $2,1O0 year for repairs, are
employed not more than two hours a day
in carrying light loads. These loads are
made up of mail matter and packages of
little freight. All the heavy freight of the
Treasury Department is otherwise pro
vided for. The coal and wood are deliv-
cred by the contractors. SO are the sta
tionery and blank books; and the wagons
of the Government Printing Office deliver
at The department all the blank forms and
other printed matter that are required
from that establishment The express
companies receive and deliver all their
freight at the DEPARTMENT; and the local
express companies are employed when
heavy burdens have to be taken about the
city AS the report OF the Superintendent
shows, there was paid out of the conting-
ent fund to private parties for hauling
between June /, 1871 and June 80, 1872,
the sum of $1,395.74- This would seem
to leave but little work to be done by the
two wagons with their three horses; and
yet, as this official report declares, they
cost nearly $1,000 a month to keep run
ming, and 1925 a month for repairs.
Along with these pleasant expenditures
under this model and heightened Admin
istration, a large stable is maintained at
the Treasury Department, a little south of
the main edifice, and in this stable some
twenty or thirty horses belonging to the
Department, but not employed for mail or
office work, are kept at the public eX-
pense, under the oversight of a Superin-
tendent of Stables and an assistant, whose
salaries are reported amounting to
50 ,291 "a a year. In those stables, with
there are also from fifteen to
twenty handsome carriages, trotting-
wagons, and the like; and every fine
afternoon the heads of bureaus and favor
lite clerks in the Secretary's office appear
upon the avenue with superb turnouts
thus provided. Ofthese carriages five are
said to be set apart for the special use OF
| the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
his assistant, and his female private Sc.
| cretary. The hostlers, drivers and foot
men who perform their part in this elegant
display are duly borne on the rolls of the
| Treasury Department. and are paid as
| messengers and laborers; all of them OF
| course being appointed by competitive ex
| animation, under the latest and best rules
| of civil-service reform.
| Thus it is, that wherever this Admins
| tration is touched with the scalpel of hon
| est ANALYSIS, fragrant corruption unblush
| ing public robbery and reckless immoral
| ity are demonstrated. Such is Grant
| ism, such is the present choice of tho
once pure and noble Republican party
| Ned York SIM, JuHe ..
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-21
ASK for PrussIng's Cider Vinegar, and take
no other Warranted to preserve Pickles.

CoNsUMPTIoN.-For the cure of this dis
treSSing disease there has been no medicine
yet discovered that can show more evidence of
real merit than Aliens Lung Basam. This
unequaled eXpectorant for curing consump-
ton, and all diseases leading to it, such as
affections of the throat, lungs, and all dis
eases of the pulmonary organs, is introduced
to the suffering public after its merits for the
cure of such diseases have been fully tested
by the medical faculty. The Basam is, con
sequently, recommended by physicians who
have become acquainted with its great sue
cess
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-21

DIR. j. STAINER, organist of st. Pguls
Cathedral, London, has written IA note to
the agent for the Mason & Hamlin Cab
met Organs, in London, expressing his great
satisfaction with them and especially com
mendlng their tones as remarkably pure
and free from readiness"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-21

The annual report of the New York
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals shows that the Society has pro
secuted 361 cases, investigated and re
medled evils in over 1000 cases, and
turned out of harness and sent to stables
752 lame horses
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-21

HEADACHE. LANGUoR AND MELANCHOLY general
ly spring from Disordered Stomach, CostiNeness,
Torpid Liver. Each may be readily removed
by DIR. ID. .Jayne's Sanative Pills, a few doses of
which will be found to stimulate the Liver and
Stomach to healthy action removing all Bilious
ness, and producing regular excavations of the
bowels,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-21

A MEDICAL writer says the halethiest
position to lay in is with the head to the
north People who own hens should bear
this fact in mind.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-21

CHILL. AND FEvEK only be cured by removal
of the Shalenhergers Pills do this tlstantly
and vigorous health Is sure TO follow.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-21

OF all the birds that please US with
their lays, the most popular is the hen.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-21

See, in another column, the advertisement
headed ~ nil help any man"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-21
BRONCHITIS.

This is an irritation or Inflammation of the
bronchial tubes which carry the air we breathe
into the lungs 1t arises from cold settled in
the throat, from Catarrh extending to these
parts, from scrofulous affections, and from ST.
we're use of the voice. The irritation from this
latter cause commences in the idIyiLr and
gtotttS, which are the organs of the voice, and
extending downwards, produce hoarseness,
coughing and splitting mucous matter, some
times mixed with blood. 1t is chiefly danger
Gus from its tendency to spread into the lungs,
and terminate i'll consumption 1t is in the
cure of severe and obstinate cases of this dis
ease that DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry has achieved unparalleled success, and won
the loudest praise from all who have used it.
1t is sold by all Druggists. %
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-21

OUR Readers should be careful to notice that
Proctor X CANDLES STAMP is upon the bars
of their NOTIFIED GERMAN SOAR, as all good
articles initiated, and this Soap being so
popular, other manufacturers have copied their
stamp.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-21

SEE, in another column, the advertisement
headed II 'cW help any man"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-21

BEST OLDEST FAMILY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Liysy bsrG0rat'y'-a purely Vegetable tTthdrtc and
yDnir-foT Dyspepsia, Constipation. Debility, Sick
ficaGaChc, Billions Attacks, and all arrangements of
Liver. stomach and Bowels. Ask your Druggist for
Il. BelCGJe NJ iDi,tdt0ltS.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-11-06
The Kind OF Harms Pennsylvania
Dulchmem Delight In.
Editorial Letters in Minneapolis Tribun

Editorial Letters In Minneapolis Tribune.
Tn Chester and Lancaster counties
is, think, the most finished farming
in the Union. The farms, composed
of brick-dust sort of soil, are cult
waited from fence to fence, every rood,
as the farms of Fleming and Of Brit
tany are cultivated from hedge to
hedge. Cattle stand with their four
feet in two feet oc clover. Every
field is park ; every barn is a COW
palace; every pig-pen is q porcinc
paradise. Pennsylvania is pre-emi.
nentIy the State OF barns. Think Of
three story stone barn, with a swell
front and dormer windows in the
roof, and luxurious portico where
the Sybaritic calves chew the cub of
sweet contentment on summer even
ings! And then behold the little
cabin in the rear, where the agricnl.
tural Dutcman lives with his '.frow,'
and where the children lie on the
floor and envy the happy calves in
the lattice portico. Every barn is
three times as large as the house,
which serves as sort of appendage.
and, as it were, plays second fiddle to
it. The barn is headquarters, and the
house sort Of sentry-box, where the
man resides who takes care of it,.
The barn is slated, painted, corniced,
cisterned, lightning-rodded, and the
pig-sty is glazed, the chicken-coops
are painted, and the worm-feuces are
whitewashed as far as you can see.
have no doubt the original jewellers
here white-washed the ground for
acres around the domicile twice or
thrice year, till they learned its ia.
tality.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-11-06
Daniel Drew as a SpeDlis,.

A good story is told by friend oil
Daniel Drew, which the news of his
illness calls up. Remaining one even
ing late in the Office, and having occa.
sion to use the safe, he permitted the
cashier to 60 home, remarking that
he would close the safe and fix the
combination on the word "door. >
But when the cashier undertook to
open the safe in the morning he found
that the lock refused to yield to the
magic door" He tried again and
again, but without success. Finally
happening to remember that Daniels
early education had been neglected he
attributed his i'll luck to poor orthog.
raphy. He therefore tried the lock
upon "dore.' Still no success, and
then upon "doar," with no better for.
tune. Finally, becoming disguised
he proceeded the st. Nicholas, routed
s'Danl' out of his choicest morning
nap, and as he stuck his night cap out
of the door, this colloquy ensued
"Mr. Drew, l can't open the safe or
door. You must have concluded tC
change the word"
Change the word, Nothin' o. fht
Kind. l shut it on door,"
care you sure, sir?"
"Sure, sir! you tarnal ape /; of course
I'm sure. Go back to your work, and
don't come foolin' round here thil
time O. the mornin'"
"Well, perhaps, Mr.. Drew. | dom
spell the word right. How do you
spell it,"
"Spell it! Any fool can spell door
D-o-a-r-e, doare, of course, sir. II
you can't spell door, sir, you are nc
cashier for me. Pack up your duds
and go out of the door. +"
And shutting the "door" in tho
cashiers face, Daniel turned TO hil
bed in passion.
Armed with the open sesame oI
'doare,' however, the safe flew open
without further trouble, and wher
Daniel arrived, Modified by good
breakfast and his morning prayer, he
advised his cashier that he might keer
his place, provided he would improve
his time and ego tn spellin' skool in
the eyenin.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-11-06
MIMI EsOTA.

ST. PAUL, Nov. 4.-Returns so far
are meagre, but indications all point
to the election of the entire Republic
can ticket by handsome majority,
Davis running ahead of his ticket.
There has been good deal of scratch
ing. Returns from the city will not
be in until very late hour on account
of mixed ballots. There will be con-
siderable change in the Legislature.