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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-02-18
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
PATENT Laws.

A bill has been introduced In the
Hou.s Of Representatives by Mr.. Say
Ter Of Indiana, which II passed, will
effect radical changes Ia the rights OF
patentees. while leaving the present
methods Of obtaining patents untouch-
ed lt changes the subsequent rights Of
manufacturers Hereunder. The bill
provides that where . machine or 9TH
or article Is manufactured or compound
ell by virtue OF y single patent, it may
be manufactured. used or sold by any
person whether In his Individual or as
ISOLATED capacity, BY the payment Of a
royalty to the owner Of the patent
right Of ten per cent. upon the market
value OF the article manufactured, aud
that he shall protect the owner OF the
patent right by filing In the patent Of
fee q bond In the sum Of $40 900 con-
dltloned upon accounting every six
months for this royalty and the pay
ment thereof. He Il also to give ne
tiee through the patent Office Of his
homo place Of residence and place OF
business.
The second section provides that
wherever any article or machine has
Ia its construction or composition an
Improvement protected by letters pat
ent. or where 10 IL constructed or CON-
pounded under and by virtue Of a COM
blnatIon or consolidation OF two or
more patents. then any person In his
individual or associated capacity may
20 Into the United States District
Court In the district where the owners
Of these patents. or a majority Of them.
may reside. and by proceedings such
rs are now provided In civil causes
therein have the royalty determined
by the court. and that this first pro-
ceeding shall be at the cost OF the APP
plicant, he protecting the owners OF
the patent by a bond as provided and
It being no, altogether unliking that the
first adjustment OF royalty would be
inadequate or unjust. the bill further
provides that In the event 1t Ia desira-
BILE tho owners OF patents on thirty
days notice may have u re-adjustment
Of the royalty, and that the re.adjust-
ment shall be at their W cost.
Finally tho bill provides that the same
provisions apply to all copyright.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-02-18

Two aud n half million votes we're
were polled In the late elections In
Great Britain. The Conservatives have
\ majority Of 30 In the House OF Com
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AmuNemenfN.

LIEUT.. GES. o KAUFMAN. the con.
qucrer Of Khiva, has Ia recognition OF
his eminent services, been raised to
the rank oil General.
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Knit.

The above meeting IL hereby postponed until
SATURDAY EVENING, febmaary 81, 1914, at
N O'Clock. J.. W. JOHNSTON,
frl9 ID Secretary.
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DEATHS.

FirZsIMMoNS-In God Hin, February 18Th,
Julia, only daughter Of Hugh and kllA fitz-
simmons. aged IL yesrs and v months.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-02-18
Relief for sutter a.d MarshaIi. Abo.
iltlOn OF the Death Penalty.

iitiOn OF the Dcnth
The bills granting to General John
A. Suffer, M annuity Of $3.50 per
month, aud n life gratuity Of 500 por
month, to James W. Marshall. have
passed the two houses. although not
without serious opposition In the Sem
ate. One argument used by the
friends Of the Suffer subsidy. was that
rs the old pioneer was In Washington
City virtually on hls last legs, the
State would not In all human probabil.
ity, be compelled to pay this gratuity
out OF her treasure Tor any considerable
length OF time. or the dragging along
for some weeks In the Senate, the bill
introduced by Finney. OF San Mateo,
Tor abolishing the death penalty. some
time ago. came up again to-day, aud
was further argued by It's author, who
was unable to get M any further oppo.
sition than the unanimous recomcnda-
ton Of the judiciary Committee
against its passage.
The Senatorial bribery Case,
The Assembly Committee engaged
In the investigation OF the Senatorial
bribery case, having adjourned over
to Wednesday night In order to avail
themselves OF tbs important testimony
OF .Jiminez. the San Bu%enaventura no.
tary. who assured Escandon, the mem.
Der from that county, that he could Ia.
troduce him to n party who would pay
linn from 5000 /, 80, 900 Tor his vote
for Governor Booth. This meeting Is
looked for with some anxiety.
AmuSementS.
The theatre having been closed since
the departure Of Manager Piper, there
has been a woful lack Of amusing en-.
tertainment since that time. Hutcll-
ings gave n Yosemite matinee and al
evening exhibition at the Metropoll-
tan on Saturday. DIR. Haskell. the |
man. lectured to n large audi.
encu on temperance ut the Metropoli-
last evening and tonight Tom Ma
guire opens At this house with u min.
strel troupe. SAdEBrusii.
II
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-01-15

| ANOTHER ONE.-The City Treas.
urer of Chicago, Ringer, of course,
has "defaulted" to the amount of
$500, 900, and his party friends are
IN great trouble on account of the
same. Only $500, 1000! Well such
is Ring official conduct everywhere.
Marion County Democrat.
Mr. Gage, the defaulting Treasur-
er of Chicago, is not, and never was,
Republican Radical. He was a
candidate and elected on the Dolly
Warden Reform Ticket, to which he
was contributed as a fair pattern of
an honest Democrat. This we have
from man who was there. 1t
would appear to the poignancy of
Cages anguish to hear that the st.
Louis Democrats were denying his
Democracy. His Democracy is the
only assets he has left.-,S. Louis
Democrat.
1t does not make much difference
to the public whether the defaulting
City Treasurer Of Chicago is a Dem.
ocrat or Republican; but he is a
Democrat, and there is no objection
to making it known. He belongs to
that peculiar class of Democrats par
ticularly affected by independent Lib.
erals. The sponsor of Mr.. Gage is
the Chicago Tribune. 1t nominated
him to the office of City Treasurer
three times, bat since he was defeat
ed, and defalcation became exposed,
that journal denies. ..thatit knew, at the
time, that he WIS defaulter to the
extent of sl3o,ooo during his first
term, and denies that he loaned the
Tribune 100000 of the city money
during his second term.
The Gage defalcation is startling
commentary on the wicked fraud
known as 'no-partyism.' Mr.. Gage
was fairly howled into office, twice
with the cry of down with party :
'kick out the political barnacles > 're
pudiate the political jobbers ) skill
off the old party hacks. When he
got into office he was responsible to
nobody but the Chicago Tribune and
the Chicago Times, and a few
satraps who had recorded their de,
crees in making the nomination. ,Ac-
cordingly he soon began to abstract
the city money and invest it in 'cats
and dogs and the Riverside swamps.
He was nominated to the office OF
city Treasurer of Chicago three
times by two editors, respectively J.
the Tribune and Times, and twice
the people were fooled into support
ing him for no better reason than
that those two editors made their
eloquent affidavits to the effect that
he was an honest man, and would
pay the interest accruing on city
moneys into the city treasury. 1t
did not occur to them to inquire
what he was doing with the princi.
pal, and so the city is robbed and
disgraced.- Chicago Inter. Ocean.
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DOES IT PAY2

"Some months since, in a yerv noin,ei
way In the Register, you said farming. /,
pursued with intelligence and energy al
ways paid. To my mind this was rathe,
an unguarded expression, and which car
De disproVed by samples in almost any
neighborhood in the State How do vol
account for the failures of SO manv hard
working, economical and intelligent men
which can be found in any township in tn,
State ?"-T. L. p.
1t would be remarkable if an editor
did not say some rash things in the
course of a year. And it may bt
our friend P's experience in Adail
county is different from others in
various localities. But if he wo uld
make closer examination of every
case of failure after a trial of year,
he will find there is some defect
some weak point in the sample farm
er. We have known farmers who
were industrious to haul out manure,
but only to raise a crop of weeds.
Some are intelligent, only to spend it
in gassing at the neighboring village,
and his wife at home doing the
chores. Others spend the entire sea-
son in raising large crops
tothrow away in trying 20 fatten the
meanest of scrub cattle and hogs. In
other counties (it may not be in
Adair) one buys agricultural imple-
ments at enormous prices on credit,
to let them rot out in fence corners
or in the field where last used. An
other spends his muscles in raising
crops to be destroyed by his own or
his neighbors unruly stock. Some
use their intelligence in buying addi-
tional land on credit at high rates of
interest, when be does not half cult.
vate what he has, and the debt and in
terest on the last purchase takes both
pieces to pay the debt incurred 10y
the latter. Men who pass for intel
ligent farmers, by casual observers
raise immense crops, and sell them
for less than the cost of production.
They keep no books. They fail, and
neither they or their neigh bors know
why. But the most fail by always
being one year behind hand. They
were born one year too late. They
have to run in debt, to be paid out of
the crop they are raising. In this
way they always pay more for their
goods, pay high interest, and have to
sell just when produce is the lowest.
If our friend p. will examine this
matter closely he will probably con-
clude we were not 80 "unguarded"
IN our positions.
But if Mr.. p. will select his farm.
er of ''industry, economy and intelli-
gence," who after series of years
on medium farm for production,
has not succeeded, and he will allow
a disinterested committee to make a
close examination of his affairs, and
and his way of doing business, and
if they do not decide that in some
important matter he has not pursued
the proper course for success, we
will not acknowledge publicly that
our experience of fifty years in farm
ing and observing has availed moth
ing, and that all our cherished ideas
on this subject are Illusions.
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ut will be the night of the fan, y
| ball. Let both wear masks. If we re
seen, IL Will excite no remark, and
We'll thus escape recognition.
"Capital !" he exclaimed, pressing
her hand at parting.
At the hour and place appointed
Percy was in waiting, closely mask
ed, and peering through the night
WIN the watchful impatience of an
anxious lover.
The sound of wheels was heard
presently, and in a few moments a
carriage stopped at the spot agreed
on. The driver aligbted and opened
the door. Percy entered without
speaking, and the coachman. who
had evidently instructions, resumed
his place and drove off rapidly.
In darkness, Percy could barely
distinguish the outlines of a figure
with a masked face. He could hard.
ly refrain from clasping it in his arms.
and giving vent to torrent of ten.
der eloquence; but remem berine his
promise, he restrained himself. His
capacity to do so was at the point of
giving out, when, in deep bass, he
heard the words.
"Dearest Kate %
"Dearest thunder 70 he shouted
"who the mischief are you?"
"And who the fend are you ?" ex.
claimed the other.
"Adrian Dodge! by all that's
amazing |" yelled Percy.
s'Percy Van Rapp? by all that's
lnfernal!" shrieked Adrian.
"Villain! you shall pay for this !"
roared Percy, springing on his rival
with the te,ocity of tiger.
Cowards-6ght desperately when
cornered, and here both were. The
uproar alarmed the coachman, who
stopped and called a policeman
The combatants were dragged out
and summarily marched of. Next
morning they were dischared, and by
that time the truth having come out,
they took the next train for the city,
thus relieving Kate of pair of un-
welcome suitors, whose selfish de-
signs her aunt's keen eyes had been
quick to Penetrate, and for whom she
herself felt nothing but contempt.
The way in which the two lovers
came to find themselves in the car
riage together was this: Before the
interview between Kate and Percy
at which the elopement was planned
Kate had received a call, the same
morning, from Adrian Dodge, who,
being interrupted in the midst of
tender declaration by an inopportune
visitors, made an appointment to re-
turn In the afternoon. Meanwhile
Percy came and laid bare his heart,
as We have seen when it occurred to
Kate to rid herself of the two adven-
turers by a little harmless strategy.
How she enticed Percy into the trap
we have already shown. In the af-
ternoon, when Adrian returned, he
was lured into similar snare-the
only differ ence being that he was to
bring carriage and find Kate in the
waiting, the conditions as to silence
and disguises being the same.
Before the year was out Kate was
married to one whe had known and
loved her, and whom she had known
and loved from childhood and the
happy couple often laugh over the
QUEER ELoPEMENT.
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lions he brought her, all the sunshine
came back into the world brighter
than ever for Jack. Well it might
seem so for his fifty dollars brought
him many things that money could
not buy. The doctor refused to take
the money at first, but when Jack
said IN manful tone the doctor lik-
ed, although it made him smile, "It
was bargain, Sir, and l wish to pay
my debts; and l shan't feel happy
unless Nanny has it all for her eyes.
Please do, I'd rather"- he took
it, and Nanny did have it, not only
for her eyes, but in clothes and food,
and care many times over; for it
was invested in a bond that pays
good interest on every mite SO given.
Jack discovered that fifty dollars
was far less than most people would
have had to pay, and begged earn
estly to be allowed to work for the
rest. The doctor agreed to this, and
Jack became his errand boy, serving
him with willingness that made
SJ PAooouiC oOOu uuUlHS tudC
many comforts came into his life /;
that much help was given without
any words and the days of hunger
and rags, heavy burdens aud dusty
asA sbeaps were gone forever.
The happiest hours of Jacks days
were spent in the doctors chaise,
when he made his round of visits
for while he waited the boy studied
or read, and while they drove hither
and thither the doctor talked with
him, finding an eager mind as we'll
as tender heart and brave spirit
under the rough jacket of his wait
ing man. But he never called him
that for remembering the cheerful
ness, self-denial, honesty and 10y ality
to those he loved, showed by the
boy, the good doctor proved his re.
spect for the virtues all men should
covet wherever they are found, and
always spoke of Jack with a smile"as
"My Little Gentleman"
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LOST,

Once there was boat locked fast to the shore
But rust eat the chains day by day.
And the boat WAS loosened mo- c aud more
As the ids Jennings slipped away
Yet any day an outstretched hand
Cou!u have caught 1t, and locked it again to land
But nevera hand was stretched to save,
And the boat at last vas free;
ana shot like an arrow over the wave.
And driited out in mid sea-
And never, oh never across the main
WIN the boat to shore be brought gain.
So was my heart, love-linkcd to thine; "a
utneglect eat the chains way
let tender word, love, opinc,
Would have ssved it any day.
Ay, atender word, said first or last
Would have mended the chain and held it fact
But the words were lacking and SO my heart
Slipped from lis chains like the boat;
And then as the last links fell apart,
tsped DER the waves-afloat.
Nor pleading hands, nor words, You see
Bring the boat TO shore or my heart to thee!
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Representative Loughridge writes to
the ottumwa Courier to explain his
Income Tax Bill. He says that it
there must be an Increase Of taxation
he is in favor of the Increase coming
from the excess of incomes over S.,
600. He is strongly opposed to any
increase of taxation if it can possibly
be avoided.
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A Racy Examination.

The following racy examination OF
candidates for the admission to the
bar is taken from the Western Law
Journal. The examination COM
menced with:
'Do you smoke 2
& do SIR
'Have you spare cigar 2
4 have SIR ext ends short six
Now sir what is the first duty of
lawyer?'
Collect fees SIR
Right. What's the second2'
sTo increase the number of the
clients
when does the position towards
clients changer
'When making out bill Of COSTS
Explain
we then occupy the antagonistic
position; become the plaintiff and
he becomes the defendant
Suit decided how do you stand
with the lawyer on the other side p
Check by jowl.'
Enough sir. You promise to be
an ornament to your profession, and
l wish you success. Now, are you
aware OF the duty you owe me?'
Perfectly
Describe It.
1T is to invite you to drink
'But suppose decline?'
Candidate scratched his head.
There is no instance of the kind
IN the books. cannot answer the
question.
You are right. And the conf
dence with which you make the
assertion shows conclusively that
you read the law very attentively.
Let's take drink, and I'll sign your
certificate at once
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Total $40 900 1872 900 900 COL 900 l5o 600 600
Incr. in 1873. 4. 80, ,009 900
Dec '73 ~ O0J, 600
The above exhibit clearly sets
forth the loss of corn sustained last
year. Also, the gain in wheat.
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We have seen many definitions of
many names, words, and phrases,
but the following of the editor. given
by Josh Billings, is about the best
we ever yet encountered:
An editor IL male being whose
biziness it is to navigate a nuze pa
per. He writes editorials, grinds
out poetry, inserts deths and we'd
dings, sorts out manuscripts, keeps a
waste basket, blows up the "devil,"
steals matter, fites other peoples
battles. sells his paper for dollar
and fifty cents year, takes white
beans and apple sass for pay when
he kan git 't, raizes a large family,
works 10 hours out oy every "a,
knows no Sunday, gifts damned bi
everybody, and once in while
whipt bi sumboddy, livs poor. dies
midd le-aged and often broken,heart-
ed. leaves no money, il rewarded for
life OF toll with q short, but free
obituary puff in the nusepapers. Ex,
! changes please copy.
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CITY DIRECTORY.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

BAPTIST CHURCH.-Rev. j. F. Childs, Pas
tor. Services at l0s a. m, and ~ p. m. sun
day School ga. m. Prayer meeting, Thursday even
ings.
M E. CHURCB-Rev. c. b. ClarF, Pastor
Services at 10H a. m, and p. N. Sunda
School, p. Prayer meetings, Thursday eve
nings.
SIMPSON CHARGE-(M. E.) Rev. c. L. Stat
ford. Pastor, Services at 10h a. m. and D. m
Sunday School OF D. N. Prayer Meetings Thurs
day evenings.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.-Rev. J. E.
Snowden, Pastor. services at 101I g. IN. and p.
m. Sunday School at I2M p. m. Prayer
lettings. Thursday evenings.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Corner
OF Harrison and Monroe Streets. III. ). Shoa
grass. Pastor. Regular services at IL a. M anu
6h p. m Sunday School 9H a. m.
CUMBERLAND, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
No pastor.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.-No pastor.
UNIVERSALISTSO SOCl ETf.-No reguiar ser'i'
CuRISTIAN CHURCH. = Elder Il. w;
Johnson Pastor. Services al Io1s d. IN. anu
20. m. Sunday school zap. m. Prayer meeting
IT. p CHURCH.-Rev. r.. A. McAyael,
Pastor Services 10H a. and Up. m. Sunday
school 9I1 a. IN. Prayer meeting, thursday even
SECOND NJ E. CHURCH (Colored).-Rev
Pastor. Services every Sabbath at 1oh
s. m Sunday School at 81 p. m.
FRIENDS MEETING.-Corner of Monroe and
High streets. On 1st and 4th days of the week, at
10 a. m; on let day at p. m. Sabbath School i'm
Inediately after services on 1st day morning.
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Statement of the Corn and Wheat Crops
for the Mississippi Basin for 1873-TW o
Months in Advance OF the Government
Report.
[St. Louis Democrat, j an. 1stl
Realizing deep interest which is
felt in getting a full knowledge of
the corn grown in the tributary
States, and knowing that the Govern.
ment will not print their Agricultural
Bureau volume for 1873 until the
spring Of 1874, we decided to ad-
dress telegram to the Hon. J. X.
Dodge, the Government Statistician
in the Bureau of Agriculture at
Washington, requesting him to for,
ward to the Democrat, by telegraph,
a full statement of the crops of corn
and wheat grown in the grain States
of the Mississippi Basin in 1878; al.
so, the crops of 1872, SO that the two
might be easily compared. Mr..
Dodge, with his usual kindness and
urbanitY, has complied with our re.
quest in the following telegram
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, J
Washington, December 80. {
To the Editor Of the Democrat
In accordance with yourrequest, ]
send you statement in round mum
bers of the years production of corr
and wheat, as indicated by local re,
turns, covering most of the produc.
ing area, which is subject to correct
ion upon analysis Of final and com
plete returns. The crop Of 1872 is
also given for comparison. Respect
fully,
j. K. DoDGE, Statisticiau.
For ready use we have arranged
the figures sent us by Mr.. Dodge il
tabular form, as follows:
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-01-15

A Topeka dispatch announced
that ex-senator Pomeroy had failed
to appear for trial of bribery of State
Senator York. A fuller dispatch
says: GA motion was therefore
made that Pomeroy's bond in the
sum of $4,000 be forfeited. The
motion was granted, and capias for
re-arrest of Pomeroy was ordered to
issue. In making this order the
Judge stated that if Pomeroy should
appear for trial during the present
term of court the order of forfeiture
would be set aside and trial ad,
but it is not believed that Poneroy
will appear. The sureties on the
bond are Messrs. d. w. Terry, c..
w. Jewell, and d. FL. Horne-all of
Philadelphia-who are Pomeroy's
friends, in prosperity or adversity.-
Another Topeka dispatch says ::
"This result ia in accordance with
the general impression among the
community that Pomeroy will never
be tried. But it leaves him in q bad
way, as the forfeiture of his b all only
puts him in the position of a criminal
at large without bail, and liable to q
requisition always and arrest at any
moment. Pomeroy had reason to
expect that nolle was to be entered
in his case, which, if done at any time
in the future, leaves him twenty thou
sand dollars poorer, with the dead
certainty that the Indictment against
him is true bill, and that York's
story is entirely correct.
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l. o. o. f.
HOTELS.

CLEMMONS HOUSE IN NEW HANDS
- have purchased this hotel with design OF
making IL q comfortable and pleasant one. am
aware of its reputation. yet feel confident that my
extended acquaintance will overcome it. The
house will not be entirely reftted till spring
opens, yet | am prepared TO entertain all who
may call, comfortably. Give me a trial.
2B. ii. j. LUCK.
Gddyville.