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Patent Office Affairs.

Since the lst of July last there have been
1850 patents for inventions issued by the
United States Patent Office, against 3,061
for the same period last year, and $3.50 for
the year preceding. The whole number
of patents issued in the year 1872 were
l2. 200, and in 1878, 11,616; for the nine
months of the present year, 9,48S, which
shows a slight gain on the monthly average
of the two preceding years. On Tuesday
the Commissioner of Patents will hear the
application of John r. Blake of New York
for an extension for seven years of his
patent for burglar proof safes. This case
excites considerable attention from safe
manufacture and the extension viii be
advocated and opposed by eminent coun-
sci. Under the law OF March ?, 1861, the
life of a patent was extended from fourteen
to seventeen years, and the right TO apply
for an extension was cut off. All patents,
therefore, since 1861 have been for seven
teen years, and all patents issued prior to
March 2, 1861, win expire on or before the
Cd of March next. Sixty days notice of an
application being required under the law,
no patent can be renewed unless applica-
tion is made before the I'd day Of December
next.
The General Index Of Patents from 1890
to 1873, inclusive, has been for some time
III preparation, and the subject matter por-
tion, which is classified list Of inventions
| =
for eighty-four years, is now in press, and
will soon be ready for delivery. It will
consist Or about i.so0 pages. The edition
is limited to 1000 copies, bound in three
volumes. II win be sold By the Patent
Office Cor $40, which, the Official notice
says, will not cover the cost Of publica-
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Is This ''The Coming Horse?"

"Burleigh's' Letter to the Boston journal.
The proposed trot in Boston between
celebrated stations is the theme of general
talk in New York We have here banker
who in a quiet way has been gathering for
some time the speediest horses of the coun-
try. He has a quiet stable out of the city,
about an hours ride away Here he has
track, and without observation he is re-
cording some marvellous speed He says
nothing about his stud on the street, and
will not be questioned. No one can get ac-
cess to his horses without written per-
mission from himself, that is rarely given.
Among his treasures is brother of
''Dexter," q gamey, speedy horse, of which
marvellous things are told. This out-of-
the-way stable is just now the centre Of a
good deal of interest. Among horse men
it has been known for a long while that
q Methodist minister in Kentucky owned
a colt of which marvellous things were
told The animal was black as raven,
and bore the name of ''Blackwood. The
value of the horse, in the estimation of
the owner, may be seen by the pleasant
little price that was put upon him. The
horse-men ON the street laughed that a plain
Methodist parson, in the wilds of Kentucky,
offered his animal for 100000! The bank
er alluded to heard so much of this colt that
he took a trip to Kentucky to look at him.
He saw him move. He describes him as a
marvel His nostrils become as red as fire;
his eyes dilate, and he seems transformed.
The captivated New Yorker offered $780,
900 for the colt. The owner received the
proposal with disdain. He did not even
reply; ordered the horse back into the
stable, and went into the house. Another
visit was made, and the horse changed
owners, $4,000, it is said, being the price.
Now the plan is this: When the horses that
are to trot on your course have done their
best, ''Blackwood'' is to be trotted out to
show what he can do. Those who have
seen him move say that he is the most
extraordinary animal ever seen i'll this part
Of the country.
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WRESTLING WITH A BEAR.
Wits Adventure with a Bear, in Bear
Canyon -Bruin Gives Him an Aztec
tomato Hug.
From tba Ianver rrto1 ! nT,,,..,

On last Friday J. H. Witt, of Bear
Cafion, went into the mountains to look for
cattle that had strayed away, and while
pausing to listen and look about, suddenly
a large cinnamon bear which had been con-
cealed in the bushes near by, sprung toward
him with the evident intention Of giving
him a hug. Not fancying such intimate
friendship with strangers, Mr.. Witt decln-
ed to permit the affectionate embrace, and
made for tree which fortunately stood
close by, and reached the lower branches,
near the ground, just as bfllin seized hold
Of his right leg and ankle. After a severe
struggle he succeeded in freeing himself
from the bears hold, but before he could
get ont of reach the other leg was grasped
with such a firm hold that he could not
shake him OF, and he began ofeeI that his
time had come and he was destined to be-
come meal for the rayenous beast. But
finally the bear let go. slid down the tree
and retreated from the field. AS seen as he
deemed it prudent Mr.. vi Slid down and
then walked three miles to Rounds mill,
where his wounds were dressed bY Dr. Wick,
who says he will not be able to walk for
some days. These facts oslr reporter learn
ed from Al. Il. Thompson.
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Wonders of the Turf.
A Record Of the Elyers---The Best Time
Made up to Date.

Several alterations in the record Of the
best running time having been made at the
varions meetings this summer, the follow
ing table is made with the proper correc-
tions to date:
] mile, Olitipa, by bennington, 2 yrs,
81 ths., time Az, Saratoga, 1874.
! mile, Madge, by Australian, yrs, 81
lbs, time 1:15a, Saratoga, 1874.
mile, Alarm, by Eclipse, yrs, 80 fbs.,
time :4233, Saratoga, 1872.
1 mile, Springbok (second heat), by
Australian. yrs, 10S lbs, time AZ,
Utica, 1874.
mile, Gray Planet, by Planet, 5yrs., 110
lbs., time :424, Saratoga, 1874.
mile, Nell Flaherty, (second heat), by
Rifeman, aged, liz lbs, time 1-41, Cali
fornia, 1874.
(Longfellow was said to have run the first
mile in the cup race at Saratoga in 1871 in
/ 40, and Tom Bowlin was timed a mile at
the Lexington Spring races in Al 33-not
official
II miles, FaGladeen, by War Dance,
aged, III lbs, time 1:56, Saratoga, 1874.
II miles. Pieolo, by Concord, yrs, SO
lbs, time sc, Saratoga, 1874.
Il miles, Fannie Ludlow, by Eclipse
yrs, 105 lbs, time 1 1868, Saratoga, 1869.
II iHiieS; IloSto uy l'uuuie 6eoIldHu,
yrs, 104 lbs, time 2:09., Lexington, 1872
i miles, Tom Bowlin, by Lexington,
yrs, 1o4 lbs, time 2:343a, Lexington, 1874.
II miles, Frogtown, by Bonnie Scotland,
yrs, 104 lbs, time 8:07R, Lexington, 1872.
II miles, Reform, by bennington, 3 yrs,
SO lbs, time 3:053, Saratoga, 1874.
(Tom Bowlin was timed at the Lexington
spring races, II miles, in 3:003-not official
miles, True Blue, by Lexington, yrs,
108 lbs, time 3:322a, Saratoga, 1873
miles, Katie Pease, by Planet, yrs,
105 lbs, time 3:32RI, Buffalo, 1874
[Tom Bowlin was timed at the Lexington
Spring races, 2 miles in 3:274-not official.
p miles, Harry Basset, by Lexington,
yrs, 108 fbs., time 1850, Saratoga, 1872.
% miles, Katie Pease, by Planet, yrs,
los lbs, time 4:2844, Buffalo, 1874
q miles, Hubbard, by Planet, yrs, 109
lbs, time 4:58aa, Saratoga, 1878.
miles, Norfolk, by Lexington, years,
100 lbs, time 5:27!z, 5:2944, heats, California,
1865.
miles, Fellowcraft, by Australian, 4yrs,
108 ibs., time 7:195, Saratoga, 1874.
4 miles, Lexington, by Boston, yrs, 103
lbs, time 7193 New Orleans 1855.
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Personal Magnetism IL Women.

The magnetic woman, though good-heart-
ed, is often far from good in the conventional
sense. She is not opposed to, she is mere
ly above conventionalism. Her blood is too
warm, her sensibility too quick, to be re-
strained by abstract proprieties. She sell
dom thinks OF appearances when realities
stir her. What she believes at the moment
is her religion; what she elects to do, her
law. She is esteemed to be strange; she is
misunderstood by the ordinary; but those
who are near her pronounce her natural,
and clear to transparency. The impress
sions she makes are strong and deep, albeit
her influence is immediate. She does not
grow, she flashes upon her acquaintance.
Before they have been in her society an hour
she seems to be one of their Oldest and dear
est friends. She may not, probably does
not feel so toward them; for she attracts
unconseiously, even involuntarily, by the
decree Of her organization. She has ad-
mirers, praisers, worshippers on every side.
They follow her in train; strew her path
with sincere compliments; create soft breez-
es with kisses cast from loving hands. She
may be handsome OF not. She is of the
few women whose winning power depends
not on face OF figure. A man of the finest
taste, asked if she were beautiful, might
honestly reply: Beautiful? Really, I
never thought of that" And this would
be the highest commentator he could of
fer her. Magnetism renders comeliness,
grace, elegance, well nigh superhuous by
subordinating them to itself. A woman
could exchange charms of person and man
ner, as commonly reckoned, for magnetism,
and be the gamer. Having that, she could
afford to let the others go, without feeling
their loss. The cestus of Venus, translated
by experience, signifies the possession of
magnetism.
The woman in whom the loadstone turks
is foreordained to triumph over man. She
has it in her power to avenge on him her
sisters copious wrongs. Enchantress as
she is, he cannot resist her spell except by
inspiring her with a passion fiercer than his
own. This is is his amulet, capable of turn
ing what might prove bane to rarest beni-
son.-1He GALAXY for October.
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The Last of His Line.

He dresses in black. His clothes are well
made and fit him perfectly. His only jew
elry consists of plain gold watch, worth
about $500, which lie seldom disturbs from
its place in his vest pocket. He loathes all
unnecessary personal adonments. Three
small, plain, linen-covered buttons appear
on his shirt-bosom. No watch chain is
visible. He wears black beaver hat.
which weighs half a pound less than the
heavy, gray stovepipe fashion ordains shall
tbe worn this summer. His hair, of a
reddish gray, is neatly dressed at all times.
His beard, more tinted with gray than his
hair, is short, and trimmed regularly so as
to be kept at the same length all the year
round. Where a cumbersome moustache
ought to be, a hair is never permitted to
attain more than days growth. He is of
a slender, though compact, physique. His
complexion is rrtddy, and bespeaks the best
of health He always looks as if he had
just left the toilet table. This man is
seyenty-four years of age. In conversation
his keen, blue eyes are never for an instant
taken off yours. His face bears the impress
of prudence, discretion, self-eonfidence, a
calmness impossible to ruffie, and, above
all, of honesty and truthfulness. He never
speaks loud enough to be heard ten steps
ifoW where ne stahas. EaVeidfOppefS
cannot catch even the sound of his voice.
He shakes hands with you cordially, nay
even warmly. He is courtesy and polite
ness itself His conversation is always
couched in the refined language Of the
educated gentleman He uses no slang.
He is witty, and at times vivacious. He is
no teetotaler; he drinks only atmeal hours;
his favorite wines are .Johannisberg, from
Prince Metternich's private vineyard, the
like of which is not easily found in this
country; he is fond Of sherry and MADEIRA;
his wine cellar contains probably the choicest
collection of wines in America This mans
wealth is estimated at 800, 100000, made
by him since 1884, in New York city. He
has no children; he has not a single known
relative on the face of this earth. He is
the last of his race. It is A. T. Stewart.
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Buffers House in Washington.

"OIiyia, . (aIrs. Briggs in a lively de-
scription Of z Capitol Hill in q Philadel-
phia Press letter, says of General Buffers
new houses: As a last leap mp the ladder of
fame, this distinguished Congressman has
decided to become an aristocratic and an
old settler and to this purpose he has
bought delightful site on Capitol Hill,
and is building residence worthy of the
constructor. This costly creation may be
called a stone triplet, as three houses will
be born at the samo time. The first faces
the east but its northern side saiutes the
Capitol. 1t is said this is intended for a
grand sclub house, but the gambling will
be exclusively confined topolitics. All this
is in anticipation Of the grand hurdle race
which will probably come off in 1915 The
second house remains a mystery. The last
has already been rented to the coast survey
for a library. Henceforth Capitol Hill
claims General b. r. Butler. He IS our
Congressional cloud by day and our political
fire at night. There is 4 great deal of leg
islativc cilaff. aud only q few grains Of
wheat. Capitol Hill has drawn her solitary
ration and III satisfied y
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Mississippi River Scenes.

When the rains have swollen it's triLatary
rivers to more than their ordinary volume,
the Mississippi is grand, treacherous, terri
BILE. Always subtle and serpent-like in its
mode of stealing upon its prey, it swallows
up acres at one fell swoop ON one side;
sweeping them away from their frail hold
on the main land, while on the other it
covers plantations with slime, and kroken
tree-trunks and boughs, forcing the fright
ened inhabitants into the second story of
their cabins, and driving the cattle and
swine upon high knobs to starve, or perhaps
finally to drown. 1t pierces the puny levees
which have cost the States bordering upon
1t such immense sums, and goes bubbling
and roaring through the crevasse, distract
ing the planters, and sending dismay to mil
lions ofpeople in single night. 1t promises
a fall on one day; on another it rises so
suddenly that the adventurous woodsmen
along the border have scarcely time to fee
1t makes lake of fertile country between
the two great rivers; it carries off hundreds
of wood-piles which lonely and patient
labor has heaped, in the hope that a passing
steamer will buy them up, and thus reward
a seasons work. Out of each small town
on its west bank, set too carelessly by the
waters edge, it makes a pigmy of Venice,
OF floats it off altogether. AS the huge
steamer glided along on the mighty current
we could see families perched in the second
stories of their houses, gazing grimly out
upon the approaching rain. At one point
man was seulling from house to barnyard
with food for his hungry stock. The log
barn was dreary pile in the midst of the
flood. The swine and COWS stood shivering
ON pine knoll, disconsolately burrowing
and browsing Hailed by some flustered
pat8rJant1iGs OF plantation master bound
to the nearest town for supplies, we took
him to his destination. Aswe passed below
the Arkansas and White rivers, the gigantic
volume of water had so far oyerrun it's
natural boundaries that we seemed at sea
instead of upon an inland river. The
cottonwoods and expresses stood up amid
the water-wilderness like ghosts. Gazing
into the long avenues of the sombre forests,
we could see only the same level, all-envel-
oping flood. In the open country the cabins
seemed ready to sail away, though their
masters were usually smoking with much
equanimity, and awaiting a "fall. Ed
aodrd King, IN 'DoacB the Mississippi" IN
Scribner's for October
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The Secret of Fried Potatoes.

&c. b. b." writes to the Springfield
Republican bit of information that will
interest many: Saratoga patatoes, the
poetry of common life, and costly charm
of Delmonico's and Parker's, can be made
in perfection in any kitchen, 10y the use of
very simple apparatus, consisting of a
sharp blade set slanting into a wooden
trough with q narrow slit in the bottom
two wire screens or sieves, and common
spider. Select eight large potatoes, pare
them, and slice very thin with the cutting
machine, soak them in water for two hours.
and stir common table salt into the water,
one teaspoonful to a quart, and allow them
to remain in the brine half an hour longer
pour them upon the screen to drain, and
put on a spider, with pound Of clear lard,
over brisk fire. Wipe the sliced potatoes
dry on towel, wait until the lard is smok-
ing hot, and pour large plateful into the
spider. The result is like small sea in
white squall and now the cook shows the
artistic soul which every votary of that
noblest of the arts must possess to be
worthy of the name. Patient and calm,
with steady and incessant motion of the
skinner, she prevents adhesion of any too
affectlonate slices, and watches carefully
for the tender blush of BROWNIES to appear.
Slowly it creeps and deepens until it ont
rivals the hue of the fragrant Havana.
Haste then takes the place of caution, lest
any martyrs burn for the protection of
others; and they must be quickly spread
upon another sieve to drain until dry and
greaseless enough for the fairest fingers;
then served hot, to melt away like kiss
on sweet lips, with dying crackle, like
the fallen leaves in autumn.
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POETRY.
MONTANA.
MRS. HELM Z. TAYLOR

Montana! proud Empress of mountains,
Thy peaks Of perennial snow,
he mist-wreaths that girdle thy fountains,
Are sources of rivers that flow,
With one hand to greet the Pacific,
The other the realms living low
On the gulf that circles the palm-lands,
Which border on far Mexico.
1hou'rt teeming with wealth for the millions,
Awaiting the fiat of time,
When miners will roll out the billions
Of ingots, unstained by crime.
Thy mountains are bursting with silver,
Nor false is the genii's rhyme,
That thy caverns are teeming with treasure
The old Garth concealed i'll its Prime
., Empress! in each hand censer,
Whose beauty expression might mar,
The one, whose aroma seems denser,
Its symbols broad silver bar.
The other whose cleaning is golden,
Its bright halo seemcth star:
Wise men from the east note its radiance
And hasten to worship from far
Thy valleys in sunlight are beaming.
And revel in plenty like wine,
Thy foothills and meadows are teeining
With fiocks and the lowing of kline.
Though dim was thy birthday Of sorrow,
Ye cavilers cease to repine,
We are nearing the glowing fruition-
Full yield Of the meadow and mine
Bannack Montana Oct, 1874.
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EDITORS AS OFFICE HOLDERS.
What an Independent Journal Thinks of
il.
From the New York Herald. Oct, 8.

There is no fact more clear to the mind
of the editor Of the Herald than this-that
the journalist who enters politics commits
suicide. The founder of this journal, nearly
forty years ago, i'm laying down the prin-
ciples which have never ceased to govern
the Herald, said, in the first number that
was ever published:-"We mean to be per-
fectly understood on this point, and, there
fore, openly disclaim all steel traps, all
principle, as it is called, all party, all poll
tics. Our only guide shall be sound, prac-
tical, common sense, applicable to the
business and bosoms of men engaged in
everyday life. We shall support no party,
be the organ of no faction or coterie, and
care nothing for any election or any candi-
date, from President down to constable
These golden words were written in 1885.
They control the policy of the Herald now
as absolutely as when they were written by
its yenerated founder. The Herald of 1874
cares no more for the mere evanescent John
Kelleys and John Morsisseys of this day
than the Herald of 1885 cared for the ruling,
but now long forgotten, spirits of the Tam
many of that day. When The Republic, in
the excess of its administration zeal, init
mates that the editor of the Herald would
have supported John Kelly had that ssbosom
IFIeHu fGblI0Wn GH6 ndIlukcrcnlEf = III the
form of nomination to office it utterly
fails to comprehend the inexorable policy of
this journal.
We recognize a contract with the people
Ito serve them with honesty, enterprise
and candor. We find the news if news is
to be found on this revolving globe. We
comment upon it in a spirit of the utmost
courtesy and sincerity. The people respect
this purpose by giving the Herald the
premiership in American journalism. We
could certainly make no baser response to
this confidence than to go gadding around
among the bosom friends = of Tamlnany
for an Office that has been filled by a
Havemeyer and may be filed by any yaga-
bond in the city, or, indeed, for any office
under the government.
Office to Journalist is suicide. Bryant
saw this and declined a first class mission.
The founder of the Herald saw it and re-
jected the French mission when it came
from abraham Lincoln. Neither Greeley
nor Raymond would see it, and to thera the
end was very sad. For ourselves we cherish
the tradition of the Hefald--" We shall
support no party, be the organ Of no faction
or coterie, and care nothing for any election
or any candidate, from President down to
constable.
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A Splendid Description.

On certain occasion, one Paul Denton,
a Methodist preacher, in Texas, advertised
a barbecue, with better liquor than is usu-
ally furnished. When the people assem-
bled q desperate in the crowd cried out:
Mr.. Paul Denton, your reverence has
lied. You promised not only good barbe-
cue, but better liquor. Wher's the liq-
quor? ?''
s'There - answered the missionary, in
tones Of thunder, and pointing his long bo-
ny finger at the matchless double spring,
gushing up in two strong columns with a
sound like sound of joy from the bosom
of the earth. "The.e!'' he repeated with a
look, terrible as lightning, while his enemy
actually trembled at his feet; "there is the
liquor which God the Eternal brews for all
lis children. Not in the simmering still,
over smoky fires choked with poisonous
gasses, and surrounded with stencil of sick
ming odors and corruption doth our Father
in heaven prepare the essence of life
pure cold water. But in the glade and
and CLASSY dell, where the deer wanders,
and the child loves to play, there God brews
it; and down, away down in the deepest
valleys, where the fountain murmers, and
the rills sing; and high UP on the mountain
tops where the naked granite glitters like
gold in the sun, where the storm clouds
brood and the thunder clouds crash; and
out on the wild, wild sea, where the huri-
canes howl and the big waves roar in cho-
rous, sweeping the march of God-there he
brews 1.-THE beverage of life, health Civ
ing water. And everything is thing of
beauty, cleaning in the dew drop, singing
i'll the summer rain, shining in the ice gem
till they seem turned to living jewels;
spreading a golden veil over the setting
sun, or a white gauze around the midnight
moon; sporting in the cataract; sleeping in
glacier, dancing in the hail-storm; folding
its bright curtains around the wintry world
and weaving the many colored iris, the ser
aph's zone of the air, whose warp is in the
rain drops of the earth, and whose woof is
in the sunbeams of heaven, all checkered
over with the celestial flower of the mystic
hand of refraetion-that blessed life water.
No poisonous bubbles on it's brink; it's foam
brings not madness and murder; no blood
stains its liquid glass; pale widows and
starving children weep not burning tears
inits depths. Speak out my friends;would
you exchange it for the demons drink, al
cohol?''
A shout like the roar Of the tempest an
swered "No."
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TOPICS OF THE TIMES.

In California the new Constitution allows
nine out of twelve jurors to find a verdict.
And so long as majority of the Judges of
a plural court like the Supreme Court of
the United States or our State Court of Ap-
peals are allowed to pronounce Judgment
we do not perceive any valid reason against
allowing majority of 12 jurors to find a
verdict At all events the law ought to be
so changed that one OF two obstinate or
corrupt men upon jury cannot prevent
the rendition of verdict.-AubDrn, N. 7.
AdUertiseT.