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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-05-12
Design Patents.

Mining and Scientific Press
Although the government has for several
years granted patents for designs, the ques-
tion of what constituted an improvement Oi
design patents" has not until recently been
settled. In fact, the legal rights of the own
erS Of this class of patents were not very
well understood that is, the absolute right
of such members had since been sufficiently
defined. A suit which consumed over a
year was commenced by James w. and
Isaac NJ Miller, of Newark, \. j.,
to determine their rights to certain designs
in jewelry, and the decision made by the
court is of great interest to owners Of this
class of patents.
Justice Clifford, of the Supreme Court of
the United States, delivered the opinion
which declares that patents for designs, as
well as for machines, are authorized by the
act of Congress, and that a design patent is
something that the law protects and that the
trade must respect. In decisive language,
the court determines the case in favor Of
Miller Bros. on all points, awarding u per-
petual Injunction, and an accounting of
profits, and an assessment Of damages against
Albert J. Smith and Dutee Wilcox, of Provi-
dence, r. l.. the defendants, and makes all
jewellers, whether wholesalers Or retailers,
who have sold the infringing goods, liable for
damages This test case has received wide
spread attention from the jewelry fraternity
generally, and design patents" may now be
regarded as good for something, and in
fringement as dangerous and Improbable
business. 1t needs only a sharp application
OF the law, as laid down by this eminent
Judge Of the Supreme Court, to secure here
after patentees Of original and useful
designs against the unscrupulous piracy from
which they have so long suffered. The i'm
portance of the decision in its encourage
ment to inventors, will be appreciated, as
protection is an incentive to the best efforts
of skill in this as well as in every other field
of productive industry and necessity, to
bring our American manufactures to the
highest degree of advancement and pros
perity.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-05-12
EXPIRE Sident JeHerOn's Poverty.
fTrOY Times N. VI

Jefferson was by birth Virginia aristocrat,
and owned q large tract of land. His wife
brought him 10000 acres, beside additional
wealth, and when, four years after marriage,
he pledged "his life his fortune and sacred
honor" there was deep reality in the ex-
preston. After nearly q half century of
public life he died SO poor that he was an
object of national charity. A proof of popular
opinion On this point is found in the meeting
held in New York, April, 1926, the proceed
ings OF which may be seen in the papers of
that day. Philip Hone, Mayor Of the city,
was in the chair, and, after suitable address,
a committee of "A was appointed to take
subscriptions in behalf of Jefferson
A similar meeting was held in Faneuil Hail.
Boston, and committee of the same number
was appointed. 1t was resolved that the
coming Independence Day be designated for
donations of S. Tor more,) On that very day,
however, the glorious patriot expired. In Vir-
ginia lottery was organized for the same OBJ
ject. Jefferson kept open house at Monticello,
his hospitality being a matter Of necessity.
Visitors thrOnged upon him, and his cores
pondence was so great that even postage be-
came heavy burden. His last days were
shadOwed by the apprehension that he would
be sold out by the Sheriff, and he expired on
the day designated as time of general eff
fort in his behalf. Congress had some years
previously purchased a large part of his IL
brary in order to afford him some relief
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-05-12
4 Large Tree.

The Waterloo. n. Y. Observer says: ''NIr.
F. H. Furniss, OF this town, while at his
cabin in the woods near Crystal Springs,
Yates county, last week, cut down one of the
large pine trees near his cabin. The tree in
clined toward the house, and although 100
feet from it, was dangerous, as {; storm might
send it crashing through the cabin. 1t was
telled by saving and driving wedges,i jim order
to throw it in an opposite direction. The
tree, q white pine, was sound as dollar,
over four feet through and 175 feet in height,
the rings on its stump indicating its age at
3l5 years, and the, experienced, men who
felIed il say ii will tut. 1890 feet Of lumber,
nearly all clear stuff; ana at the price of
lumber would make it tworth $3.50 1t was
a monarch Of the forest, and was fifty years
of age when Shakespeare died. ~;asGGr
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-05-12
Sulphur in LubricatiOn.

The following, from a scientific journal
may be found of use: 1t has long been
known that sulphur cools q hot bearing, but
the reason why is doubtful. Won Heron
states that the fine metal formed when a
journal runs hot, and which strongly acts
upon both journal and bearing, forms sui
phide with the sulphur. This compound
which grows soft and greasy, does not cause
any appreciable amount of friction. Sui
phur and grease in combination are in regu-
lar use on board the steamers Of the North
German Lloyds. ~
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-05-12
Church and State,

,ha ~ Ii, June, 1874, General Garfield spoke in
tio,, ho mouse OF Representatives upon the taxa
or "Cn oi church property. His opinion will be
paragraph: =
lie me divorce between Church and State
Tsa1 Sos1 TO be absolute. 1t ought to be SO alb
an'. ute c. mat no church property anywhere, in
S lrcm oeate or in the Nation, should be exempt
,ym nrmna equal taxation; for, if you exempt the
tpeI'y extaey OF any church organization to that
wheil h' yoa impose a church tax upon the
"oie eommunitV,t tas =. ls1ss3ui4 Oh ~
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-05-12
INTO SPACE.

If tll,. sad old world should jump a cog
Sometime, in its dizzy spinning,
tud po of the track with a sudden jog.
What an end would come to the SHINING.
What a rest from strife and the burdens OF life
For the millions of people in it,
What way out Of care, and worry and wear,
All in Il beautiful minute.
As round the sun with a curving sweep
II hurrics and runs and races,
should il lose its balance, and go with Il leap
Into the vast sea-spaces,
What q blest relief it would be to the grief,
And the trouble and toll about us,
TO be suddenly hurled from the solar world
And let ii go Oh without Us.
With not a sigh or IA sad goodbye
For loved ones left behind us.
We would go with IL lungc and a mighty plunge
Where never grave should find us.
What a wild mad thrill our veins would fill
As the great earth, like feather,
should float thrO the air, to God knows where
And carry us all together.
No dark damp tomb and no mourncrs gloom,
40 tolljng bell in the steeple,
But in one swift breath painless death
For a million billion people.
What greater bliss could we wish than thi*,
TO sweep with birds free motion
Thro' leagues of space to a resting place.
In Il vast and vapory ocea1t-
20 pass away from this life for aye
With never Il dear tie sundered
And world on fire for our funeral pyre.
While the stars looked on and wondered"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-05-12
The Depravity of Birds.

Poets may weep to learn from an ornitholo-
gist who writes in the London Globe OF March
! 7th that bird life is far from idle happiness.
Birds have all the bad qualities of mankind.
They are deficient in love for their offspring,
and have no more cOnjugal affection than the
traditional rover Their moral nature is
often depraved. They hiss and scold and
swear aud exhibit terrible pugnacity. The
majority of singing birds have the tempers of
wasps, and are apparently never so happy as
when they are quarrelling 4 fourth of their
lives is passed in scolding and fighting. In
their singing season, which is also their time
for mating and contention, severe pitched
battles, fought between candidates for matri-
monial life, are of continual occurrence. The
females fight ftlriously for the males, and
when the contest is over the cOnquerors
march off with the objects of their choice
unless they should be met on the road by
other viragos and compelled to give up their
husbands by force. A male bird will allow
two hens to fight for him until one of them
is killed, and then with due humility accom-
pany the victor. At this period of the year
the woods and the fields are the scenes of
desperate battles. Shrieks of triumph or de-
feat mingle with the love-notes of the newly
mated. The very songs we hear at dawn of
day are more the result of rivalry and ambi-
tion than of joyous thanksgiving, the feath-
cred songsters being desirous of drowning
the voices of others or of excelling them in
vocal power in presence of the females
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-05-12

'.You must admit Jim Webster, that you
stole those pullets," said the Galvestonj Judge
to the culprit F"Jedge,9 responded Jim, L
don't really believe Istole dem ehickefs.I In
de fist place, iedge, nobody saWime' take
'enl. q In de next place dey could not be
found on iny premises, because Il had done
hid dem chickens 7nnter de f1oor.sH scant
help beiievin', Judge, dat L is innocentf as a
lamb. - Galveston Ne,cs TssHw
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-05-12

According to the Virginia city Enterprise
many of the deserted Ophir and Mexican
mines have been taken possession OF by great
varieties Of the fungus tribe, which grow
there more luxriantly than mushrooms do in
the caves underneath Paris. The fungi are
chiefly found on the old timbers of the warm,
moist, lower levels. Some of them, says the
Enterprise, are several fee. in height, and
being snow white, resemble sheeted ghosts.
In places are what at Il little distance appear
to be white owls. and there are representa-
tions of goats with long boards, all as white
as though carved in the purest marble. The
rank fungus growth has almost closed some
of the drifts. The fungi are of nearly every
imaginable variety. Some kinds hang down
from the timbers like great punches of snow
white hair; others are great pulpy masses.
These last generally rise from the rock form
ing the floor of the drifts and seem to have
grown from something dropped or spilled on
the ground at the time work was in progress
in these mines years ago. These grOwths
have in several places raised from the ground
stones weighing from ten to fifty and even
one hundred pounds. In the higher levels,
where the air is comparatively dry, the fungi
are less massive in structure but are much
firmer in texture. Some resemble rams
horns, as they grown in spiral or twisted
shape, while others, four or five feet in length
and about the thickness of a broom handle,
hang from the cap timbers like so many
snakes suspended by their tails. One kind,
after sending out stem of the thickness OF a
pencil to the length of a foot or two, appears
to blossom; at least produces at the end
dubious mass that has some resemblance to
flower In all the infinite variety OF these
underground fungi it is strange that not one
was seen at all like those growing upon the
surface in the light of day. No toadstools or
mushrooms were found.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-04-13
State News.

Ex. State Senator ". n. Taft has
been appointed by the President
Post Master for Charleston.
The case of the Greenville Acad-
envy of Music incendiaries, who
were granted a new trial by the
Supreme Court, has been continued.
Col. Eiward N. Boykin, of ker.
shaw, was elected the 9Th instant
by the Board of Agriculture Super.
intendent of immigration at a sala'
ry of 1900 year.
Immigrants are constantly arrl7'
ing in Columbia, most of them be-
ing Germans. There are a great
many applications for them, and
Commissioner Butler finds it I'M
possible to supply the demand.
The Dry Ticket won in the mu
n:"ipal election at Ninety.Six the
4th instant. The elected ticket
consists OF, Intendant. L. NJ. Moore
Wardens, F. NJ Pope, E. W. Lips
comb, r. P. Quarles, S. NJ. Davis
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-04-13
For THE HERALD.
Public Meeting.

In pursuance to call of Many Citi-
zen" a mass meeting was held in the
Courthouse on Saturday, April 9th, at 5
O'Clock P. NJ. Upon motion, Hon.
NJ. A. Carlisle was called to the chair,
and Junins z. Chapman was requested
to act as Secretary.
Capt. G, B. Brist offered the follow
ing preamble and resolutions.
Whereas, we. the Citizens ofNewber-
ry, here assembled for the purpose of
nominating a Ticket for Intendant and
Wardcns, to serve for the ensuing
year, deem it right and proper TO an
nouncc the principles which govern US
in this nomination.
Resolved, lst, That we ignore the is
sure OLA DRY or Wet Ticket" and are in
favor Of granting License.
End, That we pledge the candidates on
our Ticket, to enforce strictly tie Ordi-
nances of this town, and also the laws
of this State.
81, That we insist on the observance
Of law and order, and the suppression
of vice and immortality.
4th, That We pledge the candidates if
elected 10 carry out the contract, made
by the present council, in the building
Of the opera house and ether public i'm
provemcnts.
Upon motion the same was adopted.
Upon motion of Thos. J. Clayton, a
committee of nine was appointed to
nominate an Intendant and Wardens
for the town Of Newberry for the ensu-
ing term. Committee to consist of one
from the town at large, and one white
and colored from each Ward.
The following gentlemen were ap-
pointed: at large, w. 7. Tarrant; Ward
], w. T. Wright and D. H. Maftet ;
Ward 2, f. p. Chalmers and Isaac Ro-
binson; Ward 3, D. B. Mayer. Sr., and
B w. Nance; Ward 4, J. D. Hornsby
and Peter Simmons. The committee
retired and presented the following
ticket: for Intendant, Milton A. Car
Isle; for Ward l, D. B. Wheeler,
Ward 2. J. n. Martin; Ward 8, B. NJ.
Raines; Ward 4, W. R. Lane.
Upon motion of Thos. S. Norman,
Esq, the secretary WAS instructed to
have printed five hundred copies of the
proceedings Of this meeting for distri-
button.
NJ. a. CARLISLE. Chairman.
JUNIUs Z. CHAPMAN, Secretary.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-04-13
Seventh Annual Meeting of the
South Carolina Press AsSOcia.
ton.

The Seventh Annual Meeting Of
| the South Carolina Press Association
will be held in the Town of Beaufort,
S. c., on WEDNESDAY, the 4th day
of May next.
In addition to the usual business on
such Occasions addresses will be deliv-
cred by Gen. 4. R. HEMPHILL, of
Abbevile Medium, aud Mr.. HUGH
WILSON, of the Press and Ban-
ner.
Business matters Of special interest
to all Journalists of the State will be
discussed, and it is hoped that every
newspaper in South Carolina will be
represented at the approaching ses-
sion.
All Journalists of the State not
members of the Association are cordi-
ally invited to join the same. Admis
sion fee S., TO accompany application.
Annual dues 81.
Application for membership may be
addressed either to the Recording Se-
cretary, Major A. S. TODD, ofthe An
derson Journal, or to the President.
at Laurens Court House, or applica
tion may be made when the meeting
takes place.
After the usual business has been
transacted arrangements have been
perfected for the Association to make
an Excursion to Florida, and sec the
beauties of the 'Land of Flowers" at
most delightful season of the year.
The Association will 50 from Beaufort
By rail to Savannah, spending one day
in the "Forest City;" thence by
steamer to Fernapdina, and thence by
rail to Jacksonville, a short run Of less
than one hour. From Jacksonville TO
various points on the St. Johns.
T. B. CREWS, President.
The Press of the State will please
extend the above call
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-04-13
The Trade of the State up to the
lSt of April.
Large Receipts Of Cotton and Extensive Sales
of Fertilizers

The following facts are taken from
the Greenville Daily NeVs:
During the present season the
cotton receipts at Greenville have
amounted to $1,000 bales, and the
receipts of fertilizers to $685. tons.
of which 1920 tons we're transported
over the Columbia and Greenville
Railroad.
The receipts of cotton at Spartan.
burg have amounted to $4,000 bales.
and the receipts Of fertilizer from o..
tober l, 1880, to March so, 1881, to
1000 tons.
The cotton receipts at Columbia
have amounted to 29,5S2 bales.
The shipments of cotton frou New,
berry from October l, 1880, to the
lst of April, have amounted to l5,474
bales.
The cotton shipments from Gafney
City, on the Air Line Railroad, from
October l, 1880, to March 26, 1881,
amounted to S,S7S bales, an increase
Of 2,0l9 bales over the shipments of
the previous year.
The cotton shipments from Will
liamston, on the Greenville Railroad,
have amounted to 1900 bales, and
the receipts of fertilizers to 7S3 tons.
The cotton shipments from Doualds-
willie Station, in Abbeville County,
have amounted to 3,2l1 bales aud
the receipts of fertilizers $40 tons.
Three thousand six hundred and
eighty,six bales of cotton have been
shipped from Hodges, and 5S5 tons of
fertilizers received at the same sta
ton.
The cotton shipments from Green
wood have amounted to $3.50 bales,
and the receipts Of fertilizers to 29S
tons.
The cotton shipments from Pros
perity, in Newberry County, have
amounted to $3.50 bales, and the re.
ceipts of fertilizers to $50 tons.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-04-13
The Sale OF The Sparfanburs &
ASheYilie Rail Road.

Our telegram in last issue stated
that this road had been bought
by the "bondholders'. It was
our own inference that the rea!
purchasers were the Clyde Compa-
ny, OF the Richmond & Danvilie r.
R. Company, which means the same
thing. This inference was drawn
from the fact that the road could
not lie Of any use to any other par
ty-indeed it was the only reason
able inference. The Air Line, run
ming perpendicular to the road, and
the Spartanburg, Union & Colum.
bia, a continuation Of the road, and
its only outlets, are under control
of this Company. This state of
facts would put the Spartanburg &
Asheville entirely at the mercy of
the Richmond & Danville. We are
still convinced that the Richmond
& Danville arc the real purchasers,
Notwithstanding the fact that the
bid was made by the bondholders,
and an organization was formed by
them with the ostensible purpose of
running it. There was no difficulty
in the way Of the bondholders' buy
ing it; for they. held 100000 first
mortgage bonds, with which to pay
for it. Any other party bidding
would have had to pay the bid in
money, to be distributed among the
bondholders. At the sale the bond
holders could have made the Rich.
mond & Danville pay 100000 for
the road. Since the sale the Rich
mond & Danville can compel the
bondholders to take whatever they
choose to offer. But these matters
are always arranged beforehand !;
and, no doubt, the bondholders and
the Richmond & Danville Company
had everything arranged before tue
sale, and that the sale was a mere
matter of form, gone through with
for the sole purpose of getting the
matter ont of the Courts. The sit
uation was this: The bondholaers
could buy the road but could not
run it; the Richmond & Danville
could not Conveniently buy, but
they could run it. The bondholders
therefore buy it with their bonds,
and then turn it over to the Rich.
mond Il Danville. How much tie
bondholders get for their bonds is
not known outside of official circles.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-04-13
The Election Cases Postponed.

The United States Court met in
Charleston last week. A large num-
Der of citizens from various portions
of the State charged with violating
the election laws were in attend
ance, with their counsel. Judge
Bond arrived Wednesday, and took
his seat on the bench Thursday
morning At the opening of Court
he announced that in consequence
of the facts that the District Attor.
ney (Northrop) had resigned, and
his successor (Mclton) had not
qualified, nor had time to look into
the cases, and there being no U. S.
Marshal, he would continue the
election cases till the April Term Of
1882
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-04-13

SENATOR BAYARD's letter upon the
local option question is published ty
Delaware newspaper. lie opposes
local option laws as Of very doubtful
coustitutionality and positive inexpe
diency, and says: $50 far as my ex-
perieuce goes, a well regulated sys-
TEN of license, whereby revenue is
largely brought into the public treas
ury, coupled with severe penalties for
illicit sale, has proved the not eff
cieDt check ulon the abuse Of the H.
quor traffic"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-04-13
Thursday, April Ia, at S Pm.
Honey Saved is Money Made

PURCHASE YOUR ENGINES. FROM
Us, AMI save 500 Oh 10 Horse $500 on
a 90 Horse, and $500 on 80 Horse Power
Engine. Send for our prices before pur-
chasing Engines, Gins, Presses, Saw and
Grist Mills. Threshers, or any kind Of Ma
cllinery. We are Manufacturers Agents,
and guarantee satisfaction in quality and
price. WALKER & LOUD.
No. 1875 Meeting Street, West side,
Near Charleston Hotel, Charleston, S. G.
Apr. 6, l4-3m.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-04-13
As to Liquor.

The subject of liquor selling has
been greatly agitated throughout
the State for several months. The
matter of liquor drinking has for
years excited great public interest.
For years temperance organizations
have been formed and every argu-
ment and appeal have been made
from the pulpit, the press and the
freside against liquor drinking.
The effort has heretofore been in
this State to keep men out of the
way of liquor. This has been found
impossible. The efforts now being
made are to keep liquor out OF the
way of men. So long as it is sold
publicly and without violating any
law all efforts to stop liquor drink
ing will prove futile. The thinking
people of the State have realized
this fact. Seeing the great evils
resulting from excessive drinking,
and seeing that argument, reason,
persuasion and appeals fail to check
these evils, the next step was the
s:local option" plan, allowing each
municipality, by vote of its citizens,
to say whether they would have
bar rooms o. not. This has accom-
p'ished the desired result in many
communities. Laurens, Pickens
and several other towns in the
State have closed their bar rooms
in this way And we firmly believe
that a majority of the white citizens
OF nearly every community in the
State would decide this matter in
| the same way were it left to them
alone. But the eolored people are
mostly in favor of liquor. In many
communities, therefore, this local
option plan fails to bring relief
As last resort the Legislature is
appealed to. We think it extreme
ly probable that this body at it's
very next session will pass a law
prohibiting the sale of liquor as a
beverage in this State. Such a law
is needed, and it's adoption and en-
forcement would do more toward
building up the prosperity and the
morality of the State than anything
else. Persons may talk about the
right of free trade, and that sort Of
thing; but abstract principles
amount to nothing in the face of
solid facts. The only question in
this matter is, whether prohibition
will lessen drunkenness. Some say
it will not; we think that there can
be no doubt that it will. If the
Legislators be satisfied that it will,
then il becomes their duty 10 pass
the law.
We have nothing to say against
men who sell liquor lawfully; they
have right to do so, and so long
as they conduct their business in
accordance with law nobody has a
right TO say aught against them.
Liquor selling is legitimate busi-
ness so long as the law does not
prohibit it.