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Priority of Invention.

From the Electrical Review.
The following are points in decisions
on priority of invention:
The party who first reduces an in
vention to actual use is entitled to
the patent for it, although the other
party may have first conceived it, if
he did not exercise reasonable dill
gence in reducing it to practice.
If a party who first conceived a ma
chine followed up the idea diligently,
and was the first to reduce it to actu-
al practice, he is entitled to a patent
for it, although his competitors had
complete working drawings of it pre-
viously prepared, and had obtained a
patent.
Whoever first reduces an invention
to practice and makes an application
OF it to use, will usually be the prior
inventor.
In order to defeat a patent the
courts require it to be shown that an
other not only conceived the inven-
ton in dispute before the patentee,
but was also the first to perfect and
adopt the same to practical use, or
was using reasonable diligencefortha
purpose.
TIE parties who first embodied an
invention III q machine which they
kept in operation afterward actual
use, beside manufacturing and selling
other machines, are prima facie enti.
tied to that patent.
He is the inventor, entitled to the
protection OF the patent law, who is
first to complete the invention and
publish it to the world, and not he
who confines the knowledge OF it to his
client.
When an invention consists OF q
combination of elements, the date
when all the elements are combined is
the date of invention.
When one is first to conceive an in
%vention, he throws aside all evidences
ofthe conception, makes no efforts to
complete Or introduce it to the public,
and delays making an application for
a %patentfor nearly four years after
anoth~- :as brought it into extensive
use, he has standing as an inventor.
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Wild Beasts of India.

More than $4,000 persons are an
nually destroyed in British India by
wild beasts. The tiger alone, in 1888,
killed 9S5 people, besides 10000 cat
tie.
Venomous serpents destroy immense
numbers OF w%ayfarers. Owing to the
heat OF the climate, poor persons
travel mostly by night, and walk bare
footed or wear only a sandal that
does not protect the ankles. The
deadly cobra is seldom active in the
daytime, but he may be trodden upon
in the darkness by uncovered feet.
He attacks the traveller, who is found
in the morning dead upon the road.
Often the shortest path between the
two villages lies through a jungle, where
in the daytime, the heat will rise to
100 degrees under the blazing sun OF
India. The temptation to defer the
journey until after sunset is, to most
natives, irresistible, and in the tropics
darkness quickly follows the departure
ofthe u The natives waikiki Indian
file in thenarrow tracks, and loiterer
falls an easy prey to a tiger %crouching
in ambush.
In many parts Of India, despite the
utmost efforts of the Government,
wild beasts render life hard indeed to
the people, for one pair OF full-grown
tigers. with cubs, will destroy fromfour
to SIX bullocks a week. Often, impure
wantonness, a tiger will kill two or
three cattle when he wants only a
small part of I'M A family of tigers
will kill in a week more animals than
a family of farmers can eat in a year.
The panther and the leopard are
also terrible cattle eaters, and the
leopard has a particular habit Of
carrying off the dogs which are expec-
ted to quad thc herd from his at
tacks. The Indian wolf is noted for
his audacity in Selling children. In
India, ANIMALS have a character OF
ferocity which makes human life in
some districts wellnigh insupportable.
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a Long Headed Lady.

A beautiful and bashful young wom-
an OF nineteen summers calledrecently
at the Office OF a life insurance agent,
and asked him timidly ii he could tell
how long people OF certaina age would
live. "
madam" replied the agent, cough
ing respectfully behind a prospectus,
and drawing his chair neal to her,
"here are IL tables of expectation
and average mortality, which contain
all the information upon the subject
that you can desire"
"Well,' said she, chow long will a
man OF s~ixty-seven, and who eats peas
with his knife live?"
According to our table, madam
replied the agent, he should, on the
average, survive eleven years, three
months and sixteen days"
THAT" said the visitor, would, be
till the 21st of April, 1896"
Precisely, madam, on the average
expectation OF mortality, for we must
all die, and it is, therefore, well to in,
sure against loss to the loved ones in
q company whose character is"
"And how much could l insure his
life for?"
ooh, forany amount-sayS1O,o OO.'
he answered, taking up a blank form
application. Let me recommend the
unexpected advantages offered by our
non-forieitabie endowment policy"
"NNell," said the young woman, "a
think, then, that I'll marry him.
ENSURE him, you mean, corrected
the agent.
Marry him; you insure him. You
see, she added, with a burst OF con
tidence, II love Herbert, and Mr..
Dawkins is old enough to benny grand
father. But Herbert is poor and l
Just worship the corner lots that Mr..
Dawson builds on. And Herbert is
very patient, and says that ii ! will
only fix a day, no matterhow long as
he will have to wait, he will be happy.
And now you say Mr.. Dawkins will die
by the 2lst of April, 1896; and AS it
would not be decent to marry again
till I've been a year in mourning. I'll
arrangeto marry Herbert on the 22d
OF April, 1897, and if Mr.. Dawkins
doesn't die by then you'll give me
$4,000. Oh, thank youl" and with
a deep bow she swept out ofthe office.
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A.HARYEsT SONG.
From the Western Christian Advocate.

from the Western Christian Advocate
The odor' sweet OF new-mown hay
Ii waited DER the land;
Piled high, the shenves OF golden grain,
Wait for the tresher's hand.
Wide, billowy fields OF corn uplift
Their banners broad and green,
With plenty's promise craven bright
On each, in glittering sheen.
The lcaiy vine bends low with weight
OF juicy clusters fair.
S%pringtiine's glad prophecies fulfilled
The burdened orchards bear.
Der all the land br%own-handed Toll
And patient Thrift have wrought
Day after Day, till dreams have been
To hui liruition brought.
Yet not to them all praise be given,
Not all to Toll and Thrift;
''Who gives the increase" unto Him
Our grateful.hearts we lift.
Who can the richly varied stors y
OF goodly gifts behold,
Nor say with Israel's prophet bard,
THY works, how manifold!'
ELIZABETH F. STARKEY.
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What the Composing Room Sta
tistics Census Shows.
From American Bookmaker.

From American Bookmaker.
The tables prepared for the last
United States census respecting print.
ing, although both curious and valu.
able, have received only little atten.
ton from the newspapers of the day.
Part OF this, nc doubt, arose from the
fact that the volume was published
during the heat Of the last political
campaign, when all other subjects
were dwarfed, but a part comes from
the fact that the results were not so
clear to many writer's, who had not
been bred to the art and were not in
the habit of analysing statistics. Ons
| of the tables which have been least
noticed is that showing the number OF
pounds unsa Of d type used 1Se upon s the news;
the quantity Of type regularly
set. New York has 1,242.649
pounds of type, OF enough to fill
cases for 10000 c~ompositors, her
proportion being one-ffth of the
Union, which has 6,689,878 pounds.
Five states, New York, Pennsylvania,
Illinois, Ohio and Iowa, have nearly
one-half OF all tie type, and set one
hall of the number Of ems. a pound
of type sets SO ems, and assuming that
the average size is BREWER, there are
for each thousand set, about 1900
ems left in the cases. The largest av.
erage set on dailies was in Louisiana,
100000 ems, and the smallest in New
Mexico 10000 ems, the average being
74,147. The average on weeklies was
57,197, the largest being in the Dis.
trict of Columbia, 81, 5000, while in
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How dear to the heart of the funny

man is the ice-cream, mother-in-law,
roller skate, and green apple Jokes, to
say nothing OF the lent umbrella, st.
Louis girls foot, and the solitary,
lonesome, church fair oyster, more
ancient jokes, which have been the
mean OF inspiration from the Dark
ages to the present day, and wall con.
tinue so, until time shall be no mora.
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wooden ship of 1928 tons is 3
curiosity indeed, and it is no wonder
that the people OF the whole surround
ing country poured into Rockport,
Maine, to see the launch of the big
four.master friedrich Billings.
, 1885-06-20


The Hadendowa spear is from six tc
sew en- feet long. The handle is of a
piece Of hard mimosa or acacia, thinner
than a broom handle. There is a long
socket attached to the blade, into which
the wood is driven and fastened. At the
reverse end there is commonly a piece
of twisted iron or telegraph wire, which
serves the double purpose of weighting
the handle, so as to Counterbalanco the
bla1e, and to prevent the Weapon being
pulled from the grasp. The spear-head
or blade is rarely more than two inches
broad by eight inches long. Going into
tattle the Hadendowas grease their
spears from blade to hilt, so that it is
impossible to wrest the weapons from
their hands in a struggle. The spears
used by the tribes up the Nile are much
more formidable weapons. The handle
is from eve feet to nine feet long,
made of male bamboo wood. IL is fur
nishcd with a terrible broad -bladed
long snear-head. like that of the Haden-
dowas, kept bright as a mirror and
sharp as a q
The blades are sometimes fourteen
inches long and five inches wide. In
truth, an Arab spear up the Nile looks
more like an elongated trowel- blade
than anything else. Shovel heads onr
soldiers used to call them. They make
a fearful wound, and it was with one Of
these Col. Burnaby was struck in the
throat and killed. Being exceedingly
light weapons, although badly balanced,
the Arabs can handle them with great
dexterity.
, 1885-06-20

IHfLNtt ifinuuc iuttfflfisI
"M hat is the secret OF my SUGGEST !
can attribute it to only one thing.
When ! think of n story that | think Il
good. | write il down, and add nothing
to it. If it's a good shot 1t hits the
mark, If it misses, no harm is done.
Some men say n good idea and then
spoil it by adding something to il.
They try TO make it more iorcible en-
bellish it. That wrong. Almost any
writer can take a good idea and make a
column, but there are few writers who
can take n column and reduce il to an
idea. A man can say a great deal in
three lines; then what's tho use OF morel
The other day in New York an ad-
miter asked me what / owed my success
TO and ! told him brevity. He wanted
me to give my definition of the word
brevity. / replied that brevity was the
tonished at the truth of it. But that s
what brevity means, and | couldn't have
given him n better idea of it if ! had
used a column of words"
Mr.. Shaw does his writing whenever
opportunity offers. He always carries
with him a number of slips of blank pm
por, and whenever or wherever he is,
when he has a new, crisp idea, he lots
it down. Then ut his leas1re he reads
these slips over, culls from them what
he considers the best, and destroys the
rest. He says that if, on the second
reading, lie has any doubts as to the
originality or the correctness OF the
proverb he destroys the slip and that
settles ii.
, 1885-06-20

II the ameer of Afghanistan had re-
ceiyed Lord Duflerin warmly at Rawal
Pindi, England would to-day be- at war
with Russia. But the ameer did not re-
ceive Lord Dufferin warmly. On the
contrary, he received the y%ieeroy very
%grumpily.
The Allahabad Pioneer thus explains
his GOODNESS:
"Mr. Miller, of Calcutta, has removed
certain badly conducted teeth with a
view to make room for a colony OF more
quiet settlers in Abdurrahmans mouth.
The result is that both eating and speak
ing are at present a din Guilty to him. "
Every possible method was sought TO
relieve him. His bungalow was lined
with crimson satin. Musical boxes
played gay tunes. Eyen the wine do
canters when touched burst into melody.
All the courtiers brought remedies.
Hookahbearers, %tailors, chess players,
cooks, deaf and dumb painters employed
their arts to divert their master. butch
ers killed sheep and chickens all day
long to tempt his appetite with the
daintiest parts.
ct his teeth ached, and he received
ord Dutierin grumpily. And Lord
Duterin, telcgraphing TO his govern
ment, said that they could not count on
the ameer, and had better make terms
with Russia.
50 dentistry saved the world from
war.
, 1885-06-20


A citizen of jacksonville, Fla, has hit
upon a wonderful idea upon very slight
p~rovocation. The correspondent Of one
of the newspapers CHANGED to remark
that ira lie in Bay street, Jacksonville,
vas we'll nigh as noiseless On account of
the sand as are the picturesque water.
ways of Venice; and straightway it
flashed into the quick and ingenious
brain Of a reader Of this remark that it
would be very easy for Jacksonville to
have streets not only as quiet as those
OF Venice, but rs watery. The sand is
easily digged; why not excavate the
streets to the depth of a dozen feet, and
let the river into these improyised
canals, thus establishing waterways
through the city, The current would
keep these streets clean. he argues, while
the novelty Of the plan of this improvised
Nenice could not fail to draw to Jackson
vile many OF those winter travellers who
are the delight Of the enterprise Of the
place
, 1885-06-20

lL'hhon itAttis4
An English lady had occasion, some
time since. to travel without escort
from Suffolk to London, and she was
forced to take a train on which there
were no carriages reserved for ladies.
There is a compartment occupied
only by the Rev. Mr.. Sturgeon" the
guard said in answer to her expression
Of disappointment, perhaps yon do
not object to riding with him"
The lady acquiosced, and accordingly
was 80 placed.
An inquiry on the part of the reyer-
end gentleman in relation to the win
dow opened the conversation, and pres
emily the two travellers were discours-
ing amicably upon general topics. AT
length they reached Mr.. Surgeons ma
tive village. where the train paused a
few moments.
presume, madame, " the gentleman
observed with genuine enthusiasm,
that you have heard OF Sturgeon, the
great preacher. This village has the
honor Of being his birthplace"
He went on from this text, drawn out
somewhat, it is true, by the lady. and
praised himself most unsparingiy, de-
claring Spurgeon to be the greatest
ulNlne IN all England. When London
was reached, he politely assisted the
lady into a cab, and was bidding her
goodbye, when she said:
thank you very much for your
Kindness, Mr.. Sturgeon
Surprise, chagrin and anger all
painted themselves upon the face of the
other, but he apparently struggled to
maintain his c%ountenance and his tenn
per. Striking himself melo-d dramatic
ally upon the chest, he exclaimed:
Down, temper Down temper,
down."
And turning upon his heel he left her
abruptly.
, 1885-06-20

III JhufutA - Uehifnl
Light and life are inseparable; that is,
such was the generally received opinion
many years ago, and in accordance
with il, houses were built, literally sup
piled with windows, and as literally
now-but go along any of the fashiona-
Bile streets of New York, and you
will find not less than three, and
often six, distinct contrivances to
keep out the sunshine and gladness.
First, the Venetian shutter on the out
side: second, the close shutter on the
inside; third. the blind which is moved
by rollers; then, fourthly, there are the
lace curtains; fifth, the damask or other
material. In the same train come the
exclusion of external air by means of
double sash and a variety of patent
contrivanoes to keep any little stray
Whit of air from entering at the bot
tom, sides and tops Of doors and win
dows. At this rate, we will, in due
time, dwindle into Lilliputs, il indeed
we do not die off sooner, with all sci
ence and art, and leave the world to be-
gin anew, from the few sons of the for
est who persisted in eschewing c%iyiliza.
ton. We lay it down as a health axiom
the more outdoor air and CHEEKY
sunshine u man can use, the longer no
will live.
, 1885-06-20

The Calling gun weighs about 500
pounds and is precisely of the same de-
sign as the ordinary cannon There
are yen chambers that revolye in the
barrel proper, and each chamber has an
Independent lock. The main barrel is
eighteen inches in diameter. The 81 o
of cartridge used is that of the ordinary
40 government rifle caliber. Each feed
drum contains 2l0 rounds. The firing
is done by operating a crank; the cart
ridge is exploded by a hammer which
works with such great rapidity that l2O
cartridges are fired in a minute. The
movement Of the gun can be so adj
justed rs to make it either stationary or
oscillating so that the gun practice can
become either scattered or centrifugal in
its execution.
AT 100 Yards the Calling gun has been
known to hit a i2xl5 feet target 500
times out OF 100 shots. At 1900 Yards.
i13 out Of 500 shots have struck a 0x25
feet target. To show the rapidity with
which the gun can be worked, it might
be explained that the time occupied in
coming 70 action front from trot and
firing is ten seconds; timber rear, mount
and off, thirteen seconds.
, 1885-06-20

A writer to one Of the medical jour
nails, who saw cases OF cholera in Paris
last year, says what struck him with
most force was the great fear which
seemed to lay hold of the patients, so
unlike anything met with in smallpox,
typhus, d~iphtheria and the like: tbs
sudden and extreme collapse, the com
parative absence of real delirium, and
as the latter stages come on the shrunker
features, the shrunken eye-ball, dark
areola round orbit, and the shriyeled.
inelastic condition Of the skin. so that
when pincl cd and raised up it showed
scarcely any elasticity or tendency to
retract itsell in the normal manner.
, 1885-06-20
Expected to See Her In Royal Robe.
Edinburgh Scotchman1

One day, when the queen was stand.
ing on the public road neal Balmoral.
sketching the castle from a particular
point, a flock of sheep approached The
queen, being intent on her work, took
little notice of the flock, and merely
moved a little nearer the side of the
road. A boy in charge of the sheep
shouted, at the top of a stentorian voice,
stan DOT o the road 'owman, an let
the sheep gaze by" The queen, not NOV
ing quite so fast as the shepherd wished,
he again shouted, Fat are We standin
there for Gang DOT o that, an let tho
sheep pass One Of the queens at.
PENDANTS, who had been at a distance,
cried u to the boy, Don't you know
who that ISL NO; | neither ken o
care but, be she IA she likes, shn
shuda be i the Sleeps road That's
the queen, said the Official. The boz
looked astonished, and, after recovering
his senses, said, with great simplicity,
The queen Cd, fat way disna she pit on
court cloes that foulk can know herr
, 1885-06-20

Manufactured only by the California
Fig Syrup Co. San Francisco Cal, is
Natures Own Turo Laxative, This plea
sent liquid fruit remedy may be had of
Hunt 4 Whipple druggists. Sample bot
ties tree and large bottles at fifty cents or
one dollar. II is the most pleasant,
prompt and effective remedy known, to
cleanse the system, to act on the Liver,
Kidneys and Bowels gently yetthoroughly;
TO dispel Headaches. Colds snd Fevers; 10
cure Constipation. Indigestion and kind
rod ILL. For sale by w. n. Hunt.
, 1885-06-20

All travellers stopping for a time in
Cheyenne can find the best accommoda-
tons in the city at the Western Hotel on
Fifteenth street The location is agreea-
BILE and convenient, rooms pleasant and
newly furnished, meals the best a first
class cook can prepare from the finest
materials in the market, waters who un-
derstand their business. the best liquors
and cigars in the bar room are among the
many attractions of this popular house.
HERMAN kNMR, proprietor.
, 1885-06-20

Water is brought into Corsican cities
by a%queducts. The women gather at
the city fountains TO fill their jars and
TO gossip. Resting the jar upon one up.
lifted knee, and holding it by the ears,
they fll it from the FLASHING Jets. When
il is Allied they raise it to their heads,
square their shoulders, aud march off
without splitting a drop But the bear.
ing OF jars on the head has this com.
pensation 1t gives the women an erect.
robust, majestic carriage They walk
superbly, AS do their sisters, the peas
ant women Of Egypt, who also carry
burdens on thsir heads
, 1885-06-20

Hostess-Are you a musician, Mr..
Sissy
Mr.. Sissy twho is dying 20 give an ex
hibition of his ability)-Well-er-yes,
! think | can lay claim to some knowl-
edge Of music.
Hostess am delighted to know it.
My daughter is about to play, and |
would be very glad il you would kindly
turn the music for her.
, 1885-06-20

And the old folks laugh when they find
that the pleasant liquid fruit remedy Syr-
up of Figs is more easily taken and more
beneficial in its action than bitter nauseous
medicines. 1t strengthens the liver, kid
neys, stomach and bowels while it arouses
them to a healthy activity. For sale by
w. N. HuNT.
, 1885-06-20

There is a fortune in store for the
miliiner who shall devise a tonnet that
can be won in any part Of a church
and Away present its trimmed side to
the congregation
, 1885-06-20

GOoseberries, sfrascber'-
ries, 6f1ekberT.ies, peaches,
PLAINS and apricOfs reeetp-
ed daily at the Ph0wfs'
Market.
, 1885-06-20

The largest stock OF hne brandies, old
WHISTLES, choice hqncins and superfne
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets.
, 1885-06-20

Pure, delicious ice cream and the finest
soda water with all the various fruit syr-
ups at u. II. Ellis.
, 1885-06-20

Our tailoring department IS now conf
plete with all the late novelties in fine for
cign and domestic fabrics. b. Hellman.
, 1885-06-20

A satisfactory glass Of soda or mineral
water can DO obtained at Peatody's for
FIVE cents. Try il.
, 1885-06-20

Engraving in al its branches Is don, \
zEuNER, JACKSON 4 BuEoHsER's
, 1885-06-20

TuE Denver Nees publishes pictures of
some OF the train dispatchers. Fortu-
nately the dispatchers are a patient and
peaeeable set of men. otherwise this story
might have been longer, as in the case Of
the three wise men of Gotham who vent
to sea in a bowl, which was not a strong
onc
, 1885-06-20

GLADSTONE has declined an earldom.
Great Cnsarl what a grammarian.
, 1885-06-20

Has the shibboleth turn the ~rascals
out, had anything to do with the increase
Of the tramp nuisance?
, 1885-06-20

A fine line of furnishing goods, hats and
caps. etc. cheap at Hellman's.
, 1885-06-20
LITTLE LEADERS.

LEADENS.
Deserted was the brilliant hall
The crowd OF young and gay
Had eaten mp the berries all
Aud gone their Joyous way.
A poor old tramp passed by the door.
And took a peep within,
And scornful was the smile he wore
A smile Of hardened sin.
These people spend their llght-earned cash
For stun like that. % said he;
"While ] must rustic for my hash,
A busy, busy. bee"
Yes, you're a busy bee. you bloke.'
Said Smith. with savage grin
Aud awful other words he spoke.
And ran the worker In.
, 1885-06-20

SOME n speaking in Denver of Hon.
Tom Patterson's great success as a crimi.
nal lawyer said that he cleared everything
he tackled. A youth standing by re-
marked that he had been the attorney for
the Holly Water business for a long time
and he hadn't managed to clear that
water yet.
, 1885-06-20

THERE is one consolation in connection
with the leading industry of the west If
bi metalism is downed and coinage stopped
by the monopolists of the east, not a
wooden nutmeg maker that ever lived, or
any other cute Yankee, will be able to
make silver spoons out of pewter.
, 1885-06-20

ACCORDING to the recent census there
are ll,s4l dogs in Brooklyn. Does this
include the dude puppies?