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Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24

world the operations OF his harvesting
machines, which perform, with the ana OF
a boy, ten times the work Of man IN a
single day. Charles Goodyear, from the
land OF brass locks and wooden nutmegs,
at 80 discovers the process OF Vulcanizlng
rubber by accidentally mixing plt ol
rubber and sulphur upon hot stove
The discovery proved a bonanza 10 hlm,
although he paid Daniel webster
100000 as single fee to enable him to
establish his claim in the courts. samuel
Finley Breeze Morse was 40 years oil age
when he exhibited his first drawings OF
the telegraph. 1t took him IA years, ana
any amount of money and trouble, to es-
taOlish his priority Of title to the dlscoV-
cry of this greatest of all modern lnNen-
tiOns. Elias Howe, mRchinist OF Mas
sachusetts, was only y when the world
hailed him as the benefactor OF the sew
ing woman and inventor of the sewing
machine. He too made himself poor IN
the contest for the originality OF the IN
YentiOn, but the courts gave Judg-
ment in his favor, and he died at
the end of the second reissue OF
his patents, worth several mil
lions. The names OF Lyall and Eads, and
Edison and Bell, and their achievements,
are fresh in the minds OF all newspaper
readers.
OF all the inventions patented and see
what novel and sometimes trlhing things
have been granted this protection. Thou
sands upOn thousands OF patents are
og lgo f. 5S,"19 devices that are never heard
To tho ,,isiijS 'siu iI ing penny OF return
W Tue misguided lndlVluuaa -.hn has thus
toollshly parted with his money. ii Dnore
existed any record OF the men who have
attempted to ''invent" perpetual motion
the list would be formidable one. There
Is In Washington to-day a man who has
spent several years upon this long
since exploded delusiOn, and who firmly
believes be mas ''got it," He has i'm
p0rtuned the writer time and again TO
take financial interest IN the matter,
with the assurance Of big returns,
but fears to show his wonderful ma
chine lest somebody steal it from him.
The man 10 not considered insane either,
though OF course he is crank. The aver
age time required for Obtaining q patent
is about SIX months. Many are issued in
a much shorter time and many require
longer, but this is the usual calculation.
Every examiner or assistant examiner
when an application comes InJO his hands
places himself upon the offensive against
1T. He searches tho records aud examines
the files of drawings over ana over again
in the finn belief that he will lind some
previous invention covering the case.
Inis is chiefly because otthe great num-
Der OF patents in every class covering al
most every conceivable improvement or
point; but it is Characteristic OF every gov
ernment department that every thing com
ing before ii in the nature of claim of
any kind is fought against. as a matter OF
course. There are in Washington over -
firms and individual attorneys VINO make
q speciality of this branch Of practice -
besides hundreds OF others throughout the
country, and most of them make a good
deal of money.
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24

yearly was so small and the expense of
running the office so comparatively large
that proposition was discussed 30 let
each State take care of its own inventors
and inventions, but the complications
fOreseen as likely to follow the adoption
of such plan caused it to be abandoned.
For nearly 40 years from this period the
expenses of the office largely exceeded the
receipts from fees, but this, like the mail
system, was deemed of such Importance
to the public and to the progress of the
country that no thought was ever enter
tanned of discontinuing the expenditure.
In 1915 the office began to be sell-sustaln-
ing, and every year since that time there
has been large excess OF revenue over
expenses.
From 1870 to 1909 the average number
OF patents per annum was less than 25O,
most OF which were for agricultural I'M
plements. From 1910 to 1920 the inventive
mind seems TO have been directed to inn
provements in the machinery for cotton
manufactures which Arkwright had in
augurated in England. AS early as 1897,
however, Amos Whittemore, of Cam
bridge, Mass, had invented the machine
for making cards for the carding of cotton,
and the first operation of converting
raw cotton into finished cloth had been
commenced in 1918 and carried forward
under all the difficulties incidentto the old
fashioned processes, until Slater, and
Lowell and Mason had perfected their i'm
mortal tfg %6ficeF 4pgI $50 TO. TO $40 the
early issue of patents averaging 1850.
In 1915, the first year of excess of the fees
over expenses, 1887 patents were issued,
and the increase has continued until for
the year ending June 30, 1885 the applica-
tons filed, including reissues, numbered
50, ,6S5, upon which 22JS patents We're
granted, realizing revenue OF of 81 ,074,-
9l4 80, and involving an expenditure in
the maintenance of the office OF 1884,
123 Ia profit of over $4,000. This sur
plus is now covered into the Treasury.
As it represents tax upon the inventive
genius Of the country II should not exist.
but the fees for granting patents should
be reduced TO figure that would wipe 1t
out. The cost of procuring patent is no
trfiing sum to poor inventor, and MANY
are deferred for lack of it from pushing
their discoveries into public notice and
use
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24

ton about 300 600 models varying in size
from the tiniest tack-nail to a locomotive,
and in Importance from a mOuse-trap TO
telephone transmltter. 1t is a veritable
museum, eXcelled in variety only by the
National Museum connected with the
Smithsonian Institution, to which was re-
Gently removed some of the interesting
relics once stored there, including the
Identical printing press used by Benjamin
Franklin, the coat worn by Gen. Jackson
at the battle OF New Orleans and num-
Der Of revolutionary relics. The first
collection Of models comprising everyth.l
received between 1890 and 1896, number
ing IN all about 1000, was destroyed by
the fire which burned the old post office
building, then also used for the Patent
Ofhce, Dec. 10, 1886. These were never
restored. For some years after, until the
present building was erected, the Office
occupied the building now known as the
City Hali-the District court house. The
hre OF September, 1877, which came SO
near demOlishing the Interior Department
building, destroyed 80. 900 models, most of
which have since been restored from the
drawings at a cost OF $3.50, 900. The re-
pairs to the building which have been 90
ing on ever since, and were finished less
than year ago, have cost nearly three
times that sum.
Among the important inventions in the
history OF our country lew may be men,
toned. Al the age Of IS Franklin secured
his patent for the lightning rod, the utility
Of which has been fully recognized. Eli
w hitney, OF Massachusetts, at the age OF
y, invented the cotton gin, having the
necessity Of IL suggested TO him while
teaching school Ia Georgia. This ma
chine has reached such perfection that
one OF them now performs the work re-
quired OF 1000 persons in Whitney's time.
Robert Fulton, at the same age OF IS, in-
vented his application OF steam 10 the
propulsion 9t beats, and afterwards Sc
cured patents for submarine tOrpedues,
dethro Wood, al 3S. invented the plOW-
share, which had previously been a stick
OF wood plated with iron. Wood, how-
ever, made himself a pauper in prosecu-
ting inlringers of his patent, aud died
with no other reward for his beneiactiOn,
tnau the favorable Judgment OF "A court
upon has claim. Thomas Blanchard, "A
mere boy of ~, invented tack machine,
and afterwards the pondcrOus stern-wheel
by which The steamboats, Ot the Western
rivers are propelled AZ 30 he also Ob.
tanned patents tor tne turning lathe now
iu uHe throughout The world for turning
irregular shaped articles, such as gun
stocks, shoe lasts, hut blocks, etc.
Ross WinnnH, of Baltimore, WAS only ~
when Doe TOOK cut his first patent Tor
spriuEs upon wagons, ana be ID WAS who
originated, desl ned and patented the
patent railway car double truck, f0r long
passenger cars, u0W invariably used and
introduced hy him into Russia. Cyrus a..
Mccormick la seen at tho Loudon orhlbl.
iian of l1aL showing "a an astanlahed
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An Emannel County Midget.

From the Sl0afasbor0 tGdJ Pine Forest.
Emanuel county can certainly boast Of
the greatest curiosity in the way Of a
Guild ever seen or heard Of in this part Of
the country. The little creature il now
about six months old and weighs less
than five pounds. clothing and an, al
five months OF aye It only weighed four
pounds, including its clothing, which
would have weighed "a pound or more.
For two months after It's birth 10 was too
weak 10 nurse In the natural way, and
had to be fed With milk. The little mid
get is almost perfectly formed, It's arms
being about the size OF uu ordinary per-
sons thumb and its legs very little, II
any larger Mr.. and Mrs. Dink Tdpey,
the chilNs parents. are average sized
brought the little Miss 90 town ON Mon
day last and she created quite sensa-
tiOu.
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24
PATENT OFFICE.

H,0OO, the Commissioner of the General
Iand Office $1,000. the Commissioner OF
hdian Affairs 81 600. the Commissioner of
railroads $500 and the Commissioner OF
dncatiOn $1,000. The latter office is at
resent untitled, no appointment having
ben made since the resignation Of Com
[ issiOner Eaton.
I PThe headquarters Of the Interior De-
hrtment are in the colossal structure
hown as the Patent Office, though owing
the vast requirements and encrOach-
bnts Of the latter Office, several OF the
her divisions have been driven to seek
larters elsewhere. Phis building is one
THE largest and most substantial OF the
Vemment editices. It occupies an en-
square, or four acres Of ground, which
/ gal'Hginally set apart by LEnfant in
lls IaR OF the city for a great national
hufN. Its erection was begun in 1887
4 lnd To main division completed 1912.
A later gr,e wings were added on the
y Aorth, ~ and west. The building is Of
ne Dor Gyle OF architecture, two sto-
lies hlgl ,ith rustic basement, and IS -
leet hlgh NE main entrance. on r street,
IS throug massive pOrtico OF two rows
oil huge c'lmns, designed after the Par
thenon lnA hens and is of exactly the
lame dlmfaOns as its classic model. A
loity ulgnpt broad granite steps leads to
the portlc' Were is an interior court
yard, ornuerted with fountains aud
poWer bed The entire structure con-
lains two andred apartments. besides
tne extensh halls OF the museum OF mod
els. The biding cost 81, 100000.
kach OF grand divisions OF the lnte-
fior Departsnt is sufficiently extensive
ahd impofttt for a newspaper article,
but the Paut Odice, with it5 stOrehOuse
Ns.ff ft lnt ia NtH hf
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24
irish National League Fund. /.

The following letter acknowledging the
receipt of $662 55, Savannah's contribu.
tion to the. Parliamentary fund, was re-
ceived yesterday by f. J. Kennedy, ESQ,
Treasurer.
TREAsURERs OFFICE IRISH NAT. LEAGUE
OF AMERICA.
DETROIT, MICH, Jan. 10, 1856.
Nr. T.. 81. henHedg, Treasurer. SI0dnudh. Ga..
MY DEAR SIR-YOur welcome letter of The
10th INST. Is at hand, with your check for
S662 50, which ] have placed in the Parlia-
mentary fund az collection through League
Committee Of savannah, Ca.
In letter from Dir. Parnel. received to-
day. he reiterates his gratitude to our organ
izations for It's timely and very generous as
sIstance, and expresses great confidence in
the ultimate success Of the Irish party. with
assurance Of best wishes, ! remain very faith
fully yours, CHAs. O'RElLLY,
Treas. /. r. L. OF A.
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24

Bcnson's Capene Plastors are widely INIT
ted. That is the fact. NOW, why are they
initiated Bocause they are tho only porous
plaster Boo cNi-tcnce that o. really tru-tW Worthr
and gHluaI'c. NeuaIn's PlHsters u.e highly
dud scientifically mcdicatcd, aud euro u %
HuN effect whatever. Ihr public arc fhu rn.
foro cautioned agtuNt b aRicrs bearing thr
name. ~ "t ap.iriu.' "tuH-lcnm." "tHusl.
cine. Ur "t HruCInt' when arc meant tu uaas
fgf "laurIucH .u'rfeD note me dtnereucoI aud
also against uiHsiefs bearing the names "npn-
tun.H,H "Hurfnu'f.H gfr. Mhfn hurnF Ak
distinctly iur Heuauu'a tiaster. Hud protect
yourself hy prrsuuai examination The
genuine hHf fhr WORT "CnpfinoN ruf or
pqraufod in the body ~ thf plaster and thr
iKrhrnn f.enialA aalaslnaFA oallf fHEf rinflf
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24
MACHINERY AND MS.
THE INTERIOR DEPA iNT
AND THE PATENT on.

Growth of Invention ana -, Aeon
mutation of Modeis-somae Men
who Have made Fortunes B enc
fitted Mankind.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Jnterior
Department is nearest, in it5ions to
Lhe people, of all the departs Of the
United States government public
land system, the Pension Owith its
enormous disbursements. Patent
Office, the Indian Bureau. ,ureau of
Education, the Census Bu, the Geo.
logical Surveys and the cement su-
perVIsIon of land grant rails are all
under the wing of this dement,. Its
Business is, therefore, enous and
Its ramifcations coextEe with
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24
CHEAP ADVERTISING.
One Cent a Word.

ADVERTISEMENTS, 10 Words or
more, in this column { the best in the pdper)
inserted for ONE CENT A WORD, Cash
in Advdnce, each insertion.
Everybody 1oho has Gny cant to supply,
anything to buy or to sell, any business or
accommodations to secure; indeed, any l0iSh
to grotifv, should advertise in this column.
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24
pBoioerapBu.

10 TO WILSON'S. headquarters, 81 Bnl
NJ street. OppO4lte Scfeyon House for fine
Cabinet Photographs. Process instantane-
Gus, WORK guaranteed hrst-clsss. Price three
dollars and hfty cents a dozen.
L1BOZEN FOUNTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS
= u1H ready 70 cents each. WM, ERNEST
llSON, corner BrOughtOn and Drayt0u
slrcCtH.
fE'HE Celebrated Cabinet Photographs made
hY j. n. WILSON are stlll three Golars
and hlHy cents 70 dozen.
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24

the boundaries of the natiol domain.
Besides the bureaus enumer,d, each of
which is managed by a comssioner or
director. the Secretary OF thhterior has
the general supervision Ofhe Capitol
building, through the office the Archi-
tect, the Government printr Office, the
Government hospital for the sane, and
the Columbia Institution fohe deaf and
dumb. The Interior Departmt was ere
ated by Congress In 1919, ande first sec
Rotary was Gen. Thomas Ewg. of Ohio.
+ lowing came Thomas N. TMcKenns,
of Pennsylvania; A. Is. Ii. Strt, of Nir.
ginia; Robert McClelland, oMichigan; I;
j. Thompson, of Mississippi; b. Smith.
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24
alitorrllnnrnno.

4 fltR waiting H month. Tor extensive re-
y Iairs aud rcm0denng our mammoth
Soda Nalor Fountain, on Thursday We Hill
serve 20 thu people our celebrated beverage.
q. 81. IElDT a. 90.
4 fkEAT bargains in Crockcry, Glassware,
NJ luwHre. rtAtloucry and general hlusU-
bold urcosfiflcs can lc found 40 ". W. BAY
Ahl'S southern BlrHain House, whitaker
uud DHnY street iHuc. Savannah, Ca.
GALL THURSDAY nnd eco g N HEfDT A
~ CO.'S new way OF getting up a dass Of
soda Water.
WANTED, everybody t0kn0w N you want
w your Clothing renewed rlnanod, re-
a8afm nfssrfH
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24

The model room Of the Patent Office
consists of four immense halls extending
north, south, east and west in the second
story of the building. The space thus oc-
cupied is about 1,200 feet by 100 wide
Here on all sides are cases arranged tier
upon tier, in which are placed on eXhibi-
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24
Male Principal Wanted.

AN EKAHfNATfON 10 hli thc position ol
~ Principal ~ the Grammar School 30
Chafham Academy, in this clty. Will bO held
un TnuR8DAf. the fth day of February
nfHt, heiNecn thf hours 81 ~ a. \. and 2 2. n.
For pHrnCuiaTH apHIf - fhn unnnTaauel.
Vi !. A 3 ~ r.Isnfssnaref
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24
CnlnLni1mrtrt lllnntrn.

NTANTED, by young man. position in
w Office or store. Money not SO much Au
object rs permanent situation. Good refer
ences given. Address C., this Office.
WANTED, by young man, a situation,
W who has had seventeen 10 years eN
perlence IN general mercantile business on
The Bay; willing to do any kud OF work. Ad-
dress T., care Morning News.
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24

a. An Q ElIs 10 Atul sulAIi tNNN axe OF llti tl
w ~ four rooms, suitable for hOusekcep-
inS Address j. ID. DUNWODY, Internal
Revenue Once.
NNANTtD. floor OF three OF four unfur-
W uished rooms for housekeeping. Ad-
dress BALTiM IRE, this office.
M TANTED TO RENT. a small room up
w town for Office; Office, desk AMI chairs.
Address H., this office.
WANTED. furnished room for two gentle
W men in central part of city. j. h, %
BrOughton.
WANTED. $4,000 Cabbage Plants. Ad-
w dress j. A. II. UMBACH, p. .. Box No.
81, savannah, ga.
WANTED, to borrow eleven hundred dol
W lars, at seven per cent, for two or three
years on city real estate worth twenty four
hundred. Address MADISON, News office.
w ANTED, a fat of s or 4 rooms or a small
W house. Address SCALE. TINS office.
WANTED, men and women 60 start a new
W business at their homes; can he done
evenings and learned in an hour; any perso1
making less than l0c. to f0c an hour should
send l0c. at once for package Of samples of
goods and "A working sample. formulas to
commence on. Address ALBANY SUPPLY
COMP NY, Albany, \. y.
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24
Arlp 2uamteO.

w ANTED a tailor 70 do general work.
w Apply at once to THOS. MCKAY, 61s
Bull street.
TVNEACHER WANTED.-Wanted a male
/ teacher for the Orphan House At Bethesda.
Address j. II ESTGLL, President Union So
cIety, savannah, Ga.
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24
prrBOnat.

IF MIR. Il. j. MILLER will call at Adolpl
/ Sacks Jewelry Store, 1875 Congress street
he will hear something to his advantage.
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24
xorSals.


E'OR SALE. job press and small outfit suita 10
4 bic for amateur printer; very low. Ad
dress b., this Office.
nor SALE, Boards, Pianks and Scanlling
Il also No. aud No. 2Suiuges: also Lathes,
No. I, No. and No. Flooring, kus. !. and
3 weather Boarding aud Cel'lng. REPPAKD
j. CO., Lumber Yard next 10 Cas-els wood
ward, foot OF TAYLOR street, IN Savannah,
Florida and Western railway yard.
NOR SALE. thoroughly accmated jersey
i stock-young COWS, neifers, and bulls r
thoroughbred and grades. For particulars
apply BY letter TO J.. W. HASKELL, Sayan-
nah, Ga.
EOR SALE. q pair Of stylish horses, suita-
4 bic for all kinds of work; gentle and
sound; also a Cue large mule; sOid for no
fautu as owner has no use for him. Apply at
CDNCORDIA PARK.
TNOR SALE, one 4l-barrel turpentine still.
4 I'D good order. Persons wishing 10 pur-
chase VIII communicate with IA1 LOE Il
WARNER, Gree yvilie, :. &.
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24
Stranrn.

CTRATED.-Any one finding loose mule
- please return 70 33 West Broad street.
O'BRIEN.
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24
3aaierrllnnrnnn.

ID L on hand Thursday at the grand opening
- of the mammoth Soda Water Fountain
OF q. M. HEtDT n CO.'S.
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24
Roomo 10 Bent.


EOR RENT two or three rooms on first
y floor, furnished or unfurnished, suitable
for housekeeping, at 37 Abercorn street.
nor RENT, rooms, for gentlemen, light
It housekeeping; also, ,communicatngroO
l9l Broughton street.
NOR RENT, large south roome, furnished or
Il uniurnished; also, day board. 56 Bar
nard street.
NOR RENT, rooms, furnished or untur-
1 nlsiied; location central. lj3 South
Broad.
DOOMS. furnished or unfurnished, on first
IL or ihlrd floor; bath ll2 Macon street.
NOR RENT, a at OF four rooms. suitable for
4 light Housekeeping JIG Drayton street.
NOR RENT. two-story house on Hall street,
II five doors west of East Broad street.
.=-=------------------- ----.-------------s---.
Aonero ann Storre for 1srnt.
NOR RENT, store and dwelling l75 Brough-
Il ton. Apply to Mrs. W HEELAN, corner
Congress lane and Montgomery.
TOR RENT, tenement Gordon block, Bar
y nard street. fronting Chatham square. n.
c. MILLS.
TOR BENT, well situated Bakery. in good
4 condition, with store aud dwelling;
complete cuiit of baklUs, and also candy
making utensils; can be bought reasonably.
Inquire at corner SIMS street and Guerard
street lane.
ENOR RENT CHEAP, to a good tenant, resi-
X dence southwest corner of ork and Hsb-
ersham streets; apply by mail to 5. i. AD-
ANS.
LNOR RENT, lhe premises No. 80 \ Ork street,
l. near DraytOn, lately occupied 10y DOwl-
ing Bros livery and boarding stable.
possession given Immediately. Apply to Fl.
T BOTTS 4 CO., los Bay street.
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24
aoarbtnn

CTOP 40 the sTUBBLEFfELD HOUSE,
- nest door 10 tile Academy 0f Music, Ma
COP. Ca. Tcrms 81 80 per day. MRS. S. J..
WiilTEHURST Proprctress
DALATkA. TLOKIDA.-Tho New sara
l toga; 100 handsome rooms. modern con-
veuicuces and white employees. a. WASH
BUBNE. Also proprietor OF the Washburnc
House. Saratoga SPRING.. y. y.
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24
2,GiseeIlattrouto lslanio.

w ANVED, to rent small cottage or Nat of
w - four rooms. suitable for hOusekeep-
inK. Address j. ID. DUNWODY, Internal
Revenue Of6ce.
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24

NOR RENT two or three rooms on first
" floor furnished or unfurnished, suitable
for nous keeping, at 3 Abercorn street.
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24
Nnmefo ann Stnrre far 1arnt

NOR RENT, store and dwelling l76 Brough
L ton. Apply to Mrs. W EELAN, corner
Congress lane and Montgomery.
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24

NXTANTED, a floor OF three or four unfur-
" nished rooms for housekeeping. Al
dress BALFIM Or r. this office.
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24

EOR RENT. the premises No. 80 Y ork street,
Il near DraytOn. lately occupied 10y Dowl-
ing Bros. as a livery and boarding stable
possession given Immediately. Apply to Fl.
T BOTTS & CO., los Bay street.
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24

NOR RENT, rooms for gentlemen, light
IT housekeeping: also, communicating rooms.
l9l BrOughton street.
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24

M ANTED TO RENT. q small room up
w town for office; Office, desk ami chairs.
Address H., this office.
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24

WANTED, furnished room for two gentle
w men in central part of city. j. H., 9i
BrOuEhton.
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24

WANTED. $1,000 Cabbage Plants. Ad-
w dress j. A. II. UMBACH, p. Q. Box No.
81, savannah, ga.