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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-15

Transactions in State issues We're small. being
limited 10 Alabama class at 100 l-2, and
Arkansas IS issued in all Of the Little Rock.
Pine Bluff and New-Orleans Railroad, at -.
OF city bank stocks Ninth National sold l7) ~
125 3-4
The general bond market WAS dull and droop-
ing The reported transactions amounted TO
little over $1,000, 900, and were divided among
an usual number of Issues. The heaviest losses
were suffered by Philadelphia and Reading in
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nus. 900,
/ :, day OF March, 1893, anc

Fond, will be delivered to the purchasers Oh OF o'oi"
the 9nd day u March. 1898 AZ l2 M. 49,, a.,
Mount Vernon. In when tnls ,'h',' w,
trct l.. located (. situated upon tho y y y IL; ana
A. Il X and upon the y. Y. and II. X II, tnIlv ,i
mile. ttwenty.(our minutes taven from the ,rand ''he
Depot with sixty train, each way daily and has popua
ton OF over 600 people AID l. IN most o-leIous so
dItlon The school district OWLS the present -cnooi
ildngs and land upon which they are situstd vstueu
AZ so 600 with total boDded indebtedness OF S2oooo
By -tatute these bond cannot be sod below par;
\. i. KRASCIIER President,
Holm ZIITIG. Clerk.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-15
financial glcetlous.

V'HE ANNUAL ELECTION for Directors and
i Inspectors Of Election of the Common "cAIth iu
.ur.nre Co. OF New.York will lie held at the Com
,anv's onlco rs wlism.-t.. New.lork, on Wednesday
frb u.s. 1898. Polls open from II IN % IL 80 p IN.
~ " CiAS. >. BARLOW. Secretary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-15
BANKING HOUSE OF
HENRY CLEWS & co.,

H. 10 & IS BROAD ST.. opp. n. Y. Stock Exchange.
Dcposs received subject 70 check demand Interest
allowed daily balances.
Order, executed on the Ncw.York Stock Exchange for
Stocks and Bonds for investment margin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-15

THE NEw.yoEH, CHICAGO AND ST LOUIS RAIL
ROAD CO., GRAND CENTRAL DEPOT
NEW.lORk January "A. 1898.
TIE BOARD or DIRECTORS have this
i any declared dividend OF TliRFB per cent the
IA A. PREFERRED $40, * ~ the Company parable az
,hIv oIr o. th" fr' iav ~ III neat. out the
earnings for the calendar year 1892
Transfer n"Ss ,o' "r,. ,,dcrIrs,d stock VIII De
o1 trlruarv and VIII be- Icolened the morning OF
Ihur sday lie cond dry OF March.
''''"'' ALLYN cox. Treasurer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-15
~ s ENGINEER OFTICE, Room a,k HcI az

Army nniIdns' 30 whItehal, N c%",,ss,,IstiSa
February In pnins Tor Torpedo storags az ur,
wadsworth 4 Y will he ecGySra 4, Merh iGth, lsS'
& ,h.n pYblicly oncned. Specification, en- applel:
and ali available information WI D. "r oicnel Corps
tion 20 this ONCE. d. & 'o'NiN''
Engineer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-15

NETWORK CENTRAL AND HUDSON RIVER RAIL.
ROAD COMPANY,
OFFICE or THE TREASURE
HEW.YORK, January ~. 1893
DIVIDEND Of one and one-quarter per
n c-nt Oh the capital stock OF tho ROME. WATER.
IOwN AND OGDENSBuRG RAILROAD COMPANY
VIII b paid Newly Central and Hudson River
Railroad Company lessee undcr the provisions Of the con-
after February 10 1898 stockholders Of record at the
closing OF the transfer books on January 81, 1913
V W. KOSSITGH, Treasurer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-15
~,oe,xc PRICES OF PHILADELPHIA STOCKS.
CLOSING PRICES or BOSTON sTocKs'

Boston, Feb. ~. 1893.
r,dor Yesterday To-day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-15
lFElcE or THE ENEMY 8 -sMIrM CAR coMrAXY

DAYTON, Quo
February 18th 1898.
~ HE BOARD OF DlREL lOhS OF This com
pany have this day declared the regular per
Guart,ry dNidena on the PsIcrrei STOCK of the Com
any uayahlr March LIST. The Transfer Books viii close
n New YORK. on III. 18th dav of February and
iconrn on the md day 81 arch at 10 o'clock III.
Checks Oh NcwYorh will BE- mailed stockholders from
This Office j. ID. pLArI,
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TIE WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE RAILWAY COM.
CHICAGO ALTON EAIILRoAID, COMPANY S15

CHIOA'U AnIVN KNII1'UND O, wWMPAN1no,
NJ OTICE.-A quarterly dividend of 81 per
~ G.y delayed the Preferred and
Common stock Of this Company, PAYABLE the first day OF
March nrN the >hodes ~ record at the close OF
cuisines, LOuls OIL tn 10th instant.
The divld nd shares registered in NewNork VIII be
office oil hr CompanN's Ageats. Mcssrs Cuyer,
Morgan a Co.. - pnr-st New-lur,, and the dis idcnd
on registered in chicago Will be- paid at the Office Of
the Treasurer Ot the Compaht. - 49,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-15
Proposals.

PROPOSALS FOR GAS FOR r. ,,n Big ~
lafcnent City Hall. Feb ID. ls93-seaed pr anna
b. received at the Office OF the superlntenden iS3
city Hall until II o'clock ~. oi Friday onnensd sna
at which ZINE and place they sha o. ivs w locltee
in the streets OF Boston and Tor su'H pr Of Jtes
VI amI,, may be- 10. attd by ortr oi t os ne ty.
men, the parks anG pinc nu.'',r -, coatracs
cr the term OF three years from the Gir 90. rrore.
BIDS are invited ty districts, 9s ioo"1 n sne /. ci:r
noltn part compr,.ng wards g. :. y ~ ~ ~ nd IS:
proper soutn part comprising wards -, y, ssd TIRE
ltoNbury district comprising MaI1' 60 ~ he GENRE
na,s OF Wards 50 and II lying G. The WEI W pnrshe.f
line Of Blue NiIi avenue and liamP'n stt,s of Wards
.lstric: rompr.-lng Ward - and ue>' :, lin. Hl
60 end 81 living o. tae east o the 't ~ ornr,snz
WapI 81 West HoXOurv district corr 'ls,h-, and IS;
south Boston district comprising warn, "a harieS
Fast Boston district comprising W"d, CIV Zach lamp
Uwn district comprising WARDS s. anu ,,ho mr. froa
sur.cf =, s,n-c or during at least 5S-S
ing 10 n time schedule 10 br iurnish'1 ,nr 1T eas
dent nj lamn. and cun>ln' NJ Ic'. ~ ,,auired ~
Nor hour or other quantity a. nav nir.f 10 state
r. ia ,n,rinteudrnt bidders Will be- r'qu rnser. ere
ma cannrpnwrr OF the gas T. he fnrn she'd .nbic 80
also ~tate the price per l, other than
M which thay will furnish fa> O. arncatlca ~
~ citv Specification, may DE had upon sy nss must
,ho oNce az the SUI .rinenGcnt ~ lamps - he ordr
be accom- ani,d by certified check, ,.ou.and dollars
~ Tho civ Of in the sum E, hNe Tsst Boston
"a, ooO FOR the thare-tcwn, Brighbn "ona,s $1,000
E.,rt,s and I'm the ten hon~nu uo'.' - rriavo
~ carh of the other districts saih c'' ard
n the bidder does take III" cohrdt Tho Conditions
srnish bond for the due performance on t,nc,oy he
tho ,of in amount ana WIZ Su''"'' -.
rnnosaIs 10 be- aIircsscd to Patrick f,r gs
tendcnt o. lamps. and to b, marked
'o' TPc light 10 reject any all bids Is re.efSe'
IA deomd for the interest Of the cv 10 90 =, lamps.
Patrick O'SiiEA. surerh'enuc". "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-15

EUROPEAN FINANCIAL MARKETS.
London. Feb. II, 4 p. m.-Consos. o. 3 for money
and 90 1916 for the account. Canadian Pacific.
- Is Erie, % IL; Mexican ordinary, 20 "a: -.
Paul common, IL 80. Paris advccs quote per
cent rentes Gs francs 30 confines for The account.
and exchange on London at % francs II IL cen,imes
FOR checks. The amount Of bullion Withdrawn from
the Baik OF England balance to-day Is clos 900.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-15

FINAL DIVIDEND NOTICE.
D. JClLLiARD, Receiver OF llOyt.
~. SpraRues Co.. Office 66 s. ~ Worth.st., New
York CIV is prepared directed bv the order OF the
Suprcme Court OF the state OF New:iork under date OF
FEBRUARY \ 1893 pay hnal dividend Of -. cent
to the creditors whose claims have been allowed by
william p Dixon. Esq. Referee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-15

SAN ANtYSiEW w. - OF m,
First Mortgage pr cent. Blnd> OF this company ar
payable and a;t,r the jih H,t. at the ATLANTIC
If,t'ST co, No. 80 WIFE ,u-s'.. NcN-NOlK tIty.
". II. WEISS. Treasurer.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-04-15
A child,s opinion of Adam.

A quaint little maid who has very de-
cided and clearly defined notions Of her
own, whose home is on the North Side,
close by the Lake Shore drive, and whose
mamma is communicate Of ST. James,
recently very urgently requested that
she be provided with one of "those big
print Bibles that have covers that double
back" She explained that she wanted
to read the Bible all through, as her new
Sunday school teacher had done-she had
just been promoted from the infant room
to the Sunday school proper-before she
was 10 years old. Of course her mamma
was not only willing but anxious to en-
courage so pious purpose, and she got
the sort of a Bible little Sue wanted.
Each day for an hour or more she read
with careful attention in her new Bible.
When she came to that chapter which
relates how God called Adam and Eve
to account for their disobedience, Sue
went to her mother, and bringing her
soft covered Bible together with bang
exclaimed with scornful Indignation:
"Do you know, mamma, that / think
Adam was just as mean as be could be.
He wasn't fit to speak to, and if I had
been in Ewes place I never would have
spoken to him again. Just think of his
going and telling God on Eve after he
had eaten the apple too. | don't see what
made God listen to such tattler any
-u Cl,;oono Hnro1d
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-04-15
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A Efrcnroof Electric E-ire.

A wire is being introduced which pos
sesses such fire resisting qualities that
the most extreme fire tests to which it
has been subjected have failed to pro-
duce any visible effects upon it. At a
recent demonstration several sample
boards were prepared, each having ar
ranged upon it samples of various well
known electrical wires, one sample upon
each board being the new wire. All the
samples had the same sized conductor
and were carefully wired together into a
circuit, so as to allow of their being
tested in comparison and under the same
conditions.
These sample boards represented 1G
leading makes of insulated wires, sew
eral of them being claimed by their max
ers to be freproof. A powerful electric
current was then applied and main
tanned until the conductor was first
brought to red heat, then white heat
and in some cases melted. Under this
intense heat every one of the samples ex-
cept the new wire was entirely destroyed,
in several instances setting fire to tho
board, but in no case did sufficient heat
escape through the new wire to discolor
the board beneath it.-New York Tele-
cram
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-04-15

drank. Oh, how lIerciless men are,
especially after they have destroyed you!
Do not look to men for comfort OF help.
Look to God.
But there is a man who will not re-
form. He says. II won't reform" Well,
then, how many acts are there to trag-
edy? I believe I've.
Act the First of the Tragedy-Ay young
man starting off from home. Parents and
sisters weeping to have him go. Wagon
rising over the hill. Farewell kiss flung
back. Ring the bell and let the curtain
fall.
Act the Second-The marriage altar.
Full organ. Bright lights. Long white
veil trailing through the aisle. Prayer
and congratulation and exclamation OF
Chow well she looks"
Act the Third-A woman waiting for
staggering steps. Old garments stuck
into the broken window pane. Marks OF
hardship. on the face. The biting of the
nails of bloodless fingers. Neglect and
cruelty and despair. Ring the bell and
let the curtain drop.
Act the Fourth-Three graves in a dark
place-grave of the child that died for
lack of medicine, grave of the wife that
died of broken heart, grave Of the man
that died of dissipation. Oh, what
blasting heath of three graves! Plenty
of weeds, but no flowers. Ring the bell
and let the curtain drop.
Act the Fifth-A destroyed souls eter-
nifty. No light. No music. No hope.
Anguish coiling its serpents around the
heart. Blackness of darkness forever.
But cannot look any longer. Woe!
Wool 1 close my eyes to this last act OF
the tragedy. Quick! Quick! Ring the
bell and let the curtain drop. Rejoice,
o young man, in thy youth and let thy
heart rejoice in the days of thy youth,
but know now that for all these things
God will bring you into judgment"
"There is a way that seemeth right to a
man, but the end thereof is DEATH"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-04-15
A Conyict's Letter.

In East Greenwich there is woman
jailkeeper, whose father and grand
father kept the jail before her. So in
secure was the old place that some years
ago it was no unusual thing for the pris-
oners to remark that they could escape,
but they were treated SO well they didn't
care to. To one Of the prisoners who
spoke of the matter of escape Mrs. Smith
replied that she had asked for an appro-
priation, whereupon the prisoner called
for pen and ink and wrote to the gov
ernor Of the state a characteristic letter,
which is kept among the archives. It is
headed "East Greenwich JAIL" and con-
tinues, eff you don't send some one
down here pretty quick and patch up
this place for Mrs. Smith as she wants it,
I'll leaye."-New York Sun.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-04-15
Getting M .n1on,ey.to Go Shopping

80 -.
A well known artist, whose studio is,
in New York, but whose home is in o
pleasant village an hours ride from the
metropolis, promised faithfully one
morning that he would do some shopping
for his wife. On arriving at his studio
he found that he had money enough in
his pocket for his lunch and no more.
What to do about the shopping? Sud-
denly he bethought himself of an order
for an illustration that he had received
from magazine. He set to work, and
in less than two hours had finished the
drawing, collected $50 for it at the pub
lisher's Office and had started on the
more exhaustive labor of shopping
New York Sun.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-04-15
A Governors Sentiments.

It is told of Governor (now Senator) q.
B. Vance that being in holly contested
engagement in the late civil war he saw
8 hare between the lines running for life,
when he exclaimed: "Go it, Mollie White
Tail. YIwere not governor of Norts
Carolina, I would run too. "-RichmcIa
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-04-15
A Matter of Pride.

Mr.. Bingo-I don't see why you dis
charged the girl, for she was the best
servant we ever had.
Mrs. Bingo-That may be, but I was
over at Mrs. Kingsley's, next door, yes
terday, and she has discharged eight
girls in two weeks, and I had only dis
charged seven. 1t would never do to let
her get ahead of me.-Exchange.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-04-15


Is well ':,,own now to Ill his custom
.rs AMI the public, having been in
this business nearly ten years at this
place, and indging from the continu.
e.! increase in his business he must be
giving satisfaction, and as business
;ncreases he eniarges his stock. You
wi!l find he is ready to furnish you
s.ith everything usually kept in a
irSt class iewelrv store.
Watches. Clocks. Jeweiry Of all kinds
and pric.s Soe:tacIas Silverware, &c.
Beautiful and elegant are our GOLD
and SILVER WATCHES forladies, sents
anl boys. OF which he makes asp cial-
ty. Prices, us before, will compare
favorably with any market in the
United States. AL! work done in
workmanship manner with improved
machinery.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-04-15
A TOO COMMON TRAGEDY.

On the other side the pulpit sat the
men who had ruined him. They were
the men who had poured wormwood
into the orphans cup; they were the men
who had bound him hand and foot. ]
knew them. How did they seem to feel!
Did they weep No. Did they say,
"What pity that such generous man
should be { ,stroyed?" No. Did they
sigh repentingly over what they had
done? No; theySat there, looking as vul-
lures look at the carcass Of the lamb
whose heart they hare ripped out. Sc
they sat and looked at she coffin lid, and
I told them the judgment of God upon
those who had destroyed their fellows.
Did they reform? was told they were
In the places of iniquity that night after
my friend was laid in lakewood GENE
terry, and they blasphemed, and they
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-04-15
npryvINc IN ALI RANKS.

DRINKING IN ALL RANKS.
In the midnight hour, also, drunken
ness does it's worst. The drinking will
be respectable at o'clock in the even
ing, little flushed at 8, talkative and
garrulous at 10, at II blasphemous.
ct 12 the hat falls off and the man
falls to the floor asking for more drink.
Strewn through the drinking saloons of
the city-fathers, brothers, husbands,
sons, as good as you are by nature, per-
haps better.
In the high circles Of society it Is
hushed up. A merchant prince, if he
gets noisy and uncomfortable, is taken
by his fellow jewellers, who try to get
him to bed, or take him home, where he
falls fiat in the entry. Do not wake up
the children. They have had digrace
enough. Do not let them know it. Hush
it up. But sometimes it cannot be hush
ed up-when the rum touches the brain
and the man becomes thoroughly fren-
zied.
Oh, if the rum touches the brain, you
cannot hush it up. You do not see the
worst. In the midnight meetings great
multitude have been saved. We want a
few hundred Christian men and women
to come down from the highest circles OF
society to toll amid these wandering and
destitute ones and kindle up light in
the dark alley, even the gladness OF
heaven.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-22
PERSONAL POINTS.

According to the Fresno, California,
Journal, HUI. Maxwell, formerly OF this
state, whose poems and letters OF travel
have charmed the readers OF the INTEL
LlGENCER, has finished his history OF
Evans md Sontag, the noted outlaws,
for San Francisco publishing house.
The work will be protusely illustrated
by San Francisco artists from photo
graphs Of the bandits and Of the scenery
OF the battles thoy fought with the
pursuing posse.
Rev. Dr. II. R. Haweis, the English
clergyman whose books on musical sub.
jects have attracted attention, is to
make another visit 10 this country next
month. He will make lecture tour,
going us far west os San Francisco.
The Due d'Aumale, who is living in
retirement ut tho famous chautau oil
Chantilly, is a patron oil art and litera-
ture, and loves to gather round him
men OF note, especially at his Sunday
dejeuners.
Philip Macauley was o little less than
sixty years old when he arrived in this
country from Ireland in 1S49. He il
still living, tolerably strong and bright,
at the age Of 103 years, in Middletown,
N Y.
George Francis Train lives ON $40 q
week. If he had Sl3 no says he would
not know what to do with tho extra
dollar.
Lord Salisbury is said to DO the only
prime minister since tho time of Eliza,
beth who has worn beard.
Mr.. and Mrs. William NJ. Evarts, of
New York, will~colebrate their golden
wedding in few days.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-22
BREAKFAST BUDGET.

Miss Myra Little is claimed to be the
smallest baby in New York City. She
is nineteen months old, and, strange to
relate, it is said, weighed more when
she was born than she does now. Then
she tipped the scales at eleven and a
half pounds, while now she weighs q
half pound less,
A telephone for use on the field OF
battle is one OF our war appliances,
Tho wire, II mile long, is wound in q
kind OF breast-plate, worn by the sol.
der, and to tho head-gear is attached
tho simple receiving and transmitting
apparatus,
The round-trip fare from st, Louis to
New Orloans--distance, 700 miles-dur-
ing the international exposition in tho
Crescent City in 1885 was Sl5, and the
round.trip fare from st, Louis to CHI
cago-distanCe $50 miles-is now $40.
The New York Times claims that Mt,
Kinseo, which rises PROBATIONARY seven
hundred feet out Of Moosehead lake,
Maine, ID wholly composed OF hornstonee
and is the largest mass Of that mineral
III tho known world,
With the ratio of silver to geld in
creased to 20 to l, one thousand silver
dollars it ia estimated, would weigh al
most seVenty-four pounds as against
tifty-nine pounds for one thousand OF
tho current edition.
During the past three months thirty
five postotlices in New England have
been broken into, the sales blown open
and the contents taken, In all the
government is loser by over $4,000.
Willis Miller, of the firm of Frank I.
Miller & Son, Cincinnati, was drowned
in the ST. Lawrence at Thousand Is
lands park, where he was spending his
vacation,
The revenue collector at Birmingham,
Ala, has written to the city OF Atlanta,
Georgia, asking for the loan ola deputy,
as every deputy in Birmingham Ia em-
ployed.
A blasting explosion occurred in tho
King Ludwig coal mine at Herne, in
Westphalia, and seven miners were
killed. Six were seriously injured.
Hylldahl and Civilian were respec-
lively the names OF groom and bride
that left Arkansas City for n few weeks
visit to tho fair Monday night.
Very few emlgrants from Spain como
to the United States. Most OF them
take up their now residence in South
and Central America.
The A. NJ. L. conference has I'D.
journed ut Blairsville to meet in the
West End church, Pittsburgh, next
year.
MIS-. Julia Cummings, aged Ill years,
Rcd Bank, N. j., has son wnois eighty.
four years old.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-22
MIDSUMMER JOKES.

"And what do you to mean to say"
exclaimed Farmer Begosh, "that that
thing is used tor travelling purposes ?"
"Yes." Human bein's go that way2"
"Of course" Goodbye" "Where
are you going2" "BaCk home. Pm
gettin' used TO steam cars, but Pm
burned OF Pm ready to be sont by tele-
graph. y Washington Star.
Kenniboy was entertaining Whitney
at his house, and the little host had
possession OF the hammock. This
Whitney resented, and asked to be
allowed to swing, using this argument:
"You ought to, cause Pm company"
"Woll, I'll tell you," said Kenniboy,
'lots pretend wG're down at your
house. Then I'll be company."-Hqr-
pGr's Young People.
Johnny" said his teacher, iii your
father Gun do piece Of work in seven
days, and your Uncle George can do 1t
in nino days, how long would it take
both OF them to do it?" They'd mover
get 1t DONE" said Johnny. "Thoy'd sit
down and toll llgh stories. ",-PhilaOcl.
phia Record.
whats that girl singing?" said Mr..
Topnoor to the bell boy. 40 Promise
Me-" replied tho youth. "Well, for
goodness sake, 60 down aud promise her
Whatever sho wants aud charge 1t my
account - Washington Star
"llullo, old man whore are you living
nowY "Eak.esk.osk.Osk-S Che,SCho.
nectady." "Where ID your brother
liyingW "IIsk.csk-Coniound i'll why
didn't you ask mo whore we both
livcdT"-- Life.
"Young sampson, whom you sue
coming up tho street. plays tlrst base
splondidly." Sho--"I believe l should
hAvo known ho was Il musician without
being told."-Intcr OCEAN.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-22
An Inventors Woes.

Out OF the fullness OF his experience
as tho great inventor Of the day Mr..
Edison says he is done with patents.
He Is not through with inventions, but
he will try to get his reward out oil
operating, not through the patents di.
rect, He will take out patents so as to
BIO allowed tho use of his own inven.
tious, not to keep others from using
them.
Mr.. Edison takes it for granted that
if he has a good thing the patent
pirates will roach for it, and he is will.
ing for them to get what they can out
OF it, Patent litigation, in his expert.
ence, does not pay. The laws are good
but the machinery Of the courts is
very slow and decidedly unsatisfactory
to the wronged inventor. The delay
makes him liable to be eaten up by
fees and tho like, and meanwhile the
piracy goes on.
The wizard is not the first inventor
whe has had reason to complain Of the
insutaclency of the law as a protector,
but he is probably tbo first inventor to
declare that his only desire for patent
is that no may be allowed to use his
own invention without being jumped
on as the intringor OF pirated device