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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-05-10
No Blanks i'm this Competition.

This is a competition Of rather an unusual
nature 1t IS common to offer prizes for the
best story, or picture, or architectural plan
all the competitors risklng the loss of their
labor and the successful one merely selling
his for the amount of the prize. But the
Press Claims Company's offer is something
entirely different Each person is asked
merely to help himself, and the one who
helps himself to the best advantage is to he
rewarded for doing it The prize is only a
stimulus to do something that would be well
worth doing it The architect whose COM
petltive plan for club house on certain
corner is not accepted has spent his labor on
something of very little use to him But the
person who patents SIMPLE and useful de-
vice in the Press Claims Company's Compe'
tition, need not worry if he fail to secure the
prize. He has substantial result to show
for his work-one that Will command Its yal-
ne in the market at any time
The PLAIN man who uses any article in his
daily work ought to know better how to i'm
prove 1t than the mechanical expert who
studies it only from the theoretical point of
view Get rid of the idea that an improve
ment can be too simple to be worth patent.
ing. The simpler the better. The person
who best succeeds in combining simplicity
and popularity, will get the Press Claims
Companys twenty five hundred dollars
The responsibility of this company may be
Judged from the fact that it's stock is held by
about three hundred of the leading newspa-
pers of the United States
Address the Press Claims Company, John
Wedderburn managing attorney, 6lS + street.
N w., Washington, D. my4
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ted to belieye 1t. Hence the need OF
their personal and Individual confession
of Christ, renewing and confirming their
baptismal pledge with their own mouth
and consent protesting their full faith IN
Jesus as the redeeming Lord; and them
so acknowledging the truth as it is IN
Jesus, they receive from the chlet over
seer of the Church, whom the Holy
Ghostln God providence has sent to that
end, the LAYING ON OF HANDS In testl,
mony of the great spiritual good and
grace that that Heavenly Spirit shall be-
stow upon them and the sending OF
them into everlas ting life.
R. WHITTINGHAM
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NnTsO HARD ASST SEEMS.

A patent strikes most people as an appall,
incly formidable thing. The idea is that an
inventor must be natural genius, like Ed
son or Bell that he must put years to delvng
in complicated mechanical problems ana
that he must spend fortune on delicate cx-
periments before he can get new device 10
a patentable degree of perfection. ms uc'
luslon the company desires to dispc!. IL ue-
sires to get into the head of the public clear
comprehension of the tact that it Is not the
great complex, and expensive inventions
that bring the best returns to their authors
but the little, simple, and cheap ones-the
things that seem so absurdiy trivial that inc
citizen would feel somewhat ashamed OF
bringing them to the attention of the Patent
Office.
Edison says that the profits he has received
from the patents on all his marvellous lhveh-
tions have not been sufficient topay the cost
of his experiments. But the man W no con-
ceived the idea of fastening a bit OF rubber
cord to a child's ball, so that it would come
back to his hand when thrown made Tor
tune out of his scheme. The modern sew
ng.machinc is miracle of ingenulty-thc
product of the toll ofhundleds OF busy brains
through hundred and fifty years, out inc
whole brilliant result rests upon the simple
device of putting the eye of the needle al 'he
l.ft t1,Iyn tN
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THE LITTLE THINGS THE
MOST VALUABLE.

COMPARATIVELY few people regard them
selves as inventors, but almost everybody
has been struck, at one time or announcer
with ideas that seemed calculated to reuuce
some of the little tlic,ions of life. Usually
such ideas are dismissed without further
thought
"Why don't the railroad company make
its car windows so that they could be slid up
and down without breaking the passengers
backs?' eXcaims the traveller. III l were
running the road would make them IN s"ch
way"
"What was the man that made this sauce
pan thinking off, grumbcs the cook ne
never had TO work oyer stoye, or he wou'u
have known how it ought to have been tiXeu
Hang such a collar button !! groWIs the
man who is late for breakfast. "lf were in
the business I'd make buttons that wouldn't
slip out or break of, or gouge out the back
of my neck
And then the various sufferers forget about
their grievances and begin to think OF some
thing else If they would sit down at the
next convenient opportunity, put thclr lueas
about car windows, saucepans, ana coiInr
buttons into practical shape, and then Apply
for patents, they might find themselves as
INDEPENDENTLY wealthy as the man who in
vented the iron umbrella ring, or the one
who patented the fifteen puzzle.
A TEMPTING OFFER.
To induce people to keep track OF their
bright ideas and see what there is in them,
the Press Claims Company has resolved to
offer a prize.
To She person who submits to
ID the simplest and most prone
Using invention. from IL CONNER
ciaI point OfV lew, the company
will give $4,000 in cash, in adj
ditiOn to refuntiing the fees for
securing the patent.
Ii will also advertise the in.
yentiOn free Ofcharge.
This offer is subject to the following con.
ditions:
Every competitor must obtain patent tor
his invention through the company. He
must first apply for preliminary search,
the cost of which will be five dollars. Should
this search show his invention to be unpat-
entable, he can withdraw without further ex.
pense. Otherwise he will be expected to
complete his application and take out pat
ent IN the regular way The total expense,
including Government and Bureau fees, will
be seventy dollars. For this, whether he Sc
cures the prize or not, the inventor will have
q patent that ought to be a valuable property
to him. The prize will be awarded by a jury
consisting of three reputable patent attorn-
eys of Washington. Intending competitors
should fill out the following blank, and for.
ward it with their application o
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IN
ERRpRHEgM goUNEE.

ORIGINAL. FEARLESS, PROGRESSIVE,
ENTERPRIs1NG AND INDEPENDENT.
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SERVICES AT WALKERSVILLE
on the morning Of the End
and 4th Sundays in the
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/ REVOLUTION IN MUSIC.
WONDERS WILL NEVER CEASE.
SO Worth of Choice Music and
The Clarion One Year for ST. IS.

The New York Musical Echo IS quite
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PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get Twenty-Five Hun
dred Dollars for Nothing.
The winner has a Clear GIFT ola
Small Fortune, and the Losers
Have Patents that may
Bring them in still
More.

Would you like to make twenty-five nun
dred dollars? 1fyou would, read carefully
what follows and you may see way to do it.
The Press Claims Company devotes much
attention to patents. 1t has handled thous'
ands of applications for inventions, but it
would like TO handle thousands more. There
is plenty of inventive talent in this country,
needing nothing but en- courage m ell t
to produce practical results. That enconr'
arement the Press Claims Company pro-
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Il ".
sailors
whether
regardless circumstances
entitled lemrd whether
labor
soldiers
ser .,o,o ,ros
all there
widow rshehas need remarked
neither widow child provided
dependent upon
whether soldier late
O II
higher rates
ther WI without losing rights
under the
titled higher account Of disabilities for which
blu service not
the Black FaWek and Cherokee. ana
der n recent
Mexican also entitled yearsof
Of dependent
Rejected settlement secured operor
ana sah OF he ae WI" WHO
lelos original papers
No fee unesucesu Address
The Press Claims Co.,
John Wedderburn, Managing Attorney,
P. .. BOX 49, WAsHlN~1"s -
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II submit the within described invention
in competition for the Twenty-Five Hundred
Dollar Prize offered by the Press Claims
Company
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-07-20
Showed Ills Gratitude.

A COOL story about n lawyer is go.
ing the rounds. 1t seems that tramn
was indicted for stealing watch. He
was arraisned and pleaded not guilty.
Having no money and being without
funds and total stranger, the cour,
assigned his defense to the attorney in
question. The tramp was ms guilty MS
a man ever was, Int as the attorney
was young in practice md desirous OF
grinding off some of his wire cdgot
against the District Attorney he &C.
copied the task.
Nothing dauntcd, the young Mt.
torney rose before the jury to sum III;
his case. Providence hnd endowed
him with tongue capable of almost
anything. He had his address Mt hi,
tongues ond, md the manner in which
he reeled it off established his uamo in
tho community in characters ma in.
eGhccnble ns tho rock ribs Oh old
Gibraltar. He held the "twelve mel
tried and true" spellbound. They
gazed Mt him i'll open-mouthct
wonder. Alternately they laughed
and cried, and people in the audience
followed their example. It is said thai
1t took tho jury just eight minutes to
whitewash the tramp and provide him
with wings and halo. Tho verdict
was for acqnittal.
The tramp, SO thoroughly surprised
nnd overcome with emotion that he
could hardly Rponk, rose from his scat
tho tears stronming down hin checks
There was stiffness in tho courtroom.
"Mr. lawyer, he exclaimed, brokcnly
you don't know me-au don't know
you. 1-lwnnt to thank you. IL
amt got no money, hut-hut here
that witch. Utica Observer.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-07-20

the old Puritan and the-tho what'd
she call 'en? And blomel if 1 know
what she'd got in her head" And then
she says-"Ob, we'll, you are one OF
these Independent Americans that
would prefer to DO considered self
made. But your nephew, Mr.. Wood
burn, seemed to feel genuine pride
in being we'll born. think it SO ad.
mirable-his keeping that old family
Bible and being able to go back gen.
erations. certainly do approve it,"
and up and says, "Great Scott! You
don't mean to say yon put any credit
in That ENTHUSIASTICALLY, ho just
probably made TINT up to suit him
self. Why, on his mothers side, now,
they wero just ordinary shocmakera
end grocers and farmers and-Jusi
then Miss Ruth began to tell me you
wanted mo and = Good Gracious,
Peter. you're ms pale as sheet
What's the matter?"
Nothing, uncle; only I guess
you've just ruined oil the happiness OF
my life. Why couldn't you keep your
mouth shut; that's all. Now, for PHYS
sake, keep nway from tho Bretts."
He turned and strobe away, hardly
knowing where he went until he saw
Ruth coming to intercept him.
One look into her eyes treasured
him; they were shining almost mer.
rily.
"Ob, Pierrei" she cried, with lit.
tie laugh, "whnt an escaped"
What do you mean, Ruth?"
"Why, your uncle was just giving
you away for all he was worth. 1 have to
laugh. He says You made up all your
ancestry"
"Aud-Ruth--yon : You couldn't
forgive me if 1 did such thing?'
Woodburn's voice shook.
"Blcss your old heart, Pierre
Listen; anyone around to hear? Why,
you know mamma's father wns juet Il
plain -gootls-storo man INN
Camden. But don't tell, Only just
make yonr uncle hold his tongue"
Then everything is all right ?" The
color lcnped bnck into Peters cheeks.
"Why, Of course. Wasn't mamma
cnte? That's the real Yankee word.
She pretended not to huve heard any.
thing he said. All she remarked was :
'Denr met The old gentleman is al.
ways most garrulous when the wind
blows away from me, and I can't catch
anything he says. It's quite too
bad.
Peter Woodburn burst out laugh.
ing. Ruth laughed with him. Lets
go back and sit by mamma" she said.
New York Mercury.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-07-20
RAISING CONS ron SALE.

There nrc altogether too many geld
ings on many farms. Mares are, in
every respect, rs cool for work, md
will lose hardly month in the year
producing colt thai will make some
thing above the cost of raising it, il
fairly well treated. The amount of
profit from selling thecol will depend
much upon the Judgment and economy
with which he is raised, and this does
not mean IN starving him, but in feed
ing ration adapted to his growth
The II aiu point, however, in making
profit ont of the colt, is to put him
on the market with sleek coat on
him. He must I've fairly fnt, with all
the loose. long hairs cut OF, and the
sunburn brown removed by htabling,
blanketing and rubbing. A little ex-
Ira rubbing before selling will put
dollars into your pocket. American
Aericulturist.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-07-20
in strawberry bed. There is no
doubt that the use of these annually
...11..ao.. 4l,o n-.,., nnnriInrnhly

in strawberry bed. There is no
doubt that the use of these annually
reduces the crop considerably.
When an old bed has outlived it's
usefulness there are thousands nppar-
emily good plants to be plowed under.
Some persons cannot bear to see these
90 to waste. SO they either use them
for starting new beds, offer them for
sale, or give them to their neighbors
and friends. Whoever tries to save
something by the use of such plants is
likely to lose in the end ten times as much
as he seeks to save. Another practice
not uncommon among fruit growers is
to take plants from the edges of the
fruit. As they wish to disturb the
bed as little rs possible they tako the
plants that have run farthest into the
central spaces between the rows. They
claim that such plants must be all right
since they come from beds Of last
years setting, and which were not nj
lowed to bear fruit. But they are as
unfit for use as the old plants taken
from the wornout bed, as they grew
from sets at the ends of the runners,
too fnr from the parent plants. When
runner has grown for short distance
it forms set. Whether this takes
root or not, the runner continues for
another short space and then forms
another set, and so on until the third,
fourth or even fifth set is formed, all
more or less dependent on the parent
plant for their support md growth.
Those nearest the parent plant have
the best chance. They make more
rapid growth and become stronger and
better plants thnn those farther re-
moved, while those at the very ends OF
the runners, the last feeble effort, are
of low vitality and feeble growth. Be-
sides they nre formed so late in tho
season that they do not have time to
get properly rooted before winter sets
in. To fill bed with such plants is
to make very poor beginning, and
spoil all hope Of anything better than
light or medium crop.
The proper kind of plants to use in
starting n strawberry bed are those
grown the previous year expressly for
manipulating. III growing plants for
such purpose, extra pains are taken in
training and pruning the, runners so
that only the best plants arr preserved,
and so few of these that no two shall
stand closer than five or six inches
apart. The late forming sets and rum
ners are cut of, so that when winter
sets IN the bed is composed wholly OF
strong, we'll MANFRED, we'll rooted
plants. When wanted in the spring,
the entire row-not the edges of it
is taken up, and choice grade OF
plants is thus secured. Better pay nm
extra price for such plants than to
take inferior ones ms gift.
Agricultural. =:
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-07-20
AntiauitY Of the Trade Ma,.k

Trade marks are understood to he
nearly Us old rs the industry of the
human race. Ancient Babylon had
property symbols, and tho Chimes.
claim to have trade marks 1000 year.
before Christ. Guttcnburg, tho in.
ventor of printing, had lawsuit about
trado mark, and won it. As early ms
1900 tho English Parliament author.
lied trade marlks, and the laws of the
United States have nlso protected
thcm. Extraordinary means have been
required Mt NIL times to guard against
the fraudulent nse of marks Of manu-.
facturers. Ii there were no means OF
identifying the trade mark the best
goods Mt onco lose their vnluc. This
was discovered very early, and il is
deemed probable that the succcssors of
Tubal Cain wero the first to uso dis.
tihctivo marks on their manufactures.
This Ia about as near ms it is possible
to arrive mt DATA. Brooklyn Eagle.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-07-20
ASPARAGUS CULTURE.

can grow asparagus, hut can't tell
how L do il ill flowery style, writes n
correspondent. have rich soil
just rs rich rs rotten barnyard manure
will mike it. 1t is tile drained. l
plant ill rows five feet apnrt and three
feet apart in the rows 1 furrow out
rs deep as possible with the plow, put
wcll-rotted manure in the bottom,
cover it with two or three inches of
rich soil and put the plants Oh this.
Get strong plants year old. The
crowns should be nbout six inches be-
low tho outside surface of tho soil.
Cover two inches deep with rich soil,
with little rich manure on top.
Cnltivnte we'll and fill up the burrows
ms the plants grow. Cut The tops off
i'll the fall, before the seed drops, and
take them away. Let the stalks grow
the second senson and keep the ground
clean and mellow. The third year you
will get good crop and the next venr
n full one. Cut sparingiy the third
year. Apply manure every spring and
cultivate it in. L had good results
from applying. superphosphate, six
hundred pounds per acre. Cut the
crop every morning put into lunches,
with buncher, two or three pounds
to tho bunch, and secure with rubber
bands. Square the butt ends nicely
with clean cut and market at once.
have very rich clay lonm for nv
bed, and snap off the plants instead
OF cutting thcm.-Ohio Farmer.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-07-20
A RaIIrona Through The Sen.

An interesting experiment is about
to be carried ont at brighton in the
shape of the construction of n marine
railway for the purpose of connecting
Brighton with the littlo village Of
Nottingham, some three or four miles
to the eastward. Tho rails will he laid
on the solid rock with concrete, and
mt high water will he covered by the
sea, which, however, will not affect
the carriages, tho latter being sup.
ported on framework that keeps
them high and dry. At this part OF
the coast the cliffs nre high, and the
beach is practically inaccessible. SO
that no boating traffic will be inter
fered with. The cars will be moved
by electricity, like those now in Use
along tho eastern foreshoro of Brigh.
ton.-London Daily News.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-07-20
TILE INvALID's PILLOW.

''Pillow cases." writes Doctor Anna
Fullerton, in Household News, on tha
care of the sick room, "should be
very frequently changed, ms they soon
look crumplcd and soiled, being
pressed into various shapes i'll the fire.
quent changes of position demanded
by the patient. In changing the pill
low, the patients head should be care
fully raised and allowed to rest on one
arm while with the. other hand the
pillow or pillows may be removed.
The head being then gently laid down
for moment, if there is but one ut
tendant in tho room, the pillows may
be shaken up-at II proper distance
from the bed-the covers changed if
necessary, and the pillows then re-
placed in the same way. In propping
up patient with pillows the first ono
should be pushed well down against
tho small of the back and each addi-
tional pillow arranged little back of
the last, 80 that they shall togethtar
constitute wedge which will well sup
port the back and head and not inter
fere with the proper action of the
lungs. The frmcr pillows are best
placed beneath and the softer ones ON
top,