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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-08-08
Patents
Notice to Inventors.

There was never time in the history OF
our country when the demand for inventions
and improvements in the arts and sciences
generally was so great as now. The con-
venences of mankind IN the factory and
work shop, the household, on the farm, and
in official life, require continual accessions
to the appurtenances and implements to each
in order to saye labor, time ard expense
The political change in the administration
of government does not affect the progress
OF the American inventor, who beng ON the
alert, and ready to perceive the existing
deficiencies, does not permit the affairs of
government to deter him from quickly con-
ceiying the remedy to overcome existing
discrepancies. Too great care cannot be
exercised in choosing competent and skill
full attorney to prepare and prosecute an
application for patent Valuable interests
have been lost and destroyed in lnnumerable
instances by the employment OF incompe-
tent counsel, and especially IS this advice
applicable to those who adopt the mo pat
ent, no pay" system: Inventors who entrust
their business to this class Of attorneys do
80 at imminent risk, as the breadth and
strength of the patent is never considered in
view of quick endeavor to get an allowance
and obtain the fee then due. THE PRESS
CLAIMS COMPANY, John Wedderburn,
General Manager, 61s F street, N. w., Wash.
ington, D. G., representing large number
of important daily and weekly papers. as
well as general periodicals of the country,
was instituted to protect its patrons from
the unsafe methods heretofore employed in
this line of business. The said Company is
prepared to take charge OF all patent business
cntrusted to 1t for reasonable fees, and pre-
pares and prosecutes applications generally,
including mechanical Inventions design pat
ents, trade marks, labels, copyrights, inter.
fcrences, infringements, validity reports, and
gives especial attention to rejected cases.
1t is also prepared to enter into competition
with any firm in securing foreign patents.
Write for Instructions and advice
JOHN WEDDERBURN,
GlS f Street.
p. O. Box 1856. Washington, D. G.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-08-08
No Blanks in this Competition.

No Blanks in 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 riskng 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 be
rewarded for doing it, The prize is only Il
stimulus to do something that would be well
worth doing 1t. The architect whose com.
corner is not accepted has spent his labor on
)methng of very little use to him But the
erson who patents n simple and useful de.
,ice in the Press Claims Companp's Compe-
ttion, need not worry if he fail to secure the
prize. He has a substantial result to show
for his Work-one that will command its val
ue 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 it than the mechanical expert who
studies it only from the theoretical point of
view. Get rid of the rid of the idea that an
improvement can be too SIMPLE to be worth
patenting TIE simbler the better The
person who best succeeds in combining
simplicity and popularity, will get the Press
Claims Company's twenty five hundred dol
lars.
The responsibility Of this company may be
Judged from the fact that its stock is held by
about three hundred of the leading newspa.
pers of the United States.
Address the Press Claims Company, John
Wtd1ehurn. managing attorney, blSF street
n " Washington p c nay
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-08-08

II submit the within described invention
in competition for the Twenty-Five Hundred
Dollar Prize offered by the Press Claims
Company
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-08-08
PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get Twenty five Hun
dred Dollars for Nothing.
The Winner has IL Clear Gilt OF"
Small Fortune, and the Losers
Have Patents that NAV
Bring them In still
More.

Would you like to make twenty-five nun ,,
dred dollars! 1fyou would, read careiuiiy
what follows and you may see way TO 90 IT,
The Press Claims Company devotes much
attention to patents. 1t has handled thous-
ands of applications for inventions, but IL
would like to handle thousands more. There
10 nlentv of inventive talent in this country,
needing nothing but n C our age m ell
to nroiucc practical results. That encour-
apement the Press Claims Company pro-
poses to give:
NOT 50 HARD AS 1T SEEMS,.,
A notent strikes most people as an appall-
;nolv formidable thing. The idea is that an
inventor must be a natural genius, like Edi-
son or Bell that he must put years to delvlng
In complicated mechanical problems and
that he must spend fortune on delicate ex'
periments before he can get new device 10
a patentable degree OF perfection. ms de'
fusion the company desires to dlspei. IL de-
sires to get into the head OF the publlc clear
comprehension of the fact that IL IS not inc
great, complex, and expensive Inventions
that bring the best returns TO their aulhors
but the little, simple, and cheap ones-the
things that seem 50 absurdlY trivial that inc
citizen would feel somewhat ashamed OF
bringing them to the attention OF inc ra'eh'
Office.
Edison says that the profits he has received
from the patents on all his marvellous 1nVen-
tions have not been sufficient to pay the cost
Of his experiments. But the man who con-
ceiyed the idea of fastening bit OF rubber
cord TO a child's ball, so that it would come
back to his hand when thrown made for
tune out of his scheme. The modern sew
iug.machine is miracle OF ingenuIty-th
prodnct ofthe toll of hundreds OF busy brains
through hundred and fifty years, but the
whole brilliant result rests upon the simple
device of putting the eye of the needle at the
,>,,;,. ;,,,+ood of tho other end.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-08-08
THE LITTLE THINGS THE
MOST VALUABLE.

Comparatively few people regard them
selves as inventors, but almost everybody
mas been struck, at one time or announcer,
with ideas that seemed calculated to reduce
some ofthe little frictions 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?" exclaims the traveller. IF were
running the road would make them IN such
q way"
what was the man that made this sauce
pan thinking ot?' grumbles the COOK nc
never had to work oyer stoYe, or ne Woulu
have known how it ought to have been hXed.
Hang such a collar button y grows the
man who is late for breakfast III were IN
the business I'd make buttons that wouldn't
slip out or break of, or gouge out the pack
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 their ideas
about car windows, sauccpans, and collar
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.
ATTEMPTING OFFER.
To induce people to keep track Of their
bright ideas and see what there is in them,
the Press Claims Company has eso.ved to
offer prize.
TO the person who submits to
1t the simplest and most prom
Using inyentiOn. from IL CONNER
cial point Of view, the company
will give $4,000 in cash. in adj
ditiOn to refunding the fees for
securing the patent.
1t will also advertise the in
ventiOn free Ofcharge.
This offer is subject to the following con-
diti0ns:
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 o: not, the inventor will have
patent that ought to be valuable property
to HIM. The prize will be awarded bya 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:
- -, 1893.
II submit the within described invention
a. IT,. IL
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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-06-17
II WOULD RAlHER DlE! !"

On the third floor of an ordinary lodging
house in the City Of Brooklyn was found
the body of a ledger, with a revolverby his
sideand bullet in his head. In his pocket
was found a book in which was written;
~ am tired Of life because am suffering from
consumption. would try 10 work but it is useless
while have no hope of getting better
What o commentary on our boosted civil
izationl A poor wretch, suffering from
what he supposed was an incurable disease,
snuffs out his Pickering life with bullet.
Where did he get the idea that his disease
was incurable? From an old-time theory
which modern investigation has exploded,
Many diseases may be considered incur
able, but that does not make them sos
During the past few years scientists have
discovered, in the tuberculosis germs, the
cause of consumption. Their investign-
tons have found cure for the malady, in
Ozone and Guaiacol. These agents de-
stroy the germs which produce the disease
Compounded with pure Cod Liver Oil, they
form 0zomulsion, which is sold by all Drug
gists. This remedy cures consumption and
all lung troubles. 1t first destroys the cause
of disease-the poisonous germs which pro-
duce it--and then restores the patienttop per-
fecthealth. The Ozone and Guaiacol kill the
germs. TheGod Liver Oil provides the flesh
and strength. That's the principle on which
this medicine works tits both rational and
reasonable; and tits doing more for the cure
of luno trouhlne 7,o- tl,o- ,,,,a,9aration.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-06-17
EttfamcfaI.
Trade Was Again Active in the Industrial
- Stocks,

Trade Was Again Active in the Industrial
Stocks.
New York, June 15.-The half holiday
market to-day was nothing more than, a
summing up of the weeks professional
speculation. AL, the peculiar character
istics Of the week were present, and the
excited plunges, in every direction, of
petty gamblers in Chicago Gas, were
specially proper conclusion to the weeks
absurdities.
In the general market nothing devel-
oped worth remark. The tendency of
prices was again edwards a higher level,
and this despite some London selling
and q good deal Of local profit taking.
! Granger stocks continued to reflect
the Improving outlook for the crops and
thisSchange in the prospect was enpha-
sized as well in wheat. Some of the
minor specialties, such as Tennessee
Coal and Southern preferred, made fur
Their noteworthy advances.
Following are the closing prices re-
ported by Prince & whitley, bankers
and brokers, 46 Broadway, New York,
and If Center street New Haven.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-08-26
State Fasir..

The new State Fair Park has under
gone marked transformation since last
year and will present an unusually at
tractiwe appearance during the coming
forty-4rst annual fair OF the Wisconsin
State Agricultural Society to be held
September Is to q at Milwaukee.
The GRAND stand has been reseatedi and
painted and all space between it and
the track laid in cementl- while spacious
sidewalks connect it with the different
gates:-
The National Avenue electric line has
been extended, and in addition to, the
facilities afforded by the. railroads and
the dummy line, will run electric cars
direct; to, the grand stand.
Many new buildings are erected and
others Immediately to be put up. A large
exhibit is already assured in all depart.
ments.. The. kennel show and the football
game between the University of VISION
sin and Northwestern University are
two new features of this. years fair.
ALL live stock will be oataIogned.
A one-fare rate for. the roundl trip
has been. secured on all railroads from
all points In Wisconsin and the Northern
Peninsula of Michigan.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-08-26
HOLD-UP IN MICHIGAN.
The Chicago,& Grand, Rapids ''Flyer"
Robbed - Blow the Safe
yAith Dynamite.

Grand Rapids. MiclR,. Aug 21.1The
fast express, known as the "1FIyer," on
the Chicago S. West Michigan noad, leav-
ing Chicago at 5 o'clock and arriving here
at 1910, was held up by five men in
piece of woods just before crossing the
Kalamazoo niYer, at o'clock hast night.
The train was tagged by swinging
white light across the track. and when
it stopped, Conductor E.. u. Rice OF this
city Stepped out on the platform of the
baggage car and, SEEING two OF the rob-
beers, asked ''What Ess the matter z!
The reply was two shots from their re-
vOlyers. At the same time other shots
were fired mto the engineers cab, and
moment later two men; climbed on the
engine and ordered the' engineer and ire.
ma to set the brakes and keep quiet.
When the train stoned, the brakeman:
Timothy Murphy of this: city, jumped or
the rear platform aneil started back WITH
lantern, as required by tine rules The
fifth robber, standing alongside the coaon,
fred three shots at the brakeman, one OF
which hie him in tfa, side, struck rio
and glanced out, making 81 serious flesh
wound He dropped into the ditch,
where ha remained until the robbers had
gone.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-08-26

he has been murdered. He was highly
connected and bore an excellent reputa-
ton.
Alexander Ridenbaugn, aged 60, died
while about his duties in the Touring mill
at Pierceton, Ind. The deceased ran the
engine and it was discovered that the ma
chinery was running slower than usual.
Mr.. Ridenbaugh was found near the boil
err. dead.
The finance committee of the New
York board of aldermen has prepared
the report on the tax rate for the year
fixing it at 1872, an increase of ID points
over the rate last year. The total
amount of money to be raised is $685.
476,0O0.
e. w. Morefeld, the newly appointed
poundmaster for Stone Fort township,
ILL.,, was wayiaid and shot down by Eph
Thompson, a colored farmer of that
township Under the new stock law
Morefeld had recently taken up Thomp-
sons COW.
Mrs. A. J. Swingley left Pana, ILL.,,
on the Illinois Central road for her home
at Creston, H., after a visit with her
sons. At Logan, when the conductor
called Change cars" she did not move
Thinking her asleep the conductor went
to awaken her and found her dead, sitting
straight in the seat.
Final settlement Of the wage scales
in the different lines of the glass trade
not yet adjusted will be considered at
conferences in Pittsburg this week
Fifty thousand workers are affected.
AS a result fires for the coming year will
likely be lighted in the different union
factories of the country September 1.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-08-26
CARTRIDGES ARE NO GOOD.
Brazilian Wav Department Circles
Greatly Exercised Over
discovery.

New York, Aug. ia Herald spe-
cial from Bnenos Ayres says that the
government has issued a decree in ae-
cepting the resignation OF the minister
to the United States, Senior Zeballos,
officially recognizing his services in be-
half of his, country
A sensation has been preeipitareG there
by a report made to the secretary of
war by Capt Barilarl. The report says
that the greater portioa of the rapid
firing gun cartridges with which the gov
eminent arsenal here is filled are use
less, as the charges are charged only
with half the powder required and the
fuses are SO placed as to be absolute
elements OF danger.
The President has issued an order
naming Capt. Barilari as commissioner
to further investigate the matter in the
war department and also to examine
the supply of cartridges issued to the
navy which. is is charged, is in equally
as bad condition. All ships of war, it
is said, now have these useless cart
ridges, and in government circles it is
insisted that punishment should follow
swiftly for the guilty officials as soon
as they are exposed.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-08-26
PROSPECTS ARE DARK.
Ishpeming Mine Owners Draw the
Fires from Under the
Boilers.

| Ishpeming, Mich, Aug. 2O.-LSpecial
The Lake Angelina and Cleveland
| Cliffs companies are today pulling the
| fires from under the boilers, preparatory
| to an extended shutdown. The mines
are fast filing with water and the pros
poets for the future are very dark. The
mine managers say they propose painting
the engines to prevent rust and boarding
the windows and doors o. mine buildings
at an early date This is the result Of
the refusal of the miners at yesterdays
| meeting to accept the scale offered by
the companies.
The Star West and the Gribben mines,
small properties six miles east of Negau-
nee, resumed operations this morning,
the officials having agreed to meet the
strikers demands. About fifty men are
employed at these mines
The meeting at Union park this morn
ing was exceedingly tame and poorly
attended, the conservative faction alb
senting themselves from the meeting.
More than twenty-five experienced min
ers left this morning for the West and
about thirty more will leave tonight.
Ishpeming, Mich, Aug. 21:-[Special.I
The proposed new wage rate which the
strikers rejected at their meeting Mon
day was given to the reporters by the
mine managers today. 1t is as follows:
Average for contract miners, $1.7O per
day; company account miners, $1.6O; under
ground laborers, $1.4O; underground tram
mers, $1.4O; pumpmen, $175; foremen OF
$1.4O; underground track foremen, $1.6O;
electric haElage motOrmen, $40; engineers,
twelve hours, $1.70; fremen, twelve hours.
$1.60; brakemen, twelve hours $1.6O; black
swiths, $1.65 to $40; carpenters, 81. 20:
machinists, $19O to $780, foremen of tim
Der cutters, $3.50; ordinary timber cutters,
$125; transfers, 81. 40; ore inspectors S1.25;
surface laborers, $50; surface trammers
ten hours, 81. 80; engineers of steam ShoYelS,
$3.50; cranesmen on steam shovels, So
bremen on steam shoyels, $1.55; diamond
drill runners $175; diamond drill helpers,
1915.
This scale has been endorsed by all
the companies at lshpeming and Ne
gaunee with the exception of the Win
throp and the Buffalo. The formers
scale is higher Sn some respects and the
latter's is based on a general advance OF
from 10 to 20 per cent, over former
wages.
The Lake Superior Iron company has
pulled the fires from under the boilers
at it's No. Z workings and the mine be-
gan to fll with water today
Some Of the strikers at Negaunee yes
terday notified the management Of the
Buffalo group of Names that it they at
tempted to stop the pumps there would
be bloodshed, as the strikers did not pro-
pose to allow the company to- take such
decisive steps toward a general close
down This threat is hardly approved of
by the union and was precipisated by
few irresponsible persons.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-08-26
RENEWING THEIR YOUTH.
A Strange Story from a Nebraska
Village.
From the World-Herald. Omaha, Ne6.

From the World Herald Omaha, Neb.
A World Herald reporter was attracted
by the evidence of renewed activity of
some of the old inhabitants of Bruce,
near Omaha, and inquired the cause.
Mr.. Andrew Finkenkeler, a member of
Co. B of the First Iowa Volunteers dur
ing the war, made the following expla-
nation so far as he himself is concerned.
I'm July, 1866, while my company was
on the march to Austin, Texas, l was
attacked with rheumatism of the worst
kind in one leg. I was also sunstruck
and remained unconscious for severaI
hours. Ever since l have been unabls
to stand the heat of the sun, and have
been compelled to give up work. There
was in my head bearing down feeling
which increased until it seemed my head
would burst. My ears rang, and palpa-
tation Of the heart set in. so that the
slightest noise would SGT my heart
humping. Several times it has rem
dered me unconscious seven to ten hours
at time. In addition to this the rheu-
matism extended up my side until it
drew my head down on my shoulder.
lost my strength and flesh and was to-
tally unfit for work.
"For twenty eight years have consult
ed physicians and taken their prescrip-
tons without deriving any material BEN
eft. My ailments increased in intensity
until / was assured that there was no hope
for me. During last year l went into the
butcher business, but the dampness from
the ice used increased my rheumatic pains
so that | was not only compelled to quit
the business, but was confined to my
bed for nearly six months.
''In November last l read in the World
Herald case of a man who had been en-
tirely cured from the same ailments by
the use of DIR. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People. On Nov. %, l purchased
a box In a week l was astonished to
know that / felt better than l had for
six months past, and before l had used
half a box. The ringing in my ears be-
gan 70 lessen, and finally left me. The
pain from the rheumatism gradually left
me, so that within one week from the
time l took my first pill l was able to
sit Up in bed. On Jan. LIST, | was able
to go out and walk little. The palpi-
tation of my heart entirely ceased. On
Feb. 9, / was so thoroughly cured that
I accepted a position as night-watchman
in the Forest Lawn Cemetery, remain
ing out of doors from 6 p. m. until a:
m. l have gained in weight from 144
lbs, which l weighed in November last,
to 172 lbs.
For nerve building and for enriching the
blood Pink Pills are unexcelled. They
may be had of druggists or direct from the
DR.. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady,
N. Y, for so cents per box, OF six boxes
for So so.