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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 30 great as now. The con,
veniences of mankind in the factory ana
work shop, the household, on the farm, and
in Official life, require continual accesslons
to the appurtenances and implements to each
in. ordan. ie.,saye labor, time ard expense
1ne@ lGSi Vnahkss in the administration
of government does not affect the progress
OF the American inventor, who being on the
alert, and ready to perceive the existing
deficiencies, does not permit the affairs OF
government to deter him from quickly COM
eeiylng the remedy to overcome existing
discrepancies Too great care cannot De
exercised in choosing competent and skill
full attorney to prepare and prosecute an
application tor 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.
cnt, no pay" system. Inventors who entrust
their business to this class Of attorneys DO
so at imminent risk, as the breadth ana
strength of the patent is never considered IN
view of quick endeavor to get an allowance
and obtain the fee then d. THE PRESS
CLAIMS COMPANY, John Wedderburn,
General Manager, 61S F street, N. w., Wash,
ingtoa, d. c., representing large number
ofilnportant daily and weekly papers, as
we'll as general periodicals of the country,
was instituted to protect it's patrons from
tho unsafe methods heretofore employed In
this line of business The said Company is
prepared to take charge ofall patent business
entrusted to 1t for reasonable fees, and pre-.
parcs and prosecutes applications generally,
including mechanical Inventions design pat
ents, trade marks, labels, copyrights, inter.
ferences, 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,
61S + Street,
p. O. Box 1856. Washington, D. c.
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National Airs.

It Is a strange thing that the ma
tional airs of great countries are
short, while those of little countries
are very long. For instance, God
Save the Queen" is II bars, the Rus
sian hymn IS bars, and Hail, Column
bia," the foremost among the Amerl-
can airs, has % bars. On the other
hand, Slams national hymn has 76
bars, that Of Uruguay 70, Chili's As,
and so on. San Marine, the smallest
republic in the world, has the long
est national hymn. The national
hymn of China is SO long that, when
people want to hear it, they have
to take half a day off to be able to
listen to its strains London Million.
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Tho Brown-Sequard Elixir.

The Rforma Medica, an Italian
journal, gives results of long series
of experiments with the Brown-Se-
guard elixir and concludes that the
liquid, injected hypodermically, has
not the slightest lasting effect upon
the human organism; that the tri-
fling and transitory notifications of
circulation, respiration, temperature
and muscular power are applicable
by the excitement and tension of the
subjects mind; that any rare and
transient improvement observed in
the treatment of various organic dis
eases by this method was due to sug-
gestion and the influence Of imagina-
ton, to which causes alone is to be
attributed the cure Of some cases of
hysteria and neurasthenia.
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A Visit From the Bayleys.

The servant at No. told the serv-
ant at No. 2 that her master expected
his old friends, the Bayleys, to pay a
visit, and No. 2 told No. 3 that No. 1
expected to have the Bayleys in the
house every day, and No. 8 told No.
4 that it was all up with No. and
that they couldn't keep the bailiffs
out, whereupon No. 4 told No. that
the officers were after No. 1, and that
it was as much as he could do to pre-
vent himself from being taken in ex.
ecution, and that it was nearly killing
his poor, dear wife, and so it went on
increasing and increasing until it got
to No. 33 that the detective police
had taken up the gentleman who
lived at No 1 for killing his poor,
dear wife with arsenic. and that it
was confidently hoped and expected
that he would be executed at Horse
monger Lane Jail, as the facts of the
care were very clear against him.
London Tit-Bits.
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~ submit the within described invention
in competition for the Twenty-Five Hundred
Dollar Prize offered by the Press Claims
Company
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PLEASE REMEM Der

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one wear. The ILLUSTRATED HOME GUEST
for one year, and the book, "Twenty Com.
ple,e Novelties by Popular Authors all
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This offer applies both to new subscribers and
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Mating literature should take advantage of 1t
Sample copies of THE ILLUSTRATED HOME
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Inherited.

The small boy who applied to the
Chicago physician to be vaccinated
was so bright faced the doctor asked
him who he was,
"Im Johnny Smith, he said, land
my pops detective"
ooh" exclaimed the doctor, run
along, little boy! There's no need
to vaccinate you. You'll never catch
anything. Detroit Free Press.
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THE LITTLE THINGS THE
MOST VALUABLE.

connorotively few people regard them
solves az inventors, but almost everybody
noe haen struck. at one time or another,
with ideas that seemed calculated to reduce
some of the little fric,ions of life. Usually
snch IDEAS are dismissed without further
thought. .,.o
its car windows so that they could De slio up
and down without breaking the passengers
hacks ." eXclaims the Traveller. III were
running the road l would make the" IN S'cn
q way a,
"What was the man that made tins sauce
nan thinking off, grumbles the COOK. ne
never had to work oyer a stove, or he would
have known how it ought to have been fixed
"Hnng such collar button " growls the
man who is late for breakfast. "lf were in
the business I'd make buttons that wouldn't
ain ont or break off, 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. Ifthey would sit down at the
next convenient opportunity, put Their IDEAS
about car windows, saucepans, ana coilar
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 reso Ved 10
offer prize.
TO the person who submits to
II the simplest and most prom
Using from II CONNER
cial point Of Jew, the company
will give $4,000 i'm cash, in adj
ditiOn TO refunding the fees for
securing the patent.
twill also advertise the In
yentiOn free Ofcharge.
This offer is subject to the following con-
dtions:
Every competitor must obtain patent for
his invention through the company. He
must first apply for a 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
a patent that ought to be valuablcp.Operty
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:
- 49,, - 1870.
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No Blanks in this Competition

This is 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 Companys 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 a
stimulus to do something that would be well
worth doing 1t. The architect whose com.
oeti.Ive plan for q club house on certain
corner is not accepted has spent his labor on
)methng of very little use to him But the
erson who patents simple and useful de-
,ice in the Press Claims Companp's Compe
ttton, need not worry If he fail to secure the
prize. He has substantial result to show
for his Work-one that will command its val
le in the market at any time.
The plain man VINO 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 Comaany, John
Weddeburn. managing attorney, GlSF street
INV .Washington d {. INDY
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c. Ar. NOTICE,

We take this opportunity Of informing our
subscribers that the new Commissioner of
Pensions has been appointed. He is an old
soldier, and we believe that'soldcrs and thei
heirs will receive justice at his hands. We
do not anticipate that there will be any rad
ical changes in the administration of pension
affairs under the new regime.
We would adyise, however, that U. S. sol.
ders, sailors, and their heirs, take steps to
make application at once, if they haye not al
ready done so, in order to secure the benefit
of the early filing of their claims in case there
should be any future pension legislation.
Such legislation is seldom retroactive. There.
fore ii is of great Importance that applications
be filed in the Department at the earliest pos
sibe date.
IfU. =. Soldiers, Sailors. or their
Widows, Children. or Parents
desire information in regard to pension mat
tiers, they should write to The Press
Claims Company, at Washing
ton. ID. g., and they wllprepare and send
the necessary application, il they find them
entitled under the numerous laws enacted
for their benefit Address
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JOHN wEDDERBURN, MANA HIF 3pxrv
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renter sex every one of W ON should subscribe 70
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its merits send for specimen copy ufeel ailu
You will admit that seeing these TN NJ rs mas put
YOU in the way Of saving money by finding in ono
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PRIZES ON PATENTS
How to Get twenty-five Hun
dred Dollars for Nothing.
The winner has II Clear Gilt OIL /"
Small Fortune, and the Losers
Have Patents that NAV
Bring them in still
More.

Would YOU like to make twenty-five nun.
dred dollarsY Ifyou would, read carefully
what follows and you may see way 10 40 ~.
The Press Claims Company devotes much
att.ntion to patents. 1t has handled thous.
ands of applications for inventions, nMt H.. ~
would ike 10 haudle thousands more. There
ia nlenty of inventive talent in TINS country,
needing nothing but e n c oura g e m Ell
~ nrn1nce practical results. That encour-
agament the Press Claims Company pro-
poses to give
yl>T 50 HARD As 1T SEEMS
notent strikes most people as an appall-
;,a,lv formidable thing. The idea is that an
mentor must be a natural genius, like Ed'-
CON or Bell that he must put years TO dclVlng
IN comnlicaled mechanical problems ana
that he must spend fortune on delicate ex-
neriments before he can get new device 70
n pateutable degree of perfection' lh1s ue-
luslon the company desires to dlspe!' II oe-
sires to get into the head OF the pupic GEAR
comnrehension of the fact that IL IS not inc
great, complex, and expensive Inventions
that bring the best returns 10 thelr au'nots
but the little, simple. and cheap 0nes- .
things that seem so absurdIV trlVial wa. 'ne e
citizen would feel somewhat asha'neu o..
bringing them to the attention OF inc r"'eh'
Edison saws that the profits he has received
fron, The natcnts on all his marvellous lnven-
+;one have not been sufficient to pay the cost
of h;s exneriments. But the man who CON
ceved the idea of fastening bit OF rubber
cord to a child's ball. so that it would come
hack to his hand when thrown made lor-
tmna ont Of his scheme The modern sew
;nr.macbine is miracle OF ingcnulty-the
nrodnct of the toll of hundreds OF busy brains
through a hundred and fifty years, but i the
whole brilliant result rests upon the simple
device of putting the eye of the needle at the
noint instead of the other end
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-09

father an before the final co0rlous
happening thcrc was a IRE In croft
az aud Applcbrls an a linhuy. as
didn't matter was burned down. aud
a huge CERT wheat stack. as dId matter
a lot. was saved hy nhl Nogwcn an
TWO other chaps-chiruy through Bllis
loug.headncss. For nm though q hot.
headed fulc ~ "a lad In some ways.
yet had brave sight o. common
SENSE. with a. guide nerve h. un as
sou might see teen Exeter an Ply.
mouth Aud Applchlul thanked 1911
Tor what he'd done. wi a iacc same
as though De- was chewin' 81 a lemon
al tho time. Then days passed an
twas known that Folly Applchlrd
wcer gwaine up To her aunt as lived
to Exeter IN so she wecr: but thccr
was morc ln the trip than met the
eye. cause Blll he'd ordained 10 meet
her thccr quiet and marry her furc
the Registrar The plan was hcr'n
an what WAS ~ follow coined out ~
Bills own noddlc-a purity darncd
silly notiou. tu Tor Bill you sc. was
half famous and half q IDIOT, an them
two halves got mixed now an again
"On went Polly. inherent sccmlnly
an a guscchlck. and Rill had n Job
that tuke him out o Morlvale samc
day.
AN went merry rs need be-, They
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-09

"Ycs. I know" said a friend the
other day, that | have been talked
about for making so much OF my
boys. There isn't a single thing 60
Ing on about the farm but that they
expect mother 10 be interested IN,
from the new fence they have been
Building 20 the last new calf. ride
TO town with them on their loads OF
wood Just ns proudly ~ ! would In a
carriage. When they are ready to
start they say come ma. you are go
ing too, aren't your and ! say yes,
and on ! go. ! tell you my boys are
all the world 20 me. They never 70
any place where they would be asham.
cd 10 take their mother II our TWEEN.
iyycar-old son thinks he wants 90
20 90 town OF a Saturday evening.
say I guess IN 20 too. and II Is an
right tell you the more you make
Of boy the more influence you have
over him. I've had three grow up to
bc inca and not one has ever dis.
graccd ne Discipline Is all right but
hut when a boy gets 10 a certain nce
nothing but love win control him.
You must allow him a certain degree
Of liberty, yet. by taking the right
course You can get him to do about
as you want him 10 after ALL There
Is nothing made 10y trying TO drive n
boy. Nine times out Of ten he will
rebel aud do things be- would never
have thought Of doing"
These and other words OF wisdom
were uttered proudly by this mother
who has devoted her life 20 her boys.
she Il not an overly neat housekeep.
CO. as she herself admits, she Is not
particularly brilliant nor Ia she hand.
some. yet her boys have that feeling
Of good fellowship with her that h 10
much 90 be desired between mother
and son. She Is never too busy TO 70
anywhere with them. or % do any.
thing for them She never nags nor
scolds them and they think she IL Just
the iolliest. dearest mother IN all the
world. She L. proud Of them aud with
good reason.
There may be a hin, here FOR some
other mother,
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-09
nun LAWS ~ rnrLADELrnA

Policemen stop Wagons From Pass.
inR Church DuriaE Service.
Policemen stationed NJ every ctcsa
street within a block Of ST Barnabas'
Protestant Episcopal church attracted
considerable attention They wero
stationed there 10 prevent milk uagona
froa passing the church during oerv-
Ices. and their presence was the result
% a request made 20 Dlrcctor Rlttcr
10y Pastor James Il. l.. NcsbllG ifwaa
found that a law of i1oi prohlhRa
nilkmen from distributing milk an
sunday between The houra % pa. m-
and . p. m. and u vas tbla law thas
was enlOrccd.
For some time past thc congregation
Of 81. Barnahns' has been greatly Az
uoye1 by the noise Of passing YahIclla
during church hours, especially whrn
the weather u warm enough h hara
the Windows opon. The aIrcela =. lfl'
golnl ara badly paved. bath oIlana an
nauphln alfeels sillI htlne enca.r
hercd with cohn'eFlnnes ~ unique nal
tern. ana tllf s1Isc madl - lAasIn.
vehicles j. very rrFsf 1nn Nv =
i4tt uin h. rnforcoI ailItflg anFl.'
the summer uonih.. EhI8dIiR1l
Heeofl,
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-09

never you darkcn my door ncaln o.
III wr,ng your damn neck myscli'
"But Bill didn't tai, nuch ttocl. In
him. 'mant feared o. prison he
fcz. an ia gaw tomorrow Lul do ten
years for Polly 80 cheerful as tad
pole DO q think us loves wan an
other Ike two orery folksY Why
shed cut her hard on for me. an ia
do no less for her. An ma be- gwuino
O. marry Maaster Applchird. sir. 80
whecf'a the use o. talkluf
Then the aud man. who'd never
heard the likes o. sich SARGE since his
own son went Goldlcr.n'. failed back
behind the lar whcer be stood. an
'pearcd doubtful whether be should
LET fy n pint pot al Bill. or keep his.
self dIgnilcd
"'You poor bcc-kcepln' twoai Of a
lIwoy.' he says. sconful. you CERT
silly gaby 90 dare an think my dar-
ter guide enough for the likes OF you.
- never did think 40. an doan
now, Maaster Appleblrd but facts be-
facts: she'm gwalne to marry me. an
IN bear the punishment like a man.
an 30 nll's said
In cooursc an wcern't said b. q
darned long way bat the rest a. the
diacnoursc zen pom the ears OF them
n the lar. for 1911 be- went OF 30
naughty as n turkey-cock WI his nose
iir-tllted an hls lips curtin like a
ptrls.
Not even that snake Yole. though
Zee limpcd many a guide mile Tor uo
other purpose. ever seed them two To-.
gether afaln. hut they met purity con.
iinuous Tor all that An' Bill aXrl
hcr u she'd judge Il a terrible evil
circumstance if be- done six weeks
IN clink 0for slx weeks u was an
no morr Ms blanchard. the policeman.
tawld uni. an FOLLY said that M long
~ they was married fEsl. and she
knawcd shc couldn't BE- tokened hy
her father a. no other she'd let un
80 and think Il no shame.
"Meani.mc. after the trouble wi her
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-09

Applebird heard as BIN meant buyin'
fraish paper for the cottage walls an
lmprovin' the place general he was
interested. an when he heard BIZ was
specially axed 20 paint a CERT elephant
on n sign az Tavistock for two pounds
ten be- was 'mazed with wonder.
Eighteen months dawdled by. an
then coined the tail 90 the story. az
said. Wan day Applehlrd sees his dar.
ter helpln' the servant gal down stairs
with two boxes. an he also sees
boy with a barrow fore the inn door.
wnitin'.
"'Wheer he gwalneY' he seq 10
Polly.
"'Down long 10 my husband. BIN
Vogwelp.l housc.' seq Polly.
"NeverAnot while I can stop ye.' he
answers bfdk. but rather tame like.
Tor theer WIS many things IN his mind
by that time.
"'God bless yo' father. she SEE. God
bless ye. but yc can't stop me. DO 20
knaw the dayY che ser.
"'No," he seq
"'My birthday, she SCI. I be Of
coined age. an ! loves ye 80 dear as
ever. an Rlll no less than | did when
Us was married. It's my b0unden
dooty dear father she seq
''The aud man answered never
word, but he stood M the door with
his CERT double chlns all rumplcd up
as he put his head down like a bull
sn0rtin' an putin. SO he watched
her 90. an then went In the door. No
body seed un all that AFTERNOON. but
when ovcnin' came an the lights
twinklcd out O. Morlvale like a row Of
glow-worms cllmbln' the black hlll.
Applebird he pug on the yelvetecn
coat he rises for mbbii shootln'. an
brushed his white hair an Il shone.
an counted out tidy little pile OF
soycrelgns from n bag. an took his
stick. an tawld the stable boy, as also
served In the bar he'd be- back In an
hour or less. Then he sneakod down
the hlll as though be was gwaine
poachin'; hut be- stopped az the last
cot. an looked No light In the kitchen
wlnde' an seed two heads close to-
gcther catln' supper AZ a little moo IN.
bic. Then be tramped up the path.
way soft but Polly heard an knawed
the step: an fore he reached the door
twas open."-St Louis Globc-DcmO.
cfnt
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-09
Favored Infant.

Three little maldens were dlscours.
INK about the baby brothers who had
taken NJ their residence In the three
families during the past year.
My little brother Neds got a lovely
silver mug that grandma sent him"
said the FIRST little girl; ITS Just a
beauty and be- had n silver knife and
fork from grandpa. too"
My little brother Walters got a
bceyutlful carved rattle that Unclo
Henry sent him from China" said the
second little girl; mothers put Il
away In a drawer 20 keep tin he's
grown up"
My little brother Frcddics not half
50 big as your brothers" said the third
child. with an air % one cndeavoring
o. conceal a feeling of triumph. but
the doctor says he's had more spasms
than any other baby Ia this whole
ueighhorhOod; 80 thcrcw