The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-01
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENT IS.

LAUGH-L. B., City. The poem commencing,
Laugh and the world laughs with you," is
from Solitude" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, and
it is to be found in her Poems of Passion"
The verse in which it occurs is as follows:
Laugh and the world laughs with you:
Weep aud you wee p alone,
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
But mas troubles enough of its own.
Sing and the hills will answer;
Sigh and II is lost on the air,
The echoes bound to Joy full sound,
But shrink from sorrows care.
To APPLY FOR A PATENT-G. s., Decoto, Ala
media County. Application for patent in the
United States must be made in writing TO the
Commissioner OF Pa tents at Washing ton, D. C.
Such is generally made through an attorney
The applicant must file in the Patent Office a
written description OF the same and of the
manner and process of making, constructing,
compromising and using of it, in such full,
clear, concise and exact terms as to enable any
pers on skilled IN the art or science to which it
appertalns or with which it Is most nearly
connected to make, construct, compound and
use the same; ana in case OF machine he
must explain the principle thereof and the
best moae in which he has contemplated ap-
plying that principle. so as to distinguish it
from other invent lions, and particularly point
out and distinctly claim the part, improve
ment or combination which he claims as his
invention nr discovery The specification and
claim must be signed by the inventor and at
tested by two witnesses.
When the nature of the case admits of draw
ings, the applicant must furnish drawing OF
the required size, signed by the inventor or
his attorney In fact, and attested by two wit
pesseS, to be filed in the Patent Office. In all
cases which admit of representation by model,
the applicant, If required by the Commissioner,
shall furnish model OF convenient size to
exhibi advaniageously the several parts of
his inyen ton or discovery.
The applicant shall make oath that he verify
believes himself to be the original and first
tv,,y 1fcnN Nf thn 41x,,
manufacture, composition, or improvement
for which he solicits patent; that he does not
know and does not believe that the same was
ever before known or used and shall state of
what country he is a citizen. Such oath may
be made before any person within the United
States authorized by law to administer oaths
or, when the applicant resides in foreign
country, before any minister, charge d. aft aires
consul, or commercial agent holding COM
mission under the Government of the United
States.
On the fling of such application and the
payment of the fees required by law, If on
such examination it appears that the claim
ant is Justly entitled to patent under the
law, and that the same is sufficiently useful
aud important, the Commissioner will issue
patent therefor.
Every patent or any interest therein shall
be assignable in law by an instrument in
writing and the patentee or his assigns or
legal representatives may in like manner
grant and convey an exclusive right under
his patent to the whole or any specified part
OF the United States
WHO May APPLY FOR AiPATENT-H. P, Locke.
ford. San Joaquin County, Cal Any person.
whether citizen or alien, being the original or
first inventor of any useful art, machine. man
ufacture or composition of matter or any new
and useful improvement thereof, NAV obtain
patent Issued in the name OF the United
States and under the seal of the Patent Office
for his invention or discovery, provided that
the same was not patented or described in any
printed publication in this or any foreign
country before ms invention or discovery
thereof, and not in public use or on sale for
more than two years prior to his applica ton,
unless the same is proved to have been aha n.
doned; and by the person who, by his own in
dustry, genius. efforts and expense has in
vented and produced any new and original de-
sign for man ufacture, bust, statue alto-re-
lievo or bas-reiief; any new and origina design
for the printing of wooden, silk cotton or other
fabrics; any new and original impression, or
nament, patent, print or picture to be print
ed, painted cast or otherwise placed on or
worked into any article of menufacture; or
any new, useful and original shape or eonfg-
uration OF any article of manufacture The
same not having been known nor used by 9TH
ers before his invention or production there
| OF, nor patented nor described in any prin ted
| publication, upon the payment Of the fees re-
| quircd by law and other due proceedings ad
Every patent contains grant to the paten-
tee, his heirs or assigns for the term of seven
| teen years of the exclusive right to make use
! and yend the invention or discovery through
ont the United States and the Territories.
| referring to the specification Tor the par ticu-
| lars thereof
| Ifit appear that the inventor at the time of
| maklnaXI1s application believed himself 10 be
| the first inventor discoverer patent will
| not be refused on account of the invention or
discovery, or any part thereof, having been