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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-05
ST. CHARLES HOTEL,
THOS. j. LYSETT. PRnPRIETOR

THOS. j. LYSETT, PROPRIETOR,
Near Buffalo Depot Emporium, Pa.
This new and commodous hotel is now opened
forth accommodation of the public. New IN all
appointments, every attention will be paid to
the guests patronizing this hotel. 27-17-ly
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-05
Council Proceedings

J. NJ. RORERTsON. Pre-
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-12

successful inventors and have patented edu-
cational systems and devices, also kinder
garten implements. erasers, school bags and
book rests. Women from the small towns
in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Dakota and I'LL
nois have been prolific in inventing house
hold convenlences, washing and cleaning ap-
paratus, facilities for sanitation, garment
bindings, shields, fastenings and dress i'm
provements. New England women have
brought out attachments and improvements
that have to do with saddles, harnesses and
vehicles; also the needs of barn and garden.
They have invented butter workers, plumb
ing appliances brushes for cleaning and fire.
kindling compositions, toys, games, puzzles
and amusement knck-knacks consider
able proportion of the fakirs' goods. novel
ties and trick pastimes sold on the streets
are originated by women. They sell the
patent right promptly to the proprietor OF
news agencies, who include such small gear
in their stationers and confectioner's sup
plies. fair proportion of the Specially"
goods inventors and makers are women
Many whose trademarks are registered at
the patent office have made fortunes, either
through shrewdness in putting their wares
on the market or because of the articles
worth These inventions include patent
medicines, complexion soaps and waters
hair ointments and restorers and an infnity
OF health and toilet knck knacks found at
the drug shops.
The first woman to take out patent in
America was Mrs. Mary Kies, who, in 1909,
invented process for weaving straw with
silk or thread During the next twenty y-fve
years only fifteen patents were granted to
women In the next twenty-five years
thrty-five patents were granted and 1t was
not until after the civil war that there was
any marked increase in the number OF
women inventors. There were 1862 models
OF women's inventions exhibited at the At
lanta Exposition and since then the patent
office has had a specially classified list OF
women's inventions prepared for public in-
spection.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-12
Women as Inventors

Men acquainted with the field say that
fully rs per cent of the patents taken out
by women in the last five years are yielding
profitable returns. The woman who in
vented satchel-bottomed paper bags, for in
stance, was offered $4,000 for the patent
before she left Washington. simple glove
buttoner is bringing to the woman inventor
an income Of $1,000 year. A woman clerk
in a department store invented lately a
parcel delivery system which netted sub
stantial returns. One New England mil
liner, herself an inventor, enjoys the right
to several patents that represent the in
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-12

some vital principles as to be unavailing.
good many are rejected on the score OF
absurdity, but, according to official testi-
mony, the women aspirants do not dlner
from the men in this respect. Many women
submit practical specifications and fail to
score success not from lack of originality,
but because the inventor was ignorant OF
previous patents covering the same point.
No matter how brilliant an inventors idea
may seem she is advised to search thor
oughly the patent Office records before
making a model Some women have taken
out five and six patents for widely different
purposes A California woman whose first
invention, in early youth, was a corset, has
lately patented several inventions relating
to reservoirs and irrigation.
Where Inventors Come From.
The northwest, the middle and eastern
states have produced the most active women
inventors. The south has yielded the few
est number, but the southern women who
have entered the field at all have been finan-
cially successful. A working woman in
North Carolina succeeded with culinary
invention. Florida matron patented a
useful car-heating apparatus. Texas
woman invented a novel folding tent; and
another southern woman a finger r-exercising
device, of value to musicians. western
widow patented unique method of desul-
phurzng ores; another invented compo-
sition solder of use to metal workers.
Women inventors from the big cities have
almost invariably patented articles pertain
ing to the elegance of dress and house fur
nishings. Those from the country districts
and villages have been active in the way
of dress-drafting patterns, novel devices for
adjusting portieres and curtains, and patents
useful In the manufacture of artistic goods.
Numerous facilities for clerical use have
been patented by city women, such as safety
envelopes, improved typewritlng appliances,
copyhoders, letter-openers, etc. Most OF
these women were employed at some time
as clerks in business offices and felt the
lack of conveniences which they afterwards
supplied.
A number of women school teachers are
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-12

day, said: Il remember l reported a bill
upon the election Of senators by the people.
But Mr.. Reed didn't want the bill consid-
cred. l insisted. He refused to recognize
me, and said if l wanted to insist upon
bringing the bill before the house, in spite
of him, that knew how to do it, and l said
l did know how to get it, and l would. l
days, until l got the bill before the house
for consideration. After the debate he called
me to him and complmented me upon my
persistence. l mention this to show his
generosity when defeated"
The Ladies' Home Journal says that soon
after General Robert e. Lee went to Lexing
ten, Va, the presidency of an insurance COM
pany was offered to him, at salary of $10,-
900 year. He was at that time receiving
only $4,000 as president of the Washington
and Lee university. 1--WE do not want you to
agent, 1--WE simply wish the use of your
name; that will abundantly compensate us. "
Excuse me, sir" was the prompt and de-
cided rejoinder, II cannot consent to receive
pay for services I do not render" Nearly
every mail brought him similar propositions,
and just short while before his death a
large and wealthy corporation in New York
City offered him $780, 900 per annum to be-
come its president. But he refused all such
offers and quietly pursued his chosen path
of duty.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-12

genuty of the women operatives in her en-
ploy She shares profits with the inventors
and one of the devices first put in operation
in this factory brings in over $4,000 year.
1t often happens that a woman employe,
from familiarity with the machinery or
business methods in use, thinks out some
time and labor saving scheme. She shows
the model to the manager of her depart
ment. He informs the former of its merits
and they arrange with the employe for the
exclusive use of the invention. The employe
goes on quietly with her work in the store
or mill. The public never hears of her. but
success has been a stimulus and she Keeps
on the lookout for further inventive OPP
portunty.
Due to Higher EducatiOn.
Much of womans present activity in in
ventions is ascribed to the better educa-
tional facilities now obtainable. The college
standard is high and popular courses in
sloyd and manual training have taught
women to use their hands well as their
brains. Notwithstanding this, large
proportion of the more successful woman
inventors are those who have had only me-
dunn or limited educational advantages, but
have been daily toiling in the various lines
Of industry. A Rhode Island woman in
vented an improved notwithstanding ma
chine that measures the distance between
the button holes automatically, with much
profit and convenience to garment-makers
A lock with three thousand combinations Is
a womans invention, also letter-box for
the outside of homes that shows signal
when there is letter inside for the post
man to collect, an invention now in con-
slant use. A woman has just perfected a
valuable apparatus for removing wool from
skins by electricity, showing that women
are quick to adopt the modern facilities
of the age to practical purpose.
The woman inventor must never lose sight
of practicalty If she would succeed. Other
women brain-workers may at times indulge
in dreaming and theorizing, but the woman
inventor however high her flights Of fancy,
must always come back to the practical.
Many women's inventions are submitted to
the patent office, accompanied by elaborate
models, but so conspicuously lacking in
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-12
About Noted People

George Bartle fer nearly half a century
o. the keeper of the great seal of the United
States in the State department, died in
Washington few days ago. Mr. Bartle
!. was born at Alexandria September "a, 1914,
and on the day of his birth the British fleet,
which had partially destroyed the capitol
and the White House, sailed down the Poto
mac past his home. Under the administra-
ton of President Polk he was appointed an
assistant messenger in the State department
by James Buchanan, then secretary of state
In 1852 he was appointed custodian of the
great seal. 1t is said that while he held
office no imprint of the seal was ever made
except on official papers.
General Galifet, recently made head of the
French military forces, is an iron bound
) stickler for observance of army rules While
on a tour of inspection at one time he at
tended a dinner given by brother officers
some nearly of equal rank with himself. On
preparing to return to his hotel he found
it was raining heavily, but one Of his hosts,
General Vincendon, accompanied him with
an umbrella. Arrived at his hotel the in
spector astonished his brother officer by
saying: General, you will consider your
self under arrest for eight days as pun
ishment for carrying an umbrella while in
full uniform"
1t is said that President Kruger has sent
seven sons and fifty grandsons into the Boer
army to fight the English, in addition to
taking the field himself. Fritz Eloff, his
great grandson, bears the courtesy title Of
lieutenant" in spite of the fact that he Is
only years DID, The little fellow is pas
sionately fond of guns and horses and looks
forward with eagerness to the day when he
can march and fight beside his father, Cap
tain Saral Eloff, who is one of the officers
in command of the Notifications at Johannes
burg. Lieutenant" Fritz has been popular
alike with the English and the Beers in the
Transvaal capital.
Congressman John B. Corliss, giving his
"reminiscences of ex-Speaker Reed the other
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-29
MONSIEUR TARstxR,

enormous development of the tarsus or
ankle bones of his legs. His eyes are
enormous, so that he can see in the
dark. They even cause him to be call
ed ghost. His fingers and toes are
provided with large pads, which en-
able him to hold on to almost anything.
Professor Hubrecht, of the .Univer-
sity of Utrecht has lately discovered
that Monsieur Tarsier is no less per-
sonage than "link" connecting Grand.
father Monkey with his ancestors.
Thus the evolutionary scale would be
changed by Professor Hubrecht to run:
Man, ape. monkey, tarsier and so on,
tarsier appearing as what may be popu-
larly termed the great-grandfather of
mankind
Tarsier may best be described as hav-
ing a face like an owl and body,
limbs and tail like those of monkey.
His sitting height is about that of a
squirrel. AS his enormous optics
would lead one to suppose, he cuts ca
pers in the night and sleeps in The day
time, concealed usually in abandoned
clearings. where new growth has
sprung up TO a height of twenty feet OF
more. Very often lie sleeps in stand
ing posture, grasping the lower stem
of small tree with his long and slen
der fingers and toes. During his night,
| ly wanderings he utters n squeak like
that of monkey. During the day til,
pupils of his eyes contract to fine lines
but after dark expand until they ill
most of the irises. From his habit OF
feeding only upon insects he has q
strong. bat like odor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-29

young woman was recently asked
by young man to become his wife.
He was n bright fellow and was ac-
copied in general society because of the
wealth and official position of his faith
cr, but his habits were known to he
bad. There We're no evasions in her
answer. You tell me-" she said, chat
l possess qualities that you must have
in the woman who is your Wife. can
not say that l have thcn-but | can
speak of habits that do not have. and
that i could not accept in husband
who did have them. do not smoke.
never swear. l do not indulge in wine.
! am not in debt. Not n moment of nv
nights is spent with questionable asso-
ciates, and my days are not given TO
ldleness or to walking the streets with
silly, unthinking girls. Most women
avoid the indulgcnccs have men
toned, and do not welcome them in
men who ask to become their husbands.
AS you have them, or most of them. /
am not willing to become your wife. |
am sure nothing but wretchcdncss
could follow from such Il union" The
answer was sharp and decisive, If is
pity all girls under the same circum-
stances are not as frank and sensible.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-29

Take two pieces 2NG, feet long, ana
bolt together as shown; spread at DOT
tom feet. at top 6 inches, ana rounu
cut the angles so that the chain VIII
not stick or get fast in pulling. rake
4 good strong log chain with large
hook and slip-noosc 1t around the Dot
tom of the post as shown in the picture
and draw snug so it will not slip. place
y.Blr 2X6 triangular fulcrum at an
asglc. against the post experience VIII
tell you when you are righD, pass the
chain up the post and through the
notch. give the horses S or 10 feet OF
chain and let them so. If You have
many 10 pull. commence ut one end of
the line and pull toward the next post;
this will bring the horses about right
for the next; no turning or backing.
Two good men can pull as fast as they
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-29
Meat and Emit.

Prof. Slillbile says: The majority of
people eat more meat than they require
Meat eaten once Il day is sufficient for
Il person not engaged in manual labor,
or who does not take too much strong
outdoor exercise. a large number of
complaints contracted owe their origin
to the consumption of food which en-
tails a greater drain on the gastric
Juices than the system is able to with
stand. The cures attributed to the
grape occurs for the most part with
those who are accustomed to high liv-
ing. and are really owing to the fact
that the organs of digestion are given
n much-needcd rest. Semi-starvation
would answer the purpose almost rs
well. For the person whose work lies
chiefly indoors Il mixed and varied diet
is most conducive to good health.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-29

That amusing genius, Frank Stock
ton, declares in all seriousness that all
brain-workers should claim second
Sunday in the week. His plea is that
while Sunday, with its sermon and re-
liglous meditations, is change and
holiday for the manual laborer, 1t is
neither for the men whose brains are
ut work during the other six DAYS of
the week. lie suggests that they shall
set aside another day in the week,
when they can go fishing, or work in
the garden, or at their hobby, whatever
that may be, or play golf or tennis.
There are few thoughtful men WHO are
not convinced, like Mr.. Stock ton, of the
necessity of giving seasons of rest and
play to their brains if they would keep
them healthy and sane. 1t is difficult
to lind these seasons in our heated,
struggling life, and there are various
devices to obtain them. One over
worked professional man in New
York, 1t is said, goes to bed for one day
in each month His door is barred
against all Corners, and lie sleeps for
most of the twenty-four hours. Many
lawyers, brokers and merchants es.
cape their work by crossing the ocean,
sometimes returning on the same
steamer. In the Memoir of Mrs. SUIT
ton we are told that when she mar
ried widower and found herself in
control of niue children and many
servants, she began the habit of lock-
Ing herself into her chamber for an
hour each day. No emergency ever III
terfered with this habit do you
pray In there?" her husband once
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-29
Brief state happenings,

Electric lights are being agitated for at
Strawberry Point.
Anthem voted favorably to the building
Of a new school house.
The schools in LaAIoillc have been clos
ed on account of measles.
The postotlicr at Pierce has been discon-
tinucd, mail going to Decatur.
Guthrie is the only county in the State
that supports a county high school.
Robert CAVITY of Danbury died of heart
disease while driving into the country.
The Nining Creamery Company hopes
soon to be the biggest industry in that
city.
The NJ. L. parsonage at Humcston was
destroyed by fire. The loss was fully in
surcd.
| Sons of the Revolution of Iowa will hold
| their annual banquet ut Dubuque April
| 10.
| 1t has been decided at Denison to sub
nit proposition for 100000 high school
building.
The Commercial Exchange of Colfax
has been organized to advance the inter-
| eStS OF That town.
The quarantine is being raised on most
of the families afflicted with scarlet fever
at Grand Mound
| The wages of the employees of the Day
export Pearl Button Company have been
raised ] cent per gross.
Ottumwa will build bicycle track in
order to secure the annual meet of the
Iowa division. j.. A. w.
j. Nj. Schmoll has been sent to Jail at
Fort Dodge for stealing coal from the
cars of the Illinois Central.
c. II. Wennerstrum, Il prominent boot
and shoe merchant of Fort Dodge, has
filed petition i'll bankruptcy.
The proposition to isuc SG5,OO0 III bonds
for building Il new high school Mt Council
Bluffs carried by a large majority.
John y. Yount of Dubuque attempted
suicide by taking Rough on Rats" Dis.
sipation given as the cause of his desire to
die.
Mrs. Ed w. Duncan, n former resident
of Dubuque, was dubbed into uncon.
seriousness at her home in Salt Lake
| Utah.
/
with an attack of heart disease and ex.
pred just as lie reached the door of his
home.
Edward Il. Fee, laborer at Des
Moines, WAS run over by an engine in the
Burlington yards in that city and instant
| IS killed.
| Polk County real estate dealers sa,
there are but few calls for farm lands on
account Of the high prices ut which they
are held.
Articles of incorporation have been flee
by the Havcns x Brockmann Coffee Com
pany of Davenport, with a capital stocl
of $4,000
DIR. Oscar Clute of the Unitarian
Church mt Dcs Moincs has rendered his
resignation, having accepted pastoral,
nj Pomona, Cal.
AT the school election at Emmetsburl
the people voted TO issue bonds to the
amount of $4,000 for the purpose Of
building school house,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-29

Place potatoes in n hotbed the last
week in April and keep bed dry until
slips begin to show, then water well
every evening. a mellow soil is best.
After the ground has been well cult
waited, open burrows four feet apart, fill
with stable manure, and with Il turning
pillow make IL small ridge over the ma
nure. After the ridge has been
smoothed with rake ii is ready for
the slips Plant in dry dust when there
is Il prospect of rain, and set them just
ms they are pulled from the bed without
heeling in. They should be set eighteen
inhes apart Open ridge with a trowel,
set slip in before removing trowel pour
half pint of water around slip, and af-
ter water has settled cover with dry
soil, placing it around the slip. After
they begin to grow, plow the patch, re
peating in about two weeks, after
which the soil is raked up and placed
around the vines TO choke out the crab
grass. They are much easier to raise
than corn and are excellent for fatten-
ing hogs; the meat made from them is
very sweet.-Practical Farlaer
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-29

The Conservative. a Nebraska City
ton, contains in recent issue n long
plea for the addition of bird day to the
school calendar. The article first APP
peared among the departmental reports
at Washington in 1896 and is reprinted
for the purpose of directing attention
anew TO the subject. @. A. Babcock,
superintendent of schools Mt Oil City,
Pa, is credited with being the origina-
tor of the idea of bird day. He wrote to
Mr.. Morton in 1894 urging the estab-
lishment of such a day on the same
general plan rs arbor day, and his sug-
gestion met with the hearty approval
of the then Secretary of Agriculture,
who was himself the founder of arbor
day. May of the same year Oil City
gratiiied the wishes of its school super
intendent by giving effect to his idea
This was the first bird day. A similar
movement was started in Iowa, and in
other States there was an awakening
of interest on the subject. 1t engaged
the sympathies of the crusaders, who
deplore the sacrifice of birds to mil
linery, and of those who would check
the murdcrous and predatory instincts
of small boys, but there has as vet been
no such general support of bird day as
has been accorded to arbor day Time,
however, might well be spared to it,
both because of the instruction and the
pleasure 1t would bring. We note n
stimulus that is a real inspiration to
study. Tiresome routine makes way
for series of object lessons in the
preparation for which the youthful
demonstrators have had their faculties
of observation exercised to the utmost
In larger cities the study of bird life
might be made in the parks and in
those delightful books of which pub
| fishers are so lavish nowadays. Never
was there n time before when children
| could get at so many charming and at
tractive volumes OH any branch of nat
ural history, never Il time when so
much was done in literature to correct
the ignorance that has attacked the
feathered allies of men in field and for
est as If they We're enemies. 1t is a
good work that deserves the general es.
Enlistment of bird day 10 further its
| o1,ioct
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-29

The English language does not suf-
fer in the test of musicalness when
compared with the speech of the
Doukhobortsi, who have just come
from their homes in the Caucasus to
settle in Manitoba. Some of the col
onists have been married since landing.
Their names are not adapted to rapid
utterance, nor do they suggest melody.
VASTLY Ribin has taken Malachof TO
wife, and other surnames of the newly
welded are Slastouchin, Obedkova,
Gridchin, Chliachova, Zibcrova, Lege.
bokof. Nevertheless, the people be-
hind the names have some excellent
qualities in common with the rest of
the sect.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-29

Fireman j. j. Healey of Burlington was
instantly killed on the Burlington fast
mail engine while going into that city He
was leaning out of the cab booking at hot
box on the engine, when he was struck by
bridge and his head crushed. Engineer
Pitts did not know of the accident till his
steam began to run low, and he looked
around to the tireman's side and found
l1ealcy's lifcless body hanging out of the
cab. Healcy leaves widow and three
children in Burlington.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-29

Now the critics have begun their
technical discussion of the late war
and some of them superciliously de.
clare that it taught us little in its prog.
ress or in its effects that is of value
These facts, at least, contradict the
assertion. Ittaughtus that we are again
nation, united as one man. 1t laugh,
other nations that in armed conflict, as
well as in industrial competition, we
are to be reckoned serious factor
And 1t has again shown our people the
often-taught but never fully learned
lesson that war is wastcful, cruel an(
abhorrent.