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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
STEALING IDEAS.
HOW UNSCRUPULOUS PEOPLE
PATENT THE INVENTIONS
OF THEIR BETTERS. .

There are men moving about the
country all the time looking for unpro-
| tected mechanical devices which they
| can patent by swearing that they are
| the inventors, says Locomotive En-
gineering. The ordinary procedure is
| to quietly take out the patent and re-
main quiet for n few years Then
some day the patentee or his agents
visit a shop where the device is in use
perhaps the place where it was in
vented. Then he puts in a claim for
royalty, and fiery indignation is ex-
cited. The man who invented the thing
protests that the claim is n fraud, but
he cannot tell just the exact date Oh
which the invention was applied to
practical use. The legal department
makes inquiries and finds that sue
ceSSful defense is so uncertain that
they advise settlement instead of a
lawsuit, and SO the rogue and thief
secures possession of his ill gotten
gains. 1t is as bad as picking a mans
pocket, but it is not so risky. That is
no fancy or overdrawn picture. 1t is
the history of thousands of frauds that
have been put upon railroad compa-
MES.
tions there are many opportunities for
the industry of another fraud, who
may be termed the developer or imita-
tor. We know many highly respect
able men who no sooner see an inven-
ton that is likely to prove valuable
than they proceed diligently to design
something that will get round the pat
ented article without infringement.
n so;o ,;Sr;y +o
invent anything, but they possess GER
tain kind of mechanical ingenuity
which makes them very successful imi-
tators. These are very often the men
who reap the greatest profit from in
ventions that others originated.
The party in whose brain the germ
of a great invention originates is very
often the man who receives the least
credit for the achievement when the
final verdict is rendered concerning
the invention. 1t is the pirate, the imi-
tator and the improver who carries
away the profit and the glory. This
improver. who never had an original
idea pass through his head, is really Il
greater enemy to the real inventor
than the man who steals outright.
The improver is such Il respectable
vagabond that he imposes upon those
who can supply capital and talks about
the real inventor in a plying, patroniz-
ing tone, which carries the conviction
that the knave is a very upright man.
There are hundreds of that sort Of
man living in luxury, while the men
who invented the appliances that made
them rich are struggling along in pov-
erty and obscurity.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
Artificial TintinE of Fruit.

Various fruits are colored on the sur
face or in their substance to suit the
fancy of purchasers in France. For
example, Strawberries that are unripe
are given Il fine red color by means of
fuchsine preparation, ordinary
oranges of poor quality are made to
pass for blood oranges by injecting
roccelline into their pulp, and melons
are rendered of fine orange color by
injecting a solution of tropeline and
at the same time aromatized with an
artificial melon essence. At a certain
dinner party the pears had the out
ward look proper to pears, but, on be-
ing cut open, displayed on the section
the national colors of France.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
HE GOT A SCARE.
And Probably Won't Take Drink
In the Dark Again.

An east end man had a scare the 9th
er night He was going out with his
| wife and WAS ready to start when it oc-
| CURED to him to step into the bathroom
and get drink of water. The room
was dark. but he had no trouble in feel
ing out the glass and holding it uAder
the cold water faucet
'.Come, Henry his wife called from
below.
Eyes. my dear" he answered and he
put the glass to his lips and took a
hasty gulp. AS the liquid slipped down
his throat he almost dropped the glass;
Something went down with the water
something that didn't belong there,
something that squirmed and wriggled,
something alive.
He spilled the contents of the match
box in getting light. But of what use
was light? The thing was gone. He
fancied he could feel it wormiDg its
way down the long, red alimenbary
lane.
He tried to steady his voice.
Jennie" he called down the stairs,
"get me some mustard and water
quick! I've swallowed a shaker
Instead of getting the mustard and
water his devoted helpmeet came fly
ing up the stairs.
"What did you say?" she cried.
Il said I'd swallowed a snake" he
grOaned. Don't look at me like uaat
Can't you see how I'm suffering? Get
me the mustard, quickr'
"You swallowed a snakew she blank
ly repeated.
eyes, a shaker he cried: ''snaAke,
snake. snakei Do you want me to spell
it? You know what a snake is, don't
you? Get me that mustard"
But why should you swallow a
snake?''
Il don't know why. 1t came out of
the faucet into the glass. Please get
me-
BE quiet, Henry. Don't alarm the
house. Let me think. Oh. have itt'
And to the disgust of the suffering
man the wife of his bosom leaned
against the wall and giggled delight
edly.
''What's the joker he feebly de-
manded.
Let me get my BREATH she cried.
dentists today, and he gave me some
fine rubber bands to use between my
teeth. I brought them in here, and
one of them must have dropped in Che
glass. That's the snake you swallow
ed
And she had another attack of the
giggles.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
Danger In Boiling Dead Bees.

In The American Bee Journal Mr..
Thomas Elliott of Illinois speaks Of
boiling down the combs of $50 colonies
of bees that had starved. From thar
time his health failed him. Within n
year he felt as though he was 40 years
older. Every sense, feeling or organ
in the human body that can be affected
came under the influence of the poison.
He was in a manner paralyZed, and
the doctors told him that he could live
but a short time. He finally found Il
physician in Chicago who understood
his case and who cured him. Editor
Hutchinson of The Review says this
reminds him of a case. Mr.. H s.
Wheeler sent some of his bees to an
apiary. Through mismanagement the
bees were not liberated and succumbed
to the heat. Many Of the combs were
aelted down. The dead bees and ruined
combs made a sorry looking mess in
most of the hives. Mr.. Wheeler's wife
and the hired girl tried melting up this
mixture of bees and honey to get the
wax, often using their bare hands to
handle the bees and combs, and both
of them were seriously i'll as the re-
suit. Their arms swelled up and broke
out in sores.-American Gardening.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
Keeping Onions Over Winter.

The method of ]. J. 81. Gregory, the
seedman, for keeping onions, as given
in Orange Judd Farmer, is as follows:
Either keep them constantly but few
degrees above freezing, having a Their
mometer and a kerosene stove in the
cellar ready for emergencies, or else
lay them IS inches thick on the floor in
some 0utbuilding, and as soon as cold
weather sets in with freezing tempera-
ture cover with swamp hay not far
from two feet in depth, with about
the same thickness of hay between
the onions and the side of the build
ing.
Do not uncover or disturb in any way
until freezing weather is past, nor
then until just about ready to sell. 1t
will be best for the frost to come out
before any of the hay is removed. but
If 1T is desired to market before the
frost would naturally leave then take
off a part, never all, of the hay to pro-
mote thawing. When cellar kept. they
would better be on platform and piled
not over ten inches deep.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
SaIt Lake Getting DRY.

Great Salt lake is receding on account
of the excessive drain made upon it
by irrigation enterprises. This lake is
not fed by underground springs, but by
the Jordan and other rivers, and when
the waters of these streams are inter
cepted for irrigation purposes the wa
ter supply of Salt lake is of course
diminished, so that the evaporation
which is constantly going on is not
made up by a new supply. In time it
looks as if the lake will be only bed
of dry salt.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
Key to the Puzzler.

No. 19.-Diamond: l. a. 2. End. 3.
Extra. 4. Antioch. 5. Drone. 6. Ace.
Z. III.
No. 2O.-Two Noted Poems: L. The
Recessional. ?. The Man With the Hoe.
No. 21.-Palindromes: Anna, did, gig,
Hannah. Ada, huh, deed, Sis, nun, eve,
Nan, pup, pop, sees, Anna, eve, ere,
noon, (a)gog. Pop" deed(s).
No. 22.-Why:
A man of deceit
Can best counterfeit,
And SO, l suppose,
He can best count her toes.
No. 23.-An Endless Chain: 1. Rest.
2. Star. 3. Arno. 4. Node. 5. Desk.
6. Skep. 7. Epha. s. Hare. 9. Rear,
10. Arch IL. Chap. II. Apex. Is,
Exit. IA. Item. 15- Emir- 16. Iron
II. Only IS. Tyre. 10. Rest.
No. 24.-Riddlemeree: Mckinley.
No. pa Half Square: 1. Legumc.
2. Erase. 3. Game. 4. Use. 5. Me
6. E.
No. 26.-Riddle: Craft.
No. PA Few Cents: 1. Descent. ..
Ascent. 3. Accent. 4. Magnificent. 5
Reticent. 6. Adjacent.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
Wise and Otherwise.

1t often does a person good to get the
worst of it.
A man frequently improves his man
ners by dropping some of them.
Some men consider they are economists
when they save 10 cents by doing $40
worth of work.
Speaks for itself-the parrot.
You may mend a broken reputation,
but your neighbors will keep their eyes
on the crack.
Many hands make light of work
Some people look before they leap and
then jump the other way.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24

81 declare l don't know what to do
with that boy exclaimed the dis
couraged mother to one of the neigh
bors who had dropped in. Hes gone
hunting again. I've tried to raise him
right, but he isn't good for anything in
this world but just to hunt"'
Poor. patient mother! The world
has never heard of heri
But her son grew up to be the mighty
Nimrod.-Chicago Tribune.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24

I. Upper left hand triangle: 1. In
trombone. 2. A pronoun. B. To en-
ploy. 4. Stockings. 5. Part of the
hand.
II. Upper right hand triangle: 1. Elk
pended 2. A game. 3. A horned ami
NAL. 4. A word of denial. 5. In from
bone.
III. Central square: 1. A stain. 2.
Affection. 3. Above 4. A stated pc
Rod of time.
". Lower left hand triangle: l. In
trombone. .. A familiar abbreviation.
3. A vehicle. 4. To post. 5. An article
of furniture.
V. Lower right hand triangle: 1. a
useful commodity. 2. A kind of fish. ..
A kind of feather. 4. A proposition. >.
In trombone.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
sSssaeseszsae=HelsE
NGARMe FogAD
A27Nn GARDEN
HARVESTING ICE.
One Mans Satisfactory and EcOnOm-
icaI Methods.

One Mans Satisfactory and EcOnOm-
icaI Methods.
When ice has reached the thickness
of from 10 to - inches, which is usual
1y early in January, the work is com
menced. The first course with the
plow in either direction is made by
line. The cakes are cut % inches
square. Great care should be taken
with the first lines that they be straight
and make absolutely right angles. No
pillow will do good work on a crooked
course, and cakes cut diamond shape
cause complaint. -Four trips with 4
good pillow will cut eight inches in
depth. The water can be kept out of
the grooves in cold weather by calking
them with chips from the ice pillow. \
thin chisel is used to fill them compact
ly. 1t is not desirable to pillow a great
deal in advance of the amount needed
each day. After the ice is plowed to "A
depth of eight inches it is broken into
floats of about 100 cakes and fioated to
the elevator. There these floats are
broken into strips and sent under a
raised platform upon which a man
stands with a chisel and breaks them
into single cakes and feeds them to the
elevator.
Inc elevator is homemade. L he
shafts and part of the gearing of an
old mower were used in it's construc-
ton. 1t is run by horsepower. 1t con-
sists of an inclined plane II feet in
length, one end of which is dipped
about 16 inches into the water. The
other end is somewhat higher than
sled body. Two parallel endless chains
connected by crossbars run on this in
clined plane. The bars carry the cakes
of ice up the plane. From the top of
the elevator the ice slides down an in
clined track on to the sledS. An or
binary cable chain is used, not a
sprocket. The chain is run by friction
The entire cost was less than SO. 1t
has been in use five years and has
practically needed no repairs.
+, Almost every farmer has place on
his farm where he can at small cost
build a dam and make a pond. a small
stream is most desirable. 1t may be
freshly filed by the late fall rains and
good, pure ice cheaply obtained. The
great problem on a large stream is TO
dispose of the surplus water without
destroying the dam, says writer who
records in American Agriculturist the
foregoing experience in ice harvesting,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
Oppressive silence.

'There is character shown in the
way people say things
Yes, and in the way they don't say
things. Once l called on a girl, and
her father came in the room. He
didn't answer anything 1 said to him
for so long that 1 got stage fright and
left"-Detroit Free Press.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
Occasion For Surprise.

81 am surprised she said, that
more Danish girls do not come to this
country"
''Why?" he asked.
Because" she replied, lin Denmark
a plain gold band is made to do duty
both as an enga cement and wedding
ring. ''-ChicagO Post.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
SELF LIGHTING LAMP.

room, where an instantaneous light is
often needed, the self lighting lamp
will be more than useful. The battery,
when once charged, will not require at
tention for months and is sufficiently
strong to light the lamp 1000 times at
cost of 3 cents. 1t is sold securely
packed with a bottle of charging salts.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
Quite BostOnian.

He-To prove the sincerity of nay
intentions l have brought this solitaire
adornment for your engagement ring
She|I must say, my friend, that
your speech has the true ring.-BOstOn
Courier.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
skill and Experience.

you say the gentleman is an expert
witness?"
YES"
what is his specialty?'
'Why, testifying, of course. He is
one of the eXpertest witnesses in the
country" -Washington Star.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
"What is his Specialty|
business Gifts.

"What's the difference between tact
and talent?"
''Tact makes man resign before
he's discharged: talent helps him hold
on to his job after he's discharged."-
Chicago Record.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
The Happy Isles.

Come, flee with me to the Happy isles.
Where are the Happy isles?
Beyond the ocean of greed and strife,
Along the path of an upright life,
Miles and miles and miles.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
Sadly Realized,

The Maid-Oive kim in TO give yez
war-rnin.
The Mistress (sighing)-You should
have given it before you came, Bridget.
kansas City Independent.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
A Good Scheme.

'Is it true that BilsOn came off the
Atlantic liner in full evening dress?"
Eyes; yes he had to get his new dia-
mond studs through tie custom house"
Chicago Record.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
Lamp That Lights Itself.

portable electric self lighting lamp,
says the Chicago News. The lamp will
be useful for many purposes, but as an
adjunct to the smoking room or bed
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
JustifiabIe Circumstances,

She-Don't you think it is better to
marry for love than for money?
He-Certainly-if the contracting
Sarties are both wealthy.-Chicago
News.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
Not a Reputable Guide.

eyes, the dog follows him every
where
'"That looks bad for the dogs NOR
aN."-Cleveland Plain Dealer
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
No 2o-United Words.

No. 29.-United Words.
1. 'sHostility' and "a lair" produce 'a
keeper; guardian"
2. "The outside layer of an egg and
''the outside of the trunk and branches
of an exogen" produce "a kind of hick-
ory."
3. Company an Inmate of a clois-
ter and "a musical instrument produce
sort of puzzle.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
A Difference In Fluency

A Difference In Fluency.
''Do you believe all men are liarsT
'NO, but some men have more elastic
vocabularies than Others" - Chicago
Record.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
No. S4.-BIankS.
Words pronounced alik,

Words pronounced alike)
1. He said he wished she would make
better -. She said she wished him
better -.
2. He said her simple - made him
happy. She said his made her hap
Ply! They were not simple.
They We're not simple
3. 1t was - for me by little -.
4. During the - of Ahab there was
no - for three years.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
No. 2S.-MctaGran.

Whole am public inclosure; change
my head, and l become successfully cir
cular, to injure, dog, discovered and
perfect.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
No. 35.-CeIebrated Rulers.

1. May will milk nice.
2 In a quiet cover.
3. A man ran Cob hill.
4. Styles sun rags -
8. Bear an apple to noon.
6. Skim on no log.
Z. Treated her flag.
8. Treat three peg.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24

No. 31.-HaIf Square.
1. The person who owes another mon
ey or services. 2. Mistake. 3. Part of
the head. 4. the coarse and broken part
of fax. 8. A conjunction. 6. A letter
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
No. 3O.-A Floral Valentine.

No. 3O.-A Floral Valentine.
Dear -:
To you l send these lines,
Written for your dear sake;
l beg of you.
Or my - will break.
Sorrow and pain can -
If my - will but say,
g. can ne'er make cold
My love, though far away"
For my to cure my woes
Then wear for me the -
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-10-05
u0RRISTOWp FIELD Club
HORSE SHOW
uOBRIsTOWp DRYING PARK,
October II, II, -.

He then went into the money ques-
tion, and showed that it was the real
issue, all others being cloaks In
speaking of so-calied Imperialism, he
pointed to the part that Bryan played
in securing the ratification Of the trea-
ty that gave us the Philippines /;
how he had come to Washington and
influenced his friends to vote for
this treaty. He contrasted this tell
ingly with the stand that the
Democratic candidate was making
today. He wound up by showing by
figures the splendid prosperity under
the Mckinley administration.
Mr.. Foster was followed by Messrs
Garrison and Whitehead, who with a
few fitting words thanked the eonven-
ton for the honors= conferred ON them,
and promised their faithful support
of the Republican ticket and pr1n-
ciples.
Mr.. Pitney followed with q telling
speech. He paid q glowing tribute 10
Judge Fl. Burdett Herr, the Reputli-
can candidate for Congress, and said
that he was glad that the ticket was
completed. 1t is clean ticket and
ought to make clean sweep. He
then delivered patriotic address on
the issues of the day, and was many
times interrupted with cheers: and APP
plause.
The meeting adjourned with three
cheers for Mckinley and Roosevelt
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-10-05
4 STRONG TICKET.
Continued frcnl First Page.

fully employed and the markets of
the world more widely opened to
American industries;
We indorse' and approve the admin
istration OF Gov Foster NJ. Voorhees,
and the course of the Republican
Legislature, and we congratulate our
people upon the clean and honest
State government which was promised
affairs under Republican contrOl-
We pledge the Republican voters of
Morris County to the support OF the
National, Congressional and Legisla-
tive candidates.
The chair announced that nomiIa
tions for candidates for Assembly
would be- in order. Boonton placed
is. II. Garrison in nomination Madi-
son followed with o. Rathbun, and
Morris named Charles r. Whitehead.
after q considerable paus o, Jefferson
nominated John d Smith. In tie
first ballot Mr.. Garrison was nominal
ted unanimously, and ON the second
Messgs. Rashbun and Whitehead ram
| UlOht5 Wlll4W MI DilAAo1 AhneAO q NOV q
showing at the tail end On the third
ballot Mr.. Whitehead received 38
votes, Mr.. Rathbun 80 and Mr.. Smith
9 Then several of the townships
changed their votes, going oven to
Whitehead. On motion he was made
the unanimous choice.
A committee consisting of Messrs.
Day, Hillary and Hinchman was APP
pointed by the chair to inIorm the
nominees.
The Hon. D. j. Foster, member OF
Congress from Vermont, then address
ed the convention. Mr.. Foster is
gifted speaker, and handled the is
sues of the campaign with an ease
of close student of events and affairs.
He spoke Of his friend Mahlon Pitney
as rare specimen Of staunch man
hood, and said that he was the kind
of material OF which Vermont made
her governors. He declared that the
Republican party stood for progress,
protection and prosperity, while the
Democratic party stood for forty
years of wrong. He denounced Car
Schurtz as fault finder, and pointed
out that it was not his first otfense
as he was leader of the party tina
declared in 1854 that war was failure
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-10-05
AN HONEST CHANGE, ALLAN7

Public attention has frequently
been called to the hypocrisy of the
Democratic denunciation of trusts,
so-called. Mention has been made OF
the Croker VanWyck ice stock, OF
the cotton bale trust, whose chairman
is National Democratic Chairman
Jones, and others. But little has been
said concerning that shining light
of the Hudson County Democracy, the
Hon. Allan l.. McDermott, who is run
ming for Congress on the free silver
antitrust ticket in the seventh dis
trict. Allan has been denouncing
trusts quite vigorously, evidently
taking it for granted that the public
has forgotten that he was the father
of the notorious coal combine bill and