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The Washington times., 1903-03-29
FAIRBANKS TELEPHONE POSTAGE STAMP.

notice TO the postmaster at whose Office
the letter is directed. that he is 10 open
the letter and repeat the message over
telephone to the person to whom the
letter is addressed. or. at least. deliver
it to persons that would see that the
contents Of the letter is delivered at
once
Better Than Letter Carrier.
Even on the rural mail routes. where
the service now is daily. and a marvel Of
development. this service would be a
great boon. The carriers on all rural
mail routes start out in the morning
most OF them between 6 and 8 o'clock
They take out mail that was received at
the postofice the day before or early that
morning. II a letter is received after
they leave IL must lie until the next
morning BY the new service possibly
II could be delivered TO the person ad-
dressed long before the carrier reaches
the house.
Such service. It is pointed out by the
Senator. would not only be unique In The
postal facilities OF the world today, but
IL would I'LL a want that even the tele-
graph companies do not at present fII.
In at least all OF the progressive cen
tral States the farmers telephone lines
run 10. -. and even 20 miles back from
the railroad and telegraph stations. Be
cause OF the exorbitant delivery rates
that the telegraph companies charge TO
reach these remote places. their service
is said to practically only extend a mile
or two from the towns. or within 10 or
25 cent messenger radius.
The service that Senator Fairbanks has
in mind. and which he would seek TO de-
velop as complete Government service,
through experiments that would be con
vincing Of necessity at first would be only
local II would take time for the farmers
10 Include with their address the state
ment that they could be reached by Gov
eminent telephone. IL is thought how
ever. that within a month after such ex-
periments would be started the farmers
OF the country would become so thor
oughly Interested that they would not
only let their friends and communicating
firms know that they have telephones. but
that farmers I'm sections that are not now
covered with phones. would az once begin
tage OF the service.
Farmers Cooperative Lines.
II has been only within the past few
months. or a year or two at the most,
that such a scheme would be practica-
BILE. The number OF farmers telephone
lines has not only increased, but they
have been built as a rule by cooperative
companies of farmers and not by cor
porations. Even the corporation lines
are independents" as a rule. The ex-
periments with such a service would
have TO develop the points OF tariff. It
is thought. however, that the Govern
ment could get fat or 10 cent rate
over all lines and could give the service
for 10 cents fat and make money.
Farmers lines now can be built very
cheapIy. Many lines have been built by
farmers in Indiana. Ohio. Illinois. Iowa,
and other States where timber was
available at a very low cost the farm
ers doing most OF the work themselves.
The Washington times., 1903-03-29

One Of the most curious houses in
Washington. which is a sort OF contra
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
JOHN BULL LEARNING FROM UNCLE SAM

! soap makes things clean. or bright.
sun makes things bright. too. There.
It can't be allowed"
The proprietOr of the soap. was. how
ever. an obstinate. determined sort or
person. and ne took the matter into
court and won his suit
A Weighty Question, Indeed
a kodak company had a somewhat
similar but even harder time. When
it applied for permission TO use the word
''soIio'' in advertising sensitive paper.
it was withheld. Curiously enough.
it seemed that the sun was again the
the cause Of all the trouble. Tho trade
mark Office insisted that. as the paper
vas affected by the rays Of the sun. and
as the suns most popular nicknams
was Sol. the company's catch name was
descriptive and. therefore. quite i'm
possible.
The company promptly appealed from
the decision TO the board OF trade. who
upheld the trademark Office From this
body the case weLt 10 the first court.
and stIll the verdict was the same Ditto
in the second court. It was not until tbs
question was argued before the house OF
lords. sitting as the highest court OF
appeal. that the company won out
There the lord chancellor remarked that
such restriction was absurd" And
the trainers OF the new bill take a SINH
lar view Of the matter.
A New Ofhce Building.
The new home OF the patent Office,
finished only few months ago. is in
hniteIy more up 10 date than the system
it shelters It is big and airy and the
library is a handsome big room. with
over three miles of shelving. on which
repose over 1905 volumes
Among the specifications contained
therein are many relating TO unusually
crack Drained devices There is one OF
a ship which its inventor intended To-
run by means OF windmiTs fixed at ths
top Of the masts. There is an interest
ing process for extracting gold. which
another genius was sure, nom its beau
tiful yellow color. must exist in straw
There is a plan for combined gun and
pIow. the handles OF the p1ow forming
the barrels of the gun--the idea being
that should an honest plowman be at
tackled BY deadly enemies he would not
be without a serviceabie weapon.
America IN the Lead.
In the American corner OF the library
are shelves upon shelves Of TAT yellow
volumes. all marked u 5. Patents"
and no wonder. for the British patent
Offce. grants more patents 20 American
inventors than # does to those OF any
other foreign counry-3,1S9 was the
number last year-Germany coming
next. and France next.
IN Dickens time an English patent.
considered merely as a document. was
a portentous thing. II was engrossed
By hand on a parchment sheet and bore
a round wax seal fully as large as an
ordinary blacking box inclosed in tin
case. TO obtain a patent took almost
as long as IL does to get money out OF
chancery. and cost nearly as much as a
stateroom on crack ocean liner
The Washington times., 1903-03-29

diction TO both wealth and poverty, is
located not far from the palatial homes
Of Mrs. Townsend and Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas F. Walsh, in Massachusetts Av-
enue. The house is the smallest brown
stone house in Washington. but its size
in no way affects its assumption OF dig
nifty The house stands on the east side
of Twenty-secoud Street, between NJ and
y, and looks for all the world like a
dolls home. However. it is built with
huge blocks OF brown stone. such as
might figure in the erection OF a grand
palace. The house boasts Of about eight
feet front. ten feet deep, and seven feet
high. II has one door at the front. and
one at the back; one front window. and
another at the side. In justice TO the
architect and builder 1t must be said
that the little affair was constructed
as an Office for the owner Of a stoneyard.
The yard has since been removed. but
the little ONCE was too picturesque 10
be torn down. and may yet find itself
useful as the habitation OF some bache-
Tor or bachelormaid-
Homes of Rich and Poor.
Poverty and wealth go side by side
in Washington This condition is not
restricted to one section OF the city,
but will be found to exist in nearly
air directions. There is no more
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
Mansions Of the
Wealthy Are Frequently
Found in Close and Con-
genial Company of RAM
shackle AbOdes Of Poor.

ing from the historic White House TO
Boundary Castle, the home OF former
Senator and Mrs. Henderson. With two
such beautiful mansions at the north
and south terminus one would expect
the residences intervening 10 be in
keeping, at least to a small degree.
Yet there is no thoroughfare anywhere
in the Capital City where the homes
OF the rich and those OF the poor mingle
so closely Here there is beautiful stone
mansion and a lowly hut hugging each
other in daring familiarity The state
ment that one lives in Sixteenth Street
carries not little awe with IL, yet
there are many ways and means OF
living in this as well as in other aristo-
cratic neighborhoods
The Two Extremes.
striking example of wnat property
owners will abide by, and residents
wax wroth over. is presented in the
Of Twenty FIRST and z
Streets. Here there IS handsome
house built of light brick. with dainty
old lace curtains draping the windows
The Washington times., 1903-03-29

It HE British patent office. which
/ Dickens in his wonderful novel
Little Dorrit' christened the .'Circum-
| Iocution" or How Not 10 Do It. ONCE.
is to be brought up TO date. by being re-
modelled on the lines of the United
States Patent once A bill with this OBJ
ject in view is now pending in psrlia-
ment
This bill is the outcome OF the deliber-
ations OF committee which was ap-
pointed by the government nearly two
years ago TO decide what the faults in
the present patent system were. and TO
make recommendation And it's chief
recommendation was: Make this Office
like the Washington bureau.
Once the reform is begun. an end will
be put to a system that has aroused
more complaint among American inven-
tors. to say nothing OF English ones.
than any other That is the system Of
taking an inventors money and giving
him IN exchange a patent that doesn't
guarantee anything
Present Loose Methods.
At present the British patent Office will
issue a patent 10 anyone who will pay
the fees and furnish a description Of the
object he wants 10 protect. 1t viii issue
ten patents. IL they are applied for, on
exactly the same thing. leaving the
courts 10 decide who has the right to
the invention.
The present patent laws amendment
bill. however. isn't going to do anything
toward lowering the cost of getting an
English patent. which is another Of the
American inventors causes Of complaint
At present. TO take out patent in
England costs a lot more than it does
in the United States. The preliminary
cost. it is true. is less fo: an English
patent. the registration and subsequent
grant amounting to only $50. as compar-
ed with $50 in the United Saes.
Heavy Tax on Inventors.
When the amount is paid in America
there is no more to be spent upon the
patent until the end of the seventeen
years IOE winch IT Is ISSUED ne Eng
lish patent. however. runs only fourteen
years. and after the first four years
have passed a sliding scale OF further
fees. at the rate. 50 for each year. begins
that is 10 say, S25. payable at the be-
ginning Of the fifth year, $40 At the be
ginning OF the sixth. etc. so that by the
end OF the fourteenth year the holders
patent has cost him just s495. as com
pared with the American patentee's S35
for seventeen years.
Another thorn in the side OF the
American inventor in England is the
British patent shark. Hundreds Of
Americans suffer through him every
year.
English Patent Sharks.
The game upon which this slippery in
dvidual depends consists IN making
Americans believe that they can obtain
an English patent on their inventions
after the time when it is possible to do
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
Living In Sixteenth Street. or
"In Connecticut Avenue"
Does Not Always r1ean
WhdtIt Would SeemtoImply.
Some Notable Examples.
embassy CT hardy working people on
their way 10 market
Land Held for Price.

Land Held for Price.
In many other cities OF the United
States there is a systematic idea IN
building homes Either they are built
IN rows. all the houses OF which are
alike. or II in single lots. the residences
section is confined TO one part OF the
city while the poorer classes find habf-
tation in another Property owners,
with a view OF besutifying the city.
either erect attractive homes on thei-
lots or sell the ground to people who
desire 20 do 50. That is not the case
in Washington. where, OF All the cities
In the country. the residences should
be the finest Owners of land often
hold on 10 their property with a grip OF
iron in the hope that in time they viii
be able to command larger price for
IL. Year after year goes BY and strans-
ers coming to the city continue TO re-
mark this palpable lack OF pride II
can be nothing else. yet. Il cne may put
aside that idea. il does serve 20 present
a wonderful study OF contrast that,
while uninviting. is interesting
A Bit Of Sentiment.
In contemplating two OF these widely
differing homes. one is often brought
face to face with the realities Of life
and the unevenness OF distribution OF
worldly possessions. Yet one cannot
but think that while many are deprived
OF handsome homes. a retinue OF SER
wants. and all the things which are com
monty supposed to make life worth hv-
ing. they have been given Others-con-
tentment. the absence OF a constant
yearning for greater things. q hearth
were one may put ones feet and feel that
II Is home" There IS satisfaction fl the
reflection that bun brick or imposing
brownstone do not alone make the
home. A butler to answer the bell. a
maid 10 come at call. and a cook in
snowy cap and apron do not bring sun
shine into ones heart Whether the
window is OF stained glass OF clumsy
putty-stuck panes, the sunshine peeps
through Just the same. and though the
hall is but a narrow one At best. there
is room for hope. happiness. and a world
Of JOY TO enter and room for them 10
stay as long as there's 4 roof above and
a floor beneath.
The Washington times., 1903-03-29

so has actually gone by. Aided By the
| official list which the American Patent
/ Office issues every month. these English
/ sharpers mail TO each inventor 70 whom
a patent has been awarded a circular,
stating that they stand ready. upon re-
/ ceipt Of the necessary fees, 10 attend 20
/ his English patent business for him.
! Occasionally this plan fails, the in
tended victims American acuteness
causing him to send his drawings and
cash to the agent in care of the United
States consul or ambassador. with di-
/ rections to turn them over 20 the agent
should he be found responsible.
Unfortunately. II is comparatively sell
dom that the American inventor takes
such precautions. and these sharks reap
a rich harvest They generally make ap-
pIication for the patentee's English
grant, remittins, however. only a frac-
tion OF the fees sent them. and then
forward the American the British Offices
refusal to issue a patent
Driven Out OF Business.
The firm that has been foremost IN
this sort OF business fell into the
clutches Of the Iaw a month or so ago.
Surprising evidence was given as 70 the
amount OF money taken in by the sharp
ers from American clients. AS a re
suit OF this trial. the new bin Will
make it impossible for these sharks to
do business in the future.
An American who has invented nov
city which he wants 20 introduce In
England may be inclined TO swear over
the ways Of the British patent ofice.
He must not. however He must save
his breath TO use in expressing his
opinion OF the British trade-m mark Of
fee when eventually he goes up against
#.
To begin with. the officials in charge
at this Office seem to suffer from even
more than ordinary British conser-
vatism and distrust OF original ideas and
methods OF procedure. In the second
place. the rules governing the granting
of advertising devices are as stern and
unbending as the homely building which
houses this cumbersome section OF the
patent Office machinery.
Arbitrary Trade Mark Rules.
British trademark rules are good
deal more arbitrary than those prevail
ing in America, where, practically
speaking. any device can be registered.
In ENGLAND. to use the stin wording OF
the law. the trademark must be "di-
vorced from any meaning in respect OF
the goods advertised" and. must be
neither descriptive. commendatory nor
geographical
Thus. when the inventor OF soap In
the name OF which the word "sun" hg-
ures applied for permission 70 use the
name he was told sternly that he mustn't
even dream of such a thing. Abashed.
and a little dumfounded. he veatured
10 ask why. and was urbanely informed
that the suggested name was "descrip-
tive" fault with which the ofice had
simply no patience.
This is the way OF it, they said with
the air OF one unmasking a villain,
The Washington times., 1903-03-29

gests teas, coming-out parties. and all
kinds Of attractive features Of social
life. One can almost see the Jeb1tau-
tes fitting about inside the house, and
can picture th5 affairs being planned
The Washington times., 1903-03-29

IET he. time has come when the
farmers telephone must be-
come part Of the Government mail
service
This announcement was made by SEN
ator Charles ". Fairbanks Of Indiana
one day last week in explaining his ef-
fort TO have $4,000 appropriated by
Congress for experimental rural tele-
phone free mail delivery"
IN the hurry of the last week OF Con-
gress the item in the postofice and post
roads budget was overlooked. Though
in the nnal committee sessions IL was
cut out. il is an indication OF what the
next step in perfecting the mail service
will be. Senator Fairbanks Will bring
it prominently before the next Con-
Eress.
'In Indiana Illinois, Missouri, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Ohio. and Kentucky anG in
the other central States that have been
covered with farmers telephone lines, -
said Senator Fairbanks, the day is al
ready az hand when the farmer should
have a cheap special mail delivery the
same as the city man has. He has his
rural mail delivery. but he can have
more, and it will. like the present spe-
cial mail delivery system which is lin
ited TO postoflce towns. become more
than self-supporting. As yet the tele-
phone has not become general in all
States, but there are many sections OF
the country that are covered.
''The farmers telephone has come to
stay and to become one OF the greatest
agencies in our commercial and home
life. The Government can greatly i'm
prove its mail service If it realizes this
fact.
Wire Quicker Than Messenger.
In the cities, special messenger boys
arc employed to make delivery. The
question is whether similar quick serv-
ice cannot be given the countrymen. by
utilizing the telephone instead OF the
messenger boys. The special delivery
system that we now have for the cities
and towns has so rapidly developed, as
its utility became generally known. that
II is not a burden on the Government,
but last year netted Sl67. O0O Ny idea
s. that experiments would show that
the special service could not only be
extended TO the country successfully
and be made az least self-supporting
but that in addition 10 giving the farmer
quicker communication with the world
than even the rural mail gives him
1T would put a premium on building
farmers lines. and that farmers and CO.
operative companies IN those States that
have been a little slow in this respect,
would hurry up the construction Of lines.
While This would not benefit the Govern
ment. telephone in the house OF every
farmer in the country certainly would
have an effect on the commercial and
social life OF the country"
Senator Fairbanks plan is 10 have the
Government issue a new telephone spe-
cial delivery rural mail stamp. II might
be copied after the present special de-
livery stamp. Possibly 70 could be sold
al the same cost. ard with the develop
meat OF the service this cost might bo
greatly reduced. as the telephone should
be much cheaper than special delivery
boys and car fares. This stamp would be
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25
B. II. PINNEY & co
CHURCH SERVICES.

ChrsGan-Rcv. NJ. II. Morrill,,
pastor. Morning service at 1870,
with sermon. Sunday school at IT
o'clock. Junior {. +. at 5 o'clock,
and y. p. S, c. +. at 7 o'clock.
Welcome to all.
Universalist-Rcv. II. l.. Canfleld,
pastor. Morning service at 1890.
Sunday School at II.5o. y. p. G..
e., at 7 o'clock.
Congregational-l2ev. F. c. Put.
nam, pastor. Morning service at
1890, Sunday school at 1850, Jun.
ior Endenvor at 5 p. m, y. p. S. G.
L. at $50. Tuesday evening, prayer
meeting at 7.3o.
Methodist Episcopal-Rev. Chas.
f. Partridge. pastor. Morning ser.
vice at o.5o; lids o'clock, Sunday
school; $50 p. m. Epworth League;
evening service, 7 p. M; Tuesday,
mid-wcck service 100 p. m.
Catholic REV. Z. c. Drouhiu.
pastor. Mass at II n. M. evening
service at 7.5o.
Services will be held the fourth
Sunday of each month at Village
hall, Quechee. at 9 o'clock, and at
Barnard. at the town hall. on the
second Sunday of each month at @
o'clock.
St lames-First Sunday of each
month Holy Communion and ser.
mon at 1880. Evening Praye, and
address at 500. All other Sundays:
Holy Communion at S Il. M, Morn.
ing PRAYER. Litany and sermon at
1890, Evening PRAYER and address.
at : &. II. Wells, rector.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25
sHERBURNE.

The village school commenced
Monday, Miss Meigs Of Vergenres
teacher.
A. &. PIumley was in Rutland
the first of the week. While there
he purchased driving horse of H..
E. " ilcox.
Robert Cur'ier made his parents
a short visit the; last of the week, re-
turning to Bethei last Sunday Mrs.
Currier went with him and returned
home Monday.
II. Clyde SpauIding and family
of Rutland called ut +. u. Spauld-
ing's last Sunday.
Bert and Eugene Boutwell, We're
in Lebanon, y. H., two days this
week.
Mrs. Augusta Taylor is stopping
at her place here at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Upper were
in Ludlow last Saturday.
Casper Adams of Proctorsvillc
visited friends in this place last
week.
J. H. and F. w, johnson, f. G.
and F. w. Spaulding attended IA
Masonic meeting held at Pittstield
Wednesday evening of this week.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25
SOUTH POMFRET.

Mrs. Emma Adams has been hav-
ing her buildings newly painted, a
large force of painters from Wood
stock doing the job, which they have
just finished.
There is some doubt yet as to Just
where the site of the Abbott library
building will be.
II. II. Totman has been making
quite extensive Improvements on his
farm and house-a new bay window,
new piazza, other new windows,
new shingling-and much inside
work.
The sick folks at II. O. Maxham's
are all better.
l.. II. Atwood planted potatoes,
peas, etc, four weeks ago. People
don't dare to ask him how they are
growing.
Mrs. Emma Adams is building I;
telephone line over the hills and ia,
away to Clarence Thacher's, htl
son-in-law's, residence. The distance
will be about tour miles
A fox snatched Il bunch OF tai
feathers from big gobbler at J. b
Gibson's Tuesday night. The COB
bier flew away nearly half nil,
over the buildings of Capt. Bruce
to the hill opposite and alighted un
injured.
Walter Stevens is moving fro
the John Chedel place to farm
near the village Of South Wood
stock.
The Boyces have left Fred Fay.
tenement and Rollin Childs ha
moved in.
The present spring is both earl
and late. The fields were covered
with green grass earlier than befor
known and then the long prevailin,
cold weather stopped its growth ant
feed is now no better than a yea
ago. Most other things are also a
standstill, but the writer has ;
crab-apple tree in a nook sheltered
from the cold winds, on which thu
leaves are nearly fully developer
this, the s3d day Of April.
Mrs. Charles Ordway arrived
home Thursday after several weeks
visit 10 Massachusetts.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25
NORTH BRIDGE WATER.

f. 5. Perkins is doing Henry Gil
bert's team work.
Ben Peoples was recently called
to Manchester, \. H., to his brother
Ed, who has had an operation for
appendicitis.
Albert " Preston is working at
6. \. Slocum's.
The school Will begin next Mon
dav with Ahbie Gibbs of PIymouth
rs teacher.
Mrs. Wilson Hedge, of Barnard
is visiting her son, i!cd Hedges.
Mrs. Perry of Woodstock is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. q. t. Mas.
ham.
f. b. Atwood has been laid up
for the past week with Il bad hand.
+. :. Hedges and Lorenzo Peo-
pies have been shlngliug for G. r..
Markham.
Ed BaSsctt has purchased a valua.
bic horse of Frank Ladue; it is Il
good one.