What May Be "atenlel.
A United States patent will be granted
to any person who has invented or dis
covered any new and useful art, machine,
manufacture or improvement thereof,
bot known or used by others in this coun
try, and not .patented or described in any
printed publication in this or any other -country
before bis discovery or invention
thereof, and not in pnblic use nor on sale
for more than two years prior to his hi
plication, nnless the same is invel to
have been abandoned in thus forma
tion the word 'art" means the process or
method of producing an old or new result.
. If a method of doing anything contains
ne or more new steps-, the process is
new and patentable. The word ma
chine" means any device or thing by
means of which a mechanical resnlt may
be produced, such as a pin. a churn or a
locomotive. The word "manufacture"
means a made up article, such as furni
ture, clothing, harness and the thousands
of things which are offered for sale.
"Composition of matter" means a chemi
cal compound of ingredients, such as
hard rubber, liquid glue, medicine, etc.
Patents may also be obtained for de
signs for manufactures and works of art.
for three, seven and ten years.
Trade marks may be registered for any
arbitrary sign or symbol which is not
descriptive; the government fee is twenty-five
dollars. Sncli marks are the ex
clusive property of the registrar for
thirty years, and the time may be ex
tended. A "label" is any descriptive
.tag, print or impression to be placed
upon any article or. its case, and it may
be registered for twenty-eight years.
The government fee for a label is six
dollars; but if it contains any special
mark or symbol, the office decides it to
tie a "trade mark" instead of a label.
' Washington Chronicle. '
Ticket A fenta and Counterfeits.
Counterfeit money comes into the
hands of the railroad ticket agent more
frequently than anywhere else. But this
official of the great steel highway has to
become an expert in detecting it, else his
salary would suffer , to the amount of
spurious coin which he took in.
The detection of counterfeits seems to
become a sort of second nature with the
ticket seller. To discover a bad piece of
silver is a comparatively easy matter,
for it has a greasy feeling and very sel
dom looks like good money. . Even if it
possesses these requisites of good coin it
very seldom has the weight of the gen
uine quarter, half dollar or dollar, and
the lack of weight is perceptible by tak
ing it in the hand.
But to detect a bad bill is not, to the
layman who is not burdened with han
dling thousands of dollars each day, an
easy task. The expert ticket agent will,
however, when counting a stack of bills
ranging in value from one dollar tofty
dollars with great rapidity snap them in
both hands one after another and pick
out the counterfeits, seemingly by an
acute sense of touch. Some ticket agents
are marvelonsly clever in this way. The
method used by the majority in detecting
. ' a bad bill is to hold it to the light and
see if it contains parallel silk threads
running horizontally through it. All gen
uine bills contain these. Albany Argus.
How .Some Seeds Travel.
The most curious provision possessed
by seeds for self dissemination is the
hygroscopic awn. In the wild oat (avena
fatua), for example, there is attached to
the glumelia -(a small, leafy structure
connected with the seed), a spiral awn
covered "with humorous fine hairs, and
this awn has the power of expanding
when moist and of contracting when dry.
Thus the attached seed is constantly
on the move with the changes in the
weather, the hairs clinging to any object
met with, until germination or destruc
tion puts an end to its motion.
The seed of barley, too, is provided
"with a similar awn, which is furnished
with minute teeth that point toward its
apex.- The seed, when lying on the
ground, naturally - expands with the
moisture of the night and contracts with
the dryness of the day, but, as the teeth
prevent its moving toward the point of
the awn, all . motion must be in the di
rection of the base of. the seed, which
will tlina tm.vAl m snv fwt. fmiii naront
. I
stalk. Knowledge.
. . TZ7" . -'O-
t;mrine'i vpistea wasnjnif-UMa.
It is worth noting that Carlyle in hie
sweeping assertion made no exception in
behalf of Emerson, who perhaps bored
him more than he dared acknowledge
1 with his transcendentalism and effusions
of the "over soul." But one might have
thought that he would have spared
Washington. Far from that, we find
, him pleasantly remarking at some grand
dinner to Mr. Fields (a gentleman who.
both by his writings and from all ac
counts by the charm of his personal
presence, must have done much to re
move the imputed odium from his
countrymen): "That grete mon of yours
George" ("did any one under the sun
ever dream of calling Washington George
. before?" exclaims Miss Mnlford, who re
counts the story) "your grete mon.
George, was a monstrous bore and wants
taking down a few hundred pegs!" Ex
change. ;
Ieffl Expenses Over One Sovereign.
" The Textile Mercury calls attention to
a recent bankruptcy case in which the
liabilities exceeded 40,000, pud there
was an item of 338 for legal expenses.
Asked by the official receiver to explain
how this was incurred, the bankrupt
stated that the coste arose in connection
with a dispute over a sovereign, as to
Which he denied his indebtedness. The
myrmidons of the law were thereupon
set to work, and after the litigants bad
had their fill the "gentlemen by act of
parliament who had been conducting
the contest presented the debtor with a
bill for 33&
A Xomestle H
. "Thank heaven, 1 am safe! shouted
the boy hero as he ran into the woodshed
pursued by his chum disguised as un
Indian. ,
"You are, indeed, me boy!" said hia
father as he caught him by the slack of
his trousers and ran him into the house
to take care of the baby.' Detroit Free
Press.
MONGOLIAN GENIUS.
CLEVER ACT OF A CHINAMAN.
STOLE A BOX OF JEWELS.
WHO i
'. ,.. .
Story or a Burglary In China A Greased
Scamp Covered With a Sheet Makes
Away with .tbe Strong Box of an Amer- j
lean Embassador The Thief Escapes.
"My husband was, as you know, in
the Austrian diplomatic service, said
an American woman whose experience!
of divers lands had been most extensive,
"and of course the number of incidents
in our varying life has been legion. But
there was one adventure which occurred
while we were attached to the embassy
in China that so combined the ludicrous
with really serious that I shall never for
get it. . ,
"After we bad been there about a year
there occurred some grand jubilee or
other at the courts to celebrate the em
peror's birthday or some other festive
MMoinn t. I T)owvv TT 1,01 kaafl fiA,t
vbwiuuuf nuu in.v. kjvj. w dvuv I
from Vienna as Knecia eonvov to tender !
congratulations, etc. lie. of course. !
stopped at the legation. The night be- j old wan lound in a boat at Medical Lake
fore he was to leave he returned very ', Tuesday morning and taken to Spokane,
late for dinner. 1 could see during the VrnpMHl in the baby's clothing was
evening that he was distrait and wor- j found tbe following, penciled in a wom
ried, and after our guests had gone he alv8 halJj
confided to the count and myself his .,.t..i, ' , - T . ' ,
trouble. ... -1 Will some kind- boatman please
"He was a nervous, "fussv little man. PI;ICU this !!ttle nfwt in . orphan
and was evidentlv arreatlv disturbed. '1 i
have had some important jewels con-
" 1
naeu ro my care, ne toia us, -to oo given
,, . . . . . .
to our emperor as a memento of this oc
casion. Tomorrow I sail, as you know,
in the government steamer for home,
and as soon as I am aboard ship I shall
not feel any anxiety; but I must confess
that tonight I am nervous why, I do
not know; but I have the feeling, and 1
thought I would confide it to you, and
perhaps you would share my responsi
bility." "My husband, who has inherited from
his Irish mother a bold carelessness
which has often stood him in good stead,
although disastrous in this instance, said
good naturedly: 'Give them to me, if
you like. 1 have an iron box by my bed
where 1 lock up any important papers
that I have in my room at night, and 1
will keep them for you. The baron,
greatly relieved, gladly handed over the
little case that held the costly trinkets,
and shortly afterward we all retired for
the night.
STORY OP THE BCRQLARY.
''The count's room Adjoined mine, and
the last thing 1 remember was seeing the
glimmer of his light under the door as
he sat writing at his desk, finishing up
his dispatches for the morrow. I was
awakened from a deep sleep by the noise
of a scuffle, and immediately afterward
the shout of my husband, and in ' a few
minutes the whole house was aroused.
'Catch the thieves!" shouted the count,
and for a short time all was in confu
sion, no one understanding the why a'nd
the wherefore of the uproar, the count,
in the lightest of attire, having torn
down the stairs and into the courtyard.
After a useless pursuit he returned,
breathless, to tell his story.
"The box wan. gone; that 1 had seen
at once, and had already communicated
my fears to Baron II., who had also ap
peared upon the scene, and who was j
nearly frantic. Between gasps for
breath for what with the excitement ;
and the chase and his embonpoint my
poor husband was completely exhausted
we finally elicited the following facts.
After he had put the jewels in the strong
box, which stood on a table at the head
of his bed, he sat down at his desk, and
finding that he had more to do than he
expected, wrote until the small hours of
the morning.
"Notwithstanding the lateness of the
hour he, was restless after he finally got
to. bed, and did not fall into . a sound
sleep; so that the light noise of the open
ing door aroused him at once, and by the
dim light from the hall he saw a muffled
figure approaching-his bed, while an
other form, also shrouded in drapery,
stood by the door. Count A. is a brave
man and a strong man, and has always
been a famous athelete; so rather enjoy
ing the idea of the denouement he lay
quietly in wait, knowing by a flash of
intuition that the jewels were the object
of tbe midnight marauders.
A ORE AS ED BURGLAR.
"The robber came steadily and . noise
lessly toward the box as if he were per
fectly familiar with the location, while
tbe count feigned sleep and allowed him
to come near enough to lay his . hand
upon it. Then with a sudden movement
he threw his powerful arms around the
thief and shouted for help, but by an in
describable wriggle the creature slipped
with the dexterity of a serpent from un
der the heavy sheetlike drapery, leaving
it in my husband's clutch.
"With a bound the latter was out of
bed, and for the second time he had the
miscreant in his grasp; but again he was
foiled this time by a new device which 1
will venture to say has never been heard
of in the police reports of, any civilized
country. The man was completely nude
and greased from head .to foot, with a
soft, buttery substance that made him
slippery as an eel. Notwithstanding that
the count caught him several times he
made good his escape, never relinquish
ing the box. x
"Yes; the jewels are gone," continued
the countess, in answer, to an inquiry.
"And what is more we could never trace
them; there is no detective service in
China that amounts to anything, and
the wretches were completely successful.
Baron H., although terribly afraid of
the consequences of his having relegated
his trust to another, behaved most hand
somely, and completely exonerated my
husband from all blame. -
"Both gentlemen wished to give the
money value for the loss, but this his
imperial majesty would not permit.
The story of the 'greased Chinaman got
about, however, and, we are told, vexed
the Chinese officials hot ' a . little; and
whether it wad for this cause or for some
other reason, we were shortly transferred
to another post. As it was in the path
of promotipn we were more than satis?
fled, and took no paid to discover the
reason. New York Tribune.
NEW JKKSKY' LKI'Klt.
He Still VenUsta In BnnnJnir a Pablfe
1Vahhotaee.
Sew. York," Aug. 7, Leper Sum Sing
is still running his washlioiine at Kear-
ncv, X. J. lie is doing a diminished
.. . . . .
UUBUltroo kiiu ia wuii Tiiiu ut:r iiic J.UCL.
Today he circulated a printed, document
asking justics for a down-trodden Chi
naman, saying mat the t-liarve was
j Mll)lu , Charlie Foo, a personal enemv,
'.,. .ri j 0u: ., "
. . . . .
animation ity a romnusHion oipnysicians,
he to pay "the expenses if lie' is pro
nounced . "leprous. : The circular con
cluded : " 'For whosoever shall give you
a drink of water in Christ's name he
shall not lose his reward. Xow if you
help me out of this trouble von will not
lose your reward in heaven.' " Charlie
Foo, who is referred to a one of Sam's
oeraccutors, still says that Sam is a
lope, and Li Sam, another American
ized Chinaman, says the diseu.se is not
leprosy.
Ft, UTlfl In a Boat
. A cuU,i not more than twelve hours
asylum until
its widowed mother can
Alnlm 0,ft B11
..: l ... : . it : . ..I 1.1 js
. t in n,,i.nu jc.....-,,.. .T-tii
a lll't'lii.' (fii All 1.1 ixj i . ir.i.u.iji j ii. l 1 1. 11 n in
a notice put in the Spokane
notify- its mother., rive dollars is all I
have"
Wrapped in the note was a ?5 bill.
The Scarcity of Wheat Abroad.
New Yokk, Aug. 8. Bradtreet Lon
don correspondent lias lorwarried a re
port on the condition of he:ii abroad
which indicates that Europe will have
to import about 281 ,000,000 bushels this
year. He estimates that if an allowance
of 33.000,000 bushels for ox port from
India and 144,000,000 from th' United
States, be made there will still remain a
deficit of about 140,000,000 bushels.
Holts Involving MUM. no.
1 arbis3URg, Pa., Aug. 8. Two suits
were entered todav, one against the
county of Philadelphia and the other
against John Bardsley late city treasury.
The firsfcto recover the personal property
tax for 1890, amounting to 1622,000, and
tbfc eecond for license taxes, amounting
to $3,606,000.
Mrs. Parker "So your husband is
drinking again. You must have lots of
trouble coming down to let him in at
night. Mrs. Tucket- "Not not one bit.
John has one good point ; when he is
drinking he gets so full he. can t come
home.' -Post Express. .
"Do you suppose that Kllian was lit
erally translated, or is the account to be
taken figuratively?" ' "It was a free
translation, T " think.'- ludianapoli
Journal. -
Hobson Wilkes, you remember that
fifty 1 loaned vou two years ago. Wilkes
you are not going to pres a friend for
payment are you? Hodson Certainly
not. Take your time. 1 onlv wish to
borrow it for awhile.
Just
In just 24 hoars J. V. 8. relieves constipation
and sick headaches. After It sets the system
under control an occasional dose prevents return.
We refer by permission to W. H. Marshall, Brans
wick Bouse, & F.; Geo. A. Werner, 631 California
St., S. F.; Mrs. C. Melvin, 138 Kearny St, 8.F.,
and many others who have found relief from
constipation and sick headaches. G.W. Vincent,
of 6 Tcrrence Court, 8. F. writes: "1 am CO yean
of age and have been troubled with constipation
for 25 years. I was recently induced to try Joy's
Vegetable SarsaparillaT I recognized in It at
once an. herb that the Mexicans used to give us
in the early GO'S for bowel troubles. (I came to
California in 1839,) and I knew it would help me
and It has. For the first time in years I can sleep
well and my system is regular and in splendid
condition. The old Mexican herbs in this remedy
are a certain cure in constipation and bowel
troubles." Ask for -
nii'C Vegetable
uliy O Sarsaparilla
d. e. byaid no.,
Real Estate,
Insurance, v
and Loan
AGENCY.
Opera House filoek,3d St.
Chas. Stubling,
FKCir'KIKTOB OF Til .
.. Jew Yogt Block Second St
WilOLEIsAI.E AXI KET.V1L
Liquor ." Dealer,
MILWAUKEE BEER ON DRAUGHT.
FACTS
ABOUT THE TEA WE DRINK.
Mut fv'v iic-ople liuow Ilia? there is meli a
I j.ii.'iu ku el U-a iu cxKtei.ee, and lewer
navo wit i. I ut tlirre Is. and U is of a'.I teas
Ue sWft'rtMT, purest, mid i it fragrant. Vou
k at uuet- h.w it Is tha It is not oflbred for
.-aiu a 1 rtiat you know nothing of it. That Is
ausv ..-.l .wcilr; but It is necessary to present
ilrsr a few details. The public only -knows
two (tpihth! rlm.wes, viz., the green and the
bloc a lea. ' -
Few ye n lo kn - w tl at the bright bluish
4"'tu c .or iba o.-tiina y teas exposed in
line window i li i.ot the natural color. tTn
ll-a,Hiit as !'. fact may be, 1t Is nevertheless
.t.fl-la': rru...sian blue, silica, gypsum,
iiuinbag, and other uubealthful mineral
: 1 r( bMii? usd for ibis purpose Tbe effect
is t.vi" d 1. utoi:ly tr.akes the tea a bright,
shiuv a tractive g.cen, but also p ermits tbe
use i,f i.ir-.;olor " a?id worthless teas, which,
ouye under ihe gieeu clonk, urn readily
worked otT a a g.xid quality of tea. Tlieabom
lunble coloring practice even admits of the
use of f irelu substances, and the English
gitveriiiiirii , which looks closer intctthe gen-uitiene-.4
of i's & apies than ours, ha la some
of the 'a'.lyii -d " H .est " of teas found redried t
leaves, "tr.w, fr:s:n-uts f matting, rice
bus.-., a. nl .. liluw .cawes. 1 1 fact, it is openly
I'a'.n! by an E-igllsh authority that hundreds
uf ti.oH-ia.idK -f pounds of &loe, ash, and WiX
lo.v leave a.e annually imported as tea,
whii'U 1: h in- the coloring process would be
i n OKKible. Tliey report tea as oneof the most
uotorlnu ly adulterated articles of commerce.
The temptation tu make sweepings and bad '
tea Into a mere hantable product with a few
cents' worth of green coloring matter is too
strong to withstand, and the worthlessness of
the trash that often finds its way to this mar
ket labeled "New Crop," 'Test Quality,"
"ireen Tea," etc., would simply attonnd the'
public if revealed, to say nothing of tbe un
heal, bfulness of the Prussian blue, plum
bagn, gypsum, and tbe other mineral colors
tha. are employed.
Black Teas.
Tbe basket and pan-fired Japan teas, as well
as the China teas that may be included under
the general heading of " black Jeas," get their
color from the flri Jg or toasting process, but
mineral culorlng matter is also frequently
used to give a certaia desired commercial
api-earanee. Tne firing and the coloring, as ,
in the greeu teas, largely conceals the iden
tity of the tea and i-ermlts the use of the
very cheaiiest teas, to argue nothing for the
deteriorating effect of excessive firing.which
must be resorted to when a very cheap prod
uct Is used and an extreme color desired.
Beech's Tea (Sun-dried).
Concern i 'g sHn-drled teas the people of the
Pacific Coast have heard but little and know
less, although it is exteusirely used where it
Is It noun 'and understood. We are told that
when tea is so poor it cannot be sold at home
or safely shlrped to the English markets, it is
shippt to America; that we will drin any
thing. . That may possibly be one of the rea
son s we have not been offered sun-dried teaa
They were g-iod enough to send elsewhere.
The sun-dried teas being sun-cured, no
coloring matter is used, hence nothing but '
loire tea leaves can be employed; for unas
- isted by manipulation or coloring, all at
tempts at adulteration or the introduction of .
'o eitrn Imvh or material would be bold and
glaring. That it is, therefore, sweeter and fm
more fragrant than the artificially colored
green teaa and the manipulated basket or
pan-fired teas, yon hardly need be told. That
it is more healthful than the mineral -colored
teas, ilso apparent. That it is more expen
sive, is also true; and that is another reason
you have never seen it There is n I so much
profit In it as there is In the cheap adulter-
ated and colored teas.
About the Cost of Teas.
According to the custom-house reports, ibe
. amount of tea received at San Francisco last
year (1890) was 6,840,137 pounds, and tbe value
1956,290, or a fraction over 13c per pouud.'
The consumer, of which the readt r was one,,
paid for that 13c tea all the way Ir hi . Oc to
tl per pound. In other words, lor tl.a . t.-.V .-i:,
worth of tea the consumer paid between four
and five millions of dollars. There are jour
enormous profits, and there you will pn tably ,
find the chief reason why most ot you never
heard of a sun-dried tea. As the sun-dried lea
have no mask, they are compelled to be abso
lutely pure and of better quality thau the
artificially colored and manipulated teas.
Hence the margins ou them are smaller, and
many dealers don't care about handling them,
and you know nothing about them. But it is
the object of this article to tell yr.u v. here yon
-; can get them, and what to ask i r. and all
about them.
lieech'a Tea.-
"Beech's Tea," gua-anteed to be the pure
sun-cured leaves, is now offered to the people .
ot tbe Pacific Coast It will be a revelation
to you. You doubtless never saw any nat
ural leaf. Have your grocer break open a
package. It will be found In color to be just
between the' ar.iScially colored greeu and
the black teas, and the drawn tea presents a
clear, brilliant canary' color, of delightful -fragrance.
It is offered to tbe people at 60c
per pound, the same price that many artifi-
. dally colored teas are sold for. But its guar
anteed purity makes it more economical to
' use; for a leu quantity, say about twenty
grains, lis required per cup. As there are
7,680 grains to a poand, there will be seen to
be between three and four hundred cups to
the pound, or at the rate of about one fifth of
a cent per cup. Its economy ia. therefore
manifest It is put up in one-pound packages
only, in patent air-tight and moisture-proof
parchment, with tbe trade-mark that is found
at the bottom of this article plainly printed
on the package. It is sold in this form for
two reasons; one is, that the original strength
and aroma is preserved; and second, there
can be no deception, which would be quue
. possible if it were sold in hulk, without the
name and trade-mark attached.
, Caution.
Recollect that the margin of profit is so
much smaller on Beech's pure sun-dried teas
than on the artificially colored teas that you
woniget it if tea by any other name can be
put off on you. Ask for
:.BEEC&'TEA
PureAs 3iildhood:
If your grocer does not have'lt, he will get
It for you. Price 60c per pound. The above
trade-mark and price is plainly printed ou
each package. - -
Perhaps the best way to get it is to gwbe:e
you know they have it and are willing to sell
It For instance, it can be had without diffi
culty at ,
i sun v-
LESLIE BUTLER'S
The Dalles, Oregon.
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'' ':: . V JEWELRY.
" ' ' - ' I
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v June 19th, 1891.?
S. B. Medicine Co.-,
Gentlemen Your kind favor received,
and in reply would say that I am more
than pleased with the terms offered me
on the last shipment of your medicines.
There is nothing like them ever intro
duced in this country, especially for La
grippe and kindred complaints. I nave
had no complaints so far, and everyone
is ready with a word of praise for their
virtues. 'Yours, etc.,
M. F. Hacklky..
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PAINT
Now is the time to paint your house
and if you wish to get the best; quality
and a fine color use the
' ' -
Sherwin, Williams Cos Paint
For those wishing to see the quality
and color of the above paint we call their
attention to the residence of S. L. Brooks,
Judge Bennett, Smith French and otbei-a
painted by Paul Kref t. -
Snipes & Kinersly are agents for the
above paint for The Dalles. Or.
W. H. XTEABE ACK,
PROPRIETOR OP THE .
Granger Feed Yard,
, ' THIRD STREET. . , 1
'"" " (A Grimes' old place of business.) r . ':
Horses fed to Hay or Oats at the lowest possi
ble prices. Good care given to animals left in
my charge, as I have ample stable room. , Give
me a eaiL and I will guarantee satisfaction.
W. H-JiEABEACK.