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Pimident Orover Cleveland
Vice-President Ad ai Bievensou
Bee-eiaiy of State Walter Q ttresham
bectf-tary ot Treasury. John li. Carlisle
JSecretary of lntei;ior lioke Smith
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SOCIETY CLAVERY.
The Burden I'luccd rpm Common-Sens,
Veople by Conventionalities.
It is curious what slavery society im
poses on the very strongest-minded
men and women, inclueiuff them to do
and also to leave undone those things to
which they are either constitutionally
opposed or violently fond of. From no
mandate of polite usiifre do people of
high fashion suffer more acutely than
that unwritten law concerning the giv
ing and rocoiviiijr of presents, says the
Illustrated American. It is a mistake
to believe that the donors are the sole
sufferers in such cases; accepting a gift
is often the heaviest hind of a burden,
and, in event of marriage, all sorts of
ruses are resorted to for the skillful
avoidance of unwelcome obligations.
However, to engrave this fact on a card
is very properly deemed too brusque a
mode of conveying an intimation of the
fact, and many a young couple set out
on their wedding journey overburdened
by an oppressive load of souvenirs they
would very gladly have gone without.
Form, then, should certainly take a
hand in such matters, and dj a little
regulating in regard to the etkiuette of
gifts. A scale of privilege should exist
and be acknowledged, setting forth the
rights of some and intrusiveness of
others who essay to be itow favors of
value. How quickly ;v bride w ould re
sent an offering of cliithes or domestic
furniture from the s;nne lightly consid
ered acquaintance who adds a costly
bit of silver or a jewel to her collection
without offending the conventional
ities. Nor is she supposes ever to quite
free herself from this weight of favor
until the compliment has been returned
in full. First or last she must come
forward and earn a clean receipt by
means of full reciprocity, or clear off
the debt in social attentions.
Surely the line should be drawn
somewhere, distinguishing intimates
from casual friends, who possess no
real claim and often take advantage of
opportunity to press fraudulent pre
tentions they know it will be ditlicult
to repel under the circumstafices.
One of the very merr'' weddings
that ever tci ace pq' av'd very re
cently Lrr '.Voles' 011 ftiel'aeilic
coast. It appears that the brjide-elect
was peculiarly opposed to this double
burden of conventional giving and tak
ing, and felt her social position secure
enough to venture a slight innoval ion.
AVith this end then in view, she sent
out gracefully worded invitations to her
nuptials four weeks in advance, adding
an engraved footnote which stated very
prettily that, at the earnest solicitation
of her own and the bridegroom's neat
relatives, she had yielded to then
affectionate pleas to be sole donors al
her marriage, and she was, therefore,
debarred from .accepting any othci
souvenirs. The scheme worked like a
charm, and never was an orange
crowned maiden so ovcnvhclmod with
warm congratulations as this one, who
infused a tone of genuineness into
the handsome things her guests said, by
relieving them of it stupidly onernut
duty.
GEOGuAP!;i!CA' CRR033.
Publishers .-Vrj Ili'Hiions.iilc l'ur .Many. ills
takes .lludc !y i'lipihi.
"The publishers of school maps," says
a teacher in the St. Louis (ilobe-I)emo-crat,
"arc responsible for more errors
than any othi'r class of people on the
planet. They use sometimes half a
dozen different scales of sizes in a single
book, and it is impossible for children
to get a correct ide:i of the relative
sizes of different countries because ol
their lack of uniformity in the scale. In
an atlas fur school use all the mapi
should be on the same scale, otherwise
most incorrect ideas will be formed. 1
recently asked a bright boy, who had
just finished the study of geography and
laid it by because he knew all about it.
how large he supposed Arabia was. lit
reflected a moment, and then, witl.
some confidence, replied that Arabii
was about the size of Massachusetts. 1
suggested the possibility of his beinp
mistaken, when he got his atlas anr.
showed me that Arabia and Massachu
setts were the same siz1.;, that is, on tht
map. lie opened Ids eyes when I ex
plained to him the mysteries of tht
scale, and that instead of being a mere
speck Arabia was as long as from Ht
Paul to New Orleans, as wide as fron.
St. Louis to New York, and container,
more than one-third as many squar'
miles as the United States. He had beer
misled by the maps, as his teachei
probably had also, and thousands o: 1
others people besides. A uniform scab
would prevent many false ideas, and li I
a tiQr,,,! f ti.vt. l.rWru iu ova. I
adopted the atlases should have tha
feature prominent."
1HB WKSTFRV I'KDAbOtil K.
We are in receipt of tbe May Min.bi r
of onr state ecbool paper. It rxcrrd
nj of tha former iiiimb rs ir valtt .
Tbe uper thil mouth contuiis nitir.y
new arid valuable fcatnrm. Tim illus
trated series on tbe school of the su.lc
is introduced by a paper oo the Ftiendu
Polytechnic Institute at Snletn, OriKun.
These papers canbot (nil to be of t;reat
vtlaebotbto the sahools am) to the
public
There are also several fine articles
hy onr bent writers and tbe deportmiil,
"Current Events,""Hatarday Tliuusjbts,''
'E liiCHtional News" "The Oracle
Aiiaweia, Correspondents," etc , each
nontsin mnch vnlnahlfl reading for
teachers or parents. Tbe magazine
has about SO pages of matter, well
printed and Brrangsd. We pronounce
the Western 1'edngoiine the best educa
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parrots, now is ti e lime to mbtenhe. tl
G. A. K. NOTH'K.
We talie this i pportunity of informing
our subscribers tiint the new commis
sioner of peneione has been sppoinlin
He is an old soldier, and we belies
tiint soldiers and their heirs will re
ceive justice at liis hnnda. We do mil
nnticipate that there will be any radical
changes in the mlministrstion tif pension
uilntrs under the new regime.
We would edviee, however, that U. 8.
soldiers, sailors and their heirs, tekt
steps to make nppliostlou at once, if
they have not airencly rim s so, in oidei
to secure tbe binetit of the early tllii'S
of their claims in ciige there sbonld hi
uny future prrsiou It gisfiitirii. Such
Ugialntion is seldom retroactive. There
fore it is of rent in or'M ce Hint sp
filioationa be filid in the depintnient at
he earliest possible date.
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CGN'i L....rT OF COURT.
Ho
tlio Offt'use Was PmiiMtied by a
(-nrulit .Juotice- of the l'euce.
"1 Hi.n;i,ri ;i', an outof-ibe-wny cabin in
G'jur;;:;,.. ' iuli! a tourist to the Ariiansaw
Truvi ier, "to pit cr drink of water. 1
iviV);;i-J u nuir.bor of men, in snort sleeves
and vitnr.fj h,jil.i.ick suspenders, sitting
tuidt i' u t -ee. Tliey were gutliered about u
pni" lu.i.t! upon which I noticed sevorui
volumes of iKUont-oitiee reporis. I did nol
Itiitnv 1 h:tt. t;:e usst'iutily was one of solemr.
ceivnxny until 1 a-sKed i'or a drink ol
waUT. Tlirn a gaunt man with a long
neck a 1 1 I eyi's that wore au expression ol
dead i lnoin d unand said:
you f i-oiii s a uncivilized country
Unit you don't Know how to behave your
self when court is in session?'
" 'Excuse me,' 1 answered, 'I did not
know ttiui tins was a court.'
" 'Hut. It. is, sail, an I I want you to un
doiMiniul it. You have come up here an1
tlirowd a chunk under the wheels of
jcii- ice. A man is drawd up hero on trial
fur hi: life'
" "You don't moan to say that this is a
courtof euieti serious jurisdiction?'
" 'Yes, 1 do nii'im tosuy it and if you even
hint Hint. I don't I'll Bend you to jail for con
tempt.'
" 'Pardon me ; I do not moan to be of
fensive.' ' 'Good thing ynu don't, I'll tell you that.'
" 'May I ask why you are trying this
man?'
" 'Yes ; he stole a set of plow gear.'
" 'But is that a capital offense?'
" 'I don t know what sort of offense you
call a capital, but when a man steals gear la
this community why that settles It witr
him.'
" 'Purdon me, but that isn't law.'
" 'Mout not be in a uncivilized community
but it is here.'
" 'Arc you a circuit judge?'
" 'Worse than that; I am jostice of the
peace.'
" 'Hut under tlio law you have no author
ity to FontMice a man to death.'
" 'lia, you dispute my authority? Mr.
Constable, arrest this man.'
"A mini stepped forward and placed his
hand on my shoulder. 'rou aro under ar
rest,' said he. 'Try to git away, and I'll
hurtyon."
"I saw, by the determined faces about
me, that I was In a Herious predicament.
'Oentlemcn,' said I, 'you surely would nol
harm an innocent man. You-'
"'That's emiugh,' the judge broke in.
'You hiive come along here and have tried
to overthrow our local self-government. Bo
cession was a grave ofTWise, but nothing as
compared to this. You have committed
treason. Mr. Constable, have you got a
rope ('
"1 b"g:m to beg. I told them that I was
their friend. 1 said I would do any thing
for thoiii.
"'1 am inclined to excuse your ignorance,'
said the judi;e, 'but wlint assurance can
you give us what proof that you respect
our local rights, generously grunted to us
by the cons!i!ution of tlio United Slates?'
" 'Gentlemen, I have nothing but good
will. 1-'
" 'What have you gotin your saddlebags?'
"'Nothing but two quarts of whisky that
I bought for medicinal purposes.'
" 'Hrmg it and give it to us as a pledge ol
good faith.'
"I did so and as I rode away I congratu
lated myself upon my escape. Htiortiy
afterwards, upon arriving at a village, I
toid the story of my adventure. The crowd
in the posi-ofiice laughed. 'That is a favor
ite joke of those fellows,' a man remarked.
They never fail to get a stranger'f
whi-ky."'
A little 1-illow w 11 ru!. '.'-,! in v.-.'.l
heal a small cat in f.'-lvo !.n , . I -.r
child run, v. iio mi- in variably r.-u'. tio t,'n..-ir
fingers, l-i!!j,' lu-d by Hi,.- cat, or
having little calloused wound it is in
valuable.
A tree ine:e u; i o;.' 'hree feet from the
(round, twi-p.o f ' ' i.ir inches in cir
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The Winner has a clear Gift of a Small
Fortune, and the Losers Have Patents
that may Bring them in Still More.
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dollars? If you would, read carefully what
follows and you may see a way to do it.
The Press Claims Company devotes much
attention to patents. It has haudled thousands
of applications for inventions, but it would
like to handle thoubands more. There is plenty
of inventive lallent at large in this country
Deeding nothing but encouragement to produce
practical results. That encouragement the Press
Claims Compauy propose to give.
NOT SO HARD AH IT KUEMM.
A patent strikes most people as an appalling
ly formidable thing. The idea Is that an in
ventor must be a natural genius, like Edison or
Bell; that he must devote years to delving in
complicated mechanical problemi and that he
must spend a fortune on delicate experiment!,
before he can get a new device to a pateutabit
degree of perfection. This delusion the com
pany desires to dispel. It desires to get into
the head of the public a Clear comprchensioi.
A the fHct that it is not the great, complex, am.
expensive inventions thai bring the best returur
m their authors, but the little, simple, ana
cheap ones the things that seem so abbunil
trivial that the average citizen would feci
somewhat abhumed of bringing them to the
attention of the Patent Ofilce.
Kdifeoiifctiys that the profits he has received
from the patents on all bid marvelous iuven-
ions have nut been sufficient lo pay the coi
if his t'3ipirimenis. but the man who con
ceived the idea of fastening a bit of rubbei
cord to a child's ball, no tliat it would eutm
hack to the hand when thrown, made a fortum
out of his scheme. The modern aewlng-nia-chlne
is a mirHcle of ingenuity the product
f the toil of hundreds of biiBy brains tnroufcl,
a bundled aud ilfty years, but the whole bril
liant result rests upon the simple device ol
putting the eye of the needle at the point in
stead of at the other end.
THE MTTIiyflllNtiS Till: IUOSJ
VALUA1ILI).
Comparatively few people regard themselves
as inventor, but almost every body has beet
Btruck, at one time or another, with ideas thai
seem calculated to reduce some of the litth
frictions of life. Usually such ideas are dit.
missed withoutfurther thought.,
"Why don't the railroad compauy make itscai
windows so that they can be slid up and dowi
without breaking the passengers' back?" ex
claims the traveler, "if I were running tin
road I would make them lu such a way."
"What was the man who made the suncepui
thinking of?" grumbles the cook, "lie nevei
had to work over a Btove, or he would havi
known how it ought to have been fixed."
"Hang such a collar button!'' growls amat
who is lnle for breakfast. "If 1 were In tin
business I'd make buttons that wouldn't slij
nut, or break off, or gouge out the back of nij
neck."
And (he various sufferers forgot about Uiei
urievances and began to think of snmethim
I'lue. If they would set down the next eon
venlent opportunity, put their Ideas about cm
windows, saucepans and collar buttons lnt
practical hape, and then apply for putentK
hey might find themselves as independent!
wealthy as tbe man who invented the Iroi
umbrella ring, or the one who pntcutci
the fifteen puzzle.
1 ti:,ti i :n; of t rie.
To induce the people to keen track of theii
bright ides and nee what (here in in them, tin
l'reR Claims Company has resolved to offer i.
prize .
'Is I lie peraoii wli9 aubmllis to ii
111: a in, pleM anil mokl proiiifkliii'
invention, from a commercial
point of view, the com puny vil
give 1 vt rnty-f ive hundred dollar
in cniili, In addition lo refunding
the fee for wecurlitfr a patent.
It Mill also adYtrtUtt (he Inven.
lion free of charge.
This oiler Is subject to the following condi
tlnns; ,
Kvery competitor Imiist obtain a patent fni
his invention through theeonipnny. Me must
flrwtapply for a preliminary search, the cost o
which will be five dollars. Hbould thU
neach show his Invention to be unpatentable
be can withdraw without further expense.
Otherwise he will be expected Incomplete n Ir
upplicalion and tnke out a patent in the regit
lr way. The total expense, Including the
Government and Jlurenu fees, will be seventy
dollars. For this, whether he secures a prjzi
or not. the Inventor will have a patent tluit
ought to be a valuable property to him. Tin
prise will he awarded by a Jury consisting of
ihree reputable patent attorneys of Wiwhihf
ton. Intended competitors should fill out the
following blank, and forward it with their
application:
"I submit the within described Invention In
com petit ion for the Twenty-five hundred Dollar
1'rlie offered by the Press Claims Company."
NO III. A ft lift IN Till tortll'!-! ION.
This If a r nm petition or Miner on unimil na
ttire. It Is common to offer prizes for the best
story, or picture, or architectural plan, nil tiie
competitors risking the loss of their labor and
tbe succcsiifiil one merely selling his for the
smount of the prlie. Hut the Prer-s Cliitnth
Company's offer Is something entirely differ
ent. Kach person is asked merely to help hliu
flf, sudtbt one who helps him self to tbe
best advantage Is to be rewarded by ilnliiir U
The prise is only ft stimuli. i to do something
that woulfl be well worth doing without it.
The architect whose competitive plan for a
club house on a certain sorner is not occupi
ed has spent his labor on something of very
Ittle use to bltn. hut tbe perron who patent a
simple and useful device hi the Press Claims
Company's competition, need not worry if he
fall to secure a prize. He has a substantial
result to show for bis work one that will
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The man who uses any article in his daily
work ought to know better how to improve it
than the mechanical mrt whn atndu. i
only from the theoretical point of view. Get
rid of the idea that an improvement can be too
simple to be worth patenting. The simplerthe
ucinT. Mie person wno best succeeds in
combining simplicity and popularity, will get
the Press claims Comoauv's twntv.fiVA
drcd dollars. ,
The responsibility nf ihi.nmn.nV t
judged from tbe fact that its stock Is held bv
hi Hit t h psi. Iiiinrlsuil it i h 1 .. .
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AN ABLE-BODIED LIAR.
He ThIN a Yarn tbe Mk of Which Has
Kevor iioforo ltfiu Heard.
Among' the rweiciy invigorated liars of
the town is one who has just returned from
a session with ozone in Colorado, eays the
Omaha World Uorald. It was his iirst trip
through the mouu:ums and he was much
sffocted b the feats of eiiiieer:nff skill
then manifested, us witness the fo.. owing:
'l had heard of the curve on tuo fennsyl
?ania, where according to the time-card
ichedule, the engineer is obliged to lean out
jf his cab and exci.autfo tuoacco with the
unikeman ou the rear end, so as to give the
passengers soineth.ng to talk about, and
now 1 boheve it. There was an old, honest, ,
horny-handed miner rode over the road out
of lienver with me unci he told me several
things. Once whue we were oema; jerked
around the edge of tbe mountains and could
look out from under ttie roots of our hair at
Lhe track opposite iu the vaiiey tie told me
ataie. Said he:
"'That yere track down van is the one
we're onto, but we won't toch U for an
hour. We run up the ravine an' down the
sldo of the mountain an' douuie back
Down thar is wher' Jim Lyle savca me pay
master o' the roud.
UtHowi' 1 inquired.
" 'It were this way: The imvmaa tor's car
wab hitehtd onto the hind end 0' the freight:
train, his own engine haviu had a little
trouble with her ruainu' gear an born'
abandoned for awhile up the road. Well,
the tram wild cnuriui' and crawtin' aroun1
the mountain, wt.en alt of a suudeu the
back braiitsinun cornea a ruutiin' upaa' yells
to J i m :
" "Pull out! Pull out! They'saganRO'
rustlers haa caught ti.o untried an' are
humpin' after usl Pu.l !'
4t 'Well, Jim Lyle noticed that. Ho Been
at wunst that tlio engine Inio been fixed up
an' that tne rusticr-i had took her to ketoh
him an git the dust iu tho paymaster's car,
ao be puiied out rUht peart an' tried to
outraco 'em, but it wau't no go. They Jeep'
gittin' up on him.
" 'I'rmty aoon be Mruek tho becinnln o'
this yere curve. Ho didn't s.ack a breath
an' the conductor come rut tun' up au1 boi
lerod :
it. .ipor God's Biiko, what kin we dol If
WO run this we'll climb a rail."
" "Saiii-ight,," duMJ.m l.vle. "If I cal
elate rightly that car's raved," an' he gave
her another puil out an' just, aa wo reached
right horo ho jerked hor wide open. Then
we boo what was wnat. liUulcu' back I,
bein' on the train, seen tlio lat coach go up
in the air, there was a jerk, au' away over
into the canyon alio went.'
"'Well, wtiero does the salvation of the
coach come in V .1 UHttcd. 'I don't see any
particular advantage in being spilled over
a mountain-side and being shot by train
robbers,' "'Now, don't git frisky,1 naid the old
man. 'I'm tellin' tnis ynre an' I an't done.
That there coach, as 1 say, sailed over
oflln tho track just like the hind boy dut
when you uaed to play "crack tne whip" ai,
school. It floated down as nice as yo,i
please an1 lit on the track below in the val
ley, an' with the force it was slung roJIe.,
ten mites to the next station. When w
got there it was iu on the aidm' un' we
pulled by, an when tho light ent'ino load
o' rustlers come bulhu' uuuig tne towns
people was waitin' for 'em an' the new
ueuiQlery was Htaned lu youl :-li:ipc.' '
ivquine Humor.
A Manbfield (O.) doctor is the owni
of a horse which has a fondness foi
playing practical jokes. Recently the
physician drove out into the country U
answer to u sii l; c;:ll. Amvin;r at bit
destination lie t: 'd iiis h-ir .o to a pos'
near which hc:if ;i rope tit (.ached to e
lilrgc bell us.-d us a dinner signal foi
employes on the phiee, tind went inside
Shortly after the U il wwv vi-jlcntly
Tht! doctor n.1"! l : i- of t!ie liou.se
botli htoK't d ''.it, l.ul i")!ih! !iee nothing
except the In;:-m . 'i'liey had hurdlj
turned av,:i;,', lowevr. until the bel
raitff aain, and rtrj'uin they looked, bn'
con Id see Hdl'ii::. 'Miii v;'s I't-pented
and the iio ',. T. t.T:"i"ril to solve th
mystery, so, nt Uie 'mir-i rinf, instcac
of going into tin- !iot;:-,c, be stiiped ou
and bid in the ynrd. Hi! kept bis ey
on (lie bell n-i-', i.wf! i'. ::l)out a minute
was surprr
head, smile
good, b: r I
bjnvint,' I
tie1 ninth I
look ot ;;.it'
to Sep III'. Il' I'M- lift up hit
;i7' iciar
t ie horse
o ,.i;t on s
ism eessfnl
rrencii Iij-'i-noitv.
An inj'enimi:, adv-" ' i i i r dode is tc
be ioini'l in Pari:-,. .l i i il' .: papcv
bags, something HUe t ;m . , :ers twist
lip, havi? been ::ut'i," tio.i t .i nietits.
The.ie, v.lie.'i opened, have l-cen found
be hiiiidltilU, wliittb would nevei
have attracted any notiee unless curios
ity had prompted somebody to look am.
see whether there could be anything ii
these old Kcrewa of pauera.
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