rortlanJ Library ' - I 11 ilM'NEII GAZETTE. HEPPNER GAZETTE. OFFICIAL PAPER. Hull tie who by his biz would rise, must An advertisement, says Priuter' Ink, to Jir fruit Id one night You can't tat enough In a week to lut yon a year, and you can't advertise on that plan either. Those who advertise once In three months forget that most folks cannot remember aur thing longer than seven days. J! either bust or advertise. 11 Ex. change.- KLHVKNTII YKAI I1KITNKII. MOIiROW COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY. AUGUST 22, 181)3. . . - WEEKLY NO. 644. 1 I SEMl.w KKK1.Y Nn I V. 1 t I I 4 t 18(1 1 T liip iled i. ion Hi lit Li mp. )r.- rter Mar. .nded tin) n left lorsss dune' i, OP andsd Won rill" . Ur.- a ti'r la am) i, qur sani IJ. ng. SbMl .VEEICLY (JAZLTl't. -Y- '1 tai S OUUhUI H10U W a 0D- Jl11$zCM& Tf Bad I II H III tmim ff 3i Ei M SMIIMll R neignt of more than one hundred feet niE PATTERSON I'CBLISIIIXG CUM.. ular Agricultural Paper jsMg IVUrC'M W ! ALVAH W.PATTERSON Bus. Manager. . lSS - d all H Jj j 'ffll ' iT It IH lO I! una pattkkhun .Editor JSmmdiniMM.M m (c?2?feS5J & fUfWOllS! Advertising Rates Made Known on Application, TIWEAO-LE," of Long Creek, Gram County. Oregon, is published by the same com pany every Friday morning, Subscription price, ?'Jpur year. roradvertiHiug rates, address , Editor and Manager, Long Creek, Oregou, Huppuer, Oregon.. "Oazeflo, rpllla l' A PICK is kept oniile Ht E. ('. Dake'tt 1 Advurimiug Akwiuj, tit unci 05 jHwuhaiila KiulutngH, 8au iVranciouo, Oalifurnia, wlioreuou ntots tor advertising can bo made for it. THE GAZICTTIC'S AG i NTS, 'uKner B. A. IlmiHaker Aj-inigton, 1'hill llepmier Lonn Ureek, 'i lie talt Ketio I'om must r Camus i'ruirie, .Osear Ue anl Nye, Hr., li. O. V riKlit Uanlmaii, Or.,.. l'os in bier Hamilton, (J runt Co., Or., roHtuiricit f lone, 1. J. Cari Prairie City, ur., K. 11. Mclliiley Chiijou City, Or., .6. L, l'arrieJi Hlui Ruck, (j. i'. akeilou vilte, Or., J. K. jmiow Jol.u uay, Or., F. 1. McOallnm Atlieiia, or John Edingtoii t'eudletou, Or l'oBinias.or Mount Vernon, Urant Co., Or.,... ... 1'outinaKier riiielby, Or., Miss Stella Klett Vox, Grant Co., Or., J. i Allen Kigtit Mile, Or Mrs. Andrew Attlibatigh Upner Khea Creek,. B. K. llevland Dougius, or 1'obi muster Lone Uoek, or H. M. Jolinbon tionUL'bl'iry J. it. fc. telj Coiuion, Oregon Herbert Haltstemt Lexington Jus. Leaeli AS AtiEM W.VNTKIJ IN EVUKY I'llKLlJSL'l. Oaca Facfic Railway-Local card. No 10, mixed loaves Heppner 10KX) a. m. " 10, " ar, at ArUnytoii 1 !; a.m. " B, u Jeaves p. m. ' U, " ar. at lieppnei 6 :2o p. m, dail) except tiunday. Kast bound, main line ar. at Arlington 1 :2tt a. m. WiHt " ' leaves ' l::0u. in. Day trains have been discontinued. United titates Oiliciuls. ritident G rover rifvland Vli'H-i'retiideiit Ad ui H' evens m bece'aiy ot Htate Waiter Q tirefliam bAcrtaryol 'Ireurjury Jonn U. Carnulu secretary oi imeriur iiitue omiiii beeit'tary of War Daniel B. Latnont be;retar of Navy iiilaiy A. Ilerneit L-'otuibSter-C.eueral Wiit-on ti. IIihol-11 Atiorney-lienentl Kicliarii ti. Oiney bt.retaiy ot Agriculture J. bterlmg lurtou State ol Oregon. (iovornor S. Fennoyer hecrfUiryot Slate Ki. W.-McUnue TruaHUrer.. i'liii, MetHciian fcjupt. Public Instruction K. H. .Moiilroy i Cngre89u,en TaXr Printer r-'ntuk C liukor )K A. .Uunrti W. IJ. uurd it. H. Uean SevfUtll Judicial lliHtrict. Cucnit Judtje W. L. Bradshaw l'ronHcui!!! Atiurnoy VV. kl, WiIh n Horrow Cunnty Oflleiul. Join' HenRtur... Henry Blitukinan Ueprosuotative J. . iirowii I'uunty Juditu Jutiuii Kuiiluy ' CommiHmuiierH Puler liiuuuei .l.M. Buker. 01. rk J. W. Morrow BluuJ iitiu. Nuble. 'irebuurer W.J. L ezur Ahhebuor U. L. tiuw purveyor 1h Brown School Bup't V . L. ouaiiK " tlorouur T. W. Ayoie, Jr BKPFHKB TOWN Ot'KICKRa. .tliioi J. II. Simons tJouni'llitik.11 0. K. Eurimwonli, Mi l.ichtnllial, OUh PaltHron, Juliun Ktutlily, W. A. lulilutou.J. L. Ytmgur. KecMat. A. A. Itoberto. rrBHuiuei K. U. tilouuin Marshal J. 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I will pay tllMAI for the arreHt and con. t fiction of any person stealing my stock. Cure for Colds, Fevers and General De fcUttjr, Small UiUt Btwuu. ftbe. jh buttla. , ...... - i . Vi J..R rikkN Hisrhest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Rennrt MAJESTIC PALMS IN INDIA. UlU.miUU illJJUiJlW. t. Hundred U.gh-Maay,,... iiy a speeiHl arranueuieut with the piililiHhura wo are prepared to fiiruish Ki.EE to eiich of imr readers a year's MiliHuriplion to the popular iiioutuly iiculnirul jmirual, the Americas Fakmkk, published at 8prinifield aud Cleveland, Dhio. TIiih offer is made to any of our sub scribe! b who will pay up all arrearages "U stibsiTiption and one year in advaDOe, aud to Huy new subiicribern who will pay one yeai iu advance. The American Fakmkk enjoys a lare national oirculB tiou, and ranks anions; the leading agricultural papers. By this arranne rneut it COSTS YOU NOTHING to re ceive the Amkkican Faumkr lor one year, It will be to your advantage tn oail promptly. Siimple copies cau be s. en at oar oiliee. DIGTIOIIBT. of th above book, and propose to fumiuh a copy to en eh of our subscribers. 'hie dictionary is a necessity in every home, school and business house, it tills a vacancy, and furnishes knowledge which no one hun dred other volumes of the choicest books could supply. Young aud old, educated and ignorant, rich and poor, should have it within reach, and refer to its eonteuls every day in the year As Borne have asked if this is reully the Orig inal Webster's L nab ridged Dictionary, we en able to state we have Warned direct from the publishers the fact, that this Is the very work comnlete on which about forty of the beBt years ot the author's life wore so well employed iu writing. 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SlJLVKK'rf (JHaMWON LOcky-.-Mouotaiu-i-News THE DAILY-BY MAIL Subscription price reduced as follows: One Year (by mail) Six iloutlis " Tire Mouths " One Month " $6 00 3 00 1 50 50 THE WEEKLY BY lit AIL One Year (in Advance) : $1 00 The New s is the only consistent campion of silver In the West, and should bo in every home in the West, and In the hands of every miner and business man in Colorado. Bend in your subscriptions at once. Address, THE NEW IS, Denver, Colo. HAVE FOR SALE ALL KINDS OF UN V dressed Lnmiier, 16 miles of Heppner, at what is known as the SCOTT BAWMIIjIj. HER 1,000 FEET, RDl'tlH, " " " CLEAR, - 11000 - 17 60 IF DELIVERED IN HEPPNER, WILL ADD 16.00 per 1,000 (eet. additional. 1.. HAMILTON'. Prop. Hnmllton, IVt ct,r'(Er r. a, WISCONSIN CENTRAL LINES ( Northern Pacific R. R. Co., Lessee.) LATEST TIME CARD Two Through Trains Dai'y. l.4ipm! '"ipmlA,.MIiineflpnllBArl.40arnV4'pm 1.2."ipm7 l.'ipniiLv. ..fr. I'ii ul. ..Arjh.O Rini."i.(X)pm I0.imni4 0.)pniiLv...I)uliith.. . 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The old and learned will find ur nmch mystery in it as the young and unsophisticated. This great puzzle the property of the New York Press Club, for whom it was invented by Samuel Loyd, the great puzzleist, to be sold for the benefit of the movement to erect a great home for newspaper workers in New York. Oeuerous friends have Klvun JJo.OOu i 11 prizes for the successful puzzle solvers. TKN CKN lis sent to the "Press Club Building and Chrrity Fund," Temple Court, New York City, will get you the mjstery by return mail. JEiroiy Roador OF THIS journal is Invited to aid in the erection of a great home lor newspaper work ers by sending one dime to "PrcM Club Buildine and Charity Fund." Temule Court. New York. You will aid a great work aud re- . ceive by return mall a wonderful puzzle-game which ami'.ses the young and old, bailies the mathematicians and inteiests everybody. Public spirited merchants have contributed 1,000 worth of premiums for such as can solve the mystery. Everything from a "Knox" hat to a "Hteinway" piano. DID YOU THY "PIGS IN CLOVER" or the "FIFTEEN PUZZLE." Welt, the man who invented tnem bns just completed another little playful mystery for youiift and old, which Is sel'lna for TKN CENT lor the benefit of the fund to erect a home for newspaper workers In New York. This puzzle is the property of the New York Press Club and tcenerous friends of the club have donated over J.'i.Ouo to provide prizes for lucky people, young or old, who solve the mystery. There i a lot of entertainment and instruction in it Bend a dime and get the souvenir puzzle by " " ...... uj return mal1' Address "Press Club Souvenir," ismpls CourtNaw York City. 0w am 1 1 ORIGIN Or THE WORD "CANARD.' First Used In Connection with a Newspa per lloux u Century Ago. You often declare that some floating piece 01 intelligence is a "canard" with out hardly knowing why such a word should be applied to an unfounded story. The word itself is the French for "duck," and was first used in its pres ent sense in the latter part of the eight eenth century, having its origin in a gigantic hoax. About that time French. German and English papers were strain ing every nerve to see whrjh could pub- lish-tiie most sensational items. Their writers ransacked the earth, "the sky above the earth and the caverns beneath the surface" for material on tvhiuh to found extraordinary stories. At last L-ornelison, one of the Paris competitors, 'stated flint, an int,.rr.itlr,,r vn,mi had just been carried out in that city dc!r at the unaccustomed sight. Super whbh proved the extraordinary voraci- stitln lt0Pt them at a distance for ty of ducks (janards). Twenty of these awhile but curiosity conquered fear, fowls had been nln.erl t. nrrpt lior rnfs and one boy finally plucked ur courage morning, and at an appointed hour one of the number was killed, cut into small bits, feathers aud all, and fed to the other nineteen. Fifteen minutes later No. 19 was hashed and served to the re- maining eighteen in the same manner. Thc experiment was commenced at sev 1 eu o ciocK in tne morning, tne expen ' menters regularly "hashing" a duck every fifteen minutes, and at a quarter j to twelve (noon) there was but one duck remaining in the pen, and he of course was placed in the position of hav- incr eaten his nineteen inmnnninne This story, pleasantly narrated, ob- taineu a success which the writer had . . . never even anticipated. lief ore the end of the year it had run the rounds of all the prominent iournals of Enron,. n,wl I according to the St. Louis Republic had even been translated into Indian, Chi- 'waru me saloon. Soon the wife's pa nese, Japanese and other oriental lan- tienoe became exhausted and she de guages. When it had been all but for- tended from the wagon and entered gotten the American papers took it up and gave it many amplifications, includ- ing a certificate of ho autopsy of the last surviving duck, which was declared 10 nave swollen out 01 v)l proportions and to have had his oesophagus badly injured. For many years afterward the story of the "twenty canards" was a common laughing stock, and the word ltsclf has ever since retained its novel significance. WOMAN'S FATAL CURIOSITY. It Led Her to irse Ilulr Dye for Perfum ery, with Sad Results. Two ladies called at the house of a well-known New York physician one day recently. While one of them was consulting the physician in his private room, the other, prompted by curiosity or some kindred Impulse, proceeded to investigate the contents of a large case of bottles, jars, etc., in the outer apart ment. Between the two apartments was a glass door, over which was a paper shade, which, however, was torn across one corner, so that it was possible to see from one room into the other. Hearing a rattling among his bottles the physician stepped to the class door and looked through to see what was go ing on. He discovered the lady in the act of taking down one bottle after an other and smelling the contents thereof. At length she got hold of somethimr whieh nvidoTit.lw nl..ni r; again and again, and each time it was aPParent that she wa more pleased , ... . 1.1 ... ..... . i tnan eiore. sue men poured some of i the liquid into her hand and smelled it again, This time her entire satisfaction with the result of her investigations was cvi- Hnnt nml th l,Et:i i. 1 ', ' i4uiu upon ner nose and portions of her face contiguous thereto, replaced the bottle, and took her seat as she heard a rust- ling in the inner room, indicating that the consultation was at an end, and the consulting parties were returning The physician, knowing what the re- suit would be, detained the ladies in conversation for several moments, lie- fore the end of that time, as the lady sat near a wnrm utneo k.rnn,.n,i tions o her fa00 bcgan to turn a d ' Oiivo colori and beore sh(J duparted they had assumed a beautiful dark brown. She had mistaken the doctor's favor- ite hair dve for Derf umnrv. I She will bo an invalid, and will not receive calls for a .eek to come. CANNIBALISM IN INDIA Some of tho Jungle Trlboa Still Addicted to Eating Each Other. ' Among the practices which the Brit-' ish have tried hard to do away with is that of cannibalism, which is indulged in to this day by some jungle tribes. One of them, tho Kookes, living like monkeys in huts built in the tops of trees in lorcsts on , , , , ,. hundred and fifty miles from Calcutta, was until recently notorious for anthropophagy. But the most horrible human sacrifices were of fered by the Khonds of Orissa to their earth goddess for the purpose of secur ing pood harvests. They bought their victims from professional kidnupers, who captured them whenever they could. Each village kept its stock of victims always on hand, the latter being well fed and reverenced as sacred until the time for sacrifice arrived, when they were cut into small pieces with knives, great care being taken to avoid killing each unfortunate for as long as possible. The pieces of (lesh were buried in the soil, and this until recently was the only fertilizing method known to tho Khonds. The number of persons thus sacrificed may be imagined from the . ihot. .i.. i - v B.vubUU IIUUUIUU .UlCnUCU victims were rescued by the UritisU I within twenty veara. GYPSY LIFE AS IT IS. The Eastern Artlclo IU, Little of Pootr., in It A Sample Hrlck. A gypsy train wended its v.-av KlnivU dwn Market street, Philadelphia, the 0ter day and finally drew up in fronl u. met Miuuii. n consisted ot an ol. covered wagon drawn by a pair o1 scrafffry chestnut horses, a man, who was evidently the chief, riding on a big, . ww-uonuu. gray norso, using a rope as a uuu milieu u inc oacit 01 tne wagon the proverbial trade horse. The chicf dismounted from his horse aud went into tlle saln, leaving his wife, ,who had 1)oen driving the wagon, to 01tc" tile an,mal and to water the horses at the uKn by the curb. The Pre ;s "' : u " uul M1e long lor a numher of children to gather and look in won. enouB'11 to Peep into the back of the waSon- IIe did not see verymuch, only the woman had attended the horses, a dark-eyed, black-haired young girl and tw0 dirtv' olive-hued little boys, who wer? quarreling over a small kit- trn- Besides these, there was a roll of uiriy canvas, evidently used as a tent, a few pots and tin pans and a number of blankets. The boy retired to the pave ment with a look of intense disgust on his face. These specimens were not his ideal of gypsies. Fifteen minutes' passed and the chief had not returned from the saloon where uul!,ea i laugnter and shouting eould V.A t.nn. i li. m. 0 "c" u "nervals, jne woman in the waPTn was becoming impatient and came to the front of the vehicle werv 'ew moments and cast angry glances lne Balon with a determined step. In two minutes she reappeared, dragging her husband along by the collar of his coat' She dragged him across the pave- ona Dv an almost superhuman cf- ort into tft0 wagon. Ho was tumbled over the Iront seat md left lying where e fel1 to recover his senses. The worn- an was lllcI1 master cf alTairs. She or- aere- toe young girl to drive the wagon and she herself straddled the gray nag, and the train moved off down the street followed by a crowd of shoutr Inc bovs. Bncklen's Arnica Salve. Tbe best salve in the world for cuts bruises, Bores, nloers, salt rheum, fever lores, tetter, chapped hands, ohilblains oorns and all ekin eruptions, and posi tively oures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Prioe 25 oents per W. For sale by Slooum-Johnson Drna wutuoii; , WIPES KNEW THSIR VALUE. a. Newsboy Who Would Only Accept Fl Conts for Having six Lives. Human life is dull and in small de mand spot cash, five-sixths of a cent sach person at licldcn Point, on City lana-. lncse "Surcs are tlic result ot island. tne sad experience of htlwartlOolIagher. 3f Ncw York;, Edward is a newsboy, 'mmea calleui. swlPes ttl cws- hmt " ati a rmmnlt.nnn. l.t.. .I,!!!. nnu " nu n mmnhinnTil tr, ,iu nl, f . ' ' . . original swipes. Jid- wara is sixteen years old, Ulack-cyed, brown;la'red and small. What his u " " development lacus in quantity it more than makes up in oualitv. Ho ,. , , - - - K .i...u. ,,,.wnlm1 ta ue- twcen thls clty an1 Cit-V island Monday fternoon aIKl then went rowing near CuUlcn polnt- rur lu'n tl"d two worn- ia who had salled ul 'rom firempoint " the small sloop Agues went in bath- ms at half-PaKt slx o'clock, so "Swipes" 5ays- Thrc0 " thc lnen a"d the women Present,y Kot into th(! slti(T and paddled 3ut into tho soun'1. followed leisurely y tne fourth man. who swam. Two hundred yards from the shore he grew tired, tried to climb into tho skiff ovet l"L mu "lhlt'lul 1110 sll!r" ana "psel "Swipes" said he rowed fiercely tc tne rescue and saved them all. 1 K'.V mate me weary," ho confided to a Ncw York Herald man. "When I began taking them in all thc men could say was: 'We're nil lost!' Boon's I got 'em ashore one says: 'Johnny, that waf great work you done. I'm going to takf up a c'lection.' . "lie passed the hat and raised thirtj cents out of nil their clothes. When In give it to me he says: 'You're only boy, you know,' an' I gave him back hii quarter an' says: 'Yes, an' I ain't goin to overcharge you. The hull gang oi J'-' wii i. in in li u in;ui:e. j lieu . iipp(,(,. 1 Itut will not some society or somi kind individual give "Swipes" a medal Superstition Is Hard to Kill. It is said that on certain moors o: England jealous women still molt waxen dolls, and, running pins througt them, melt them slowly, so that theh human models may wasto away. Thii seems incredible, but Fanny 1). llergen in Amerieon Folk Lore, gives an In stance of a belief as insane, and ot her own personal authority. There it lungus called "(loath baby," fablec 1 t,,T'!U'n dl'ath ln family, and she has'linown o( intelligent people (in t U'VVn not far from liohton) rushing out m terror and bcatin? down a eolonv ni . 1 " ' f SOon M ltley appeared ifl th yard. . Hundred Fort High for the Leaves The talipot, or great fan-palm, grows, for about thirty years, and reaches height of more than one hundred feet Then, for the first and only time, It blos soms. What looks lilte a single huge bud four feet in height is developed, and finally bursts into a pyramid of snowy plumes composed of numberless small cream-colored flowers. The clus ter is sometimes twenty-five feet high, and at its base has a diameter of forty feet. As Miss Cumminirs savs In her "lwo Happy ears in Ceylon:" "It is a glorious object, and is visible from an immense distance, as it often growi among flat surroundings, such as rict fields." , The natives turn the leaves to a thou- auu un.-B, uuuiestic ana literary, wnen on a journey, and especially if they are on a pilgrimage to some sacred shrine, eacn 01 tnera carries a portion of one ol these great leaves tightly folded into a long, narrow form, like a gigantic closed fan. This serves as a sunshad or rain cloak by day, and at night sev- eral friends contribute every man his palm leaf, three or four of them, with the pointed end upward, forming a very fair bell-shaped tent. And very pictur esque a few groups of these tents lool when pitched In some forest clad around blazing camp fires. Formerly the exact grade of even) great noble was shown by the number of such sunshades which he was enti 1" A to have carried before him, and on s.j.te occasions a leaf, inlaid with pieces of glittering talc and folded like a huge fan, formed the ceremonial canopy which was held above his head by one or more attendants. The leaves attain their largest size when the tree is about t tige, at which they sometimes measure twenty-five feet from the base of th leai stock to the outer edge of the fan. THE WESTERN PKtiAtiOUijK We are in receipt of tbe May number of our state cbnol paper. It exceed any of the former numbers ir. value. The paper this arnth oontainB many uew and valuable features. The illus trated series ou tbe schools of the state in introduced by a paper on tbe Friends Polytechnic institute at Salem, Oreeon. 1'hese papers cannot fail to be of great value both to the schools and to the public. There are also severnl fine articles by our best writers nd Ibe departments "Current Events,""8atnrday Thoughts," 'EduoationBl News" 'The OrBole Answers, Correspondents," etc , eaoh ooutnin much valuable reading for .oncut-10 ur (Jiiieuts. I he niHKazinp ii-b Boom ou pages of matter, well printed and arranged. We proDounce the Western Pediiiiogae the best educa tional monthly on the oosst. Everyoue of our readers should hav, the paper if they are at all interested in eduoation. No teaoher school direc tor or studt nt cau get along well with out it. We Will . receive Klllmnrinlinnu at this office. Price only $1.00 a year. When desired we will send the Western Pedagogue aud Gazette one year to one address for $300. Call and examine ample oopiea. Teaohers, directors aud parents, now is tbe time tn subscribe, tf PRIZES ON PATENTS. How to Get Twenty-five Hundred Dollars for Nothing. The Winner has a clear Cift of a Small Fortune, and the Losert Have Patents that may Bring them in Still More. Would you like to make twenty-five hundred dollars? If you would, read carefully what follows and you may see a wny to do It. The Press Claims Company devotes much attention to patents. It has handled thousands of applications for inventions, but it would like to handle thoands more. Tliere is plenty ot inventive lallent at large in this country neoniiiK Homing but encouragement to produce practical results. That eucouragemeutthe Press Claims Company propose to give. NOT SO II AKI AN ITNKEMN. A patent strikes most people as an appalling, ly formidable thing. Thc Idea is that an in ventor must bo a natural genius, like Edison or Hell: that he must devote years to delving Iu complicated mechanical problems and that he must spend a fortune on delicate experiments before he can get a new device to a patentable degree of perfection. This delusion the com pany desires to dispel. It desires to get Into 'he head of the public a clear comprehension of the fact that It Is not the great, complex, and ex pensive in ventions that bring thc best returns to their authors, but tho little, simple, and cheap ones the things that seem so absurdly trivial that the average citizen would feel somewhat ashamed of bringing them to the attention of the Patent Office. Kdison says that the protlta he has received from the patents ou all his marvelous Inven tions have not been sulliclent to pay the cost of his experiments. But the man who con ceived the Idea of fastening a bit of rubber cord to a child's ball, so that it would come back to the hand when thrown, made a fortune out of his scheme. The modern sewing. ma clifuolsa miracle of ingenuity the product of tiie toil of hundreds of busy brains through n hundred and fifty years, but thc whole lirll llsnt remilt rests upon lhe simple device of puitlna the eye of the needle at the point In stead of at the oilier end. The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder. No Ammonia; No Alum. Used in Millions of Homes 40 Years the Standard. THE LITTLE Till US THE KIONT VALUABLE. Comparatively lew people regard themselves as Inventors, but almost every body has been struck, al one time or another, with ideas that seem calculated to reduce some of the little frictions of life. Usually such ideas are dis missed witboutfuither thought. " hy don't the railroad company make its car windows so that they can be slid up aud down without breaking the passengers' backT" ex claims the traveler. "If 1 were running the road 1 would make thi m iu such a way." liat was the man who made the saucepan ,mk"'8 "' grumbles the cook. "He never : llad 10 work ov a 8tove. o' his would have . known hnw It nuK, tn V. .. known how it ought to have been Bxed.' Hang such a collar button!" growls a man who is late.for breakfast. "If 1 were in the business I'd make buttons that wouldn't slip out. or break off, orgouge out the back of my ueck And the various sufferers forgot about their grievances aud btgau 10 ihiuk of something else. If they would set down the next con venient opportunity, put their Ideas about car wiuduwa, saucepaus and collar bullous iuto practical shape, and then apply lor taunts llicy might find themselves as Independently wealthy as the man who invented the lion umbrella ring, or the one who patented lhe mteu puzzle. I A TEMPTING OFFER. I To Induce the people to keep track of their origbt Ideas aud see what there iu them, the tress Claims (Jonipauy has resolved to offer a , inse. so I lie person who aubmita to It I lie kiui,leai and luoai piouiitiug invention, liuin u commercial point of view, the coiupuny will " iw ent) -live 01 eu tloliur cuali, in uddilion 10 fell.nu.iuaT I 1 lie I ecu for securing; u pan nt. tl will ulao adYcrtike the luven. Ion free of churge. Ihis otter is subject to the following condi tions: Every competitor tmuBt obtain a patent for his Juve"tl,m through the company. He must lirslapply for a preliminary search, the cost of winch will be Ave dollarB. should this seach show his luveuilou to be unpatentable, he cau withdraw without further expeuse. Otherwise he will be expected to complete his application and take out a patent In the regu lar way. Hie toial expeuse, including the Government mid Bureau fees, will be seveuty dollars. For IhiB, whether he secures a prize or not, the iuventor will have a patent that ought to be a valuable property to him. The prize will be awarded by a jury consisting of th ice reputuble patent attorneys of Washing ton. Iuleuded competitors should till out the following blank, aud forward it with their application: , 1893. "I submit the within described Invention iu competition for the Twemy-tlve huudred Dollar Prize ottered by the Press Claims Company." OBtlSKS IN THIS COIIIPCTIOn. This is a competition of rather an uuusal na ture. It is common to offer prizes for the best story, or picture, or architectural plan, all the competitors risking the luss of their labor aud the successful one merely selling his for the amouu of the prize. But the Press Claims Company's offer Is something entirely differ ent. Each person is asked merely to help him self, aud the oue who helps hiin self to the best advantage is to be rewarded by doing it. The prize Is ouly a stimulus to do something that would be well worth doing without it. The architect whose competitive plan for a club house ou a certuiu comer is not occept ed has spent his labor on something of very ittle use to him. But the persou who patents a simple aud useful device in the Press Claims Company's competition, need nut worry if he fall to secure a prize. lie has a substautlai result to show for his work oue that wll command Us value iu the market at any time. The man who uses any article iu his dally work ought to know belter how to Imurove it than the mechanical expert who studies it only from the theoretical point of view. Get rid of the idea that au impioveiiieiit can be too simple to be worth pateuiing. The slmplerlhe oeiter. lhe persuu who best succeeds ln combining simplicity and popularity, will get me i-ress Claims Compauy's twenty-five bun dred dollars. The responsibility of this compauy may ba Judged from the fact that its slock is held by aboul lliree hundred of the leading uewBpapera of the United (kales. Address the Press fMnlinn r.nmnanv T..kn Wodderburu, managing attorney, bus i' street K. W., V ashlualou. IJ. C. G. A. It. NOTICE. We take this epportuuity of informing our subscribers that the new commis sioner uf pensions bus been appointed lie is an old soldier, and we believe that soldiers and their heirs will re oeive justice at his bands. We do not auticipate that there will be any radical chanties iu the HdministrHtiou of pension h Hairs under the new rvgime. We would advise, however, that U. 8. soldiers, sailors and their heirs, take steps to make application at once, if tbey have not already done so, in order to secure the benefit of the early filing of their claims in case there should be any future pension legislation. Snoh legislation is seldom retroactive. There fore it is of treat importance that ap plications be filed in tbe department at the earliest possible date. If the U. 8 soldiers, sailors, o? their widows, ohildren or parmis desire in foimatiou in regard to pension matters, they should write to the Press Claims Compauy, at Washington, 1). C, aud tbey will prepare and send the Decessary application, if they fiud them entitled uudei the numerous laws enacted for their benefit. Address VHKHH CLAIMS COMPANY. John Weddeububn, Managing Attor ney, Washington, D. C, P. O. Box 885 If.