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The Press Claims Company devotes much
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like to handle thousands more. There is plenty
of Inventive tallent at large in this country
needing nothing but encouragement to produce
practical results. Thatencouragementthe Press
Claims Company propose to give.
NOT SO II AICU AS IT SEEMS.
A patent strikes most people as an appalling
ly formidable thing. The idea is that an iu
ventor must be a natural genius, like Edison or
Bell; that he must devote years to delving in
complicated mechanical problems sad 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
the head of the public a clear comprehension
of the fact that it is not the great, complex, and
expensive inventions that bring the best returns
to their authors, but the little, Rimple, and
cheap ones the things that seem so absurdly
trivial that the averaee citizen would feel
somewhat ashamed of bnngiug them to the
attention of the Patent Ofliee.
Edison says that tho profits he has received
trom the patents on all his marvelous Inven
tions have not been sufheient to pay tne cost
uf lits experiments. But iHe man who con
ceived the Idea of fastening a bit of rubber
cord to a child's ball, m that it would come
back to the hand when thrown, made a fortune
out of his scheme. The modem sewing-machine
1b a miracle of ingenuity the product
a hundied and fifty years, but the whole bril
liant result rests upon the simple device of
putting the eye of the needle at the point in
stead of at the other end.
of the toil of hundreds of busy brains through
THEUTTLKTIinGS THE MONT
V VI I AIH I,.
Comparatively few people regard themselves
as inventors, but almost every body has been
struck, atone time or another, with ideas that
seem calculated to reduce some of the little
frictions of life. Usually such ideas are dis
missed without further thought.
"Why don't the railroad company make its car
windows so that they can be slid up and down
without breaking the passengers' back?" ex
claims the traveler. "If I were running the
road I would make them In such a way."
"What was the man who made the saucepan
thinking of?" grumbles the cook. "He never
had to work over a stove, or he would have
known how it ought to hav fe'i) fixed"
"Hang such a collar button!' growls aman
who is late for breakfast. "If I were in the
business Pd make buttons that wouldn't slip
out, or break off, or gouge out the back of my
neck
And the various sufferers forgot about their
grievances and began to think of something
else. If they would set dowu the next cou
venient opportunity, put their Ideas about car
windows, saucepans and collar buttons into
practical shape, and then apply for patents
they might find themselves as independently
wealthy as the man who invented the iron
umbrella ring, or the oue who patented
he rineen puzzle.
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To induce the people lo keeD track of theii
bright ideas aud see what there lu them, the
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in cash, iu addition to refunding
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It will also advertise the iiivcu.
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tions: ,
Every competitor must obtain a patent foi
his invention through the company. He musi
ilrstapply for a preliminary search, the cost oi
which will be five dollars. Should thh
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he can withdraw without further expense.
Otherwise he will be expected to complete hi:
application and take out a patent in the regu
lar way. The total expense, including tin
Government and Bureau fees, will be seventj
dollars. For this, whether he secures a priz-.
or not, the inventor will have a patent tint
ought to be a valuable property to him. Tb
prize will be awarded by a jury consisting o
ihree reputable patent attorneys of Washihj.
ton. Intended competitors should fill out tin
following blank, and forward it with theii
application:
"I submit the within described invention 1.
competition for the Twenty-five hundred )olla
Prize offered by the Press Claims Company."
ICMMvS IN I IIJH 4MII'EI IO
.This is a competition of rather an uuusul m
Hire.. It is common to offer prizes for the but
story, or picture, or architectural plan, all th
competitors risking the loss of their labor an
the successful one m&rely selling his for th
amoun of the prize. But the Press Claim
Company's offer is something entirely diffei
enl. Each person is asked merely to help him
self, and the one who helps him self to tin
best advantage is to be rewarded by doing ,H
The prize Is only a stimulus to do somethiiij
(hat would be well worth doing without n
The architect whose competitive plan fur i
club house on a certain corner is not oceep
ed has spent his labor on something of ver,
ittle use to him. But the person who patent. t
simple and useful device In the Press Claim
company's competition, need not worry If h
'ail to secure a prize. He has a subetuutie
result to show for his work one that wtl
command its value in the market at ain
time.
The man who uses any article in his daily
work ought to know better now to improve I
thnn the mechanical expert who studies 4
only from the theoretical point of view. Uf1
rid of the idea tha. an improvement can be to'
sample to be worth patenting. The simpterth
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The responsibility of this company may ho
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about three hundred of the leading newspaper!
of the United Stales.
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We take this opportunity of informing:
oar subscribers that the new oommU
eiouer of pensions has been apoointed
He ia an old soldier, and we fcelier
that soldiers and their heirs will re
ceive justice at his hands. We do not
anticipate that there will be any radiuaJ
changes in the fldministrHtion of pnnsioi
affairs under ihe new regime.
We would adviHe, however, thnt ID". H
soldiers, sailors and their heirs, take
Htfpa to make application at once, if
they have not already done so, in order
to secure the bene tit of the early films
of their claims in case there should b
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legislation is seldom retroactive. Iherp
fore it is of reat importance that ap
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the earliest possible date.
If the U. 8. soldiers, sailors, or thei
widows, children or pareuts desire iu
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umlei the numerous laws enacted for
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SEA CANARIES.
Dueer Shellfish That Have Keen Provided
with a Temporary Xante,
A peculiar kind of shellfish, tho like
rf which has never boon seen on the
ionnd, was fished out of two hundred
feet of water near Five-Mile point tho
Jther morning; by a rock cod fisherman,
lays the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The man felt a tug; at his line and
began pulling in. Judging from the
weight he concluded that ho must have
;aught tho grandfather of all the rock
iod in the sound. When he had taken
in all his line he was astonished to find
that he had not only landed a splendid
ttve-and-a-hali'-pound cod, but also a
rock full of perforations, to which were
ittached six lively shellfish, each as big
s one's (ist, and somewhat resembling
gigantic mussels. The shells of the
fish were imbedded in the rook, and as
won as the. rock was taken out of the
water the fish craned thoir long necks
Jut of the shells, just as a turtle would.
The necks of the fish were unlike
nuything the fisherman had ever teen;
they resembled slightly the yellow
mouth of the lamprey cel. Their
mouths were pointed and surmounted
by a hard, brown colored beak, which
i.hey opened and shut precisely as a
robin does.
The fish and their abode were held
together by means of the stout roots
ji a sea weed which had grown around
them, and the whole weighed eight and
& half pounds. The fisherman took the
3uriosity to the Denver market, and
there it was placed on exhibition and
ittracted considerable attention. In
the absence of a more scientific! name,
me of the men connected with the
market named the shellfish "sea ea-
owde
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ABSOlilf
CRICKET AN OLD GAME.
Borne Evidence to Show It Wai Played
Twelve Hundred Years Ago
Like most games played with a ball,
the origin of cricket may be said to be
lost in obscurity. Numerous re
searches have been made in the hope of
fixing a date, but no really satisfactory
conclusion has been arrived at,
though it is tolerable certain that the
game, m some shape or form, existed at
a very remote period of antiquity. It is
considered highly probable by London
Spare Moments that the word cricket it
a corruption of creag, a variation of an
old Saxon word signifying a game
played with a crooked bat; if so, it
would appear that cricket was known
among us nearly six hundred years
ago, ao the word is found to have been
in use during the reign of Edward I.
(1300). This, however, is supported
only by material of slender character.
Strutt, one of our best authorities on
ancient sport, adduces some evidence to
show that "club-ball," played in the
fourteenth century, may have been the
parent of cricket, but both "cat-and-dog"
(mention of which occurs in the
sixteenth century), and "stoot-ball"
(frequently referred to in the seven
teenth century), have a closer .affinity.
It is stated in Russell's "History of
Guildford" that cricket was played
there in the middle of the sixteenth
century, but for fifty years subsequent
ly no trace has been found; and indeed
history tells us really little or nothing
of the game that is 'not speculative, un
til the opening of the eighteenth cen
tury. The earliest matches of which copies
of the scores have been preserved were
those of Kent vs. All England, decided
on the artillery ground, Finstury, In
174(5, and of Ilambledon vs. Kent,
which took place at Ilishopbourne pad
dock, near Canterbury, August 19, 1772.
The latter portion of the eigteenth cen
tury was remarkable for the formation
of the Marylebone club, which took
place in 1787 on the dissolution of the
White Conduit club, which had had an
existence of several years, and had
played matches in the fields from
which the club took its name. The
new club, destined to become the con
troller of cricket, located itself in Dor
set square, in the parish of Marylebone,
for about a quarter of a century; then
went to North Bank, Regent's park;
but after a brief period had again to
make a move, and finally in 1814 set
tled down in the St. John's Wood road,
its present quarters.
AS OTHERS SEE US
A. Claim That Other Countries Adopt But
Improve Upon American Ideal.
An eminent English electrical engi
neer, on a visit to this country, spoke
recently in high praise of American
originality in electrical work. He also
stated that Europeans wait for us to de
velop a new industry, but when they do
Introduce it they do it so thoroughly
that we are left far in the rear. An in
stance of this is found in electric light
ing. A few years ago London had very
few electric lights compared with
American cities. Now it far exceeds
any of our large cities, not only in the
number of lights, but more especially
in the thorough, careful, well designed
and permanent construction of the
plants. The same solidity and excel
lence of construction obtain in Berlin
and Paris. While in America we were
trying to make ourselves think that un
derground lines were not practicable,
iu Europe they were introducing noth
ing else but such wires. Much of this
Is duo to the fact that we have been do
ing pioneer work, and many of the older
installations partook necessarily of the
temporary character of experimental
plants. But the standard of construc
tion is rapidly rising, as good work is
found cheaper in the end.
It )s pointed out, however, by a lead
ing electrical journal that while we
may well take a lesson from abrond in
the building of our plants there exists
still one great drawback in the want of
proper municipal participation in our
large cities without which we can never
expect to have such general and com
plete systems as abroad. A municipal
control in which "boodle" and "fran
chises" play an important part must
necessarily be unsatisfactory and ex
pensive. The way in which the prog
ress of the storage battery in this coun
try has been retarded by litigation is
also alluded to and thus commented on:
"More money has been expended in the
legal controversy than in developing and
exploiting the several storage systems.
Despite thin fact, tho companies now
engaged in the controversy are in prac
tically the same relative positions that
they occupied several years ago. It
certainly docs not look well to see the
electrical companies of Europe instill
ing storage battery plants wherever
electric lighting plants are found, while
in America the plants of auy conse
quence do not exceed a dozen in num
ber." lririy-!'ivft V(-ar a Jueen.
I Queen Victoria is seventy-three years
old, and on .lur.a !i0 she had reigned
fifty-five years. Her excellent if not ro
bust health gives every promise that
she will round out the century as queen
and empress. The story of the scene
when tho news was brought her of her
accession to the throne is interesting.
Tho Icing died at Windsor and messen
gers wero at once dispatched to Ken
sington to inform her of the event It
was midnight when the sleeping queen
was awakened, and she came at once
into the room to meet the messeturara.
bwder
SLY PURE
attirea in a white night-gown, with a
shawl thrown over her shoulders, her
nightcap off, and her feet in slippers.
She was then a slender girl, pale but
pretty. Two years later she became the
bride of Prince Albert. a . ,.
GREELEY IN GOOD SOCIETY.
Be Once Dined In Jail with a Prince, a
Count and a Baron.
When Horace Greeley visited Paris in
1855 he was the victim of a mistake that
caused him to spend a night behind the
bars of the debtors' prison of the Rue
de Clichy. A French sculptor had sent
a statue for exhibition to the world's
fair at New York, of which Mr. Greeley
was one of the managers; the statue
had been returned in an injured condi
tion, and the sculptor took the method
of causing Mr. Greeley's arrest to re
cover damages. A friend of Mr. Gree
ley, Mr. Field, went to the prison the
next morning. When he entered the
large common room in which the pris
oners and their friends were assembled,
the Youth's Companion says, he saw a
singular scene. In one corner squatted
a laboring man in his blouse, surround
ed by his wife and children, who had
brought him some delicacies for his
Sunday dinner. In another corner
lounged a fashionably-dressed young
gentleman. The room was filled with
the most strangely contrasted groupes.
"Standing in the middle of it," says
Mr. Field, "wearing his old white over
coat, and with his hat on the back of
his head, his countenance wreathed in
smiles, flanked on either side by a
United States minister, stood Horace
Greeley. To refrain from laughing was
Impossible.
" 'Field,' he exclaimed, 'this has been
one of the most fortunate incidents in
my lifel Without it I doubt if I ever
should have had the opportunity to see
good society. You know I know noth
ing about it at home. I have never as
sociated with the people who compose
H there. I dare say they are very good
people, but they are not my people.
Last evening at dinner we had a prince
at the head of the table, and I was
flanked on one side by a count and on
the other side by a baron. If I only re
main here long enough I shall not only
learn tho French language, but good
manners into the bargain. "
Of course when the case came up fo
trial Mr. Greeley was released.
USE OF A PASSPORT.
The Singular Kxperlenee of a Truvelel
in Germany.
"Mine is rather a hard case," said f
discouraged graduate of a voung ladies
I s-'ininary. "I can't get a position as i
teacher because I haven't had expert
ence, and if I am never allowed tc
teach, how am I to get my experience?'
A somewhat similar paradox was per
petrated by a German officer, mentionec"
by Mr. Henry W. Wollf in "The Coun
try of the Vosges." This traveler had
been wandering about Metz asking
questions and seeing the sights, and ht
says:
On ray return to the station, I found
i surprise awaiting me. The German
police had found me out; not a difficult
task, since I purposely went about quite
openly.
However, that, it appeared, made nc
iiiference. There, at the entrance tc
tho station, stood a Prussian gendarme,
all on the alert, looking very ferocious
with what the German song calls "a
moustachioed air." lie was on thf
lookout for me, and stopped me at once.
"Have you a legitimation alxiut you?''
he asked, rather grullly.
"Yes; but do I want one? Am I not
entitled to travel in the country without
a passport?"
lie looked angry, eyeing with disgust
my "Murray," which bore, all too plain
ly, upon its cover the title "France."
"I must see it. I hear you have been
about tho town looking at things and
asking questions."
"It is true; that is what I am travel
ing for."
"I mast see your passport."
"What? In defiance of the emperor's
regulations?"
"Do you not understand," said he,
pompously, "that I mustseo your pass
port in order to be able to judge whether
or not you are entitled to travel with
out oue?"
Here was logic, but logic which, how
ever feeble, must be heeded. I pro
duced my passport, and after having
studied for a tedious interval, he grave
ly announced that I was fitted to travel
without one.
Victoria's Throne,
The English throne, used iu the cor
onation ceremonies of the kings and
queens of Great Britain, is simply ar.
old oaken chair of curious pattern and
great antiquity. Ages of use (it is
known to have been used in its present
capacity for moro than seven hundred
years) have made the old frame as hard
and as tough as iron. The magic power
attributed to the old relic lies in the
seat, whieh is a largo, rough sandstone.
Ages before it was trimmed in velvets
and gold for the use of the Stuarts and
the Tudors it served as a seat for the
early kings of Scotland; tradition even
asserts that it is the identical stone
upon whieh tho patriarch Jacob rested
his head the night he had his wonder
ful dream.
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