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(Jutted States Officials.
l-imidnnt Qtiwt Cleveland
Vice-President Ad ai Stevenson
nonrotary of State Walter Q. Oreshara
Becrntnry of Treasury John U. Carlisle
Hecreury of Interior .. ..... Hoke Smith
Becreiary of War Daniel S. Lamont
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ftovomor s- Pennoyer
StSry of State .W. McBr.de
TreaBnrer h"- MeUohan
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Senators J. N.Dolph
J Binger Hermann
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pjt.. Frank 0. Baker
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Supreme Judges J W.P .Lord
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Prosecuting Attorney W. H. Wils..n
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NOT SO HARD A IT SF.ETIS.
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
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complicated mechanical problems aud that he
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degree of perfection. This delusion the com
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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, 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 Olllce.
Edison says that the profits he has received
trom the patents on all his marvelous Inven
tions ave not been sufficient to pay tne 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 wheu thrown, made a fortune
out of his scheme. The modern sewing-machine
is a miracle of ingenuity the product
a hundred 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 toll of hundreds of bnsy brains through
THE LITTLE THINGS THE itlONT
VALUABLE.
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without breaking the passengers' back?" ex
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who Is late'.for breakfast. "If I were in the
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grievances and began to think of something
else. If they would set down the next con
venient opportunity, put their ideas about car
windows, saucepans and collar buttons Into
practical shape, and then apply for patents
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lar way. The total expense, including the
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dollars. For this, whether he secures a prize
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following blank, and forward it wilh their
application:
" , , 1893.
"I submit the within described invention iu
competition for the Tweuty-flve hundred Dollar
Prize offered by the Press Claims Company."
NOBLANKM IN THIS COJIPBTION,
This is a competition of rather an unusal na
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competitors risking the loss of their labor and
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self, andth one who helps him self to the
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Theprizeis only a stimulus to do something
that would be well worth doing without it.
The architect whose competitive plan for a
club house on a certain corner Is. not occept
ed has spent his labor on something of very
Ittle use to him. But the person who patents a
simple aud useful device in the Press Claims
Company's competition, need not worry If he
fall to secure a prize. He has a substantial
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time.
The man who uses auy article in his dally
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than the mechanical expert who studies it
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We take this opportunity of informing
our subscribers' that the new oominii-
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He is an old soldier, and we believe
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changes in the Administration ol pousios
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We are in reoeipt of the May number
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auy of the former numbers in value.
The paper this month contains many
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is introduced by a paper on the Friends
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These papers cannot fail to be of great
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EGYPTIAN CARTOONIST.
Comic Artist Kot a Modern ProduaB
After All.
In the museum at Turin, in Italy,
there is a papyrus role which displays
whole scries of comical f.rcne.s. In the
first place u lion, a crocodile uud an apt
are givingavocul and instrumental con
cert. Next rnmi's an ass dressed, armed
and sccptci-ed like a 1'liur onh. '
With mi;j "'ti '. sivnr.t r he receives
the giii:-, in c.-., r.Uul ti l.iin by a cat of
high dcyrco, to whom a bull acts as
proud conductor.
A liuii and gazelle sire playing at
draughts, a hippopotami's Is perched in
a tree, and a horse I.:-... '.imbed into it
and is trying to dihi .ic him.
Besides these tVirr :i I'liaroah in
the shape o a rat. !..-.. hi a carriage
by prancing groybof !.:, which is pro
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by cats, the latter Ir.iviii no arms but
teeth and cluws, whercns the. rats have
battleaxes, shields, bows and arrows.
Japanese Oaths.
P"A Japanese journal, describing the
manner of Bwearing witnesses in native
courts, says that the Japanese hold a
man's seal much more sacred than hia
word. Hence his oath is written out
and read to him in open court, after
which he affixes his seal to it. Like
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the witness, who makes any corrections
in it that he sees fit, after which he is
requested to put his Beat to it before he
leaves the court. This method of taking
evidence consumes some time, but it
leaves no room for stenographer's error.
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Williamstown correspondent of the Bos
ton Olobe, who is the best-known man
in the vicinity, President Franklin Car
ter of Williams college or Abrain Par
anna, better Irnown as "Abe the Bunter.
Certain it is that Aoe is Know a to
thousands and that his fame is fully
earned. It was no scratch hit or lucky
bunt that gave Abe a place in the niches
of fame. The Lord was kind to Abe in
giving him an unusually thick skull and
a horn about an inch long on the frontal
bone, but he has developed the talent
given him and has made the. most of
his opportunities.
Abe the Hunter is an exceedingly jolly
old negro, who lives in the part of this
town known as White Oaks, and claims
that he was 104 years old last 4th of
July.
The story of the old negro runs like
this: His first recollections were those
of a pickaninny on a plantation in
South Carolina. His master's name was
Mclnstcr. There Abe lived until he
was 14 years old, as he thinks.
Up to the time of his sale as a slave
from the auction block, together with
his mother and three sisters, his most
vivid recollections are of trials of bunt
ing vvivii a young ram. The ram would
take a position, lower his head, and
with a burst of speed Btart for Abe,
who always met the ram half way, the
two heads coming together with great
force, but the ram, as Abe tells it, was
always beaten.
By the Bale Abe was separated from
his relatives, and sold, as he thinks, to
Stephen Miller, of Claverack, N. Y.
Here he staid for five years, and then
ran away and went to Sheffield, Conn.,
where he worked for James Curtis as
house servant. In running away from
Miller he was pursued by dogs, and es
caped only after killing one.
From Sheffield A be went to Old Stock
bridge, where be lived for a number of
years, working for (len. Williams, the
Carters, Ifradleys, Brewers, Crosbys,
Cashier Adams and Muj. Hurrill, all of
whom are now dead. Long before the
war he located in Williamstown, where
he has worked for many people. Boys,
since he came here, have become gray
haired men.
AU the past years he had continued
bunting, until he whs confident thai
nothing less thtin a blow from a trip
hammer or a pile-driver would break
his skull.
'J he first net. however, mat. orouf,T.i
him fame occurred many years ago.
Abe was then living over a blacksmitl
shop on Water street. In the night hf
was awakened by an alarm of fire, and
getting out c.n the street found that
Harvey Cole's store was on fire. The
door was locked, the key was missing,
and, at the suggestion of a Mr. Powers.
Abe went at it head first, and after re
peated attacks it yielded.
This gave Abe great prestige a stock
in trade, so to speak; but with the con
fidence thus acquired he passed on tr
greater victories.
It came about in this way: Abe am1
his wife's brother were at South Will
liamstown one day and they fount'
Farmer Blake having trouble with
two-year old bull that he wanted tc
kill. The bull was in an inclosure and
pawing the turf in great shape, and, by
his almost human bellowing, asking for
some one to swing a red cloth iu front
of him.
Abe offered to make the bull lowei
his colors, but took a big drink of cidei
brandy before he began the act. Hf
then entered the inclosure against the
earnest protestations of Fanner Blake,
who asked Abe among cither things
"Are you a dashed fool enough to go in
there with that wild bull throwing dirt,
with nothing to kill him with?"
It was another ease of David and
Goliath. The big bull and Abe Imth
bunted, and while Abe was shaken bad
ly the bull was stunned so that hi
throat was cut forthwith. Abe does
not say so, but doubtless the cidei
brandy was called upon to assist in thr
celebration thut followed.
.Then the students tempted Abe to
show his prowess to them. He was
blindfolded and something placed in v
bag. Then the bandage was remove'1
and he was told that if he could break
the contents of the bag by bunting lib
head against it a valuable present
would be iiven him. The contents of
the bag proved to tie n big cheese, and
Abe had no difficulty in smashing it.
He was then blindfolded again, audi
was assumed that another cheese bud
been placed in the bag, but instead l
big grindstone, an Inch and a Imlf iu
thickness, was substituted.
The first bunt failed to shatter it, but
Abe, realizing that his reputation wa
at stake, went at it attain ami broke ii
The "squaw Man."
ij squaw men read of in the re
orts from the. West are white men who
avo married squaws. It is rarely a
ase of love or romance, but simply of
uslness on the part of the white man.
to w ants some one to work for him,
nd ho wantfl to go six months without
langing his shirt.
I Baking
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SHORTHAND WRITING.
The Incompetence of Some) Per
sons to Learn It
Vsry Few of the Many Who I'ndertaks
the Study Ever Become Proficient
Horace Greeley and th
Stenographer.
There is a good deal of nonsense writ,
ten and talked, both by those who know
and by those who don't, concerning the
possibilities ami actual achievements of
shorthand writing. Not long ago an
elderlv woman, accompanied bv a chile1
ot apparently about thirteen years ol
age, appeared before a. justice at tlu
Jefferson Market police court and toll!
a pitiful tale. She said that she was a
widow and that the child was her only
daughter; that in order to procure somt
employment for the girl stie had beer
induced to send her to a school of type
writing and shorthand. She had paic
to the professor sixty dollars of he.t
hard earnings anil had been informec
and believed that at the conclusion of &
few months' tuition this child would be
able to earn a fair salary. The pro
fessor, however, had failed to carry out
his agreement, and at the conclusion oi
the tuition she found herself with hei
money gone and no probability of the
fulfillment of the promises which hac
been made to her. She was informec
by the justice that if she had any
remedy at all it was in a civil suit foi
damages for breach of contract.
The experience of this child, says the
New York Sun, is but a repetition ol
the experiences of by far the largei
number of those who attempt to learr
shorthand writing. It is a fact that but
a very few of those who begin to learr.
ever succeed in becoming competent
stenographers. The experience detailec
so graphically and amusingly by Charlet
Dickens in the story of "David Copper
field," which is said to be in fact tlu
experience of Dickens himself, is a fait
sample of the difficulties with which
the learner has to contend. Few. per.
sons, indeed, have the requisite perse
verance to continue the much-needed
practice in the face of discouraging re
sults, which is essential before pro
ficiency can possibly be reached.
Many of these failures might have
been predicted from the start, because
of the utter disqualification of the
learner on account of the lack of the
preliminary study and training and
knowledge which are necessary tc
make a competent stenographer. It
must be borne iu mind that the sub
jects which may possibly tie presented
for accurate reporting comprise the en
tire field of huinan knowledge. There
is no department of science, literature
o art which may not some time or
other appear in the course of speeches,
of arguments, of lectures, of briefs, ol
dissertations, of debutes, or of dictation.
There is. of course, no stenopranhei
Wno is so thoroughly familiar with the
vocabulary even of his own language, iu
all departments of study, as to be able
on the spur of the moment to report tic.
Ctirately all kinds of scientific matter.
There arc, in fact, but very few of the
most reliable stenographers in this oi
any other country who can be relied
upon to give a verbatim report of a
scientific congress. How futile, how
foolish, must it be, then, for mere chil
dren, for persons without even the
rudimentary elements of education, to
undertake to qualify themselves for such
a business. Aud yet there are shorthand
schools and professors of shorthand
that take the money of pupils who at
tempt this impossible task, when it is
known at the beginning thut the money
so expended is really thrown away by
the pupils.
It was related of the late Horace
Greeley that upon one occasion an in
competent stenographer wa's employed
by him to take at dictation a political
speech. Mr. Greeley talked away with
great earnestness and volubility upon a
subject with which he was entirely
familiar, using the names of many
prominent public men in the present
and past generation, referring to vari
ous public measures of the times, until
he had reeled off, as he supposed, a con
siderable address. It so happened that
the stenographer was thoroughly un
faniiliur with ubotit every subject of
which the great philosopher had treated
and his manuscript when presented for
review proved to he so crowded with er
rors and omissions and misspelling of
mimes and misapprehension of what
Mr. Greeley had said that it was entirely
useless, and with that force for which
Mr. Greeley was renowned among those
who knew him, the founder of the
Tribune exclaimed: "What the' deuce
is stenography worth?"
There are limits to shorthand. Every
honest stenographer will uilmit that no
person is able to report the most rapid
speakers or to follow with accuracy an
argument which consists of many refer
ences to scientific books and contains
quotations which must tie accurately re
corded. In practice, wherever a speaker
makes use of many quotations, particu
larly of iwietry or of statistics, the sten
ographer is always anxious to be sup
plied with the quoted parts. Among
the verv best stenoirrnnhers the prac
tical impossiomty ot one writer uuiuy
able to record the most difficult speak
hig with accuracy is so well recognizee
that in the most Important eases a ays
if check notes is always observed, sr.
;hat points which may be missed by one
writer w ill be caught by another. This
a really not an unusual practice, and it
las been found to be absolutely esaea
.lal Iu niauy cases.
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