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Miscellaneous New* Note* r>alli«ml From
This and Other Count rlea—Accidental.
Criminal, Political, Social and Other
wise—Crisp Condensations From All
Quarters.
Monday. .Jan. 3.
Secretary Alger’s health Is Improv
ing.:
There is prospect of a strike In the
Colorado coal fields.
Lending Kentucky distillers are
planding a big pool.
One of two burglars at De Soto, Mo.,
was shot and killed while trying to
force an entrance Into a store.
President Diaz has approved of the
concessions for establishing packing
houses at various points in Mexico.
lumuHy, dan. 4.
The health of Gladstone Is said to
be very bad.
Bread riots have occurred In tho
province of Girgentl, Sicily.
Official estimates place the New
South Wales wheat yield at 9,747,000
bushels.
A compllmenary dinner was given
the Indianapolis monetary commis
sion by J. Foster Peabody, at Wash
ington.
Chicago shows an 1897 death rate—
the lowest on record of any city of
more than 200,000—of less than 14 to
1,000 population.
Theodore Durrant has again been
removed to the death cell to await the
hour of execution, which ha3 been fix
ed for 10:30 a. m., Jan. 7.
At tb'o Algorn Agricultural and Med
ical college for colored people, near ’
Rodney, Miss., the president, E. G.
Triplett, was fatally shot.
The grand Jury at Chicago ha3 re
turned indictments against Aldermen
John Powers and William O'Brien for
running gambling houses. ,
James H. Eckles, «x-comptrol!er of
the United States treasury, has begun
his duties a3 president of the Commer- i
clal National Bank, of Chicago.
The State department has announced
the following members of a commit- ]
tee to receive at New York all sub- i
scriptlons and supplies for tho suffer
ers in Cuba: Stephen E. Barton,
chairman; Charles Scheren, and Louis 1
Klopsch. !
The aggregate value of the gold de
posited with the United States assay ,
office in New York city during the last
year was $34,112,548, of which about '
$2,280,000 was deposited in December. '
The aggregate number of ounces of
silver was 6,000,923. i
F. P. Sargent the grand master of *
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire- '
men, has sent a lengthy communica
tion to Mr. McKinley, protesting ,
against the appointment of Judge Pax
pson, of Pennsylvania, as interstate £
commerce commissioner.
President C. P. Huntington, of the ,
Central Pacific railroad, which is in
debted to the government to the ex- !
tent of $10,614,120, declared at New 1
York city that he would be Just as *
pleased to have the government put
up the property for sale. “We aro t
willing to pay as much for it as any (
outsider,” he said, “but no more.”
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Wednesday, Jan. 8.
Firs did $100,000 damage to business <
blocks at Commerce, Tex. Insurance. S
*30.000. ,
Christopher Robert, a wealthy re- '
tired builder, fatally shot himself in
New York.
• Rev. William Burns, of Toronto,
Ont., dropped dead while opening a e
funeral service in Galt
The United States supreme court has t
decided that the railroads In North
Dakota' must pay tax on land. ]
Peter Maher, the pugilist, has sign
. ed to meet Tom Sharkey for either a i
boxing contest or a finish fight.
About 1,100 postofflees throughout
the country were assigned to the '
money order class on January 3. '
The death of Coun, TelEener Is an
nounced at Rome. He married a j
younger sister of Mrs. John Mackay.
William Carson, the millionaire lum
berman of Eau Claire, Wis., died after
an illness of several days, aged 80. |
Dr. Robert L. Dabney, one of the
most prominent educators of the
Bouth, died at his home in Knoxville.
The monthly statt msnt Issued by the
director of the mint shows the tolal
coinage at the mints during December
I to have been $5,741,481.
Li Hung Chang has been recalled to
power at Pekin, the emperor and Inner
council desiring his assistance in the
present diplomatic crisiB.
The steamer Vlgllancla, which ar
rived from Havana, brought 1,800
bags, 594,000 pounds of sugar, the fit at
shipment from Cuba In many months.
Suit has been begun by Edwin M.
Harrison, et at., of Quincy, to recover
$2,000,000 worth of land claimed from
a will In several counties In North
i-t Carolina.
Ex-City Treasurer Hauck, of Terre
Haute, Ind.. is reported short $13,000
In city accounts.
Among those admitted to practice In
7. the supreme court of the United States
was Hon. William R. Morrison, who
has been for so many years chairman
of the Interstate commerce commls
‘ slon.
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Gen. Weyler has defied the govern
p ment to take proceedings against him.
As he Is a senator, a special vote Is
necessary to deprive him from lmmu
K, nlty from prosecution, and the cabl
net Is embarrassed, as the army ap
pears to side with Weyler in bis at
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Thursday Jan. 6.
Congress reassembled yesterday.
Omaha plumbers arj on a strike for
increased wages.
A half a million dollar fire occurred
at Stockton, Cal.
Twenty-five men were killed In the
;CiUar:s: iUzzt'j,
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Cold weather has done damage to
fruit prospects In Florida.
A plan U on foot to erect electrical
stations In South America.
The president thinks that Senator
Hanna will succeed himself.
Hon. W. J. Bryan has returned to
Lincoln from his trip to Mexico.
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly, the well
known populist leader, Is soon t.o wed.
Josephine Mellin Southwidc Ayer,
widow of Dr. James C. Aysr, (lied sud
denly at her home near the Hotel dcs
Invalides, Paris.
Messenger Hayden says that the
robbers who held up the Kansas City.
Pittsburg & Gulf train in Kansas
City Tuesday night secured nothing of
value.
A dispatch from Thomasvtlle, Ga.,
reports that Major Butterworth, com
missioner of patents, is weaker, but
adds that there Is still hope of his re
covery.
A dispatch from Aldershot says Ma
jor General William Forbes Gatacre
has been ordered to Egypt to assume
command of the Anglo-Egyptian expe
dition in the Soudan. ,
The Storrs lecture In the Yale law
course this year will be by ex-Post
master Generela William L. Wilson,
president of the Washington and Lee
university of Virginia.
H. McCullough, formerly traffic man
ager of the Northwestern road, has
been appointed third vice president of
I he system, to succeed H. G. Burt, who
lias accepted the presidency of the
Union Pacific.
Friday, .Ian. 7.
Gen. Booth la about, to sail from
London to this country.
Church Howe, of Nebraska, has
men confirmed as consul at Palmero.
Dr. Zaccharln, the fimous physician
if Czar Alexander III., is dead at Mos
:ow.
Charles Page Bryan will le made
}r. James B. Angell, of Michigan, who
vlll be sent to'China.
Congressman Grcsvenor appears
jonfldent that Senator Hanna will be
iis own successor.
There Is a deadlock over the
ipeakership In the lower house of the
ilaryland legislature.
Special pension examiners have been
nstructed to watch closely for adver
lsements of claim agnts.
A royal decree has t*cu gazetted
eorganizlng the Servian arm? nmi ap
pointing ex-King Milan coinnwnder
i-chief.
Comptroller Dawes has appointed
Villlam C. Oakley, of Chicago, na
ional bank examiner, to supercede
Joseph T. Talbot, resigned.
The president sent to the senate the
tame of Charles H. Morrill, of Lln
oln, to be surveyor of customs and
ollector of the port of Lincoln.
The committee on pastcfflce3 and
lost roads reported the Loud bill rem
edying abuses in the privileges of
econd class mail matter to the house.
Mr. Pettigrew has Introduced a bill
o reimburse South Dakota for ex
lenses incurred by that state in repell
ng a threatened invasion and raid by
he Sioux In 1890 and 1891.
The senate committee on military
.(fairs has ordered a favorable report
n the bill Increasing the military
force of the country to the extent of
wo regiments of artillery.
The sale of the St. Louis base ball
lub to John T. Brush, William
tchmldt, and others, has been com
peted, and tba Browns are now owned
ly an Indianapolis syndicate.
Saturday, dan. S.
Mrs. Ballington Booth is said to be
lowly improving.
William T. Buckley, a New York
illllonaire, suicided.
Gomez says the Cubans want noth
ng more nor less than independence.
The ‘‘mlllion-dollar theft” in New
fork turns out to be a few thousand.
Hon. Benjamin Butterworth is im
proving, though is not as yet out of
anger.
A Liverpool syndicate Is making
plans to build an immense tobacco
actory at Louisville, Ky.
The six-story type foundry or A. D.
farmer & Son, New York City, was
lamaged by fire to the extent of $50,
100.
Mra. Julia Leard was clubbed to
leath and assaulted in the presence
>f her children by a Seminole Indian,
lear Maud, O. T.
Charles Pago Bryan will be made
minister to Turkey In place of Dr.
lames B. Angell, of Michigan, who
ivtll be sent to China.
The Standard says it is now ru
mored that Great Britain will lend
China £16,000,000 direct .without the
issue of a guaranteed loan.
At the new palace Emperor 'Wil
liam personally decorated Baron von
Buelow, minister for foreign affairs,
with the order of the Red Eagle.
The funeral of Charles H. Byrne,
formerly president of the Brooklyn
base ball club, took place In New
York. Many prominent base ball men
were in attendance.
The Toledo Ice Company's mam
moth ice house, in course of erection
at Whitemore Lake, Wis., collapsed,
killing two men instantly, probably
fatally wounding five and injuring a
dozen others.
' The final payment of $8,638,401 from
the Union Pacific reorganization com
mittee was covered in the treasury,
making a grand total of $58,448,283
paid for the government’s interest in
the Union Pacific road.
To Aid Old Soldiers.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—Senator
Thurston has introduced bills for the
relief of Charles A. Perkins, of Oma
ha, $36, and Caroline Mulcahy, same
place, $24. He also introduced a bill
to establish a branch home for volun
teer disabled soldiers and sailors at
or near the city of Beatrice, and ap
propriating therefor $160,000, also pro
viding for the purchase of eighty acres
of land, upon which the home is to be
erected. , .*
NEBRASKA TEACHERS
A LARGE GATHERING op them
AT LINCOLN.
rhe Question of nn Educational Congress
at Omaha Finds Favor that is Embod
ied In a Resolution—Addresses bjr
Chancellor McLean of the State Oniver
itj, and Others.
State Teaehers's Association Meeting.
The state teachers’ meeting In Lin
coln was largely attended, over one
thousand delegates being present. The
Question of holding an educational
congress at Omaha next year brought
forth unanimous endorsement of tho
following resolution:
Resolved, That we, the teachers as
sembled in our annual state associa
tion, do hereby express our approval
of the plan to hold such a meeting In
Omaha during the time mention id
above, provided that such a meeting
is arranged upon dates w.ich will not
in any way conflict or interfere with
the meeting of the National Educa
tional association, to be held in
Washington, D. U., July i to 12, 1898;
and we pledge ourselves to co-operate
in any way practicable for advancing
the enterprise, the organizing and tho
success of the meeting as described
above.
Judge M. B. Reese, dean of the Col
lege of Law of the University of Ne
braska, was Introduced and spoke on
“Right Emphasis of Education.’’
Mrs. Msdora D. nickoll, of Beatrice,
spoke o:; tho “Relation of the Wo
men's Christian Temperance Union to
Education.” She said the letters “W.
C. T. U.” when rightly Interpreted,
mean “Home.” which completely an
swers the question. Every child is en
titled not only to be born right, but
to have a good home as well. Al
though tho “world owes no man a liv
ing,” parents do owe a home end
thoughtful care to every child brought
into the world.
iii. in. urown, oi nestings, cnairman
of the executive committee, read his
report. '1 he asociation now has about
$1,400 bearing interest. The total ex
penses of this session will not exceed
5700, in spite of the many good enter
tainments furnished for the teachers.
Chancellor George E. MacLean, de
livered an address on “The Next Stage
in the Educational Development of
Nebraska,” which had many features
of interest to his auditors.
After paying a glowing tribute to
Nebraska in its wonderful develop
ment in an educational sense during
the last decade, its bright future along
the same lines, he discussed at length
various methods and principles which
Bhouid be observed in the further ex
tension of the school system. Ne
braska, ho maintains, stand pre-em
inent among the states for the intro
duction of progressive methods.
Among these stands out in relief the
formation of the Nebraska Library as
sociation, the Association of the Ne
bsaka Teachers of History and the
Nebraska Society for Child Study. Al
though these associations accomplish
much toward the simplifying of meth
ods, so that those who receive instruc
tion may easily understand the sub
jects placed before them, ho advocates
still further advances in the art of
teaching.
These may be briefly summarized
under the head of the practical, which
In its natural subdivisions results in
Industrial education, anplied educa
tion, industrial education, prepara
tion for citizenshln and the democ
racy and tho public school. Hereto
fore the sneaker contended the west
ern school systems we re claimed
above all things to be “practical.” He
argues, however, that in n sense this
statement was not true. What the uni
versity gives in the way of a higher
education should In a like manner in
substance be imparted by the lower
schools. The country and graded
school system will not he perfect un
til more stress Is laid upon the prac
tical studies. General culture studies
should be taken along with the ethers,
which forms the basis of the public
school course. .The university system
should be gradually extended Into the
graded schools so that upon gradua
tion from them the pupil will not bo
completely at sea upon assuming the
higher duties of his mind develop
ment. Chancellor MacLean asserted
that tho academic and university
courses should be thoroughly merged,
and the sooner this Is done the sooner
the best of results will follow.
The Game taw Defective.
The game law passed by the last
legislature has been found defective.
Attorney General Smythe is of the
opinion that a part of section 7 of the
act is inoperative. This section make3
It unlawful for railroad or express
companies to transport game within
or out of the state, but the penalty ap
plies only to transportation of game
out of the state. The error was caus
ed by the bungling insertion of an
amendment. As the section now reads
it provides a penalty in the form of a
fine of “$25 for each of such animals
so transported, conveyed, carried or
taken, or received for transportation
or conveyance, carriage or taking,
out of this state at any time of year,
and shall on conviction be fined $5 for
each of such birds so transported, con
veyed, carried on taken, or received
for transportation, conveyance, car
riage or taking out of the state, at
any time of the year. This matter is
now receiving the attention of the at
torney general. It is believed that the
penalty applies only to transportation
of animals and birds sent out of the
state. The railroads and express com
panies are expected to be benefltted by
this mistake of lawmakers.
Captain Carson.
Captain John L. Carson, president
of the First National bank of Lincoln,
and one of the early settlers of
Brownvllle, died a few days ago.
Captain Carson had been a great suf
ferer from rheumatism for some time
and for two or three weeks had been
confined to tis room by a complica
tior of troubles, whicn wen aggra
vated by the rheumatic tendency. He
was widely known in banking and
business circles of the wept and
among the early settlers of the south
east part of the state.
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fHE BEAUTY CONTEST
Women of Nebraska, Send in Your Photo
graphs,
As was stated some time ago, says
the World-Herald, the exposition is to
have a souvenir medal. One side is to
have the figure of an Indian speaking
to a buffalo, and on the other a relief
face made up of a composite of ihe
prettiest women in the Trausmissis
sippi states and territories. Two se
lections will be made from each, and
the vice-president from each slate or
territory is to make the clydce. This
duty in Nebraska falls on Judge Ne
ville, of North Platte, who is vice
president and chairman of the Ne
braska state commission. He has
boldly undertaken it, as the following
letter to Secretary Deering, of the
commission, will show:
"Please insert in the newspapers a
request to the ladies of the state who
desire to compete for the honor of be
ing represented on the souvenir medal
for the exposition, as one of the two
most beautiful women in the state,
that they send within the next twelve
days to me at. North Platte, a cabi
net size photo, showing profile view
of head and shoulders.
"Photographs not used for the com
posite photograph will be returned if
requested. Two will be sent to Nrw
York City from this state, where the
souvenir will be prepared in gold, sil
ver and bronze, aluminum, etc. Pho
tographs not returned by request will.
If consent is given, be beautifully and
artistically framed and exhibited in
the Nebraska state building so that
the public can judge for Itself whether
the best selection was made, and at
the same time get an Idea of the great
number of beautiful women whom our
state contains. Urge upon each c'ty
and county the importance of enter
ing the contest.”
“Rolling the Roll.”
A mechanical genius has applied to
the department of concessions of the
Transmississippi Exposition for the
privilege of installing and operating
a wonderful contrivance which he calls
“rolling the roll.” He proposes to
construct a track on the order of a
switchback, about seventy-five feet in
length, and for cars he has immense
tubs, seven feet in diameter, with seats
inside. The passengers who desire
to take the thrilling voyage are strap
ped in these seats and the tub starts
on its trip. Tubs and passengers are
rolled over and over with lighning
speed, the track being built on a sharp
incline. At the end opposite the
starting point the tub strikes on heavy
springs which starts 'f oft in the op
posite direction down another in
cline. When the end of the journey
is reached the tub is directly beneath
the starting point and the passengers
are lifted out and the tub raised to the
higher platform, where it is ready for
another load. The promoter of this
extraordinary contrivance say3 he has
operated it in several places in the
east, where it met with great favor.
He says the motion is rather unusual,
but is not disagreeable after a trial 6r
two.
Bloodhound* Detect Thieves. .
Lincoln dispatch: Short work was
made in capturing .wo of the three
men who held up and robbed Dr.
Hitchcock, the East Lincoln street
druggist, last night. The Beatrice
bloodhounds were sent for, and when
put upon the trail went direct to the
Fedawa residence in the east part of
the city, where Jay Fedawa and a man
giving his name as J. W. Rice, was
captured and taken to jail. The third
man has not been located. The gen
eral belief is that ,ue right parties
have been captured, as young Fedawa
has the reputation of being a hard cit
izen, and has been before the police
court a dozen times already. Rice
is a stranger in the chy. The quick
capture of the men has established the
efficiency of the dogs for tracking
thieves, and will no doubt have the
effect Of frightening the other thieves
who have been plying i_eir trade so
freely this winter.
Growing Kurh Year.
The largest enrollment in the his
tory of the state normal school was
that of the term lust ended. In the
normal proper the enrollment was tOs,
and that of the entire school 633. A1
though the term just at an end has
the largest enrollment in the school’s
history, there is every indicoion (hat
the coming term will witness rn en
rollment still larger. It Is gratifying
to the people of Nebraska to know
that the school which trains reaebers
to instruct her young is under so able
a board of trustees and has at its head
as eminent and popular an educator
as Dr. Beattie and is gaining a widen
ing recognition.
How Its Finance* Stand.
C. R. Anderson, treasurer of the
Nebraska teachers, association, makes
the following report: January 20,
1896, balance on hand, $1,163.88: fees,
$887; sale of single tickets, $86.50; In
terest on certificates of deposit, $42.50;
total, $2,169.88. The expenditures
were reported as amounting to $813.07,
leaving a balance on hand of $1,356.81.
The auditing committee reported the
account correct In every particular
and commended the systematic work
of Treasurer Atkinson.
The Ponca Journal believes Dixon
county has no corn to ship to outside
markets this year. The great num
ber of cattle being fed In that county
this year are sufficient to consume the
entire crop.
Swapping Job*.
Lincoln dispatch: Tuere have been
several changes among the clerks in
the state auditor’s office since the new
year. W. B. Price, who was clerk
to the insurance deputy, has been
made bond clerk, and j. W. Simpson,
formerly bond clerk, has been made an
examiner of county treasurers, in place
of J. J. Eeverlngham, who takes the
place of clerk in the insurance de
partment
Pawnee people have run the slot
machines out of town and now they
propose to put a stop to raffles.
TROUBLES OF OFFICE
SOME SOUR TO CO WITH THE
SWEET.
More Than Patriotism 1s Necessary—Ex
penses of tiie State Horticultural Board
Must Be Paid Out of Pockets of mem
bers, Who Get Neither Salary Nor Sym
pathy.
Have Troubles of Their Own.
The officers of the State Horticultur
al society have troubles of their own.
The state appropriation for the so
ciety is ?1,000 a year, the pro'. !sun
of the statute being that this amount
shall be UBe-d for the payment of
premiums. This leaves the officers
without any salary and under the
present system the treasurer must ad
vance the money from his own pocket
for the payment of the premiums be
fore ho can draw the appropriation, as
the state auditor is empowered to
draw warrants only upon the presen
tation of the vouchers showing that
the money had been paid out for
premiums. Besides this, the board is
required to make a report to the gov
ernor and also to compile annually,
the report of the work of the so
ciety during the year, the specification
being that the book shall contain not
more than 300 pages and shall be
hound in cloth. Heretofore the so
ciety has succeeded in getting from the
State Board of Agriculture every year
a sum sufficient to pay for the ex
penses. But as there is no prospect
of the agricultural board paying the
money for the coming year the mem
bers of the horticultural department
see ahead of them the prospect of not
only serving without pay, but also of
paying all the expenses and enjoying
the privilege of compiling and proof
reading a cloth bound book of “not
more than 300 pages nor more than
5,000 copies,” after all the state ap
propriation has been paid out for
premiums. At the meeting of the
board, which occurs in a few days, it
is expected that the discussion of the
situation will be anything but a cheer-«
ful one.
BUSINESS Ox THE BANKS.
The secretary of the State Banking
board has completed a comparative
statement of the condition of the state
and private banks for November 30,
1897, and December 31, 1896. The
showing for the last quarter of this
year is a remarkably good one, as
compared with the same period of last
year. The increase in loans and dis
counts is $802,565.67, while the increase
in the amount due from other banks
is 1,777,579.35. The cash on hand is
$178,383.95 more than last year. The
items of cash on hand ana cash and
sight exchange foot upto $5,334,673, or
39 per cent of the total deposits.
During the year the increase indeposits
amounts to $3,675,402.43. The item3
of bills payable and “other liabilities”
have decreased in size by $252,177.18.
The capital stock is $378,386.82 less
than it was a year ago. The number
of the banks is 398 as compared with
414 in December, 1896.
This statement does not include any
of the business done by the national
banks of the state. And while the in
crease in deposits and in loans is
shown to be large, no consideration
is taken of the large amounts of
money expended or invested by the
citizens of the state that would have
no part in the showing of either class
of banks. For instance, during the
year individuals have purchased gen
eral fund state warrants over $700,000,
most of the money being withdrawn
from the individual deposits in the
banks. In spite of the large amona; of.
money that must have been invented
in stock during the last three month:',,
there has been an increase in deposits
of $600,000 over the showing of Sep
tember 8, 1897.
The State's Chief JnBtlees.
With the retirement of Chief Jus
tice A. M. Post from the position of
head of the supreme court bench,
Judge T. O. C. Harrison becomes the
tenth chief justice of the court since
the admission of the state. Two of
these ten men who have been chief
justices have served two terms. These
were Judge George B. Lake and Judge
Amasa Cobb. Judge Samuel Maxwell
has the record of three terms of chief
justice, while William A. Little, Oliver
P. Mason, Daniel Gannt, M. B. Ree-e.
T. L. Norval, and A. M. Pest, each
served one term or part of one term.
Two of these chief justices died dur
ing their term. These were William
Little and Daniel Gannt. These two
and Judge Mason are the only chief
justices who have died. All the oth
ers are still actively engaged in busi
ness, several of them were mature men
and on the bench a third of a century
ago.
In Interest of Packing Houses.
Washington dispatch: Congress
man Mercer called at the war depart
ment today in the interest of the
packing houses of South Omaha, re
questing that they be furnished with
notices of the war department invit
ing proposals for supplies for the gov
ernment relief expedition to Alaska.
Two thousand dollars has been appro
priated for the purpose and as much
of it will have to be spent in canned
meats and products of the packing
houses he asked that the department
extend courtesies to South Omaha
packers, in view of the fact that they
are nearer the country to he subsist
ed that the packing houses of the east
ward. Assistant Secretary Meikle
John has taken great interest in the
relief expedition to Alaska, the sick
ness of the secretary of war making it
essential he should meet all parties
accredited from foreign governments
looking to the relief of suffering min
ers in that country.
Cnditloon of Lincoln Banks.
Dispatch from Washington: The ab
stract of the condition of the national
banks in Lincoln, Neb., at the close of
business Dec. 15, 1897, shows the aver
age reserve at 26.94 per cent. Loans
and discounts increased from $1,769,169
to $.917,305. Stocks and securities at
from $50,064 to $62,836; gold coin
from $179,770 to $153,762; total specie
increase from $129,270 to $187,287; law
ful money increase from $251,860 to
$279,468; individual deposits increase
from $1,2(0,862 to 81.viQ.759
Rheumatism,
Is permanently cured
By Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Which neutralizes thf
Lactic acid in the bl<
Thousands write
That they have felt
No symptoms of
Rheumatism since taking
Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
A cup of strong coffee will remove
the odor of onions from the breath. ,
Well ventilated bed rooms will pre
vent morning headache and lassitude.
Iowa l atent Office Renor;.
DES MOINES. Jan. 5.—W. T. M.
asks: If a person should use a ratchet
In an improved window shade roller,
similar to Hartshorn’s, would it be an
infringement? Is not the principle of
such a ratchet too common to patent?
Without searching the records to
see Hartshorn’s claims, I will en
deavor to answer your question and
make the matter plain to you.
Suppose Hartshorn’s claim is for the
combination of a ratchet, a pawl or
detent, a spring and a roller for oper
ating a curtain, all the parts may be * »
common but the combination thereof
new and patentable. To improve any
one part or element in that comblna-y
tion, or to add another part thereto^g .
gain anew or improved result thereby* |
would be patentable, but not clear off f
the prior broad combination claim;\
and an infringement, if use! without
license. But if one of the four parts
of the original combination claim is
left out, then the combination is
broken, and it wold not be an In
fringement of the claim that had four
parts in it.
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