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"1 D (i .1 That Tired Feeling 1 S CTta n indication of imp ir" ami im-j jKivcr h d blool If your blood ol'l I altiavn lie rich anil pore, (nil of tin-I rei cm pii-rli-i upon which 11- vi'n'.it." I (h pf't 'l-. ymi w.,iill !Wf- Ii. wmt. u' .NiTVOli-,! B'liis 1 Ti 1 1 1 1- X" Hi. a, Biol rheum, would never trouble you. Bet our mode of livi'n;, slim in ml vi:i it in pooilv ventiiute.l hone's ami shop, deplete th" iilim I nil i there is !- of appetite, iiD'i weiikiie.. lloo.l saisa parilhi I the itan.lar.i remedy lor tin condition. Ii purities. viiali-. and eiirn'tii"t tlif blood, ove.cotiies tlial tireil li i-liu'. builds 1 in nerves and civ. - j. ! !(! health, i'.e.i l ti.i-: "Our d:r;ghtcr. lUazi' ln', when fmr year of age lia.l a humor break out i.ii In r liaml- iiml lace, which our ph, -niau pronounced eivi-iua. It the eoltl a.r realo d her vf or hand they would swell ii. I"V; uliu-i-t purple, ui.d headed biistem would liiriu uii'l lueaK, Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the Only True Blood Purifier Beechums pills arc for bil iousness, sick headache, diz ziness, dyspepsia, had taste in the mouth, heartburn, tor pid liver, foul breath, sallow skin, coated tongue, pimples, loss of appetite, etc.. when caused by constipation; and constipation is the most fre quent cause of all of them. One of the most import ant things for verybody to learn is that constipation causes more than half the sickness in the world, rsfiecially ol women; and ii can all lie prevented. Go bv the Ixxik.fiee at vour druggist's, or write H F.AllenCo., V'5taiul St., New York, l'ills.io aud 25 t tox, AanuaLftlci mom 1 b n ft .era rrr hxK. W. L. Douglas CUnC 13 THE BEST. WW WliVL flT FOR AKINO. 3. CORDOVAN, rK(.lHLAANI.!.lLD CALF. 4.3.y Fine CAilKANCAnon 3.P POLICE, 3 soles. $2io2.W0RKlNGMEN', s2.l.7-sBflYS'SCH0atSb0Ei LADIES' 3- 8estDMG0U. SENDrCRCATAlOCLfT 'W.L'DOUGLAa. EI'SCKTON.y-VA33. OvarOfM IV'lllon People wearths W. L. Doug'as $3 & $4 Shoes All our shoe are equally .satisfactory They f(v the best value for the money. They equal custom shoe In style and fit. Thlr wearing a,allllM are unsurpassed. Rie prices are unlfnrm,-stamprd n sole. rm $1 to f j saved tvrr other mnkrs. If vour denier cmnnt imnIwou vpcaa NEW SHORT LINE I. FRANCIS. Cen'l Pass'r Agent. OMAHA, NFC Ely's Cream Balm 01 ('Ira line the Natal Parnate. Allays l'alu and Inflammation, .Restore the Senile of Taate and Smell. Heals the bore. r uwrrii. Tell Your that you have read that Santa Claus Soap is one of the greatest labor saving inven tions of the time. Tell her that it will save her strength, save her time, save her clothes. The merits of TO nCOMA a VI I t v 1 u in 1 I I Baft Cuoiih iirrupTTMUa Uuod. Cat I I 1 W V II In lima. tCiia draavtu. II 4 SANTA ClAUS SOAK p It e tt imr tkmialitAil woata. It' th bt, MiMt, m4 Thstl.ltFalrtankConspany, Cfclct. I harjinjr a ; t ry fluid, ami tin- burn ing tt'i'l Hi- in;,' ouM drive In r nearly v 1'nle-s we eiva-ed tier lilti luliii- -In- ,,:il tear pan-hen n kiii liom hie la -e and hand. We trii d many doctor ami many remedies auil at last eave i tie ca-e up as hopeless. It .f our .l.i'itlit.-r Co a tried linod'n sarsap:irilia. to cure a crof nlotis lamp Ilea the Ii Ii breast w liieti ranted her limed pain ami a! er taking 4 bottle it di-uppcari-d. lilain-he, who is now eleven, had j.i-ut -even yearn of sull'er-i-i,r. mj I e uirlm'.ed to give her Hood'l far-apari.'l,-i. "-di-1 ink ft bottles ami her lai-e i- Mm, c, id and 'itt as a baby's, the eulor o! a ro-e petal. Her hands are sift ate I white, w .ere four months n;o they we'-e bine ami red ami calloused marly like Ictinr. 1 cannot csprc-s m. gratitude t iy pen or in "I'll, it ms a iniraele and our tr, cpes are Ml! pi 'is, ' Ms. ANNA It. ' 1.AKK, )Ul K. !id 'i., Iliiiutd, Minn. VI KI.INHTON KOl'TK lloiiie-Hf.clK.rn' Kvrnrslotiii. 'J"UHSiJajf, April 2.'iil, very low rates U iioints in Nebraska, Kantas, Colorailo, Wyouiiiitf, south I)akota and I'tah will be nfl'ereii by the iiiirliiigton Uout. If you are ptiing west arid want to s.wk mdnkv yim arrant to take aiivaiilae of this opportunity. Aak the nearest ticket pent for full information Mini be mire your ticket reads ' via the liiirlingtori.'' Nothing heller. , nthlng o good. Tetters of inquiry addressed to J. KranciK, (I. P. & T. A., JJ iiri 1 tk t on ikiote, OinHha, Neb., will receive p'ompt at etitloti. Cuntniijr pays no regard to virtue, .tiid but (he low mimic of wisdom. liohnirbroke After six years' cnili ritifc, I was cureil by I'lso's 'tire M titv 'I'ii imson, '-"I'i Uhic Ave., Allegheny, I'a., Miirch 111, '!ii. A ChicaffO woman wept for a who day and refused to be comlnr'ed b cause someone had stolen lit r pit ' do.. Into each life some rain must fall How Thlt We oiler One Hundred Dollars Rewaru for any case ot catarrh that cannot be cured bv 1 1 all's t 'atar: h 'lire. y. I. ( 1 f K N V. Y A l (., Props , Toledo, 0. We tlii- imdiTsifrrvrd have known K. J. fhcniy ior the last I ft years and believn him prriei'tly hotiorable in all business t aiisai'iions atnl tinancinlly aide to carry out any obligation made by their firm. WrsTiV Thcm, Wholesale' Druggists, To ledo. O. WaI-tiko, Kinn & Marvin Wholesale JriifK'Sts, Toledo, (). Hall's ('atarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and tnucotu surfaces of the system. 1'rice 75c p.. bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testi monials free. Mrs. WinMlnw'M RoOTIIINi! HYP.CP fur chilil reii teetliiny, noitens the K'lins, reilucen lnM1.n1 ination, allftyii , hiii, cnri wlnii colic, -'k- ImiiiIc WALTER BAKER & GO. Thf) IaigpHt MannfHiturfrfi of PURE, HIGH GRADE COCOAS AND CHOCOLATES rs- On tht. Cuntlnrnt, l:vr r!eiTt HIGHEST AWARDS rnlustrial and M EXFCSITIDNS ;ln Europe and America. Unlike th titrU 1'rncpM. do Alk llf tr fthf-r lirmiriiU or lv trt (n if n) th'ir prr'tnn. Thrlr tlWleiotn HKt.AKf AST lAHUA U ii..uUi part tad wiubU, u4 cttt I'm Man one crni a Cup. SOLO BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE. WALTER BAKER 4 m7d0RCHE8TER, MASS. EWlS'boX LYE Powdered Red f'erfumfd. (I'ATKNTItri ) The ntfongtHi hmI purfnt Lve made . Unlike other l-re it Item: a fire k powder and )h kd in a can wlrfi reinviibl lll, thfr contuntu are always ready (or ue. Will mukM tbe b?t perMimed ifiud buap in 20 mlnuteH without bailing- it in t h hct lor rlemiiiK wanl pipcn, dUlnffcUnjr tuk a. clowtw, WA'-hinlt boltl1, jiatutR. trees.etf. PENNA. 8ALT MFG. 00. i.t-u'i Attn rhilH. i'a. Wife mm mm INT? ONE YEAR'S PATENTS. OUTPUT OF OUR INVENTIVE GENIUSES. Americmi I'eoile Have Plenty of TiccH to Litfiitrii V ork, Idturu I'rot itn, nail Insure e-atcl) U'biuua Tauulit by tilt- Ccaselciit Activity. Record of Twelve Muiiths, The annual report of the I'tiited States 'oniiuissioiifr of PawutM lor the year ls'M. just issu.-d. is a handsome voltniic of 7"-J p.ies, T'.a Inches by 11 in size, and i oiiluiiis the i-tjli i vu liu t ol l.i"i.'Nt Holds. Ii is a summary of the cotitcitls of the t;fty-to nuinlicis of the ollici:il gazette of the patent olflce, Whli h co!il:ilu over N,iki pacs of 1llc Kjieciiii ntioiis and draw inns for the pati iits isMii.il. Inning the year lv.i:; .'!7.'-.o Mpiiii.-itioiis for pateiils were iv IceivtMl, l,is;u ior designs, I'-'o for re is I stn-s, U''1T for caveats. l.V.tU appllca- tioiirt for trnde maiks, and I'll for la bels. Tin-re wen- :j;:.i;7 puteiiis Isstieil durini; the year, against i'!, I"x for (he irei (.(i:n year. The iiuniber of patents which expired diiniiK the year a,s I I, 17. Four tliHiis.ind one hundred ami two ialei;ts sveie forfeited for non payment of liiial fees. The patent of liie at the close of lS'.i:i lntd to Its cred it hi the Treasury of the I'tiited Slates ifJ.Usl.TM. our patent M'stein has crown to higher pel fectlon than that of any other country, and to this date we have issued about r,tri,mti patents, while the total issued by all other coun tries combined is a little less than 810,- IKKI. A Creative People. With a population of 7o.noo,XX our coliiiti'y is now lining one-third of Hie maiitifacturiii of the world, and noth ini; more clearly portrays our marvel ous liidtisiri.il uctivity than the rec ords of our patent ollico. As an Invent ive and a creative people we stand at the head of the nations, and are to-day the most influential factor In modern civilization. Mechanical Industry char Hf.urtaes all we do, and Is the potent aeeiicy in our successful strucle for supremacy in Hie federation of the world. To still maintain this suprem acy we lire continually Improving ma chines, devices uud applalices, which years ajro were supposed to be practl inl'y perfect. !i. are u nation of ma chine users, and Improvers, and as we , !utiei. al the record of our patents for 1 t yc:ir v cannot but lie profoundly l:i, pressed with Hie marvels there r-- i;led. Possible PniiKcra. I ntll recently we had the t;reat ad vantage of the exclusive use of our tig rictiltitral maclilnery, hut this is no longer the case. Knu'laud, tlermany, Austria, Fiance and l'.elcliiin now have lai'KO plains for making all Midi ma chinery, close copies and imitations of ours, and these Implements are now sold in north and south Africa, and even In Turkestan rind Persia, In Ktis sla and Siberia, In Asia Minor, Hun gary, the Itatiulilau provinces. In Eu ropean and Asiatic Turkey, In India, Kcypt, Australia, and In South Ameri ca, especially In Argentina aud Chili, and, of course, In England, France, Genua ny. Austria aud Belgium when? manufactured. Vast wheat areas re main to he cultivated, ami we cannot but look w ith solicitude upon the results to us of uniting the cheap labor of a fellah, the peon, the intijll;, the ryot, and the coolie with the best agricultu ral machinery, machinery which origi nated in America, and by means of which Hie American farmer lias hereto fore been able to meet nil competition. There Is little wonder that, we 11 ml Tood for sober reflection In fiii-cent wheat, and in viewing new cotton mills In Japan, which have the best of our mod ern machinery, which are lighted by electricity and operated night and day, the female spinners olid weavers get ting: lint 8 cents per day for eleven hours' work. The Spanish peasant even no longer refuses to buy a modern plow because It lias two handles, and It requires only a slight stretch of fancy to imagine yourself In Dakota when you are visiting ii wheat, farm In Al geria. Issuing a Patent, Few realize the amount of labor and Investigation Involved In deciding whether or not (in application for a patent shall lie-granted. The first ques tion to ho determined Is whether the nl leged Invention Is new; that Is, wheth er It Is to la.' found In any of tht? 54.V OiH) American patents, or In any of the 840,000 patents of .other countries, or In any book, periodical, pamphlet or paper, In any language of this or any other country. This search has to be tnado by expert assistant), and they have a technical library which eon tains almost everything relating to pat ents and which now numbers 70,000 volumes. . The expert may fail to find all the evidence bearing upon a case, but the lnfreqtiency ot such failures Is a matter of astonishment to one famil iar with this sort of work. A study of eighty-one patent cases recently before the courts, where claims were held to bo Invalid, revealed the fact thfvt In tweuty-slx of them there was no evi dence that the references before the fotirts. In view of which the patents were adjudged Invalid, were ever cited by the patent office; In twenty-nine :.ases some, but not all, the references were cited, and only In twenty -lx cases were the same references Wore the patent oftlee as were before tite court Het ween 1886andlSM2,88 pa trnits were In litigation, 43A of them were sustain ed and 552 were declared Invalid, 428 of them owing to defective examina tion by all the authorities of the patent office, and 124 of them on account of evidence brought to light of which the patent office had no knowledge before granting the patents, Daring this pe riod K.2,000 patents were Issued. The chances of error are o many, the won der is that so few mistakes la-cnr. But this Is owing to the thoroughness with which investigations are made. Receipts anil Ki penditnres. The receipts of the patent office for the year !. wer l.-4.!72. the ex penditures l.lll.i.':n. Excess of re ceipts over expenditures, fll.S33. Pati-nttt North unci South. It is curious to note ihat in Northern Stntes. which have excellent systems of free schools, and where a high order of intelligence is general, the number of patents issued per capita of popula tion is much greater than elsewhere. In Alabama one patent was issued for every Iti.tt'Jii persons of the population, and in Illinois one for every l.itll. In M is si s.-ippi one was issued for every 22,-ti-ltof population, and in Massachusetts i tor every 1111. In South Carolina one patent is-iiod for every 2MH2. and in Connect iciit one for every !)7ii. North Carolina took one patent for every ID.o.'M of population, and Rhode Isl and one for every l.o42. Two thou sand four hundred and seventy-three patents were granted to citizens of other countries. .'i2i of them to Cauadu, 7."i7 to England, 271 for France, and ;7:! for Germany. Ceylon, China, Cape Colony, Ecuador. Egypt, Natal, Peru, nuoeiislaud. and Tasmania took one each. Patent t.aws Are Modern. Is Is within a period comparatively recent that patent laws were first en acted. It is only 200 years ago that a plan was devised In England for grant ing patents, and in France the first patent law was enacted in 7'.'l. Such regulations were wholly unknown to the ancient world, and our own patent laws rest not upon any rules or cus toms which preceded them, but upon a statute of 17'.l, less than a century old, amended and altered from time to time. The principle is that an inventor who will ti ll the public all about his discovery shall have vested in him, for a certain period, a right to manufac ture and control bis Invention for his own profit, but. at the expiration of that period, the Invention ijhall become public property. lu this manner Inge nious persons are encouraged to exer cise their ability, by 'the stimulus of large reward, which even a limited monopoly must yield for a really valu able article. Benefits of Invtn ion, As a people we possess creative tal ent in a very high degree, and In this respect the Aryan differs from the Mongol, w ho seems to be merely Imi tative. The inventions of this century have added enormously to the com forts, of the nice. Three hundred years ago titled personages in England did not have the corn forts now en Joyed by our laboring classes. In sub jecting nature to his uses, and. by means of mechanism, so largely In creasing the possible work of his hands, the inventor has been able to aid enormously In Improving; the food, clothing, and shelter of his kind. A fragile woman can now attend to the guidance of H.fiiiO spindles In a cotton mill, every one of these spindles doing more and better work than her grand mother did with a spinning wheel. One woman can now attend to knit ting machines which will turn out (KM) pairs of socks a day, better far and more evenly knit than those her grand tnoihei made by hand, ut the rate of one pair In a fortnight. Four times the present adult male population of the globe, serving as porters every day in the year, could tint carry the freight now moved by the railroads of this country alone. These are Illus trations of the manner in which ma chines and devices for doing work have emancipated the enlightened na tions of the earth from physical bon dage. China, representing one-tlilrd of the whole human race, takes out only one patent in this country during lS'.i:;. The Mongol Is Industrious to a degree of which we hardly dream. He works l!li."i days in a year, and 15 hours) a day for a scanty subsistence, lie Is poorly clad and Imperfectly nourished, for he depends wholly upon his hand labor. When he can adopt Western science and Western inventions, as he certainly w ill do, aud is already doing In Japan, he will easily increase Ills products many fold ami largely add to his comfort. The hope of wise men among oriental peoples Is that they may soon avail themselves of the In ventive and directive talent of West ern nations like ours, for lu this way alone will they be able to rise "From their dead selves to higher things." With the rapid ndoptlnn of agricul tural machinery by the brown and yellow races, as well as by the Aryans of all Europe, we are confronted with some grave problems. Cheap Oriental labor, aided by our machinery, must Inevitably cheapen the products ot the soil, and, as prices are now determined by the world's markets, our grains must meet with such competition as to still further reduce their selling price. If our agriculture is crippled, all our business Interests will be crippled. Some thinkers express the opinion that the onward march of civilization Is soon to be checked by uncivilized and half-civlllzed peoples, and that when our aggressive energy Is thrown back upon Itself, state socialism will follow, bringing with It Inevitable stagnation and a marked deterioration. No doubt, there will be a struggle between (he Aryan and the Mongol for supremacy, and the result cannot be predicted. A thousand years hence the Mongol, or even' a mixed race, may be tn control of the world's affairs. Statistic. A careful analysis of the patents Is sued by our government during 1803 rsTeals much that Is curious, Impress ive, and Instructive. The word "bed" Is the first sue In the titles of 121 pat ents, sgalnst 107 for the previous year, 31 were (or bedsteads, 28 for folding beds, 10 for bed springs, and IB for bed bottoms. The bicycle was awarded j 1W pMlents. against l'iT for (he previ ous year and 1! of these were for sad dles. Two hundred and fifty four pat ents were awarded for vehicles of this sort, oue for s unicycle. 7 for tricycles. 27 for cycles, and 75 for velocipedes, against 27'i for the previous year. Eighteen kinds of Isdlers took 1K7, against 11 for the preceding year; 00 of these were for furnace boilers. The lxittle. inclusive of 2.'! stoppers and machinery for making, washing, and filling, took 87 patents, against los, for the previous year. Fifty nine kinds i of "boxes" were given 20.5 patents, against 24'5 for the preceding year, and 14 classes of braces m-eded "'' patents. "rakes and Cars. Thlrty-fo'ir kinds of brakes seem to have needt'l 228 patents, against 22i for the previous year. 8 of them being for car brakes and 41 for vehicle and wagon brakes. The word "brick" is the first one In the titles of 02 patents, against lof for the previous year. 24 of these being for brick machines, and 2,'i for brick Uiins. Twenty-one kinds of burners were awarded 111 patents, against 120 for the previous year; l'.t of these were for oil burners, 25 for gas burners, and IS for hydro-carbon burn ers. The titles of 75 patents begin with the word "button." and include ma chines for making Hint useful article. The word "car" is the leading one In l.ofii titles of p:ents, against 819 for the previous year; 400 of these are for car couplers. :io for car brakes. 2d for car wheels, and fi for vestibules. The word "cash" begins the titles of 1.T2 patents, against 100 for the pre vious year; .'! of these were for reg isters and 41 for registers and Indicat ors. The churn, which lias been pat ented several thousand times, found room for (iti new patents, cider mill for 4, while cigars, cigar lighters, and cigar bundling machines received f2. For the further encouragement of juve nile depravity 11 new cigarette ma chines were patented. Corn is the first word in the titles of ISO patents, corset In 2.",. and the word "cotton" Is the leading one In .7.) patents. Thirty-eight different kinds of coup lings were given 54.') patents. 401 of thcm being for car couplers. Three hundred and thirty car couplers were patented in 18P2. For some years car couplers have been patented at the rate of S per wvok. Electricity, Electrical patents for the year reach ed the large nitnilier of l,(il5, against l,04;i for the year 18U1. Fnder the head of magnets and magnetism, and under appliances which are closely re lated to those of au electrical nature, we find 1508 additional patents which would not be out of place under the heading electricity. These SOS patents would increase the total to 1,02.'!. These patents include .everything relating to electric roads, batteries, electric light ing, electric signaling, the telephone and telegraph, electric motors, switch es, etc. For fences and fence material and machines for making fences liiti patents were awarded against 102 for the previous year, and 182 for the year 1S91; 47 of these were for wire, and 25 for fence posts. Fifty-one kinds of furnaces took 227, against 211 for the previous year, and 159 for 1891; of these 30 were boiler furnaces, 12 hoi air furnaces, and 15 smoke-consuming furnaces. The word "gas" begins the titles of 215, against 178 for the pre vious year, and 157 for 1891, a large majority of these patents being for Im provements in devices for manufactur ing gas, for meters and lighters. Not withstanding the rapid introduction of electric lights, there is an actual In crease in the amount of gas consumed. Harvesters. How engine governors could secure n.S patents is no greater mystery than the fact that they took 37 the previous year. The titles of 93 patents begin with the word "grain" and include 20 grain binders and 10 drills. Patents of this character numbered 89 in 1892 and 112 in lS'.it. Harvesters of all kinds got 99 patents, against 122 for the year lie fore; 28 of these were for corn harvest ers. Thirty-one kinds of "heaters" ob tained 105 patents, against 174 for the previous year. The boot and shoe and machines for making and trimming them required 25 patents; hay stackers and loaders, cutters and presses 7"; the hinge 55, against 50 for the year before. Knitting machines mid devices were given 70 patents, against 82 for the pre vious year. The knob and its attach ments obtained 21 patents, and the lad der (VI. The lamp obtained 301 patents, or half a dozen for every week in the year, 70 of these being electric arc lamps, and 34 for improvements upon the in-candi-scent lamp. ' Three hundred and twenty-eight patents upon lamps were awarded in 1892, and 285 In 1891. From Iocks to Music. Thirty-six different kinds of locks re ceived 227 patents, against 274 for the preceding year, and 222 for 1S91. The locomotive obtained 8t patents against 71 for the previous year. The loom, supposed to be as perfect as human In genuity could make It, took 151 pat ents, against 115 for the year before, and 140 for 1891. Eubrleators obtain ed 81 patents, against 47 for the pre ceding year. The T.'ord "metal" be gins the titles of 111 patents, against 102 for the preceding year. Fourteen kinds of meters took 55 patents, and milk cans, coolers and milkers took 38, while 20 kinds of mills fok 170. Min ing devices needed 77 pstents. Motors had 30 varieties, which required 157 patents, against 130 foi the previous year. Mowers of various kinds ob tained 51 patents, agallwt 47 for the preceding year. The word "music" stands first In the titles of 83 patents, against 80 for the previous year. These patents were largely up-D musical In struments. Paper end Rail wars The word "nut" stands first In tns titles of 102 patents, 68 f them being for nut locks. Under the beading "oil" we Pin! a record of f,S patents, and on, del the word "ore" 87, against 99 for the previous year. I'uder "paper." 14tJ. patents are recorded, against 174 for i he previous year, and 183 for 1891. Fifty-six patent are recorded under phot, graphy. against 55 for the previ ous year. The piano called for 60 pat ents, against 78 for the year before. The plow, generally understood to lm practically perfect. PK.k 118 patents, against 149 the previous year. Thirty six kinds of presses obtained yi pat-cut-, while under "printing" 111 are re corded, against 128 for the preceding year, ("nder the heading rails and rail ways, and devices relating to railways, we tint! 735 patents, or 2 patents a day for every day of the year, against 523 for the previous year. These patents are for rails, joints, shoes, signals, con duits, switches, frogs, spikes and ties. Prom Kuken to Typewriter Eight kinds of rakes were give., pat ents, ami rel'rigeiaiors took 72, against 50 for the preceding year. The word "saw" is the tirst one in the titles of 101 patents, against 153 for the previous year. The se.'. ing machine conies in for 144. against 181 for the previous year, and lso for the year 1891. Nineteen kinds of springs took 100 patents, stamps and stamping de vices took 4o. stone making machinery 17, aud under tides, whose leading word is "steam." we find a record of 159 patents, against Hi5 for 1892, and 1! for 1891. All kinds of stoves obtained 104 ia tents, against 137 for the pre vious year. Three patents were issued for tile telautograph, 58 for Improve ments in Hie telegraph, against 59 for the previous year; 10(5 for the telephone, against 89 for the year before. The word "tire" stands first in the titles of 108 patents, against lit! for 1892, and 159 for is'.H. "Tobacco" is the first word in 51 titles of patents, against ex actly the same number for the year be fore, and 14 of these patents are for the tobacco pipe. Seventy-one patents were issued under the head of toys, 5 less than for the previous year. The word "trolley" begins the titles of 50 patents, against 38 for the preceding year. Under the word 'truck" 81 patent:-; arc recorded, 30 of these being for iniTirovemonts uiion car trucks, t'ndet the word "trunk" 33 pat n'.s W 're glvea The word "type stands nrsi in me titles of 34 patents, and under "type writer" 130 are recorded, against 17S for 1892 and 192 for the year 1.891.. V. The Vulva und iSitlier; " The valve took 225 patents, against S'S for 1892, and 212 for the year 1891. Fnder the head of "vehicle" we have a record of 180 patents, against 159 for the year before. These patents include those for vehicle springs, wheels, brakes, running gear, etc. The wagon took 120, agaiust 8(3 for the previous year. Washing machines and devices took 99 patents, against 83 for 1892 and 128 for 1891. The watch and watch machinery found room for 77 pateuts, against 71 for the previous year, and 111 for 1891. Under the head of "water," including motors, heaters, wheels, closets, coolers, etc., we litid a record of 157 patents, against 174 for the previous year. Windmills took 54 patents. The word "wire" Is the lead ing one in the titles of 104 patents, against 134 for the previous year. Pat ents upon wood-working machines num ber 47, against 147 for the year before, aud 3 were given upon the zither. , , DUAXE DOTY, CHINESE LADIES IN SOCIETY. They Were Not ICmbarrnBsed at All and Had a Lively Time. Although Washington has become somewhat accustomed to seeing Chi nese women, since two successive min isters of China have brought their wives with them to the legation at Washington, Chinese women are still objects of great curiosity in the city. A few days ago there was a musical reception at one of the most attractive houses, and among the guests were two, Chinese ladies. They were the daughters of the Chi nese Consul General at New York, and they were accompanied by their father, a tall, corpulent mandarin in ample garments of light blue silk, and by an interpreter of the Chinese legation, who was garbed in somewhat demure ap parel of dark-blue. The ladies entered the house with heavy wraps over their house clothing, and, having hobbled to the dressing apartments for they both had crumped feet they reappeared in odd blouses of figured silk and Willi flowing dark-bluo. skirts that just revealed ample trousers. One of the holies was decidedly Mon golian in features, but the other was small and decidedly pretty. Both wore their hair In a way common to a native and inexplicable to Americans. Having greeted the elegantly gowned' hostess with the fashionable high shako of the hand, they stopped long enough to chat a little, employing the Interpre ter to convey their message of cere mony. Then they found seats with the finely dressed ladles In one of the parlors, lis tened to the music with attention, and1 npphiuded when the others did so. When they left they told the hostess It Is to be assumed that the music was "too lovely," and that they were de lighted to have had so pleasant an even ing. They went away, after a repeti tion of the high hand-shake. And they were not embarrassed for an Instant- New York Times. Gold in the Ocean. That gold should exist In the ocean, Is an Induction that Dr. Henry Wurta claims to have presented In 188(1, and In 1872 the discovery was announced) by R. Ronstadt A careful compute tlon with the best data obtainable, onj the basis f 0.0 grain of gold per ton on, sea water, about the proportion aaM signed by Ronstadt, shows that thai great ocean should contain gotd to th amount of over ,O0O,Ot,OTO,0O0,00au The getting of soon of this by slsctroi lysis, Dr. Wurtx new predicts, will ba one sf the prsbleins of tbs fata rib in in mme; " ... ; I. Br.HJ--!-"-
