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Corn is a vigorous feeder and responds well to liberal fertilization. On corn lands the yield increases and the soil improves if properly treated with fertilizers containing not under 7% actual Potash. A trial of this plan costs but little and is sure to lead to profitable culture. All about Potash?the results of its use by actual cx penmen on the best farms in the lb,in i Sr ifs- > old in a little b ok which we pub'ish and \*:il iad'v nail tree to any fanr.ci in Aiucra .1 \vh?> w.?l v it 4 r .t r.HUMAN KALI WbRKs, ... s:, v? \ -u '.'J * " " 4'V-? VIM. A GREAT SUCCESS. The Remarkable Progress of John Weclderburn & Co. In Spilo of tlio (Jeneral Stagnation in Iliisincss This Firm's ('limits Continue to Increase? Honorable Methods and Intelligent Enterprise Result in Publie Confidence?An Interesting Testimonial. (From Ualtiniore News, Thursday, April 15, 1897.) Washington, D. C., April 15.? In these days when depressed conditions mark almost all enter prises it is not remarkable that the success of one man should attract such general attention. The wonderful strides made within the past year or two by the well known patent firm of John Wedderburn & Co. have been noted by the most experienced business men uith astonishment, but an investigation of the methods which Mr. Wedderburn has employed furnishes the key to the mystery. Heretolure the patent business has been conducted on a comparatively small scale and by the use of methods which in these days must be said to be antiquated. Thus the entire expense of maintaining a patent agency has been borne by a small number of clients whose fees has been levied upon by the attorneys for a very considerable profit. Under such conditions it is not remarkable that but little progress should be made. Mr. Wedderburn has brought to his aid the most approved modern methods. Ilis ollice in Washington is within a few feet of the Patent Oflice and his force of more than 2."><) clerks is dis*i...i.v.i ?i. 1 ? _?? I I 1 1/(4 (tMl I 11 I UUU.IJ lllirc 1,11 m? l> li 1 HIings. This little army of employees is made up of the most skillful experts that generous salaries can hire and only work of the highest possible character is permitted to leave the ollice. In addition to his unusual facilities Mr. Wedderburn has placed his business before almost every inventor of the United 8tates through the medium of the newspapers, lie has in addition provided an endowment from which a handsome award of $150 in cash is made monthly to the inventor of the simplest and best device forwarded to the company. This award is similar in character to those made by the famous scientific societies of America and Europe, and is intended to enable the inventor fortunate enough to secure it either to develop his patent and place it on the market, to protect it in foreign countries, or to purchase a scholarship in one of the great industrial trade schools where the use of tools is taught in a thoroughly scientific ington,?>. C. "Gentlemen : You have been 80 highly spoken of to rae by my friends as men of 6trict integrity and prompt in all business matters that I do not hesitate to commend you to such of my friends who may need the advice and assistance of a reliable attorney. "Very truly yours, "A. E. Stevenson, "Vice-President United States." Scores of Senators and Representatives have gladly availed themselves of Mr. Wedderburn's recognized ability and integrity to refer to him the business of their constituents sent to them "for reference to reputable attorneys." i It is, perhaps, natural that Mr. i Wedderburn's success should be envied by some of his would be rivals whose business has suffered by the comparison with the enterprise, publicity and guaran teed fairness that have characterized the system pursued by his firm. His position as leader in his profession is so impregnable, however, that even his most unscrupulous detractors have been ' unable to successfully assail him. "Mr. Wedderburn's advent in the important lield of patent so11 "i t i n f? " l.oulin'j Woo kit- in a recent issue, "has done more ' than any other one thing to kill | of]' the so-called 'no-patent-nopay' attorneys who have been the bane of the guileless inventor from time immemorial. These J attorneys pretend to secure patents on contingent fees, hut they protect themselves by compelling the inventor to deposit in 1 some bank either suflieient cash i or good security to guarantee the payment of the lee as soon as the patent is allowed. This being done, the \no-patent-no-pay' at1 torney devotes all his energies to | securing a patent in the shortest possible space of time. As the government always strenuously contests every claim of a patent, these unprincipled solicitors waste no time in controversy with the examiners in the L nited States Patent Ollice, but promptly yield every point down to a single claim, which, if the manner and from which an inventor may graduate fully equipped to pursue his investigations ! in any direction of modern ap' plied science and entirely compe| tent to make with his own hands all the appliances, models, etc., he may require. The awarding of this handsome sum in cash is made monthly by a most distinguished board of prominent pub lie and business men composed of United States Senator William M. Stewart, Chairman ; Representative Claude M. Swanson, of Virginia, Mr. .John C.Eckloll,Cashier of the Second National Rank of ( j Washington; .Mr. Frederick E. Woodward of the well-known j firm of Woodward ifc Lothrop and ; Mr. A. C. Moses of the great husi; ness house of Win. R. Moses A* Sons. With their interests 111 the i hands of such a Hnanl nf Awards it goes without saving that tho inventors of the country feel entirely satisfied with the decisions rendered each month. Mr. Wedderburn's method of conducting patent business has drawn fortli many expressions of approval from prominent public men hundreds of whom are his personal friends. Quite recently so distinguished a public man as Vice-President Stevenson addressed the following letter to Mr. Wedderburn: "United States Senate Chamber, "Office of Vice-l'resident, "Feb. 2, 1897. '.Inhn V/i>(trtorhnrn A- Pn Wooh. government concedes, they make the basis of an application for allowance. The result is that the inventor, instead of securing a broad patent, covering his device at every point to protect him against infringement, obtains a one claim patent that is absolutely worthless, and which he could not dispose of at any price." Mr. Wedderburn is most vigilant in protecting the interests of his clients. A few weeks ago certain patent attorneys anxious to injure his business began to cirbulate malicious and defamatory reports regarding his method of; business. The purpose of these! slanders was to cripple his enterprise and strike a blow at the in reresis 01 ins eiicnrs. i\ir. weuderburn at once filed a suit for damages of $25,000 against C. A. Snow cV Co., and this suit is now pending in the courts of the District of Columbia. Mr. Wedderburn declares that lie will spare no expense to protect himself and his clients at all times and under all circumstances. There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other (lineups put together and until the Inst few yearn was supposed to I he Incurable. For a ere at many years doctors | pronounced it a local disease. and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly tailing to cure with local treatment, pronounced It in curable. Science has proven catarrh to ho a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall s Catarrh (lure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It Is taken Internally In doses from 10 drops to a teanpoouful. it acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system They offer one buttered dollars for any ease It falls to cure. 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Fitzsimmons is still to be heard i from. Fitzsimmons to-night declared that he meant to pay no attention to challenges from Corbott or any ! one else for a time, as ho had earned a rest and meant to have it. lie added, however, that ho proposed to follow Corbett's example as dictator of the prize ring, and his reply was that the latter should earn a reputation as a lighter instead jf a boxer before I ho presumed to challenge him. Two years ago It .1 Warren, a druggist at 1'leasant llrook, N. V . tsjutflit a small .supply of Chamberlain's Couith Itemedy. lie sums up tin- result as follows: "At that lime the goods with unknown in thlsaeeilon; to-day Chamberlulu's Cough Itemedy Is a household word." It Is tlio same In hundreds of communities. WhiTHver the good qualities of Chamberlain's Cough Keinedy hcromrit known On- people will have nothing else, l-'or sale bv .1 F. Marker Co. ami It. C. Hough & Co., I,auraster. s. C. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. 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If it were not for the ru our country roads would drain o nicely and be in good conditio the year round, but during tl wet season, especially in tl snrinc. nftpr (lio fmsf lnnv??o tl ground, the 1^ inch tiro whee act as a plow and find their wa some 8 to 12 inches into the soi The narrow tired wheels are b ing used in less numbers evei year, since the farmers fully rea i/.es the fact that, he must u< ; broad tires in order to lighten tl ! load for the horses, especial 1 over the soft meadows and Held Farmers would he only too wil ing to abide by the law by usin broad tires, providing the law ridigly enforced. The use of hro: tired wheels would enable tl farmer to haul heavier loads market, and where he now maki : three trips to transport the pr | duce to market only two won I e necessary. 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