Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, July 27, 1893, Image 3
Edgefield Advertiser
THURSDAY, JULY 27,1893.
L0GAL2 BREVITIES.
Miss Gertie Strom is visiting
friende in Pickens.
The city of Augusta use's sixty
two tim* of ice daily.
Splendid rains m this -vicinity'
on Tuesday afternoon of this
week...
A watermelon weighing seventy
.ive pounds was sent ; to President
. uieveland last week by a firm in j
Augusta.
Mr. Wallace Townsend, wife,
and child, of Ninety Six, are
visiting relatives and friends in
Edgefield and vicinity.
?President L. P. Harling calls a
meeting Of the Confederate survi
vors for the first Monday in Au
gust, the 7th day of the month.
Sydnoy Smith 8aid of .himself j
with his usual wit : "The. whole of j
**my life has been passad away like
a razor-in hot water ora scrape."'
Mr. and Mrs. F. Er Schumpert j
and Mr.- F. L. Schumpert, who)
have been visiting Mr. John .E.
Schumpert, of our town, have re
turned to their respective homes.
Miss Maggie Foster, daughter of
Dr. W. H. Foster, of Angusta, died
at her home in that city on Satur
day last. Miss Maggie-was well
known and much admired in Edge
field.
There wil* be a competitive ex
amination for a scholarship in
Converse College at this place on
the'2nd day of August, next Tues
day, by order of School Commis
sioner Davenport.
The county democratic execu
tive committee and members of J
the legislature are called to meet |
at this place on Saturday, the 5th
of August. See Chairman Tim
merman's notice.
A farmer tells us that laBt year|
he made a $100 store debt, and
this year his store account is 75
cents. The sort of frugal manage
ment, in the long run will do this
country ten .timeB as much good as
the free coinage of silver.-Easley
Democrat.
In another column Messrs. A. S.
Tompkins, W. States Jacobs, and
J. D. Holstein call a meeting of J
former students of the South Caro
lina College, thepurpoBe being to
organize a County Alumni Asso
ciation. Time for the meeting is
next Saturday, July 29th.
Some one asked the other day
^i?wej>ver saw ? good farmer. who
"was a poor man, and we have been
-looking around and thinking eyer
since, and cannot yet put our
hands upon one. We wonder if
there is nota .moralin this, some
where? Ex.
"There is a new sleeve that is
called shiver-sleeve. It is for even
ing wear and is made of lace or
chiffon ruffles on a gauze founda
tion. They are so light and airy
that when the wearer moves they
all tremble and flutter. Sometimes
the whole gown is made of these
gossamer ruffles.
The Easley Democrat aays : How
about your hog crop ; -are yor care
ing for it as you ought to ; its of
more importance to you than your
cotton crop; remember you have
had to eat tough bread, and sopped
but one gide of it, and season your
beans with old meat skins culled
out of the barrel of soap- grease all
because you did not look well to
your hog crop last year and the
year before.
8. S. Convention.
The Sunday-school Convention
will meet at Republican Church
on Tuesday and Wednesday, the
2nd and 3rd of August. Rev. J. P.
Mealing writes that the Bible les
son for the convention will consist
of those passages of scripture
which teach the obligations and
duties of Christians to their God,
to the church, to the world, and to
themselves. Mr. Mealing requests
that all expecting to attend will
look out and mark the texts that
teach the obligations and duties,
so that they may turn to and read
them in answer to inquiries under
these heads. The object of this
plan is to impress the mind with
Bible requirements.
Dispensary Sales.
The sales at the Dispensary in
our town are very small, probably
not more than one-fifth the aggre
gate sales per diem under the old
bar-room regime, and we haven't
seen anybody on a tare since the
first of July, except o?e mun, and
he was on a tare because he
couldn't get enough liquor to get
on a tare. This is how it stands
in Edgefield. In Charleston the
Rev. Mr. Ramsay, of the Citadel
Square Baptist Church, gave the
following figures in a sermon last
Sunday week:
"To show what the law has ac
complished in criminal circle, I
went to the police books, and here
is a comparative table showing the
arrests and convictions for being
drunk and disorderly between the
1st and 15th of July : .
1887-11 white, 8 colored; to
tal 19.
1889-25 white, 17 colored; to.
tal 42.
. 1890-14 white, 15 colored; to
tal 29.
1893-5 white, 1 colored ; to
tal fr
The 4th of. July is included in
thisai;d this is a practical demon
stration that the law is going to
be made a success in our midst."
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August Court.
Our August court will. con\
on next Monday week,. Aug- 7^
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Teacher Wanted.
Mr. J. J. Camp, State Line; S
wants a teacher, male or fem
for two months. Write to him
Presbyterian Service.
Next Sunday, the fifth Su~
in the month, tnere will be serv
at our Presbyterian Church in
morning, afternoon, and at nij
Don't; - -
Don't buy whiskey from the I
pe'nsary* for anybody but youre
Cf you do"yo'U're Violating the
and subjecting yourself to puni
ment. . "* - .'.
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Joined tbe Church1. * ;j 4? V J
Miss Minnie Lanham, sec<
laughter of Mr. " T? G. Lanhi
joined the Presbyterian Cnn
[ast Sunday and was baptised
-he pastor, Rev. W. S. Jacobs.
rue Barroom Men. -
Mr. Chas. A. Cobb remains w
is; Messrs. McHugh Bros. hi
noved to Savannah; Mr.-Plu
aas gone to Dswson, Ga., aud ]
Henry Ke?rsey is clerking at**
Dispensary.
Sease-Catigbman' "
Married, in St. Marks Chur
Edgefield county, Thomas S. Sea
Esq., of Newberry county, a
Miss Lula J. Caughman, daugh
)f Mr. John C. Caughman ,i
Edgefield county. #
If You Want .
A cane mill, a cotton gin
jress, a steam engine, or any ki
>f machinery built or repaired
ihort order at cheap rates, alwa
*et the figures of the old reliai
lombard Iron Works and Supj.
3o., Augusta, Ga. *
Seech Island vs. Edgefield.
To-morrow, Wednesday, aft<
loon, there will be a game of bai
)all between the Beech Island a:
?dgefield clubs. The game w
)e played in. a field beyond t
.ailroad trestle. The Beech Islai
)Oys come up to-day, Tuesdt
Charlie Dobson loping at the he
>f the gang.
Dbe Baby Show.
Miss Lou P. Gary requests us
iay that the baby show that w
)ostponed on account of the.ra
viii be held in Oakley Park, We
?esday. July 26th, from 5 to 9
lt. All who promised to send the
ittle ones are urged to do so wit
M|t fail, as|every child in Edgefie
hould be present. Light ref res!
nents will be served.
low Hot it Was.
Monday of this week was d
idedly the hottest of tba series
tot days this summer. The the
nometer went up as high as 9'
n many places iff- town, and :
ir. Brooks Mayson's law office
an up to 115?, trying to get as hig
,s friend Brooks, we suppos
tuesday, day cracked with tl
hermpmeter at 90?.
?ext Dime Reading:. -\
The nexUDime ' Reading, und<
he auspices of Mrs. Shaffer, wi
ie- in. the Academy on Monda
tight, the 31st inst. The programn
s very interesting and will far e:
eed and over-top any yet givei
jet the little ones bo encourage
?y a generous outpouring of oi
>eople. Should the weather.be ba
>n Monday night, the entertaii
nent will be postponed until tl
?ext night.
Military Reunion.
There will be a big military r<
inion at Trenton at an early dat
}en Fitzhugh Lee, of Virginia, hi
iccopted an invitation to be c
land, and other notables are e:
>ected. This reunion is lo be ui
1er the auspices of the Cape:
Light Infantry. This is what tl
liken Times says, but we ha's
rory grave doubts as to Fitzhug
l?ee's coming down hore to tali
>art in it. *- .- .
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Edgefield at Clemson.
"The following young gontleme
>f Edgefield county have matriel
ated at Clemson College : E. 1
Boatwright, Richard S. Blackwel
irV. Vance Bussey, Sam T. Carte
Wm. G. Blackwell, Mack H. Dea
fancy H. Harris, Jos. H. Padget
lohn P. Nixon, Robert J. Parki
iVm. P. Parks, Leroy A. Werti
lohn W. Coleman, Jesse F. S tom
?rank G. Tompkins, B. R.Tillmai
falter E. Perry, J. R. William
J. S. Yeldell, J. W. Pitts, J. ?(
Self.-21.
Fury for First Week.
? W Crawford, W A Reynolds,
tfV T Kinard, S H Hol son,
r W Thrailkill, C Ward,
E J C Havird, W H Nixon,
ETenry T Forrest, S W Miller,
E H Black, Jas P Corley,
S S Hill, . J P Harling,
T M Bates, A S Holmes,
T H Derrick, J M Wright,
M M Payne, E M Horn,
F L Gilchrist, Giles Chapman,
W H Langley, P N Lott,
Fhos Whittle, B L Kinard,
T J Taylor, J P Kinard,
Ralph Grant, P B Day^
T M Proctor, J B Cartledge,
M M Brown, W C Hart, , ,
vV W Brooks, B W Christian.
'Rattlesnake" Bob Gardner.
.'Rattlesnake" Bob Gardner wa
in town on Monday. "Rattlesnake
las just returned from Charlestoi
sphere he has been hunting tiger'
Bis. experience in that city wa
unique, not to say startling. H
ran down and caged thirteen o
the animals in one day. Tnif
however, was the biggest day'
work he did. Bob gets his trim
?lings from the color of hi
breeches, the ones he wears whei
bunting the tigers. The News an<
Courier says that these breeche
are so life-like that one could se
Bob half way across Edgefieh
county. Bob wears them, howevei
Bimply and purely that he ma
strike terror into the hearts o
evil-doors. He says that, "whei
a blind tiger lays his eyes on therj
breeches, he kerflumucks."
TO THE WOBLD'S PAIE,
By Way of Atlanta, Chattanooga?
and Cincinnati-A Charming
Description of the Trip to
the "White City."
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Chicago, 111., July 17, 1893. |
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my" Ppare time in-writ?u'^to you."-.
After leaving home Tuesday
morning, July ll, and Augusta at
12 M. the same .day, we reached
Atlanta late in the afternoon and
stopped at the Kimball House.
ATLANTA.
. The trip from Augusta to Atlanta
was uneventful. The most notable
attractions along the way were
Alexand?r Stevens's home at
Crawford ville, a plain wooden
house, with a marble statue of the
"old commoner" in the front yard ;
then Stone Mountain, bleak and
bare, not green and picturesque
like the mountains in Virginia;
then Senators Gordon and Col
quit's residences in the suburbs of
Atlanta at Edgewood; these were
wooden buildings of modern struc
ture, large and imposing, with
beautiful grounds. The Kimball
is the finest hotel in the city, eight
stories high and elegantly fitted
up in the latest modern style
splendid rooms, fine fare, and
baud of music to regale the guests
the House.
Uncle B. took us on an electric
car ride down Peachtree street
where are some of the finest resi
dences I ever saw. Many of them
are solid granite, some wooden
structures,-and most of them real
palaces.
A good many of the prominent
people of Atlanta live on this
street, Grady's widow, Ben Hill's
widow, Frank E. Block, Hemphill,
orter, and others. Nearly all the
streets are paved with asphalt.
We spent the night at the Kim
ball and left early next morning
for Chattanooga. ;
CHATTANOOGA.
The country along the way be
came more hilly and more pictures
que ; the fields looked green and
pretty, and the scenery v^ry inter
esting.
At Chattanooga we found our
selves among the mountains.
Chattanooga is a busy bustling
place and is said to have made
great progress since the war. It
has a good deal of the Western
push and enterprise, but has not
yelleen 'eh^^?h^ti ?ii? i>??ut?
fle?Siie Atl?rM^ ^ * jj
During our shoitstay the prin
cipal attraction to us was Lookout
Mountain. It is six or seven miles
out. To reach this we took a car
on the inclined railroad, which
goes up the side of the mountain
In some places it is nearly perpen
dicular, but is perfectly safe, not
more danger than in going up an
elevator in a hotel. The cars are
pulled up by a cable worked by
machinery. From the top of Look
out the scenery is grand. Our
guide pointed out to us .some of the
famous battlefields-Missionary
Ridge, Battle of the Clouds, Cb\c:
amauga, and others. We could
see over into several States. The
view in the valley below and
throughout the country around was
the finest I ever saw. We went to
the famous new Lookout Inri, a
magnificent hotel perched on the
mountain: &p f here we, ^epent sev
eral delightful and pleasant hours.
.CINC?NN?TTL
Returning to Chattanooga we
took a sleeper over- ?he Cincinnati
Southern Railroad-for "Cincinnati,
au all night trip. As.we wunt over
this section during ?the;higlft we'
did not see the country, with its
celebrated scenery, until we ap
proached near Cincinnatti in the
early morning. We arose in time
to see the^sun, rise'^ jbn the Ohio
river, and that alone almost repaid
us for what we .ba^rnissed seeing
during the night. At frrst the river
was covered with a heavy fog,
which wac soon dispelled by the
rays of the sunlight. As we ap
proached -Ci^cSrinati we .crossed
the-greatr ?io?1 bridge that spans
the Ohio. The city at first looked
dirty and smoky from the numer
ous manufacturing establishments.
This impression vanished when
we entered the busy city with its
teeming population hurrying to
and fro. We stopped at the Grand
Hotel, and judging from its char
acter it has the right name.
We took a cable car to Mount
Auburn and visited the Zoological
gardens, where we saw the elephant
and all his kin-bears, tigers,
giraffes, sea lions, etc., besides a
w f*. J.' - ' ? f * < Bi*' ' "
variety - pf. birds. : The place "is.
beautiful and ft* is ? "splendid
afternoon resort for city people and
visitors. t
The city proper is in a valley
overlooked by high hills. The
hills are occupied by a great num
ber of fine residences. They are
exceedingly magnificent. Many
of them are almost concealed by
t]
>eautiful trees and vines, reinind
ng me of the description that I
lave read of old German castles
Cincinnati is, a place of great
wealth and progress. Our stay in
his citv was very pleasant mdeed.
ON TO CHICAGO.
We left Cincinnati at 8 o'clock
i'riday morning and travelled all
lay. I was delighted with the
lountry. Its wheat fields are per
ectly beautiful. They cannot be
?rpaBs?d. The country is very
eve! and as far as the eye could
each there are fields of waving
,Tain. I don't understand why.
cany of our farmers don't seek
hese rich lands of the Wesi?where
?lenty seems to be "smiling o'er
he land."
About ll o'clock we reached
ndianapolis-the home of the
x-President. We were anxious
o get a view of his house, but our
rain did not pass near it. I heard,
hough, that it was only au ordi
tary wooden building.
Situated in the geographical
entre of the State of Indiana is
. monument to the U. S. -soldiers,
t is not yet completed and has
lready cost a hundred and fifty
housand dollars. .
All along the road I noticed the
?edge fence', s?me ?f which we
ave Bt&Tted^t^o^e. ^b^y are
irgely used in Indiana and are a
reat success. They seem to serve
s well as wooden or iron fences I
aw some at least twenty feet high,
'hat is some encouragement for
ur home hedgers.
Towards evening;we approached
tie great city of Chicago and soon 1
aund ourselves in the Union
epot with7 fifteen or twenty other
rain"? rattling and whistling <
round us. 1
Dusty and tired we immediately 1
aught a hotel, which after some
rouble we found. We are at the
aimer House, a fine hotel cen
rally located.
Monday we will commence our
>ur through the Fair, of which I '.
ball try to write in my next letter,
wish all Edgefield could be here.
MAMI? J.' NORRIS.
Parksville Items.
MR. EDITOR : The sun continues '.
) shed its rays upon this section, .
euee it has become very dry and 1
ot, yet notwithstanding the hot
nd dry weather crops are hopeful, 1
mecially when they are so well
ired for as those of Mr. L. T.
Carmon, J. L. Stone, and others .
round the town of Parksville.
es, Mr. Editor, it would be de- 1
ghtful and beneficial to those
ho are interested in agricultural
ursuits to visit the farm . of Mr. 1
i.T. Harm?n and catch on to his
?anner of cultivating and terrae- 1
ag his farms, and if you would
ike to enjoy a nice dish of beans
e (Mr. Harmon) can furnish <
ou along that line, for he uses his
srraces to raise beans instead of
ay.
The health of the community is
a general very good.
That very estimable lady, the
rife of Rev. B. 0. Berry has been
ritically ill, but under the skill
11I treatment of Dr. D. A. J. Bell
3 convalescent, and we hope to '.
now of her speedy recovery to :
sual health at an early day. . 1
Mrs. T. R. Whatley and children
re off for the mountains to spend ,
be summer with relatives and 1
riends, and Mr. Whatley in her 1
bsence seems to be very dull and
a low spirits, yet we hope that
'hen the odor that arises from the
?any dead "rats" that were slain
a the depot a few days ago, and
rere left without form or ceremony
long the railroad just in front of ',
be Doctor's drugstore, ceases to
ise. he will take on new life and
e cheerfal again.
Providence permitting, the Meth
dist pulpit of Parksville will be
lied on the 16th inst, by the Rev.
). D. Dantzler and a great many
f us expect to enjoy his visit, also
0 appreciate his eloquent sermon,
s he is said to be one of South
Jarolina's most talented ministers.
EUPHUES.
Parksville, S. C.
Reported Caucus.
A secret and very closely
guarded caucus is reported
0 have been held in a
?rivate room in this city last week.
Jen. H. L. Farley, Senator M. C.
Sutler, Hon. Geo. D. Tillman,
bs. W. Barnwell, Esq., and Mr.
. H. Tillman are the persons said
0 have been engaged in it. Notti
ng transpired to reveal irs pur
ioses or results.-Aiken Times.
Differences of opinion, and con
licts in consequence of such dif
erences, are not to be deplored as
,n unmixed evil. There is no
ure progress of truth except
hrough;-d?fferences and conflicts,
t is a venerable maxim that "no
rortn is so pernicious as a calm,
.nd no enemy is so dangerous as
.s having none." There is uo .'case
if despondency in the mere fact
hat the friends",1 of truih are in
harp conflict at any crisis any
lour in the world's history.-Ex.
Notes fro*-' -ne. Greek.
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MR. EDITO The farmers were
made glad recently by a refresh
ing shower. We have had one
drown and two burns, and without
a miraculous change the crops are
going to be the shortest that we
have had for some years. We are
trying to entertain a view that they
will be better than the outlook
warrants.
The Sunday School convention
which was held at Richland
Springs was well attended and all
enjoyed themselves very much it
seemed. The reports of the many
8ohools which were represented
were good indeed. All reported
that they were doing a good mis
sion work. The different questions
that were brought before the con
vention were discussed with great
interest. The great corps of speak
ers which were present did their
best to exhaust the subjects, so far
as their ability went ;. and the
ability was good, you know, when
such men as Revs. Wingo and
Boldridge spoke, and many more
too numerous to mention. In short,
everything was carried out for the
advancement of the Sunday school.
The next convention will bo held
at Red Bank Church, where it is
hoped there will be great interest
manifested and much good done
for the cause.
Mr. J. H. Lewis is teaching
school at Pine Grove. Mr. Lewis
is a fully competent teacher since
taking a course at Nashville.
Protracted services will begin at
Richland Springs on the first Sun
day in August.
Some are beginning to discass
the whys and wherefores of the next
campaign. We think all would
do well now, according to the signs
of the times, to think deeply,
where and how am I to get the
money to pay my debts and then
have a fair, honest, and decent liv
ing left. This would be wise in
these surroundings, I don't know
bow it is elsewhere.
JOHN BLAKE.
. Mine Creek, S. C.
Union Meeting.
The Union Meeting of the 1st
Division of the Edgefield Baptist
Association will convene with Lit
tle Stevens Creek Church on the
fifth Saturday and Sunday in July
at 10 a. m.
Introductory sermon by Rev. P.
P. Blalock ; alternate, Rev. J. S.
Jordan.
Missionary sermon by Rev. J. Lj
Ouzts ; alternate, Rev. J. P. Meal
ing
-^The following queries will be
discussed :
)Vhat would be the permanent
effect of raising money for church
purposes, and other benevolent ob
jects by church sales, hot suppers,
etc.? Discussion to be opened by
Sumpter Lewis and Julian Hart.
2. Should a church leave it to
the conscience of the individual
member to say how much he must
pay towards the pastor's salary?
Speakers, Dr. J. H. Self and R. T.
Strom.
The following persons were ap
pointed to write essays on any re
ligious subject : Miss Lillie Faulk
ner, Mrs. Davis Padgett, W. A.
Strom, and W. J. Miller.
On Sunday afternoon the Rev.
J. S. Jordan will address the Union
on the freedom of thought and
conscience, as held by Baptists.
J. T. WHITE, Mod'r.
W. HAULING, Sec'ty.
The Union Meeting of the 3rd
Division of the Edgefield Baptist
Association will meet with the
Horns Creek Church on Saturday,
29th inst., at 10 a. m.
Introductory Sermon by Rev. J.
M. White.
Missionary Sermon by Rev. J.
P. Mealing.
SUBJECT :
Can we organize our country
churches into pastorates? Give the
best method to accomplish this
work. Speakers, J. D. Timmerman
and J. T. Mims.
G. W. TURNER, Mod'r.
P. B. LANHAM, Sec'ty.
BRETHREN : The churches com
posing this Union were not fully
represented at the last meeting.
We hope that each church will im
press upon her delegates the im
portance of the work of the Union,
and their duty to attend them.
This is our Master's work and
should not be neglected. Brothren,
this is a Macedonian call, come
out to the Union and help us. Lot
nothing hinder you. Heed the
call like Paul and Silas, for we
are persuaded that no such perse
cutions as theirs await you.
P. B. LANHAM, Sec'ty.
Bills of Sale and Mortgages of
personal and real estate for sale at
the ADVERTISER office.
Essex Pigs.
HAVE five pairs of Essex pigs that
I will sell for $5 per pair.
G. W. CROUCH,
Trenton, S. C.
Pigs for Sale.
FEW pigs for sale-$1.25 each.
THOS. JONES,
Edge?eld, S. C.
- Happy and content is a home with "The Ro
chester;" a lamp with the light of the morning
For Catalogue, write Rochester Lamp Co.,New
York.
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for Nothing.
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The Winner Has a Clear Gift of
a Small Fortune, and the Losers
1 Have Patents that may Bring
Them lu Stol more.
"Would you like to make twenty-five
hundred dollars? If you would, read
carefully what follows and you may
see a way to do it.
The Press Clams Company devotes
; much attention to patents. It has
handled thousands of applications for
inventions, but it would like to handle
thousands more. There is plenty of
inventive talent at large in this coun
try, needing nothing but encourage
ment to produce pratical results. That
, encourgement the Press Claims
Company proposes to give.
NOT SO HARD AS IT SEEMS.
A patent strikes most people as an
appallingly formidable thing. The idea
is that an inventor must be a natural
genius, like Edison or Bell; that he
must devote years to delving in
complicated mechancial problems and
that he must spend a fortune on
delicate experiments before he can
get a new device to a patentable de
gree of perfection. This delusion the
company 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, 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 Paten t.Offlce.
Edison says that the profits he has
received from the patents on all his
marvelous inventions have not been
sufficient to pay the cost of his ex
periments. But the man who conceived
the idea of fastening a bit of rubber
cord to achild.sball, so that it would
come back to the hand when thrown
made a fortune out of his scheme. The
modern sewing machine is a miracle
of ingenuity-the product of the toil
or hundreds of busy brains through a
hundred and fifty years, but the whole
brilliantresult rests upon the simple
device of putting the eye of the needle
at the point instead of at the other end.
THE LITTLE THINGS THE MOST VALU
ABLE.
Comparatively rew people ? regard
themselves as Inventors, butjalmost
everybody has been struck, at one
time or another, with ideas that seemed
calculated to reduce some of the little
frictions of life. Usually such are ideas
dismissed 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' backs?" exclaims the
traveler. "If I were running the road
I would make them in such a way."
/What was the man that made this
saucepan thinking of?" grumbles the
cook. "He never had to work over a
stove, or he would have known how it
ought to have been fixed."
"Hang such a collar button !" growls
the man who is late for breakfast "If I
were in the business I'd make buttons
that wouldn't slip out, or break off, or
gouge out the back of my neck."
And then the various sufferers for
get about their grievancet and begin
to think of something else. If they
would sit down at the next convenient
opportuni.y, 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 one who paten ted^the.fif teen
puzzle.
A TEMPTING OFFER."
To induce people to keep track of
their bright ideas and see what there
is in them, the Press. Claims Company
has resolved to offer a prize.
To the person whs submits to it the
simplest and most promising inven
tion, from a commercial point of view,
the company will give twenty-five
hundred dollars in cash, addition to
refunding the fees for securing the
patent.
It will also 'advertise the invention
free of charge!
This offer is subject to the following
conditions:!
Every competitor must obtain a
patent for his invention through the
company. He must first apply for a
preliminary search, the cost of which
will be five dollars. Should this search,
show his invention to be unpaintable
he can withdraw without further ex
pense. Otherwise he will be expected
to complete his application and take
out a patent in the regular way. The
total expense, including Government
and Bureau fees,will be seventy dollars.
For this, whether he secures the prize
or not, the inventor will have a patent
that ought to be a valuable property
to him. The prize will be awarded by
a jury consisting of ibree reputable
patent attorneys of Washington. In
tending competitors should fill out the
following blank, and forward it with
their application :
"--,-, 1892.
"I submit the within described in
vention in competition for the
Twenty-five hundred Dollar Prize
offered by the Press Claims Company.
? _?
NO BLANKS IN THI8 COMPETITION.
This is a competition of rather an
unusual nature. It is common to offer
prizes for the best story, or picture, or
architectural plan, all the competitors
risking the loss of their labor and the
successful one merely [selling his for
the amount of the prize. But the Press
Claims Company's offer is something
entirely different. Each person is
asked merely to help himself, and the
one who helps himself to the best ad
vantage is to be rewarded for doing it.
The prize is only a stimulus to do
something that would be well worth
doing without it. The architect whose
competitive plan fora club house
on a certain corner is not accepted bas
spent his labor on something of very
little use to him. But the person who
patents a simple and useful device in
the Press Claims Company's competi
tion' need not worry if he fail to secure
the prize. He has a substantial result
to show for his work-one that will
command its value in the market at
any time.
The plain man who uses any article
in his daily work ought to know bet
ter bow to improve it than the
mechanizal expert who studies it only
from the theoretieal point of view.
Get rid of the idea that an improve
ment can be too simple to be worth
patenting. The simpler the better. The
person who best succeeds in combining
simplicity and popularity, will get the
Press Claims Compay's twenty-five
hundred dollars.
The responsibility of this company
may be judged from the fact that its
stock is neld by about three hundred
of the leading newspapers of the
United States.
Address the Press Claims Company,
John Wedderburn, managa attorney,
918 FJstreet, N, W. Washington, p, 0.
t<Trie New York World" One Year,
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