Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1889, Page 11

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How Uncle Sam Passes on the ’ Claims of Inventors. j The Patent Office and Its Points of In- terest—The Routine Through Which an Application Goes—The Library and the Model Room—Odd Characters One Meets. —__ EXT April the patent office will celebrate its centennial, It wili bea hundred years old, and the big marble building up on F street will be gay with flags and bunt- ing. It is an interesting place to every Amer- ican, for within its walls is represented a cen- tury of wonderful pro- Gress. There is an at- mosphere of invention all about its wide halls, its busy rooms, and the people hurrying hither and thither attending to the needs of the great and increasing army of American in- ventors. Yankee ingenuity and Yankee clever- ness are proverbial all the world over, and here in this big building can be felt its very pulse beating and throbbing in the never-ceas- ing tide of ideas that many minds pour into it from all parts of the continent, stimula- tiou of these ideas is due in a great measure to the fostering care of the government, which protects with a strong hand the inventions of its people. This protection and encourage- ment is felt in every branch of the nation’s in- dustries. in every little village where an in- yentor lives, in every place where a man with ideas makes his home. The honor of founding the patent office be- longs to Thomas Jefferson, who,was the pro- jector of the patent system of the country and to the day of his death took a personal interest in its workings. He was an inventor himself, though he never applied for a patent. The vis- itor to Monticello is shown an easy chair which Jefferson made himself, and a door fastening, the principle of which is used to this day. For several years after the act establishing the de- partment went into effect Jefferson alone had the power of granting a patent, as he was Sec- retary of State, and that was one of his many prerogatives. The President and Attorney General were also obliged to affix their signa- tures to the document to make it of any use. After Jefferson became esident he did not have so much time at his disposal and his suc- cessor did not interest himself in the matter, so the duties of the office were assigned to A SINGLE CLERK, In those early days this clerk was not kept very busy. The first year there were but three patents granted outof five applications, so the clerk, Dr. Thornton, had plenty of time for diversion. He had a desk in the old State de- partment and many a day when the doctor had nothing to do he used to get out his fishing tackle and take a turn with the black bass and | | perch in the upper Potomac, for he was a dis- ciple of Izaak Walton. A queer character the good old doctor must have been, and for over a quarter of acentury he ruled the inventors of the country with almost autocratic power, His superior officers had the most implicit con- fidence in him and would sign every which he submitted without question. granted patents to whom he pleased and kep' back se that did not please him. From some he took fees and from others not, and | when he died his accounts were found to be in an extremely unsatisfactory condition, but no one blamed the good doctor or suspected him of wrong doing, for he died as poor as he had lived, He had lacked practical business knowl- | edge, like many another mun of science—that was all, He loved his patents like chil- en, and an* old clerk in the office to tell a good story of 1812, when the war with Great Britain was going on and the English had captured and were in pos- session of the city. They had set the Capitol on fire as well as the White House and the can- non were turned on the patent office and other buildings, The guns were just in front of the building, so the story runs, and firing was about frenzy, shouting “Are you Englishmen or only Goths and Vandals? This is the patent office, a depository of the ingennity of the American nation, in which the whole civilized world is interested, Would you destroy it? If so, fire away and let the charge pass through my body.” Whether or not the single eccentric clerk of | the patent office really did use such language is not known, but the office was not destroyed. AN INVENTOR. 1 When the office was removed from the State ; department it ocenpied a building on the site of the general post office for some years. This was just before the 1812 incident. Even at that time the ofice was of small pretentions and up to 1823 but 18i9 patents had been issued, a great majority of which were for agricultural implements, In these days more are issued every mouth than were issued during the first forty years of the republic. A MEMORABLE YEak in the history of the office was that of 1836, from which year the real organization of the bureau dates, Before that time it was in em- bryo and there was little system. It was in this year that the first commissioner was appointed, and though the bureau remained under the supervision of the State department it was more independent. In those days drawings were seldom used—at present they are used almost entirely—and models were required with every application for a patent. This was the case for many years afterward, but when in- yentors began to increase it was found that this plan was impracticable, and so the system of working drawings now in nse was adopted, although models in some instances where a better knowledge of the workings of the device is necessary are required. ‘THE FIRE oF 1836 was a most disastrons one for the patent office. A big appropriation had just been made by Congress to be used"in enlarging the work of the bureau when the fire destroyed over two thousand models as well as many valuable pa- pers, Among these latter was a yolume of original drawiugs by Robert Fulton, illustrat- ing his great mvention which was then revolu- tioniziug commerce. Many of the modes de- stroyed were replaced in after years and now occupy a place in the magnifi- cent mode! hall of the present building, which was commenced just previous to the breaking out of the war. Since then a number of wings have been added, forming a hollow square, in the center of which is s court, which forms a refreshing picture to the weary workers in the building. There was. ANOTHER FIRE in 1877, which originated in the model room, where there was an accumulation of over 200,000 models made of wood as dry as tinder aud only needing a spark to ignite. They had been placed in fragile cases made of light pine and the fire spread rapidly. It started in the morning and the clerks worked with a will to save the building. The fire was confined to the upper story of the western and northern wings, any of the models were burned. more ce- stroyed by the water and a number broken by falling timbers. This loss awakened the au- — to the benefits to be derived from the use o! THE SEW SYSTEM of preserving @ proper record of the patents issued. This system was already in use to a certain extent, but after the fire it became gen- eral, and now every patent issued has been hoto-lithographed, aud copies are kept on jo for distribution, This grown into an —— business, as esi meri a granted every year, These to-lithographs are uniformly 7 by liinches Heong and, beatles the drawings, a full description of the’ inven- tion is given, making « small gre From these littie books a good idea of the patent may be obteined, and they are of wonderful assistance to people unable to come to the cit to examine the various patents already grante. upon devices in which they are interested. ‘THE STORY OF A PATENT, How the application is made, how it is ex- amined, passed upon and pay granted or as the case be. and the reasons, Tess sense details in the tailing, Jest os hs time there is a great deal of complaint from inventors and attorneys that the bureau is slow 1m its work; but it is understood that Commis- sioner Mitchell has given some attention to the matter and proposes to do all in his power to rectify it. ‘The application for the issue of letters pat- ent come in to the commissioner by the score every day, by mail, by express and through at- torneys. First of all the little bundle upon which so much thought has been given, so much midnight oil consumed, passes into the hands of the financial clerk, whose duty it is to collect and account for the entrance fee of $15, which must in all cases accompany the applica- tion. Then he sends the drawings and specifi- cations to the application clerk, who makes a record of the name of the appli- cant, his residence, the title of the invention, name of attorney, day of receipt and the name of the examiner to whom it is reterred for action. Before the papers are forwarded to the examiner the drawings go to the draftsman’s division for inspection as to the mechanical execution, for a drawing must be clear before it is accepted. If upon exami- nation it is discovered that the drawing is de- fective the inventor is notified. On the other hand if found all right it travels back to the application room, where it is given a serial number and forwarded to the examiner in whose division it belongs. WITH THE EXAMINER. A patent examiner has of necessity to be @ man of more than ordinary acquirements. His is a most responsible position and it is his busi- ness to make himself fully acquainted with every application that is brought under his no- tice. To do this requires an immense amount of labor, for it is necessary that he study every invention bearing upon the case under consid- eration for the parpose of learning whether or not it conflicts with @ patent already issued either in this or any other country, Sometimes men attempt to steal other men’s ideas, and the examiner has to guard against this, If he dis- covers that there is a similarity in the applica- tion to some other already patented he has to point out this to the inventor or his attorney, and then ensues an argument that lasts some- times for months before the patent has been suiticiently modified so as not to conflict with the previous one, The position of patent ex- aminer is by no means a sinecure, He sits in the capacity of a judge over the patent on trial, he hears the speeches of counsel, he looks up his authorities and then he makes his de- cision. Whatever he decides is final, although there can be an appeal to the board ‘of exam- iners. Should an examiner make a mistake it might cause law suits costing thousands of dol- lars and extending over a period of years of litigation. There are thirty subjects of invention divided into eighty-eight classes, and assigned for ex- amination to the thirty examining divisions of the office in charge of the following examinera: Fox, Rice, MacLean, Pond, Burke, Antise!l, Skinner, Haines, Tryon, Sanders, Hyer, Augh- inbaugh, Jayne, Maxson, Hudson, Catlin (first assistant in charge), Cooke, Fowler, St Wilkinson, Randall, Seaton, Secly, Pi Wynne, G. D, Seely, Gould, Townsend, T Woodward. After examination, if the device is found patentable, the examiner forwards the papers to the issue division with his signature at- tached. After all minor mistakes have been corrected the papers then go to the drafting division where they are put in the file and re- turned to the issue division, ‘The patent is then allowed and the inventor notified of its allow- ance and issue upon the receipt of €20, the final fee, If the inventor ides to take the patent out at once he so no es the office and the specifications go down to the government printing office where they are pet in type and printed. ‘the drawings go to the lithographer and after completion the printed specitications nd drawings arc bound together aud may be d for 10 cents a copy ade out and signed by tl interior and Commissioner Mitchell. uge of an application to the harbor of is is a long and tedious one, somctimes requiriag years, SOME QUEFR CHARACTERS. The wide, well-lighted corridors of the patent office form a rich field for the study of human nature of the most remarkable kind and a day spent in wandering about them taking note of the visitors is by any means a profitiess one. Many of these inventors are rat tattered specimens, They come to the capital from every section of ‘the country and nearly ev one of them has a scheme in his head which is to revolution the world. They are all ani. ated with the spirit that permeated the body of Colonel Sellers. “Dhere’s millions in it.” ‘They say that theirs is the greatest invention of the age, but if you question them closely they will tell you confidentially that it needs money to push it. Their eyes flash when they taik about their inventions, and they are the most sanguine class of men’ imagii never doubting fora moment that their rts will be crowned with success, A great rendezvous for these frequenters of the building is THE SCIENTIFIC LIBRARY, Here they can sit from 9 until 4 overy day in the big, comfortable easy chairs and read what has been written of their hobby, hatch new plans and think out the problems that are buzz- ing in their brains. The library is one of the largest collections of books relating to applied science in this country. It comprises nearly 50,000 volumes, and besides all of the standard works, includes many of the periodicals devoted to the industries of the country. They are bound regularly every year. But by far the most valuable part of the collection consists of the volumes of foreign patents that fill dozens of shelves. Here are the publications of Eng- lend, France, Germany, Italy. Sweden, Hol- land, and a number of other countries, These books are constantly consulted by inventors, patent attorneys and students, Mr. Howard L. Prince, who was formerly clerk of the Police Court, is the librarian, and he referred Tue Sran_representative to his as- sistant, Mr. Edward Farquhar, who has been connected with the office for years, He is the ““Spofford” of the patent office library, and to him it 1 an inexhaustible subject, “Cranks?” he said, in answer to the reporter's question. ‘Cranks? Well, I should say we do have cranky visitors. Here is the autograph of one of them now,” and the gentleman picked up the bound volume of a weekly periodical, ‘Vou see it is as tattered as one of their blessed selves. Electricity, too, eh? Yes; I thought so. All of them get there sooner of later. Whatever else they may do, I believe they all take to electricity as a duck does to water, ey come up every day. Woe have among our visitors the regulars and the transients, ‘The latter simply drop in afew moments to take a glance at an authority. They are mostly attorneys, but the former come to stay and if they don’t show up regularly every morning we think something must have happened to them. Our library is becoming more complete every year, and in time we will have a most valuable collection. There are many books here that cannot be found at the congressional library. Mr. Spofford, in his purchases, does not duplicate the works we have unless the: ure standard authorities. Nearly all the voi- umes we have relate in some way to applied recy They are practical and contain little "The ‘rooms of the library are on the third floor of the building and are commodious, well- lighted apartments. THE MODEL Roox is a large hall or series of corridors filled with neat glass cases in which aro placed over 100,000 models, inclu both the most im and Romo cemeptees non Like ‘the library { the patent is | ae rendezvous for inventors who come “Many a man has been cured by a look into this ball,” said an employe. ‘He has reached the city with what he considers original idea, and drops in here only to dis- cover that he has been forestalled by some earlier and luckier inventor. Then after he has looked around awhile he comes to the con- clusion that everything worth while has been invented and pees away completely cured of fever.” the inventiv: From the topmost floor to the basement is a long jump, but it takes only half a minute to drop down there in one of the swift moving elevators that glide up and down all day long. In the basement are a number of lunch stands, 8 great attraction for the hi clerk about lunch time. It is down here that attorneys oie the life long day amending specifica- ons, WOMEN AS INVENTORS. The part played by woman as iuventors is not inconsiderable, and she is responsible for many things that add much tothe comfort of life. From the year the office was established up to the present time 3,500 patents have been granted to females. The first woman patentee was Mary Kees, who obtained letters patent on a machine for weaving a mixture of silk and thread, She was followed in 1815 bys Mary Brush with a corset of an improved kind. Miss Montgomery owns the patent to a war ship and & woman in Iowa has made an im: rement in machinery for the manufacture of cigars. The novelist Blanche Willis Howard has patented a bath shoe anda musie rack, and Miss Helen Blanchard gets a good income from the royalty she receives ona sewing machine attachment. Miss Phelps, a lady from England, is repre- sented by alunch box which has azine lined compartment for ice, A mustache cup is rather apeculiar invention for a woman, but a patent for such has been taken out by a woman, and there is also an apparatus for killing mosqui- toes, patented by a woman. Mrs, Maria Beas- ley made a small fortune out of a machine for the manufacture of barrels, and Dr. Mary Walker of this city has several patents for edu- cational furniture, Allover the building you can find patent attorneys, for most of their work is done on the premises, Having a thorough knowledge of the workings of the office they know every step toward getting a patent, IN THE DRAFTSMAN’S ROOM the visitor will come upon a busy scene, Ata long table stretching the entire length of the room sit half a hundred diligent attorneys busily examining patents which have come under the same head with those inventions whose novelty they are endeavoring to estab- lish, ‘This is what is called the prelimimary mination, and all careful attorneys make search before applying for a patent. In this room may be obtained copies of every patent that has been issued, and by comparing the device sought to be patented with them its patentable novelty ean be determined. Mes- sengers wait upon the attorneys, bringing them the various classes and subclasses of inventions | from the long drawers along the wall and all le ne search goes on, Captain Snyder has charge of this room. CURIOUS CONTRIVANCES, Of curious inventions there is no end, and an interesting volume, descriptive of them, might be written after a visit to the office. One of the most curious to be found is a “grave escape,” and ghastly but interesting. It seems that the inventor was haunted with the idea that every year many persors were buried alive and that some method should be devised togive them achance to escape. After much 1s thought th» inventor evolved his “‘es- ape.” Of course the entire grave as now dug had to be reconstructed as well as the style of coffin, ‘Temporary stairs led cown into the grave from the surface and the coffin was not to be fastened for one month, It was to be kept supplied with air by means of rubber tubes and in the dress of the corpse was to be a key. If it happened that the supposed dead may was only in a trance, when he came to he would push open the lid of the coffin, climb the steps leading tothe surface and escape. On the outside, placed in a convenient position near the grave, was a chest, and taking the key from his pocket and opening it he would take outa suit of clothes, exchange his shroud for them, take a drink of brandy from a bottle and then go home to surprise his friends. If on the other hand he remained in the grave for a month. showing no signs of returning life, the passage way was filled with earth, the trunk taken away and his friends satisfied that he was properiy buried. A patent was granted upon thir peculiar contrivance, but so far as is known no “grave escapes” have ever been man- ulactured and the patentee has not realized anything in royaltie: —— MIGHT HAVE BEEN A MURDER. Thomas Jackson Shoots Henry Spencer— A Wound in the Check. Thomas Jackson, a young colored man, started out last night with the determination ot shooting somebody and a bullet wound in Menry Spencer's check is conclusive evidence that he succeeded. Had the bullet struck a few inches higher another murder would have been added to the record of such crimes here, The shooting occurred just about dark, near 6th and Pomeroy streets, in the county near the Freedman’s hospital. This section of the county, known as the “Camp,” has been the scone of many desperate fights in which more than one man has lost his life, “You ——s——of a ——,now I’m got you,” is the language attributed to Jackson when he met Spencer. “Bang” went the weapon and then the bullet came near doing its deadly work, As it was it inflicted a flesh wound merely. Spencer hurried to the eighth precinct station and made complaint. He lives near 16th and L streets, but was out in the county during the afternoon, He told the officers that the shooting was done withoht provocation and before a word had passed between them, Spencer went to Freedman’s hospital where the wound was dressed by Dr, Shadd and he then returned to his home, Jackson has not yet been arrested, —_—_.___ A Newspaper Man Lost. An Atlanta dispatch says there is grave fear that E. W. Barrett, well known in Washington asthe correspondent of the Constitution, has been waylaid by Rubo Burrows’ gang. Two weeks ago he went into Alabama to get, if pos- sible, an interview with Rube Burrows and was in the posse which he him. Barrett went to the house of Rube's father and had an ap- pointment to return this week. He went to Sulligent Monday night and getting a horse and buggy drove out to the neighborhood of Bur- rows’ house. He has not been heard from since, He was to have kept up communication with the main office, but no word has been heard from him there. The Constitution has telegraphed to the marshal of Sulligent to in- tigate Barrett’s whereabouts, Barrett isa gritty | gems aatena with a keen scent for news, He will prebabiy turn up all right, Washington Produce Market. Tone of the market is about the same as last week, Strictly fine creamery butter, 24025; lower grades are weak; fine role meets with ready sale; Virginia and Maryland dairy packed, choice, 18020; store packed, 12a14, Receipts of poultry light and sell readily at figures quoted; better prices expected for good fat turkeys from now on, Choice drawn tue keys, llal3; live, 10; chickens, dra Wal: live, 9ai0; old fowls, bad, ducks, etl goed al0. Eggs active, at ples are Filling nputen So whens fo aoceeay ckeiee tee Neheat te decease, 30; fair, 65078, i ——_.___ The Unity Club. The Unity club were entertained last even- ing at the residence of Prof, Cabell, 1407 Massachusetts avenue, Mr. Henry Ulke gave Prof. Renckert and aia Se re ¥ ——_—— leasure of the company: Tson, Miss Cridler. ih THE WEEK IN NEW YORK. Events Which the People of Gotham Talk About. , ‘TAMMANY IN THE ASCENDANCY—THE BARTE EX- RIBITION—THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RECENT ACTION OF THE PRESBYTERY—RESTAURANTS WHERE REGIMENTS CAN DIXE. Correspondenceof Tum Evextxe Stan. New Yorx, November 8. While it is yet election week and before the echoes of Tuesday's cannonade die quite away Jet me mention the more suggestive and the salient features of our local contest. In brief the election so far as New York is concerned was in the nature of a vote of confidence in Tammany. As we have been taught to admire the prodigal son and other perverts and rap- scallions who repent and lead an edifying life it is only meet and proper that we give Tam- many due credit for having put its claws into mittens, pulled a long face and resolved to quit sack and live cleanly. It js a notable con- version, but if we take men like Jerry McAuley or Bill Allen to our bosoms by all means let us meet Tammany half way intits resolution to be honest and ible. Certain it is that for the time being Tammany is furnishing the citizens with an excellent article of municipal government, Very possi- bly it is only doing so to get a good trade and that when it feels secure of custom it will begin to adulterate and defraud. When that shall happen we can safely depend on rival houses to expose the fact, it just now these rival houses are much in danger, The undertaker's wagon stands before the County democracy shop and unless a turn for the better comes in its affairs it will follow the defunct Irving hall to the political cemetery. AFTER POLITICS, THE EXPOSITION. This having been such a political week the world’s fair project has languished. To be candid this enterprise languished before the election and independently of it, but the con- test gives us a plausible excuse to cover what all have to admit—an alarming diminution in subscriptions and in popular interest. It is not so much that the daily additions to the fund are of themselves inconsiderable, for, ex- = upon election day itself, they have not fallen any day below $100,000, which is a very respectable sum of money, but it is the ten- dency toward a vanishing point that is discour- aging and the absence of large subscriptions from interests that should be heard from ata time like this. Several of the leading indus- tries of the city have not contributed a cent and others have done so little that the effect has been worse than if they abstained alto- gether. Now that the committee on site are getting rather more definite in their plans it may be that the finances will pick up, But it is always hard to warm over enthusiasm once suffered to cool. THE PRESBYTERIANS. * Speaking of elections it might be appropriate to touch on the very interesting and important session of the New York presbytery on Monday afternoon and evening. At this mecting the doctrines of our spiritual election and predes- tination were debated with great earnestness, and yet with a nincteenth-century catholicity and courtesy that was very beautiful to witness. Icould not but contrast the scene with those we read about in Fox’s Book of Martyrs, or even such modern and mild chronicles as Lea's History of the Inquisition. The doctors dif- fered seriously, and there was any quantity of what once would have been called heresy ven- tilated, and yet we heard nothing of bonfires or bulls, *‘We shall have a fine bontire,” remarked Francesco Romolino, casually, as he journeyed from Rome to Florence to try Savarouola. We conduct theological controversies now in a very different style. The only bonfire Monday night was the temperature of the room from ieboras all shades of orthodoxy suffered impar- tially. ‘To speak of the proceedings at this meeting with aaicunae they deserve it would hardly be an exaggeration to say that they marked an wo in Presbyterianism in this country, ‘The Now York presbytery is the largest in the country, being composed of 176 ministers and licentiates and 331 elders, The three presby- teries of the city of Philadelphia exceed this total slightly, but no one of them compares with it in size or importance. This largest local body in the church and perhap: its most important local organization declared by what was almost a unanimous vote in favor of a re- vision of the confession, and, moreover, while 4 vote on a still more radical proposition was deferred to a special meeting it was evident that the presbytery were not willing to = at revision unless that word was interpreted so broadly as to include practically a new and sim- plified creed, The effect of this meeting, espe- cially when taken in sontenrees with simila> policy adopted by the New Branswick presby- tery, which includes the Princeton theologica! school—the very citadel of orthodoxy—canno} fail to determine tie action of the next genera! assembly. WHERE AN ARMY MIGHT FEED, “The world knows ‘nothing of its greatest men.” sings the poet, In like manner it might be said in a more practical and bread-and- butter vein that the world knows nothing of its greatest restaurants, We hear a great deal of Delmonico’s, Dorlon’s, the Hoffman and the like, but these are insignificant in their dimen- sions to several eating houses of which fame makes no proclamation. I was taken today by a friend to a restaurant in a side street in New York which makes no pretensions to elegance, does not advertise or appeal to the passer-by by any splendor or attractiveness of ‘any sort, and yet it is said to feed more people daily than’ any restaurant in the city, and, perhaps, than any in the world. In the busy hours it is one of the sights of New York, an strange as it may seem its busiest honr is 4 o'clock in the morning, as at that time it is thronged by the early-rising market men. Another of these monstrous eating menageries is on 14th street, It is a place which has developed ont of one of the little dairy lunches, until now it occupies one of the largest buildings in the city and docs business on such a scale that if a passing regiment meng hee hungry before its doors atthe sight of flopping pan cakes in its show window and marched in for lunch then and there they would be swallowed up in the mass of customers and hardly noticed, THE BARVE EXHIBITION. Mr. Walters has been here for a week or more personally superintending the unpack- ing and arranging of the contributions for the Barye exhibition. He is the presi- dent of the Barye monument committee who have in charge the exhibition which will open next week, The collection will be shown at the rooms of the American art association, but is not held for that association’s benefit ex- cept as it may have some compensations in the way of rent, &c. The object is to raise a fund for a monument to Barye to be erected in Paris by his American admirers. Most of the bronzes, paintings and other objects of art, including the admirable collection from the Corcoran art gallery, have already arrived, but owing to the delay incidental to bringing a large num- ber of valuable objects from so many different sources the opening has been delayed from the 11th to the 15th. Now that the contributions are here artists and art lovers are beginning to realize that we are about to see one of the most extraordinary collections ever made in this or any other country. There was atime not somany years ago when New York and the whole country for that matter would have been throbbing’ with ex- citement at what today arouses go little interest that the newspapers scarcely think it worth while to devote a Paragraph tothe subject. This is the appearance our harbor of the ay with the end of a sub- New York city b; f Causo, peg tend jew Yor! Ny way of jove, The ahore end of the cable was landed at Coney Island with scarcely more stir than would be made by a bather bringing a rare shell up the beach. This is another proof the only world is not interested in titions. Don't do what has been done, says the Latin proverb, It = to lay after the knows the trick, but no one gets fame by it. Henay BR. Exriot. ——— There is a tree which is native ia Central and South America called Theobroma Cacao. The seeds of the fruit of this tree furnish Messrs. J. & C. Blooker of Amsterdam, Holland, the sole material for the manufacture of their delicious cocoa. Theobroma means food for the gods, and the Amer- ican people are fast realizing that what is good enough for the gods is quite good enough for citizens of this republic. But the gods surely did not adulterate their cocoa. No more does Blooker. it costs $1 nd and goes farther than the adulterated article semanth it is concentrated and purer. makes 150 cups. Sold by leading grocers. One pound H. A. enianis THE WINE AND LIQUOR MERCHANT, ‘Has taken possession of his MAGNIFICENT NEW STORES AND WINE VAULTS, 1200 and 1202 Penna. ave., cor. 12th st nw. Tam perfectly satisfied with the immense sales made since the insuguration of the 20 per cent removal sale, and bave made more money than I would have done with higher prices. I shall, therefore, continue to allow the same reduction hereafter. Estimates cheer- fully given to partics sbout to purchase supplies for the coming season, Orders by mail promptly at- tended to. PLEASE COMPARE MY PRICES WITH THOSE OF OTHERS, i CALIFORNIA WINES, per Gel Claret, extra quality, sees BU SO Bi lzv ive 33 loo 120 iso 3 320 4 oo $80 Champagne, pints, 2 dozen... 1300 1040 vine A. _ OTHER aMERION =, Ne "s Virginia Seedling, per «oo juine = conte) (A delicious wine.) Sweet Catawba (Hnest quality). 90 Malaga. 150 COKDIALS, eBay Kum, old. Genuine Bay Hou, very cid, Jamaica Kum, old. SSSLESEESEE, +4 Tom Gin... Beotch Whisky, ol Seotch W! . OSIASIAE Mato Aoenosreencorse| ESSSSSESESTSE EE Irish Whisky, very old. irish Whisky, very, very old... German lx rantwoin...... ALSO THE FOLLOWILN' MESTIC WHISKIES: Monticello Pure hye. 2 Perfection Pure Ky In Demijohna or Haunisville Pure He: Bottles, very low. Old Kentucky Sour Cognac Brandy, Martell. Cownee Brandy, Hen & Co, In or Gagnac. Otard Dupuy & Uo. Bottles, very low. ‘Cognac, Seiznetite, Per Dox. €9 00 9 00 v 00 Bottle, 40 20 160 240 179 275 1% if oo bo 50 4 ix BURGUNDY—din bottles only), Dei Withee D1 » Macon. €1: #3 60 in Chansberti 2350 nse Chablis— White. ae 300 1200 RHEIN WEINES—(in bottles only). Leubenheim 900 700 Niersteiner. 1000-800 1200 BOO ipo 09 9 00 00 - 1200 lov H. A. SELIGSON, THE WINE AND LIQUOR MERCHANT, 1200 and 1202 Penna, ave. n.w, 0c] 6-w&s-tr Userecenesteo Arrrractiox: OVER A MILLION DISTRIBUTER LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY. Incorporated the Legislat re for Féncationasl and Charitable oem and iy+ franchise made a part of the prescut State Coustitation ia 187 by an overwhelming popular vote. Its MAMMOTH DRAWINGS take place Semi. Annually (June and December), and its GRAND SINGLE NUMBER DRAWINGS: take yp in each of the other ten months of the year, and are all drawn: in public st the Academy of Music, New Orleans, La. FAMED FOR TWENTY YEARS FOR INTEGRITY OF ITS DRAWINGS AND PROMPT PAY- MENT OF PRIZES, Attested as follows: “We do herehy cert: that we supervise the arrange. ments forall the monthiy and Semi-Annual Drawingrot The Lowwiana State Lottery Company, and in person ‘manage and control the Drawings theinselves, and that the same are conducted with honesty, Jairness, and in good Furth toward ati parties, and we authorize the Come pany to use this certyicate. with fac-simules oF our su Natures allached, wn ils advertisements.” Lifes FT doe G ed Rank: and Bankers, wil pay oll pristedraen in The Lousiana, State’ Latarves tekioh ‘may be presented at our counters, R. M. WALMSLEY, Pres. Louisiana National Bamig PIERKE LANAU. Bauk. BALDWIN, Pres. New Oricans National Batik A. 5 ew ans Cal KON; bres. Union National Bouk. GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC. NEW ORLEANS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 188 ‘CAPITAL PRIZE, $300,000. of SP Gemrists, €5: entan, _ FINANCIAL, prey BG of frum Zo to 60 percent inmde of twelve montha, There are bo eurer of safer iuvostunents BETHELL, McMANUS & GILLESPIE, se25-dm —Uhiman Market Block, Tacoma, W.T, No. Ww. Ge ae W. MACARTNEE, J5® W. CORSON. INOW. MACARTNED, 1X & MACARTNEY, CORSO” CLOVER BUILDING, 1410 F ST. Nw. Bankers aud Dealers in Government Bonds, tocks and deends- and all pevritoee Depori Railroad Stowe! ities listed ate Fachongra ‘of New Vork, Pliledelphia, Boston si epecinity aeeot investment oqvuritien, epecialty weet Pouds and al acai Railroad, Gua, Insurance and Yel dealt in, ell "Telephone Stork bonght and sold jy 18 _ HOTELS. . VERNON HOTEL. i a SS and 457 Peunsylvanis . BO. to €1.50 per day: per week, Hoard and Koons, 82 to €10 por week. 66 JACK MARKIS.” 405 11TH si. NW. One door above Penna ave. Spectalty—Broakfast, 5c. » Ue. Lunches always Oysters and General tors and Cicare. JOHN FACreL weestEn, 913 ase y a at oe w 4 on tw Arlington 2-30 pun. 3. DxWiTt, Prop. —=—= 50 to 91: oozes. EBBITT HOUSE, WASHINGTON, D. WINTER RESORTS. —— ——=3 HOT! ROANOKE, KOANOKE. Va. MAPLE SHADE INN. Pulasit, Va. BLUEFIELD INN, Blacteld, W.Va, The sbove Houses ure located In a section now ate ‘KED. E. FODTEM, Manager, Rosnoke, Va, ocl8-lim y GOODS. = ——— ry 1k DYER, MODISTE, Forweriy'ot Baltimore, Is now lacated 20° At 2126 HM st. now, ME. BRADLEY, MODIXTE, FORMERLY OF w York, wishes to extend thanks to Washington for liberal Ms JENN 1 mulicite « conubURLCE, « whit WLS, PARASOLS, New Borap Mcturen, b ‘Dtudies, Gold Pait dletailte aking Paper Plowern, Gold, Silver aud C i, lanterns, we.” J. JAX GOULD, 421 JFUST CLASS MopieTE: Opposite Bo Kiding Habite anc made from 6 up. e286 -0o1 ma, 41. ROSE'S INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, IN CHARGE of the Disters of Clarity, G st. bet. 20th aud 2let, Dresswaking, Millinery and French Cooking. 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