Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 7, 1892, Page 2

* TELESCOPED THE SLEEPER| Fatal Rear End Oollision on the Burling- ton Near Wymore, PASSENGERS H AVE A NARROW ESCAPE Blowing ont of the Bofler Head of the Fast Train's Locomotive the Primary Cause of the Accident—Details of the AMair, Wymone, to Tnk Ber.|—A occurred on the Burlington about 3 o'clock this afternoon. The Denver and St. Louis passenger train No. bound west, had stopped at the Union Pacific cross- ing, caused by the boiler head blowing out. Conductor B. F. Dennison, one of the oldest employes on the road, sont back a*brakeman o flag appronching trains, Bofore ho could reach and pass the danger point, owing to a heavy curve in that vicinity, a fast freight crashed into the disapled passenger train, completely teloscoping the rear sieeper. Had it not been that the occupants of the slecpor had nearly all stepped to the platforms to ascertain the cause of the delay, the loss of life wwould have been frighful, but by jumping alll were saved except four passen- gers, who sustained serious iojuries. The injureda persons were taken to the Tou- zalin hotel, where the 1. & M. surgeon dressed their wounds. Their names are as follows : Muns, O'Briex of Denver, head and lip badly torn. Mus. H ¥ Moxtrort and daughter, May, of Denver, badly shaken up and arms bruised, and the dauenter cut in the back of tho head and back spraines M. Brncuyinz of Casey the heaa. . The person killed was a tramp who was stealing a ride in the car next to the engine of the freight train and was caught between the engine tank and the side of the car. He was wedged in so tightly that it was impossi- blo to get him ont for some time. A memo- randum book was found on his person con- tainiug the name of George Stick, Fort Maaison, Ia. He was taken to Wachtel’s un- dertaking rooms and will be buried tomor- row. z Tho passenger coaches were not brought in until 5 o'elock, when & train was made up here and sont on west. The damage to the cars and engincs is about £1,000. A wrecking crew has been at work ever since the wreck and has got tho track all clearea. STORY OF ob., F'eb. 6. —[Spocial Telegram disastrous and fatal wreck near this city cut about the ille, 111, cut avout OLD SOLDIER, Peculiar Position i Which He is Placed In ' Adums County. HasTixos, Neb,, Feb. 6.—[Special to T Bee.|—A petition was filed in tho county court of Adams county this morning that for astory of real romance has not been sur- passod in the legal history of this court for some time. Itis entitled, *‘In the matter of the application of Mary Baird for support nut of the estate of John Baird, an insaue person.” The petition is quite lengthy. It Is alleged that the petitiuner was legally married tc John Baird on June 30, 1842, The only issue of this marriage is John W. Baird, who is in destitute circumstances, an invalld, and incavavle of self-support. Motber avd son are now hiving in Columbus, O. The pe- titioner continued to livas with said John Baird until 1861, when he enlisted in the Thirty-first Ohio volunteers. Baird was permanently made an invalid in the service of the United States previous to the battle of Shilob, and was, by reason of his dis ability, discharged. On his rewurn howme he became morose and melancholy, and finally insane. During his residence in Ohio he was de- clared insave, and a guardian of his proverty was duly appointed. Previous to the ap- pointment of the guardian, Baird, being of unsound tnind and incapable of carrying on properly ordinary business affairs, squan- dered the joint accumulation of himself and petitioner, including a $3,000 farm, Baird wandered from his Ohio homwe to Hastings and went through a form of mar- tiage with a woman whose name is unknown fo the petitioner, and for several years has beon living with her as husband and wife, Afterthat ho was declared insane by the proper authorities, and 1s now confined n the asylum for tho incurablo insane at Hastings, A guardian of Baird’s estate was appointed by the county judge of Adams county. Acczording to an appraisement filed January 9, 1802, Baird's estate amounted to 81,500 besides his pension. The vetitioner further alleges that she is still the wife of said Baird, that sho is uow 74 yoars of age, sick, infirm, destitute and 18 now dependent on publio charity for support; that the woman who claims to be Baird's wife is not 80 in fact, wherefore the petitioner prays that atime be set when all parties wterestea ean show cause why she should not have an allowance granted her for support out of the estate of her husband. Dodge County Litigation, FrayosT, Neb,, Feb, 6.—|Special to Tur Bre.|—Sam Small, the priscner captured at Cheyenne and brought back here for trial on the chavge of having obtained money under false pretenses, pleaded guilty to the counts in $he indictment and has been sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. Charles Behrendt, who murdered his bruther on Christmas eve at the family home near Scribmer, disem- boweling him with a savage knife, bas been indicted by the grand jur{. He has pleaded not lulll-{‘ and the case will go 1o trial at this term of the district court. There was suffi clent evidence brought out to warrant the ury in bringing in an_iudictment, but there s a general belief that there will not be enough to convince a jury on the trisl that imunx Behrendt should haug for the crime. n fact there is evidence to show that there ‘was a family row on the fatal night and that the prisonor himself was intended as a victim for the occasion, but escaped from the melee unhurt, Nebraskn Mortunges. York, Neb., KFeb. 6.—|Special to Tne Bee.]—The following is the number of mort- gages given and released in York county during the month of January: Farm mort- wages filea 00, released 97; city mortgages filed 15, released 28; chattel mortgages filed 801, released 261 RusnvirLe, Neb., Feb, 6.—[Special to Tue _Biek.|-The mortgage indebteduness record for Sheridan county shows that there were 156 chattel mortgages filea during January, aggregating $20,317.83, and 124 releascd smounting to §18,012,63, Of farm mortgagoes thirty-three were filed amounting to $1i,- 038,85, aud twenty-one roloased, azgregating $10,081.50. it Hanged Hi n s Own House. GueerLey CexTeg, Nob., Feb. 6.-—|Special Telegram to Tae Bee.1—C. W. Lockwood, a farmer resiging oue-half mile from Kriceson, Neb,, committed suicide by hanging at 2 2'clock today. He used a bridle, fastened to a beam upstairs in his own house, to hang . bimself, His wife and 5-year-old aaughter were the only ones at home at the time and before they could get help he was daad. Mr, Lockwood made two attempts to shoot him- soif tbis morning, but was prevented by his son. De:pondency seems to have been the calse. Ak Work of Dodge County's Grand Jury, Frexoxt, Neb., Feb, 6. —|Special Telegram 1o Tue Buk|—The grand jury, which was dischargod last evening, brought in indict- ments against four keepers of lowdl houses {or selling liquor without a license. The “women were arrested and placed in jail and today came iutv court, gave bail and will stand wial. Oue of the women got wind of thelr impending fate ana fled from the city, Present, Hastixas, Nob., Feb. 6.—[Special to Tus Bee.1—The republican county ceutral com- mittee met in the pariors of the Bostwick hotel this afternoon 1o elect a chairman to ill the vacancy left by the resignation of ex- Treasurer Charles Paul, AS & quUOrum was not preseat the commit- tee adjourned. v Still Ho Congratulates Boyd. Buayroy, Nob., Feb. 6.—[Special to Tus Ber.|-—In the telegram of congratulation tent to Goveruor Boyd from Breytou the 3d | He no sooner made his appearance fost. T. G, Phelap s name was sigaed to it without bis knowiedge or consent Whiie Mr. Phelan congratu Governor Boyd, yet he is an indeperdent and nut a democrat. Helr to Thousands, Premost, Neb,, Feb. 6.—[Special to Tnr Bk |—Mrs. Johu Galligleo, widow, living on ber farm in Saunders county about eight miles f¥om Fremont, has just received notice that she is beir to a snug little fortune. The amount of her bequest is about §75,000, left her by her brother who has just aied at Indianapolis, Nebraskn's Snow Stor Hastisos, Neb., Feb. 0.—[Special Tele- gram to T Bre.]—A miniature edition of the Nebraska blizzard is raging here tonight. Snow is drifting badly aud traffic 1s delayed. WaLLACE. Neo, Feb, 6.—[Special Tele- aram to Tie Brk|—~The heaviest snow storm of the winter hns been raging since last night, It is drifting budly and will be very hard on stock not well sheltered but. wiil certainly make moisture enough to insure & crop of smail erain Preparing for Llenty of Rain. BENKELMAN, Neb,, [eb. 6—[iSpecial Tole- gram to Tnue Bee.|—On account of the in- clemency of the weather the meoting held here today to consider the artificial moiswure quostion was not largely attended, but ouough was done to insure the securing of tests for the coming season, Another meet. ing will be beld Tuesday to perfect arrange ments and hear reports from committees ap- pointed today. Sugar Beet Question Discussed, Grrrxa, Nob., Feb, 6,—|Special Telogram to Tur B, |—A large and enthusiastic meet- ing of farmers was addressed here this after- noon on the sugar beet question by Secretary Nasou of the Omaba Board of Trads, Mr. Lund of Lincoln, and others. asked to co-operate with the propos beet plant of Omaha by agreeing to raise bects for the plant, They are highly elated at the prospect of diversified farming and their co-opcration may be counted on s it gives them u homo market for a new product. Condition of K Kranyey, Neb, Feb. 6.—[Special Tele- gram to Tne B 'ho official examination of the affairs of the Commercial and Savings bLank just finished shows assets to the amount of §8%,000, including $22,000 in poor paper. Liabilities'$45,000. THAT MANFATE OF TROOP E. Thomas Winthrop Hall in Harper's Weekly. That man Fate of Troop K was the reigning mystery at Fort Apuche. A frontier post without a mystery would Lardly accord with army customs, would be dull to officers and men alike, and would positively be shunned by the offi- cers’ wives So it was not surprising that Apache should have its mystery. The only thing uncommon apout it was the fact that in this case the mystery was a real bona fide mystery. It wasan actua! entity, not a creature of post gos- sip, and did not even need the aid of the imagination of the cooks and housemaids on the ‘*‘back line.” For this reason Apache was a post of great intorest to all the other posts in the Department of Arizona, and whenever the telegraph operator at any one of them (most potent disburser of gossip in all Uncle Sam’s army) received .the unofficial message from the man at Apache, *“That man Fate of Troop E isdrunk again,” there was im- mediately a noticeable atmosphere of interest at the said other post and the wives of the subalterns would meet in vhe center of the ‘‘front line” (each one on the way to tell the others about it), apd declure that they. did wish the gen eral would tFansfer their troop to the Apache. In the meantime the inhabi- tants of Apache remained serene, happy and possessed of a certain cheerful sense of superiority in the matter of mysteries ovor all the rest of them. The only thing that ever disturbed them was the fact that try as they would, they could not unravel their mystery, but perhaps this was just as well, for if they could have done so there would no longer have been any mystery, and without it what wou'd have heen life at Fort Avache? He was always called ‘‘that . man Fate.” The other men were called Smith, Jones and Robinsory but Fate needed a distinguishing il not distin- guished haudle to his name in the eves of the post people, so they fell into the habit of calling him “that man Fate.” That Fate wuas not his name wns very apparent, but as many men enlist under obviously ficticious names, noth- ing was thought of this except the singularity of his choice. He must have been thinking about Fate in nocheerful mood, they all agreed, when he chose it. in Troop F, as a recruit than he made an impression. He was distractingly handsome and more than this his face bore the indelible marks of aristocratic breeding, It took the second lieutenant of the said Troop E just one short con- versation to be convinced that I'ate had been born and bred a gentleman, and had been educated as such to the highest degree. Upon the report of the lieutenant to this effect, Fute wasim- mediately called before the communding officer and questioned s to his antece- dents, but his answers were vague and unsatisfactory to such an extent that the. good old major knew that he was lying. Kor some reason or other the major did not tell him that he was lying, though, as he would bluflily have told most of the men. In fact in his own heart he felt that the man was a gentleman in spite of his position, and he had an un- consclous respect for the feeling. Of course every one knew that something was wrong with the man, but as they could not find out what it was, they did the next best thing—they waited, They did not have to_wait long. On his very first pay-day Fate occupied a cell in the guard house, charged by the captain of his company with being deunk. The kind-hearted major gave him a lec- ture the next morning and let him off, He tried to get Fate to say he was sorry, but the man was obstinately uncommunicative, He went back to his troop, though, and behaved himself until the next pny day. Then he got drunk again. This time the major let army justice take its course, and Fate spenta month in the guard house at hurd labor., It was noticed by everyone on the post, however (army people are great for noticing things), that during that month the major de- clined to have any of the prisoners brought near his quarters, and that whenever he saw a squad of them he de- liberately made a detour and got out of the way. Every one knew then (for army people are great at drawing de- cisions) that the major was interested in that man Fate. Noone was surprised, therefore, that the major and the cap- tain of troop E should be engaged in a long conversation the night before Fate was to be released [rom his hard labor and restored to duty, and no one was surprised a week or so later when Fate wus made a corporal. The major was at his old trick (a dear old trick that made many & good soldier out of a bad one) of appealing to the man’'s pride by giving him the chevrons of a non-com- missioned officer, and the responsibill- ties. It didn't work, though, at all. The very next pay day Fate was the occupant of the guard house, chevrons and all. Then began a struggle that lasted for over three years between the mujor and Fate. Sometimes the major got the best of it, and Fate would go over a pay day without getting drunk. THF. OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1892--SI XTEEN PAtrs, Theu he would be promptly rewarded with chevrons and the major’s good graces. Oftener he would yield to his temptations, and then the major, like a good soldier, would see that he was properly punished. It began to be a matter of interest to the whole regi- ment. Some of the officers and more of the ladies of the regiment declacdd their belief in the report that Fate had told his mystery to the major, and that the major was interested in him on that ac- count. Those who knew the major bet- ter, though, said it was merely the ma- jor’s woll known weakness for trying to reform mon who were going as fast as they could toadisagreeable place. Some of them tried to worm the secret out of the major’s wife, but that good lady knew us little as they did themselves. There was one curious fact that they did find out from her, though, and that was the fact that Fate had always ob- stinately refused to promise to abstain from dyink when the major urked him to do s had made the major, who w s finding something good in the character of every man, believe that if he could ever get that promise from Fate, it would be kept. And the major tried patiently, but unsuccessfully, to do it A time came at last when it seemed that Fate had reformed of his own free will. He had been an actual four months out of the guard house, and, with the color buck in his cheeks and a new uni- form on, decorated ,with the yeliow stripes of a corporai, he loaked the handsomest and finest ‘soldier 'n the regiment. The major wss tickled to death and was unusually gracious to the captain of Troop I, for the captain had rather demurred of late to kecping the man longer in his troop. It did scem as though the major had reformed another man. [t was justat this time that Jack Chamberlain, the first leu- tenant of Troop I, went off ona leave of absence, and, to the surprise of the garrison, brought back witk him when he came a wife. They were duo to ar- vive the day after the annouricement cards were received at the post, and every one joined in to give the bride an army welcome. She was a Miss Fanny Walters of Cleveland, or had been, so company in the countercharge, and was again conspicuous for his heroism nnd gallantey 1o capturing the fag of the confederate regiment and two commi; sioned officers. So heroic was the attack which the officer led that the officers and men of his company recently petitioned congress to give him a medal of honor in acknowledgment of his valor. The medal is the usual government medal, made of cannon bronze,and bears the following inscriptio THE CONGRESS R TO CAPT. FRANK D. BALDWIN, 7 th U. S. Inf'y for Distinguished Brav'y: At the Battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ga July 20, 1864, Captain Baldwin enlisted in the army in 1861, and has been in active service since th At present ho is stationed at army headquarters in Chicago ns in- spector of rille prretice. Ho distin- guished himself on several occasions during the war against the Caeyennes, Kiowas, Arapahoes and Comanches who in the summer of 1874 made several raids in the Indian Tervitary, Texas and southern Kansas, He =~ served as first lieutenant under the com- mand of General Nelson A. Miles. No- vember 8 of that year a detachment under Lieutenant Baldwin surprised a large camp of hostiles near the head of MeClellan Creek in the early morning and attacked them with such vigor as to compel the Indians to abandon the pro- tection of the ravipes and retreat to the open country. . He' res- cused from the-hands of the Tndians two white girls, who, with theiv parents and brother, were captured by. the hostile tribe in Kansas. The Indians murdered the pirents and brother and maltreated the girls, ocneral Miles afterwards be- came their guardian. On another o ion Captain Baldwin, in company with three other officers, was attacked by a band of 100 Indians, The four men killed twelve redskins and compelled the remainder to retreat. -——— CHIPS OF MOSS AGATE. A Section of Arizonn Li Them. Frow the Atlantic & Pu it is not hard to reach one of the gr est of natural curiosities-—the peti forest of Arizona, says a writer in St. Nicholus. Much the nearest point i the little station of Billings, but there are the scantliest accommodations for the traveler. Only a wile south of the track at that point one may see a low, dark ridge marked by a single cotton- wood tree. Walking thither over a valley so alive with jack rabbits thut there is some ex- cuso for the cowboy declaration “‘that you can walk clear across their backs!” onu sovn reaches the northern edge of the forest, which cevers hundreds of square miles, Unless you are more bardened to wonderful sights than T am vou will almost fancy yourself in some enchunted spot. You seem to stand on tho gluss of a gigantic kaleidoscope, over whose sparkiing surface the sun breaks in infinite rainbows. You are ankle deep in such chips and DIl wae- want you never saw from any other weod pile. What do you think of chips from trees that are red moss agate and wmethyst and smoky topnzund agateof every hue? Such are the marvelous splinters that cover the ground for miles here, around the huge prostrate trunks—some of them five feet through—from which time’s patient ax has hewn them. T broke a specimen from the heart of a tree three years ngo which had around the stone pith a renwrkable array of large and exquisite crystuls; for on one side of the specimen—which is not so large as my hand—is u beautiful muss of crystals of royal purple amevhyst and on the other an equally beautiful arvay of smoky wopaz crystals, One can get, also, magnificent cross sections of a whole trunk so thin as to be portable and showing every vein and “year ring” and even the bark. There is notga chip in all those miles which is not worthy a piace, just us ivis, in the lsroudest cabinet, and when polished I 10w no other rock so splendid, It is one of the hardest stones in the world and takes and keeps an incomparable polish, rally Covered with cific railroad ————e A Wonderful Clock. La Semaine Religieuse: When the hour is struck an extraordinary move ment is produced, and the whole struc ture seems alive. The artist attempted to give an idea of the last judgment. A cock crows, angels sound the trum- pet at the four cardinal points, and fiames issue from the openings in the turreis placed to the rightand left. The Eternal Father looks around him and gestures as if he intended to judge the world. A soul advances and takes its stund be- fore the Arbiter. It is the soul of the impenitent sinner, His career is want- infi and he is condemned to hell. A hideous emon, armed with a fork, pounces upon the unfortunate wretch and hurls him headlong "into the abyss. Next comes the turn of the just soul. He appears bofore God, receives a fa- vorable judgment and is admitted to the joys of heaven. Immediately angels make a guard of honor around him and escort him in triumph to the mansions ubo\;e. while the sir resounds with music, HOW TO--SECURE A PATENT. [T Directions véntors Tssued by The Beo urean of Olaims, METHODS ,()I f : The Course Followe 4 by the Author of an Invention to Protect His Rights ~Costs of Obtaining & Patent, THE PATENT OFFICE. To the Inventor the all important question presents Itself, “How can I securoa patent!” ond to this Tie Bre Bureau offers the fol- lowing explanation : Inventors as a clags are not familiar with the laws undeér whioh lotters patent aro granted, the forms and practice in the patent office at Washington and the technical mothods of casting speeifications and olaims to properly protect their inventions against infringers, yet the value of the patent and oven its validity depend largely upon the careful and expert preparation of the case. Specifications must be drawn to fully dis- close the invention, to distinguish between what s new and what is old, and claims, upon which the value and validity of the patent depend, must bs cast to fully cover the invention yet nbt to encroach upon pat- ents already granted. Iailure in either of theso respects often rénders the patent value- less orvoid. The employment of counsel skilled in patent law 1s therefore usually a prerequisita to the proper prosscution of a case and a graut of a valuablo patent. Many inventors suffer the loss of benefits that should be dorived. from valuable inven- tions owing to insuftigiont protection by pat- ots procured through incompetent or care- less agents, ete. For What Granted, Under the laws of the United States let ters patent are grafted to any person who has invented or discovered any new and use ful are, machine, wanufacture or composition of uiatter, or has invented any new or useful improvement thereon. Term of Patent, A patent is granted for seventeen yoars, during which time the owner has sole and exciusive right to make, use and sell the patented invention. How to Proceed, For economic reasons before making ap- plication to the patont office for a patent, the novelty and patentability of the inven tion should be ascertained, becouse, if the invention is not*new or not patentable an unnecessary expenso is ncurred by filing an application ou which a putent can nover oe granted, ete. The first thing to be done is to find out whether or not the invention is new ana patentable. For advice on the point it is necessary to send to the buresi a rourh or completo sketch or a_photograph of the invention. to- gether with s brief description thercof, sotting forth the object of the improve- ments, the arrangement of the parts and the advantages attained. While a modoei is vory seldom mnecessary, you it is often of great assistance. The latter can be made of any cheap material. and will be returned if a request is made to tha effect. Upon reccipt of@he data mentioned =uftic- ient to coable the *uvention to be understood our counsel will at once examine thereinto, and will advise without charga what is the best course to pursue and will express an opinion, from their kuowledge of the arts and patents already geanted, as to the patent- ability of the i In this contecfougitis recommended that the best and siffest cours@ is to have a de in the patent oftice to 3 or not the invention has been heretufore patented. Tne advantage of such a search is that. if no anticipatiny patent is discovered the application can be tiled with a greater decree of cortainty. whereas if the invention is found to’ be old all further ex- pensois avoided. The costol a search of this nature is §, and with the report of the result thereof the inventor will te furnished with copies of such patents, if any, as em- brace his ideas. It is much . better to have this search mado in the outset before incur rIng any expense whatever regacding the ap plication for patent. 3 1f1t1s found that he invention is new ard patentable the clientis advised to procead with the filing of an application for patent, and will then be requested to remit $15 to cover the first government fée and £ in payment of costof drawing, when one is necessary, As soon as possible after the receipt of this remittance the specification of the invention will bo carefully prepared and forwarded to the inventor, together with forms for application for patent ready for execution. Ups rn of the latter the case will be promptly filed av the patent office and notice will be seut when acw, is here- on, aud also of the nature of such action. The examining-corps of the patent oftice is aivided into thirty-two divisions, among which the applicatiouns are divided according to the official classitication. The condition of the work in the various divisions varies trom one to five months ib urrears. The Bureau Charges, Consistent with the spirit with which this pureau was formed, it is not iutended to conduct any branch of the business on a money making basis, but it is proposed to do the work as near the actual costas will pro- tect the business from lo-s. Although counsel are retained at heavy expeuse to the bureau, et it is the wish w0 charge in ordinary cases only the minimum fee of 5. However, in cases requiring extra care, time and labor tbe fee will be portionately increascd, but clients wilt always be advised in advance should such increase of feo be found neces- sary. In directing inquiries please mention the fact that you read these instructions in T Bee, Design Patents, A patent for a design is granted to any person who has invented or procured any new and original design for the printing of woolen, silk, cotton or other fabrics: any new and original impression, ornament, pat tern, print or picture to be printed, paintea, cast'or otherwise placed on or worked into any article of manufacture; or any uew, useful and original shape or confizuration of any article of manufacture, the same not having been known or used by others before bis invention or production thereof, or pat- ented or described in any printed publica- rion. Patents for designs are grantea for the term of three and one-half yeurs, the government fea being $10; or for séven years the fee being $1; OF for fourteen years, tho fee being &30, e charge of the bureyu in such casos is usyally 825, 1 Belssues, A patent cap bp reissuod whenever tho same is inoperati{ve,or 1uvalid by reason of a defective or insufiigient specification, or by reason of the patynfeo's clalming more than he had a right to glaim as new, providing the error has arison by secident, mistake or in- advertence, ana, pvathout fraudulent iutent. ‘The government feg for a reissue is §30. The cost. oldrlw\nga , and the bureau charge is usually 835, Great care must be exercised in reissuing @ t, becuuse very often what little vali ere may beina defec- tive patent is eniitgly 1ost by procuring a re- ssue which is invalid. Rigdoted Canen, There are in treqatent offico & great many cases which stamd #ejected, but which should be allowed. Tuid seondition of the case may be dne either to incompetency 01 the part o the attorney emuloyed or his inability, be cause of residence elsewhere than in Wash- ington, to make the examiner see the inven- tion in its true light; aud then, again, as often ocours, cases are rejected on improper or iusufficient grounds. When_ so requested we will bave our counsel examine into any such case free of charge and advise as to the rospects for sucoess by further proseeution, 'he elient will also be then informed of the probable cast of completion. Caveats, By means of a caveat an inventor secures record evidence regarding his invention for the purpose of enabling him to complete or further experiment therewith. The life of a caveat is one year, aud it may be renewod at the end of that time. The goverament fec is $10 and the bureau charge is 315. Trademarks. A trademark is a fanciful or arbitrary de- | vice or symbol used to distinguish the good { When_a paf ofa particular manufacture. 'he ownor of every trademark is entitled to register the nms\no matter how long it has been in use The life of the certifioate of registration Is thirty years and may e renewed for a like riod. The government fee, payable one ling emch Apblioation for registration of tradomark, is §25. The bureau's oharge 1s about $20, Labels, Labels of all kinds, d ed to be at- tached to manufactured articles or to bottles poxes, ete., containing them, have heretofore been received for rogistration in the patent office and a certificate issued accordingly. Under a very recent decision of the supreme court of the United States it is held that there is no authority in law for granting cer- uificates of registration of labels which stmply dmlrmvn or desoribe the ar- ticles to twhich they are attached, and which have no value separated therefrom. A label to be entitled to registration must have by itself some valuo as a composition, at least a8 s@rving somo purpose or cthor than as a mere designation or advertisement. Many now holding cortificatos of registration of la- bels are totally without any Pmtocuou what- over. Many rogistored labels comprise sub- Lovc matter registorable as trademarks, erever this is so, or whero by a slight ichange it can be made to come within tho purview of the laws governine trademarks, registration should be sought under this hoad. The govarnment fee in a label case is § and tho bureau charge is §25. Copyrights, can be had for books, maps, engravings, photographs, paintings, pictures, etc. The total cost thereof is about £, including all fees. Interferences. Aa interference is a judicial proceeding in- stituted under the dircction of the commis- sioner of patents to enable him to de. termino the question of priority of invention between rival claimants. = The bureau, recognizing the fact that extraor- dinary’ care and skill are requisite on the part of an attorney in charge of a ease in in- terferonce, hns at'its command counsel pro- pared to conuuct a case in interference from the very inception down to a final determina- tion of tho merits of the cause. Testimony will also bo taken under our_divection in any part of the Unitod States. \Vhile no speeific sum can be sot down as applicable to all in- terference cases alike, yot the charges will always be as reusonableus possible, Infe s The question whether or bot one patent in- friuges another is the very soul of all patent litigation. The questions involved are many, d of the most intricate nature. It al- ways a matter of such great importance that no one should ever claim that another is in- [rinwing on his rights, ov, likewise, no atten- tion should be paid to the claims of infringe- ment by others until the questions involved are carefully passed upon by a reliable at- torney. L'or such services the charres are aw ays fair and reasonable. Foreign P dition to tho bureau's facilities for Attending to the inwrests of its inventor-pat- vous before the United States patent oltice and covrts, it 15 also cnabled to procure patents for inventions in all countries of the world. in many of the foreign coun- tries, notably Canada, Iingland and ( many, patents for inventions previously patented in this country are looked upon with ereat favor, and inventors ara there very frequently more likely to realize profits from their inventions than they are even in this country. ‘The cost of forcign patents varies with different cases, but as a general rulo the expenses of procuring patents, cov ering all charges, i lows ; Canaaa, $30; England, 810: Germany, $0); rance, $35: Spain, $90; Bolgium, $60. Ad- tional information regarding the cost, ete., 1 any foreigu country will be furnished by letter on application. = In all such requests mention buving read thesa instractions in Tur Bex. s, Tmportant Warning It seems remarkable thatin this enlight- oucd age it becomes the duty of every re- lable aud trust vorthy atlocney in patent matters toadvise his clients to beware of the mauy sharks who set out with the ap- parent intention of defrauding ‘inventors immeaiately after the 1ssue of their patent: t appears in the Patent Ofice s are beset with innumer- able offers, solicitations, requests, etc., some pretending to waut to purchase their pateuts, while others offer to take an interest therein under promiso of procuring foreign patents. Tho sole ovject of theso peopla is to_ obtain money from inventors, and they nover make thie siightest endeavor to carry out their groundless or worthless promises, Gagette patent Models, As herainbefore mentioned, models are not requived in the putent office except in intri- cateor complicated cases. But at_the same time when an invention van be better ex- plained by a model it is well to send the same 1o us. A wodeisnould always beof a size not larger than one square foot, and in send- ing the same by express the chargos should be prepaid and the box addressed to Tur Bek Brueiv or Claas, Beo Building, Omaha, Nob. | Meution this paper. | S L S ents nnd 1 Kvery American carries in his blood a strain of inventiveness. When ho sees labor wasted he begins to puzzle out nians for sav- ing it. When be striles an ingenious ma- chine he sets to calculating how it may be | afair way to settiement. world alongside of Jay Gould and Russell Sage. A NEEDED BUREAU. The organization of the new court of law claims at Denver last month and the an nouncement that the court will hold itsfina sessi0n in that city on the 17th of November tive promise thatho long-vexod titles in th western territories and state will soon be in The disputed titles under the Mexican and Spanish grants have proved espocially troubl New Mexico. They nave delayed settlament and investment in sorae of the fairest lands of tho southwest, and nave proved annoying in the districts farther to the north. After much agitation and o mplant congress w nduced at the last session to provide a cour for the consideration of this business, and will soon begin to work. The organization of this court gives Tur Bre Bureav or Craivs a chance to extend Its usefulness. It will take clmms under this law and prosecute them for porsons who do not know whom to engage for the service. The business entrusted to the bureau Washington is being prosecttad with one rgy The Indian depredations patent , land minifig and other claims before the courts and unl;-nmnuu are being pushed as rapidly as possible, with no delays on accunt of the large amount of business which has boen sent to the bureau. The large amount of claims intrusted toits careis a standing proof of the esteem andiconfidence in which Tnr Bee is hold by the public which it serves, It is like- wise o demonstration. if one was required,o ho dee of such un organization The rovelations i regard to the Loomis agency which have been published recently go even furtherin the same direction, When a man songht for by the poliee for nearly a yoar on a warrant for, embozzlement can set up as a claim agent, flood the western coun- try with circulars and receive assignments for soveral million dollar's worth of claims, itappears that there is little protection for the claimant whosends to an unkunown ropro sontative. The men who assigned their claim o Loomis would have had small chanco o their seeing any of their monoy if tha schamer had boon given time to collect their claims, When such risks are run and men who are not able to go to Washington and know no one there must hiro their attornevs at haphazard, the need fora bureau to pro- tect the peoplo and do their work at reason- ablo rates is apparent. The approval with which Tuae Bez entor: prise is received by journalists and public men is as gratifying as the response of the public. o © R THE 1y Tue Bee Bureav or Craiws, fn dealing with the claims avising undor the Indian depredations act, has been successtul in pro- tecting o large number of subscribers and others from extortivn and loss. I'com com- plaints that have come to it. however, 1t ap- pears that many of the clairaants do not un derstand their position under the act. At a time wheu there appearod to be little chance that congress would take up the claims or make any appropriation to pay them, they signed contracts with the Washington agents, prowising from one-guarter to one-half the amount to the agent in case the money should be collected. Tir view of this extortion con- gress inserted a provision in tho act annul- ing all contracts and limiting the agent's commission to 15 or 20 per cent. ‘T'he claimants ail probably understand that he agent’s commission has been limited by tho law, but many of them, according to their own statemonts, do not understand that they are freo to do as they please about employiug L0 improved. Few Yankecs have gone through life without devising some kind of invention, although in most cases the device muy have gone no further than the mind of the in ventor. The patent office at Washington 1s the out- growth of this national quality, Itis sucha monument of multifarious ingenuity as is not to be matched in the world. Its stores of plans and models are heaped up so lay- ishly by the irrepressible genius of the na tion that the whole establishment might be burned to the ground every five years, and each new building would be overflowing in time for the next fire. Plainly, it can be no light thing to keep all this mass of business in ovder. “As aryas a putent office report’’ has bécome a provero. Iut these reports, oxtending through hun- dreds of bulky volumes, coutain the facts by whose light every new arpnuunuu for a patent must be decided. The psrson who exnects to be of any assistance in facilitating the progress of a new iaea toward govorn- ment recognition must know how to thread their dusty byways and uncover all the old ideas to which tho new comer may bear a family resemblance. The inventor can bardly ever do this. Kven if ho happens to be a resident of Wash- ington his familiarty with the details of patent ‘ofice procedure is rot likely to be sufficient to enaole bim to accomplish any thine for himself, and if he lives at a distaiuce of course he can do notbing. An attorney is always required. But not even the pensioners have suffered ove —rom the operations of unscrupulous at- ruey$ than the inventors. The average in- entor is poor, and not acoustomed to the ecinicalities of law or business. Ho wauls & patent, and he takes that term at its face value. To him a patent is u patent, neither more nor less. He reads the advertisementof a plausible agent who promises to get patents in quick time at low rates, payable only in caso of success, He sends on his application and in due time is gladdened by the receipt of an impressive document, garished with gilt seals and blue ribbons and announcing itself to be a patent, And so it is, bat when the owner uuaer- takes to put his invention on the market ho finds that he has nothing to sell. The attoruey has saved him- self trouble by putting in a claim covering only some one trivial point and tho patent grauted on that point is worthless as a pro tection to the essential features of the inveu- tion. An honest and capablo attorney would | hayve made his claim as broad as possiblo: he would bave argued every point witb the examinurs, and when he finally obtained a patent it would have been as valuable as tho merits of the inyention would permit. Tuk Bee Bureau of Claims 1s not afraid of trouble, Contrary to 1ts custom in land, Indian depredation aud pension cases it does not take patent cases on cootigent fees, and no other reputable patent attorneys do. When an apolication is wtrusted to it, it | gives the subject eareful aud intelligent study, and then files an itemized claim covering as many iuts @s can possibly be found in the invention, [t argues as wany of these @s may be denied aud in the ena it secures & patent’ comprehensive enough to hold its own in the courts and in the money warket. 1f any Inventor should be inclined to ques tion the importancegof broad claiws in apply. ing for patents, be may profitably cousider the methods by which Alexander Grabam Bell has baca raised witbin the t fiftesu years from poverty to a place iu the tinancial the agent they had first chosen. They con siger;thiat they ure still bouna to employ the agent with whom they signod the exor bitaa tracts whether they are satistiod with or not. was tlie incention of congress to prote ¢ em at ail points and they were left on the passage of the act free to do as they pleased and employ whom they pleased. Section 9 of “That all sales, transfers or ts of any such claims heretofore or herenftor mude, except such as have occurred in the due administration of decedents’ es tates, and all coutracts heretofore made for fees und allowances to claimants’ attorneys hereby declared voic. There could be no mistalke about the moan- ing of this. All claimants had to make new contracts with agents after the passago of the act, and tney wero at_liberty to emplov any oné thoy pleased. 1f they were ploased with the zeul and acts of their first acent thev night make their now contract with him. Ifthey were dissatised they might choose any other agent that they pleased. 'hose who have not signed new contracts sincothe passago of the act mav profit Dy this to secure mich better terms than they could otherwise got from the agents. The fact that Tue Bek Brreav is doing the work for the bare expense involved has had a good effect in moderating tho charges of all agents to those who know how to protect them- selves. For those who distrust their ability to cope with the claim agents on their own ground Tie Bie BUReaU is always open. —— OVER THE WIRE TO CHILL H ld-13e mitted, y: The great line of tel ic communication, ‘“‘via Galv embraces upwards of 8,000 mile of land lines and cables. The Mexican Telegr system begins at Galveston, Tex., from which point a cable is run to Vera Cruz, Mex., and thence to Coatzaconlcos. From there an aerial line crosses the isthmus of Tehuantepec to Salinu Cruz, with test stations at Jaltipan, Cusa de los Reyes, Zarapia and San Geronimo. At Salina Cruz the Mexican Tele- graph company's system connects with that of the Central and South Americun Telegraph cempany, where cables from this point take their course as follows: "o La Libertad (San Salvador), to San an del Sur (Nicaragun), to Panama, to snaventura (United States of Colum- bia), to Sta. Elena, with a land line to Guayaquil (Eeuador), to Payta (Peru), to Limu (P’eru). to Iquique (Chili), to Val- paraiso (Chili, ). The route followed by the Mexican Tolograph company’s line to Sulina Cruz i onc of the most interesting that I know of. Vera Cruz is well known to thousands of Americans, and more especially 1o those connected with electrical and en- gincoring pursuits, L is here that pus- sengers bound for the City of Me and other places in tne interiora landed from the Alexander line of steum- ers sailing from New York. Coatzaconleos is but a small village situated at the mouth of the Coantzacoul- cos river. From hero the line runs through thick forests, over mountuin and plains, As you foilow its course you cannot help wonaering how the line was built at all, for the diffleultic countered in its construction must in- deed have been both numerous and for- midable. From Coatzacoalcos to Jul- tipan the route is fairly good: thence to Almagres it is marshy, becoming moun- tainous as it nears Narvanjus and still more s0 at Cusa de los IReyes, from which place to La Chivela it i3 very bad indeed. Hero the line wends its way through a puss and in many plo shows plainly the skill and great during in its constructors. Ounce heyond the puss of La Chivela the rest of the route is level all the way to Salina Cruz. During the ‘‘dry season” the unde brush in the forests oceastonally catches fire from the intense heat, and then there can be seen as grand a conflagra- tion as anyone ever witnessed All kinds of tropical fruits are plenti- ful on the isthwus of Tenuantepec, and wild animals of different species and birds of all varieties of plumage abound Here you can run acrogs almost ever ph_company's | thing, from a rabbit to & tiger, an alli- gator to a tapir, and antelope to a wild boar, a squirrel 10 & monkey, and a dove to a wild turkey. In fact, about the only animals | did not find there were camels and elephants. Salina Cruz, the terminal of the line on the Pacific coast, is only a very smull village, und a most uninteresting one at that. It is a port of call for the Pacific mail steamérs which ply butween Pan- ama and Acapuleo, ome in Arizona and | it is, From this town can be scen § very active voleano called Izaico, whith is situated near Sonsonate, and which for beauty and magnificence rivals, it my opinion, the famous Vesuvius. Night after night [ have watched this fiery monster belch forth into the air its tons of molten lava, and I thought then as I saw the streams of fire come pouring down the mountain’s side, and elt the tromor of the earth which ac- companies oach outhurst, that it was the grandest sight in the world and one which wouid repay the most cxacting and jaded tourist’ were he to travel thousands of miles to see it. The next lanaing place is San Juan del Sur, as pretty a little place as any- body would want to live a quiet life in, The scenery surrounding this partis ex- tremely beautiful and verdant. It is in tho vicinity of San Juan del Sur that the proposed Nicaraugua canal will have its Pacific terminus, Panaina is the noxt station, and what with its canal and its fevers, revolutions and carthquake: This great line of telegraphic com- munication is splendidly equipped and most efficiently managed. & - CLANCY TIED THE KNOT. And Thus Was a Chinese br Wed od nt Clty Hall, Three gorgeously drossed Chinos atimid femalo, ontered the City yosterday and told the first lounger they met that they wanted to bo married,says the New York Recorder. “Phat? All tree of yoz?' asked the lounger. “Melican man savvy Ilish, no under- stand,™ was the response. Then some kind hearted chap, in sympathy with the Mongolians, escorted them to Aldorman Clancy’s apartments. The official was somewhat alarmed at the invasion, and referring to his note book satistied himself thuat all his laundey was at home. Tho leader of the procession was Lem Wah, an agent for the Tavg Lung ‘Ton com- pany, at 49 Mott street. Ho bowed low as he entered the sunctuary of the groat Pooh Bah. *Too sung ghi solhi wash,” said the leader, which remark meant **Weo must be pardoned for this intrusion.” “Paugh-n-ballagh,” pleasantly re- sponded Alderman Clancy, and then Mr. Lum Wah introduced Miss Ah Kim, a modest, pretty, little, almond-eyed creature, magniticently attived in satin rments trimmed with gold. Sho wants to be married,” said Lom Wah, “*Who is the bride aldecman, “Here he is,” snid Lem Wah, taking an ungainly stripling of a Chinaman by the shoulder and pushing him up to tho alderman’s desk. g Me Lem Soon,” said the prospectivo bridegroom. “Me want to mally Ah Kim.™ ‘AhI? d Clancy. almond-eyed beauty. ™ The interproter pushed the woman up to the dosk, and then the alderman asked the happy pair 1n eloauent English if they wunted to be marr Allee samee Melican man and girl,” said Lem. Then the alderman read the marriage ceremony as d down in the books. “*Kiss the bride,” said the alderman, in unctious tones, Lem Soon and Ah Kim kissed with vident relish. Then the alderman red the weighty question whether he could risk his mustache ninst a Mongolian face. sitated, looked down and—pronounced them man and wife. He accepted an invitation to at- tend the wedding dinner at the home of the happy couple, at 17 Mott street, lust night, but ho was not prosent. ilo dgreed o eat chow chop sin and chow dong until later, but failed to keep his promis Ah Kim was imported hore by Chineso agents a month ugo, and it is currently reported in Mott street that Lem Soon paid $200 for hisbride. The agents who got the money have made similar offor to other Chinamen, and Chin wed dings will no longer be a curio: who sroom?” asked tho *Kim here, me ty. Short-St entions, work in Iebh- in” your share of the ice crop. Plan and prepare for plowing and planting. Engige sober and trusty farm help. Dot down data of dai ings. Investigate new modes of ¢ se no scrub animals this year. 1 after the lambs and calves. plenty of litter in stables and sheds. The mother hen is the best incubator unless you know how to run the other kind. “‘Get the best” seeds, plants and trees. Have you obtained cataiogues and selected what you need? Let ama tours try high priced and highly praised noveltie: Use no inferior sceds or for- tilizers. In purchasing deal with prin- cipals rather than agents. Resolvo to be a reading, thinklng, progressive far- mer. Get and study good rural text books. Miss no meeting where agricul- tural topics are discassed. Much rural gospel muy be heard at sessions of farmers’ clubs and institutes. Don’t be a chronic cronker, but work on cheerfully and hopefully. Pluck wins while luck is unrelinble. The Chicago Board of Education demanded 84 for the support of the schools dur- * BAD ECZEMA ON BABY., Heaa One Solid Sore. Twehing Awful. Had to Tie kiis Hands to Cradic, Cured by Cuticura. broke out on form of o0 ho w el thr then used your three Cut using them eleven weeks o thons, he begnn Improy stoudily wnd after the use on monihs ptirely well Jekin using It his with i solid sore from It was alxo ull over his e most of his face and smail placos on diffieront parts of is Lody. There wen woeks that we had to Kkeep his hands ted (o the 1 whon ho was taken up; ana 1 his Lunds Lo keep his fio nindls 00t of the sures, s ho would soratel 1 o Inany wiy get his hands loose. Wo Know your scured him, We feel safo ln recom o 10 others GEO. B, and JANETTA HARRIS Webster, Ind Cuticura Resolvent w Blood and Skin Puriter, and g ¢ of dies. cloanses the blood of al impori isonous elements, and s remoyes o FICURA, tho great skin curs, wid CUTICUIA BOAR, a0 exquisite skin besuatier, clone the skin and scalp, und restore the bair. Thus the CUTICURA HEM ¥ spocies of 16 ik Durniig, sealy, pim skin, sealp bluod diseases, {ro ofuls, from in funcy 10 age, whes 0% full cradie and hold th Bold everywher RESOLVENT, L CrEMICAL Coltp [ PRECH BABY' flo0d Diseases.’ ations, and 0 testimonlals Bkin and Boalp puriticd and beautiier, nyrl'“t‘;“.‘,"“"l .‘lll;lll:«‘-\!-!)llr\f PAINS AND WEAKNESSES Of femaules fostantiy relievel Dy that new, elegunt, afd infuilible Antidote to Puln, Tnliwminut i The next place where fthe cuble touches at is La Libertad. in San Sal- vador, und » most charming little place Woukuess, the COTICURA A Prastei. The fiest and only Instantis pain-killiug plasser.