FRANKLIN
PRESS.
FHE
VOLUME XXI.
FRANKLIN. N. C WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 31, 1906.
NUMfeER 44.
TAKE HEART OP GRACE.
fce heart of grace begin anew!
To-day's ta-U;iy, not stenlay:
And on In buddinif nlnom I he ili-w
Of early morning till duth j.luy.
Take heart of grace, anil gather 113
'lilts dewy sweetness 01' the mom;
Fill up with tills yuur emptied cu;.
And pledge the fair houts newly born.
Tnke heart of grace, onrt look before.
Instead of backwurd on the va;
Wash out the old regretful score,
,Trie sorrowing .Bins of yesterday;
NOR NEIGHBOR, p
By UZZIE HUNT.
I
Today he passed, stoop-shouldered, a
kindly,. weather-beaten face, sad eyes,
that looked at you aa if the world had
dealt'-harshly or unjustly with him.
The drawn corners ot his 'sensitive
mouth gave to his face an expression
of disgust, whether with himself or the
world we will leave our readers to
Judge.
His clothes bespoke neither extreme
poverty, nor a superabundance of thir
world's goods.
He was only master builder, bos3
- carpenter, cr anything else lhat the
community in which he lived might
call the person who superintended the
erection of buildings, either public or
private. Was ho young? Oh, no! For-ty-five
or sixty, perhaps, but appearing
even older. Had he a home? Yes;
the little cottage Jpust ac nm the way
Is his, or one he rents. Fifteen jcars
ago he owned the beautiful residence
on the corner of College avenue and
Third street, he was then the proud,
and happy father of five rollicking,
fun-loving boys. In one week four ot
.them were carried to their graves, vic
tims of one of the nr. at fatal dis.-asrs
for children Bcarlet fever.
Carl the most delicate of the Ave.
rallied, and is now twenty-two or
three. Since that time there have
been two little daughters given him.
They are the pride of this ever-indulgent
father.
His wife is one of the very best of
women. Always ready in case of Ill
ness, and seems to knew just what to
do for the relief of the sufferer.
Oh, how many fever-tossed, weary
and languid ones still live to bless her
for her deeds of charity and nobleness
of heart! She is one of those wor.ien
Solctnon sneaks of a "crown cf glory
to her husband." How she tolls, do
ing all the household work, the sew
ing, and having the entire care 1
her children.
Often weary, but never complaining
her good, wholesome, motherly face
brings sunshine with It always. With
all this economy, if it be called eccn
cray to so overtax the mother, why do
they live so humbly? Who has their
former home? Was it sold for debt;
or was the poor man unfortunate in
business? Neither. He drank it up.
Just a glass now and then, he was 1-0
exposed to the cold, something to keep
him warm. The wife saw, but never
a bitter word. They moved from oik
tenement to another. The furniture
grew less. Clothing became eld and
worn. At last the husband rambled
iome with reeling, unsteady steps.
The last baby that came had no dain
ty baby garments, only a little night
slip, and coarse flannel to wrap It In
The son came in and stood by ht.
mother's bedside a thin, pale-faced
youth of fourteen.
"Mother," said he, with a happy
light in his boyish eyes: "I have a
place in a store. I can't earn much
at first, but, oh, I am so glad! Now
you shall soon be well and strong
again. See, Mr. Morse has advance.!
me half a month's wages, and I bought
a chicken for you, some good wine anil
crackers."
"And what is in thnt bundle, my
son?" asked the feeble mcther.
Ho blushed and threw the package
on the bed.
"It is a little soft flannel for baby."
"Oh, my noble son!" and the tears
rained down her pale cheeks.
Here was one patch of sunshine in
this otherwise dark and cloudy time,
That evening, as the children sat
mating some cold baked beans, all the
food there was in the house, the father
came In. They looked up, startled, at
first, because, so rare now, he was
sober. He asked:
; "Where Is supper?"
Father, this 1b all there is," was
the answer, "only what Carl brought
mother."
The man sat down In a chair, bowed
his head in his hands, and wept like
a child. It is painful to see a big
man so weep. The children were
frightened. The wife called softly:
"William, come here."
He arose, and, with feeble steps, en
tered the little bedroom.
"Oh, Sarah, has It come to this? Why
haven't you reproached me, turned me
out anything to have aroused with
in me a sense of shame?'
"rit.ni-William I Vnow that lrnnr
manhood would reassert Itself. I have
never for an hour ceased to pray for
your reform."
"Well," said the now humbled hus
band and father, "from this night I
will leave the cup. My children shall
never again blush for their father. We
will have a home once more, my poor,
long-suffering, patient wife."
. In the morning he started tor his
long-neglected shop. . There was a
bridge to be built across the river, He
bid with the rest, and secured the
job. He rallied his men, and once
more William Hatch was an energetic
builder.
As the beautiful structure progressed,
men who had looked at him with pity
ing scorn a few weeks before, but nev
er offered a hand to turn him from the
awful chasm, said:
"An,' Hatch is a man again. Wonder
what has come over him?" 1 ; '
Five years have rolled around. 1 He
has entirely relied - upon ; his own
strength, and, with a few exceptions.
v that strength has been sufficient. No
children were dressed better. " They
were sent to the; best schools in the
city. Their table was bountifully sup
plied. Everything he touched seemed
to prosper again. He had erected a
commodious shop, bought timber lands,
and was about to build another home,
when early In the fall of 1889, the
And let the old mistakes and pall
- lit) cleansed with this refreshing dewi
And make hfffir 'Ins: once aualn.
With hqpe and courage bright and new.
For what's the world And nil Its days.
Hut ours to try and try HKnlnt
Not ours to falter on Its ways,
Not ours to illng aside for pain.
Tr.lto heart of grace, then, day by day
'iako hciit of grace, and sing each
morn:
"To-day's to-day, not yesterday,
And all the world is newly born!"
-Nora Perry.
timber caught Are from a passing lo-
comotivo and was entirely destroyed.
Thousands of dollars gone to ashes!
Was this man discouraged? (Hli
shoulder took on an added curve. His
brow became mire wrinkled and care
worn. But he worked steadily on lor
a home, only an earthly dwelling place.
If he had tolled half as hard for that
other home, whit a lovely mansion in
o. r Father's kingdom could have been
his His luck, as some call It, bad
changed. Again the fire bells clang,
engines go rushing by, men shriek
"Fire! Fire!" Little boys, who should
be in lea, pipe "Fire! Fire!" but the
man who should be tho most Interest
ed In this conflagration slumbers on.
Some one Is pounding at bis door. Ho
is aroused.
' Who is there?"
He opens the door, and standing In
the flickering gaslight is a fireman,
with the icicles hanslng from cape,
cap and hair.
"What's tho matter? What's tho
matter, sir?"
"Arouse yourself, man; your shop,
tools and ail are burned. Wo worked
hard to save them, but could only get
a stream to p!ay half an hour ago. It's
so cold, everything seems frozen up.
Are you Insured?"
"Oh, Heaven! my insurance policy
expired yesterday!" .
He dressed and hurried down.
Alas! It was too true! Everything
had been swept away. ,At sixty, a
comparatively old man, he must com
mence again.
The tears rained down his cheeks.
He felt as if he could curse his Maker
fir this bitter, bitter blow.
In I he gray dawn he crept back to
his home.
They were all up and dressed, and
the breakfast waiting for him. Mother
greeted him with a sympathetic, cheer
ful race. The little girls ran and
threw their arms around this world
weary, storm-tossed father. The eld
est said he would give up his dancing
school And tho little slx-yeir-old Eva
(aid she would make tidies, and sell
(hem, and pretty soon papa should
have another and a better shop.
He clasped them to his heart and
?a!d:
"Heaven" bless you! If It were not for
these, I could wish I were dead."
They sat down to a silent breakfast,
one could cat. At latt Mrs. Hatch
asked:
"How much do you think you have
lost?"
"About five thousand. It would not
have germed much In the past. I am
setting old now. I am completely dis
couraged. Then, all of my men lost
their uols, and, If anything, there
are many of them worse off than I
am."
Time, that wonderful healing salve
for all wounds, glided by. Our neigh
bor came and went as usual. Some
thought he was secretly indulging
again. His step was not as firm, nor
his eye as clear. The wife's face wore
a shade of sadness. Still he kept at his
work. Beautiful structures went tow
ering up toward heaven, and he was
their builder; still there was less Of
comfort in the little home. At last
the overtired wife remonstrated with
him. He would not adroit the fact. He
asked:
"Did you ever know me to break my
word ! "
"Ah, William, you rely too much up
on your own strength. Think of the
children growing to manhood and wo
manhood. Oh, think of the hereafter!"
In a gruff voice, he assumed at times
he replied:
"Let the hereafter take care of it
self; the perplexities of one world at a
lime are all a man can be expected to
meet. I hope In the next, I, for one,
may have a little easier time."
The good wife sighed deeply, and
said no more.
At last the winter of 1901 was upon
them. There had been little change in
tbe family or the father. True, the
world said: "Hatch is drinking again,
what a pity?" Is there a minister or
layman In the city of his adoption
who can say, "I endeavored to save
him?" Not one. Still he lived under
tbe sound of a minister's voice, and
could, from his own door, hear him,
from Sabbath to Sabbath, expound the
Word of God to his hearers, and with
out adding dessert or side dimes in the
form of pastoral visitation, or kindly
interest through the week, gave them
until tbe next Sabbath to digest his
thoughts, or lay them 'on their souls
until they created moral dyspepsia.
One week ago today we saw our
neighbor as he passed our window, with
a plane and rule under his arm as he
went homo to dinner. The wind blew
and howled; snow fell as though emp
tied V the basketful, Instead of the
sleepy, lazy way it usually comes
down.
The children were all at home. There
was no pleasant converse at the table,'
for these days the father was surly
and 111 natured. Those little serpents
he drank into his stomach had ascend
ed to the brain and their writhing
made him Irritable. Today, as he
arose from the table, some strange ten
derness stole Into his breast, for as he
passed the chair of his youngest child
he stooped and kissed her. This un
usual tenderness on his part embold
ened her to say:
"Father, I want a geography."
The strong coffee wef having a
counteracting effect; he was sobering.
The son said, as he muffled himself to
go out In tbe raging elements:
, "Where are you working today?"
"I have to go sway up in the upper
art of (own, to look after some men
( have on a Job up there." . ; '
Mrs. Hatch, so pleased to see him
once more himself, brough't his big
fur mittens, then the scarf the girls
hid made for his Now Year's gift. She
wrapped this with tender hands around
his neck, and said:
"Please remember tea and sugar
when you come heme tonight." '
" yes, tea, sugar and,, B geography,"
At one o'clock he went from home
leaving the Inmates with a glad new
hone in their hearts, ."
At throe o'clock we looked from cur
window and saw a crowd of men bear
ing a heavy burden slowly and sol
emnly along.. They stopped at our
neighbor's dtOr. Clang went the door
bell. We could plainly see our neigh
bor's wife at i side window busily en
gaged running her sewing machine.
Again the door bell Is pulled vigorous
ly. This timo she hears, steps to the
the glass, smoothes her hair, takes oft
her house-apron, and, hastens to the
door. She steps back when she sees
the crowd steps farther back and
grasps the doorknob, when they push
forward with their burden. As length
she gasps:
"Gentlemen," you have made a mis
take. This Is the wrong house."
"Doesn't William Hatch live here?"
"Yes. Who Is it? What is It?"
They slowly raised the cover that
concealed the form, and there was her
husband dead!
Did she faint? No; she grew strange
ly white from lip to brow; not a tear
or sob. Passing her band across her
eyes, sho asked:
"Where am I? Who killed him?"
Has the roinnnce of life faded out at
fifty? No; here was the man she hnd
loved and wedded when a young mai
den, loved through all these bitter
ytars of trial, dead! he who had left
her only a few hours before in seeming
good health. She remembered even
then the little commonplace errands
lie was to do for tho household. Could
he never attend to those things again?
They laid him down. The children
came in from school, and were wild
in their fright and grief. Then amid
this great sorrow the mother's love
asserted Itself. She tried to comfort
her children.
How did It happen? Some little Chil
dren, sliding their way down from
school, discovered near the abutment
of the old canal bridge, the dead body
01' a man almost covered with snow.
The alarm was given. People seem to
spring from the very ground at such
times, and In a few momenta a won
dering, gaping crowd was looking on,
At last some one Identified him. He
had walked off the old bridge, going
head foremost down upon the Ice. From
appearances, he had strugg!d away
from the place where he first fell, and
then, exhausted, had laid down and
died. Did the fall kill him? He died
from an occasional glass, and relying
upon self to overcome tbe temptation,
and, at last, without leaving a home
for his loved ones, and no prospects of
a home for himself in the hereafter, he
has gone hence one more victim of
drink and self-reliance.
How we shall miss our neighbor!
At the accustomed hours we shall of
ten fancy we hear that slow, shuffling
step, sec the seamed and weather
biaten face. But, alas, he has stepped
out, gone away suddenly.
Verily, we know not what an hour
or a day may bring forth. New York
Weekly.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Roman widows had to wear weeds
for ten months, and might not marry
for a year.
Book muslin gets Its name from
Buke, the district in India wbere It
was first manufactured.
Though white pearls are preferred
In Europe, In China bright ysjf.ow
pearls are most valuable.
Northern Cullfornla'has lost Its prin
ciple antique. The oldest house In
that part of the state, built by Mayor
T. B. Reading in the remote period of
1844, and known therefore as a his
torical structure," has been destroyed
by wind and flood.
Most of the world's chocolate Is
made In Switzerland, though Germany
Is a good second. The man whose
goods fill the slot machines in New
York has his factory In Cologne. There
are acres of It, and his mansion Is one
of the palaces of the town.
There are no walking-beam engines
on European river or lake steamers.
Most of them use a horizontal engine
made In Zurich, and all of them are
long, low, rakish craft, must faster
than American boats, In addition to
being safer if less comfortable.
Laborers In Germany go to work at
6 o'clock In the morning and work un
til 6 at night This strikes the observ
er as having something to do with
German prosperity when contrasted
with the slow, idling Englishmen, with
their limitations on output and lack
of German mechanical skill. It may
have more to do with beating Britain
m the world's markets than the tariff.
While Geo. W. Stevens, many years
ago, was repairing the road In front
of his house In Bolton, Vt., he hung
a hoe In a tree and forgot It A few
days ago the tree was cut down and
when sawed up, the Made of the hoe,
with the exception ot a part ot the
crook and the handle, was found em
bedded In the body ot the tree, having
been covered by the wood and bark
by natural growth.
A curious survival of an old law ap
peared in France recently when a wo
man who had taken a couple of buck
ets of water out ot the sea at Bou
logne was threatened with a One by
the customs officials' for having vio
lated an enactment of Louis XIV. The
old law forbade the taking of sea wa
ter less those taking it should extract
the salt and so defraud the revenues
ot the salt tax. and the woman
compelled to show that she merely In
tended 10 give ner little boy a salt
water bath.
The Roman police hare cleared the
city ot soothsayers, who have been
doing a flourishing business there for
years '
'GARDEN. FARM and CROPS
SUGGESTIONS
FOR THE.
; UP-TO-DATE
AGRICULTURIST
Hard-Mouthed Horses.
Here Is something of real practical
Value to any one driving a horse that
pulls on the bit: Fasten a small ring
to each side ot the bridle and aa near
the browband as possible. Pass lines
through bit-rings and snap them into
rings at browband. This, with a com
mon Jointed bit, will enable a child
to hold a "puller" or hard-mouthed
horse with ease under almost all cir
cumstances. It can be used on a fast
horse In double team, or on both, as
desired, It Is cheap and easily ap
plied, and It won't make the mouth
sore. It is better than any patent
bit The Epltomlst.
Corn and Cob Meal for Cows.
A dairyman who has long fed corn
and cob meal to his cows says that he
has found It one of bis best feeds,
but It is better for them to add ground
oats also. This feed, be says, with
corn silage andi tome clover hay,
keeps the flow of milk and Its fat to
the standar dof summer blue grass
pasture. He urges his neighbors to
try his plan, and says his feed mill is
one of his best Investments, thinking
thnt grinding the ear corn, cob and
all, adds much to Its value in feeding,
both to cows and pigs. He keeps as
many pigs as possible to feed his
skim milk to, fresh from his separator.
Indiana Farmer.
Sifting a Dairy Herd.
The dairy herds of Illinois have been
quite thoroughly looked over by the
experiment station workers of that
state. Interesting results wore ob
talnedfrom eighteen average herds lo
cated In tho southern part of the
state.
Of the 221 cows included, the aver
age production per cow was 5,617
pounds of milk and 227 pounds of but
ter fat, with an average milk test of
4.03 percent. The best herd averaged
850 pounds, the poorest 142 pound
butter fat per cow. The butter fat
produced by the best cow was worth
119, while that of the poorest was
worth only $19.58. showing an excel
lerjt profit for the good cow and much
less than nothing to pay pay her board
for the poor cow. It was found that
at least one-third of the cows were un
profitable reckoning the food they con
sumed in market price.
An Interesting example 1 s
cess of weeding out a herd b:
of tbe Babcock test. Five cows were
taken out, and the average profit ot
the herd was increased by $7.62 per
head. A study of the feeding system
used In that section led to the conclu
sion that those who fail 10 provide
Silage were making a serious mistake,
and thnt they should also use more
clover and alfalfa hay, which would
replace the expensive, concentrated
foods to an extent and reduce tho cost
of milk production.
Buttermilk may be built up along a
vegetable route, a feature which is
generally neglected by truck men.
These products sell at about half the
price of fresh milk. A great deal of
poultry may also' be sold if the pedler
knows how to dress fowls neatly and
thoroughly, so as to make a good ap
pearance and save further work on
the part of the cook.
Whatever Is grown should be the
best of its kind. ' If obliged to sell
second quality stuff, sell it as such
and charge a corresponding price.
Study your customers and learn their
likes and dislikes, then build up a
trade that cannot be taken away.
Boston Cultivator.
Clover 8ilge.
The tilling of silos with clover Is
still an unsolved problem. In the lat
est bulletin of the Michigan Agricul
tural Station the summary of this
question, which for some time there,
has been in the experimental stage,
was about this: Make the clover into
bay, and feed with com silage as part
ot the protein ration. The facts as
they presented themselves to Director
Smith were that making clover silage
was slow and expensive work and In-'
volved drawing too much water to the
silo. Clover is hard to rake up, to
load, and to get Into the silo, and it la
uncertain In the siloing part; so it
seems the better way to cure It Into
hay and feed as tbe dry part of the
ration, except In years where there Is
a great amount ot ram and curing Is
about Impossible.
80 far as I know, cattle eat good
clover silage with much relish, but
the question Is this, "Does it pay to
draw a orop to the silo that will dry
out in the field 65 pounds of water to
the 100 pounds?" Tbe director thought
not, when he needed some dry hay to
go with bis corn silage. The real
trouble with clover seems to be In Its
high protein content causing It to take
on a greater beat in the silo than corn,
and so It throws off too much mois
ture and Is liable to burn. Some ex
periments were made where clover
was closely pressed into huge casks
and headed up air tight, so that nff
moisture could escape, and excessive
beating could not take place, owing to
the exclusion of further supplies ot ox
ygen, and the keeping was about per
fect This is a point in which tbe hen
men might find profit by filling small
barrels with clover and heading It In,
for hen silage in the winter. ' v
: Some have succeeded well with si
loing clover by cutting it, as they do
corn, and wetting down with fair addi
tions of water, making the mass de
cidedly wet, and adding weight to the
cover to promote more absolute set
tling and exclusion of air. All agree
upon this: that the clover should be
cut when coming Into blossom and be
got Into the silo without wilting, and
there be spread uniformly, and the
more closely packed the better. I
have not answered Mr. D. to do or net
to da It's a matter he must decide
upon, and then do some experimental
work for himself. .These who. seek
out new ways and methods are said to
be favored by the gods. Tribune Far
mer.
Rotation In Crops.
This much-discussed, subject cannot
be .worn out so long as It is quite
Ignored by so many farmers year af
ter year. More than one-half the
farmers of thd west and south, where
the soli and climate are peculiarly
adapted to the production of certain
crops called "staple," such as cotton,
wheat and corn, continue to plant the
same crops on the same land year af
ter year, with constantly diminishing
yield, entirely oblivious to the fact
that the productiveness of the soil Is
thus being exhausted. This Is not al
together on account of the drain upon
the fertility of the soli, for that Is
usually kept up by the application ot
fertilizers, but it Is produced by the
mechanical condition of the soil caused
by the certain methods of cultivation
required by tbe crops thus continu
ously planted. The soil becomes
cloyed or glutted with certain ele
ments of plant food left In It by the
plants that have been grown therein
year after year, and a change In crops
Is absolutely necessary to restore It to
Its full productiveness.
Rotation In crops has been demon
strated as being excellent for the re
cuperation of the soil, as the continual
growing and gathering from the same
field of a harvest of the same kindred
product will, In time, deprive the soil
In that field of the ability to produce
that idontical article, as it has taken
from the soil all that is essential for
tho production of such crop. When
crops fail of themselves, the failure
can, as a rule, be traced to tch neglect
of the farmer and not to natural condi
tions. The soil Is provided In a gen
eral state of richness. If continual
demands are made upon it to produce
a certain kind ot crop and no return
offered In the way of remedies for Its
degenerating tendency, the outcome
will be a thin crop 'rom a fertile .soli
exhausted for the L"oductlon of that
particular crop. ;
It will not do to depend wholly upon
fertilizing, stirring the soil and keep
ing down the weeds for success In
farming. Plants exercise a potent in
fluence upon each other in the promo
tion of growth and yield and the effect
of changing crops upon land Is the
e as the Improvement ot live
stocB by selection In breeding. Any
breed of stock will run out If continu
ously In-bred from, the same family,
and so land will beebmo-arren unless
"bred" in the right way and frequent
ly, to a new kind of crop." There art
many plants, the roots and stalks of
which, remaining strong and succu
lent after the production of their
fruits, restore to tho soil a portion of
the plant foods they receive from it.
Of this kind are the ' leguminous
plants, such as clover, peas,, beans, etc.
Many plants that are pot allowed to
produce seed exhaust teh soil but very
little. These are very valuable in form
ing a system of successive crops, as
by introducing them Into the rotation
the land may be made to yield for
many years without the application of
more manure, but they perform the
best service when the land Itself is In
good condition.
It has been demonstrated that a
good many factors exist In the .soil
for promoting the growth of plants, but
th,c farmer must regulate and manage
them. True, nature does not depend
entirely upon.'the farmer, nor does she
submit to being plundered, but follow
ing each demand made upon It in the
way of a crop, the land will not again
attain Its former merit until there is
restored to it, equally and in propor
tion, the essential elements of which
It has been deprived. Agricultural
Epltomlst.
Farm Notes.
If there are ticks on tbe sheep, dip
them and the lamps when the shear
ing Is done.
Teach tbe little pigs to eat as soon
as possible and feed them skim-milk,
all they will eat.
, Besides the profitableness of grow
ing the better animals, there is the
advantage in that there Is always a
demand for such stock.
Regulate tbe amount ot grain accord
ing to the amount of wprk done. Do
not feed too much grain on idle days.
Serious results sometimes follow.
In selecting a setting hen, where
there is a choice in the matter, only
the tame, less nervous and fidgety ones
should be used as brooders and nurses.
For farm work the farmer wants
good sized horses, yet there are some
Bmall horses which will stay with any
of them. . There Is a great deal of dif
ference In the way horses are built.
If you want the horse to do the
most work feed them on the proper
feed, so that they may develop strength
and be able to do the required work.
Try some oats Instead of so much corn.
Good healthy fowls, properly killed
and cooled, ought to keep In any or
dinarily cool place at temperature of
forty or fifty degrees, for a week at
least and be all the better for being
kept
1 Fifty breeding ducks, if property
cared for, should keep three 2Z0-egg
incubators going and turn out between
2000 and 3000 ducklings during the
season. This would keep one man
quite busy.';: , : r :' V;"
In feeding fowls, always keep In view
the fact that the excess ot food over
and above that required for warmth of
body and egg production will be con
verted Into fat which will decrease the
production of eggs. .
Look for brains as well as feet, limbs
or body when buying a horse. Aa
animal that is sound in every mem
ber but has not a level head Is never
a pleasant horse and seldom a valua
ble one. Horse Breeder. v .
10 SCATTER PATENT
. . . " MODELS. .
UNCLE . SAM'S BIO COLLECTION
TO GO TO THE A8H HEAP.
It Costs $19,500 a Year to Houss
These Curiosities and These Are
the Days of Economy Curator
Gill's 8ystem of Exhibiting Them
Notable Ones.
A sad man is R. C. Gill, tor nearly
forty years keeper of, the models of
the United States patent offlco, writes
the Washington correspondent of
the. New York Sun.' He" wanders
aimlessly through the -loag corridors
bnthree floors of theV-blg Union
building on O street between Sixth
and Seventh streets, Nartafest, tak
ing a last farewell of his wards. He
seems a part of the mustiness and
quaintness of the place, his tall form
bent, his eyes piercing the dusk, his
bald head and white beard contrast
ing sharply with his surroundings.
Only a few days more and then, by
act of congress, his 'treasures, the
accumulation of all the years since
the patent system was established In
1790, will be distributed he knows
not where.
No one knows tho great value and
singular interest attached lo the 157,
000 models better than the old cur
ator. The arrangement In the cases
is his; the labeling is bis; everything
hut tho right to say what shall be
('.one with the models is his. They
I arc his pride and he has never been
1 n bnppy as when showing some vis
I Iter through the labyrinth of curiosi
ties.
The keeping of these models Is
costing Uncle Sam too much money.
Congress has said bo and the Com
missioner of patents agrees or rath
er he agreed before congress said
anything about the matter. A rental
of $19,500 a year Is being paid for a
place to store them and keep tbe
most Interesting on exhibition. The
great movement for economy started
at the beginning of the last session
has reached to this detail and all is
over. A special committee Is looking
over the lot with a view to finding
which models will have to be re
tained under the United States stat
utes as being a part of the record of
the Inventions In connection with
which they were made. The records
of patents, if they are essential, must
not be destroyed, In order that the
patentee may be amply protected
against Infringement; and in some
cases, although only a very few, the
Inventor's specifications refer to mod
els and may not be understood with
out the models.
This 1b only a drop In the bucket,
however, for the authorities of the
office declare that 90 percent and
perhaps more will be scattered.
Those to which special historic In
terest is attached, such as the orig
inal Howe sewing machine model,
the original model of the electro
magnetic telegraph Instruments pa
tented by S. F. B. Morse In 1846, and
the first mode of a patented gasolene
automobile" Will dottWteM-go the na
tional museum in this cItySome
of the others will be sold or gtaea
away to any colleges or technical In
stitutions that want them. It Is pos
sible thnt large patent soliciting
firms which maintain small exhibits
may desire to have some and if they
do they can get them for a song. As
for the rest the ash heap.
Mr. GUI has expended years nf
thought and labor In making the mod
els tell the complete story of Ameri
can invention. When a visitor enters
the model room on a tour of Inspec
tion he takes him first to a far cor
ner on the uppermost floor, and there
In a flood of light, next a big window,
he points to Case No. 1. In It are
tho beginnings ot things. A model
of Ell Whitney's cotton gin Is there,
but this Is not the one made under
that Inventor's .direction. The fa
mous patent office fire of September
24. 1877, destroyed that and Mr. Gill
had another made from the original
drawings, which are, of course, on
record In the office. Another model
that Is In Case No. 1 Is that of the
first patented steam railway engine.
It is crudely constructed of brass, but
serves to show what In the dawn of
steam Invention was a new principle
In mehanlcs tbe piston and cylinder
applied to the operation ot a car
riage. While these historic Inventions
hold tbe attention of the visitor,
there Is another which is not so well
known, but which deserves notice. It
Is the oldest model In the collection,
a curious circular affair like a table,
with big brushes arranged to operate
upon It The card tied to it reads,
"Cloth shearing machine. Samuel S.
Dorr, October 20, 1792." Further
along is another cloth-shearing ma
chine, the work of this same Dorr
and patented in 1807.
: Pains are always taken by the aged
curator to say that those models are
not of the very first patents. The
man who had the distinction of first
securing patent rights from tbe Unit
ed States government was Samuel
Hopkins. There Is nothing on the
record to show where be lived. His
scheme waa for making "potash : and
pearl ashes" by a new and Improved
method. His claim was allowed by
a board consisting of the secretary of
state,-the secretary of war and the
attorney-general in 1790, the year of
the creation of the patent, system.
That same year two other patents,
were issued, one on a machine for
manufacturing candles and the other
for a flour and Wal-maklng machine.
Six cases are filled with sewing
machine models.. From the first
successful machine. Invented '" by
Ellas Howe, Jr., the claims on which
were allowed September 19, 1846. In
the same year with the telegraph, the
models show the development down
the. years until the complicated but
perfectly smooth running delight ot
the modern housewife Is reached.
Then there are the freaks. Mr. GUI
has humor stored up for the occasion,
when any of these are under Inapeo'
tlon.;.-;;;;;?;,.
"Here's a pocket sewing machine.
Invented by a lady," he says Invari
ably. "She Intended that it should
twi carried around to afternoon tea
parties i that when conversation
lagged It might1 be prouuued and a
little work accomplished."
Then be waits a moment to give
his hearers time to absorb his mean
ing before he concludes with a sly,
sidelong glance, as If to judge the wit
of the stranger.
"But there was never much use for
these, and the Inventress didn't get
rich."
Women, always Jealous of the ac
complishments of their sex, have
been accustomed In the past and
present to Inquire of the curator what
other "things" have been patented by
women. So frequent has this ques
tion been propounded that Mr. Gill
some lime ago had nearly all of the
models of women's inventions collect
ed In cases In one part of the build
ing. Here he leads the feminine vis
itor the moment sho shows signs of
veering around toward that quarter
In her endless Interrogations.
An Interesting lot thy are and one
of which women In general may well
be proud. Most of them are for
household use, although the broader
field has repeatedly been entered
with more or less success. The flo
klenes of fortune is illustrated here
and there. On one shelf Is an elab
orate model of a submarine telescope,
the product of some fertile feminine
brain, or, to, be more exact, of the
brain of Sarah P. Mather, who se
cured her patent in 1845. just beside
It is a packnge of rectangular pieces
of tissue paper, fringed at the edges,
for use In wrapping hon bona. Sarah
P. Mather Is said to have died poor,
while her sister Inventress of the
simpler muid, who was Miss I. J. Van
Skelllne, got rich from tho returns
of tho candy wrapper. But the tis
sue paper rectangles were not Invent
ed until 1877 and by that time people
doubtless knew more about making
money by their patents. Mr. GUI
says people have always been fonder
of eating bon bons than of gazing
through the watery vistas of the
oceans.
According to Mr. GUI a
who grew tired of having
woman
cinders
catch in her hair while she was rid
ing on a railroad train Is responsible
for the Invention of a cap to fit over
the smokestack of a locomotive, with
flumes running downward and back
ward to conduct the troublesome
cinders to a fearful death beneath
the wheels of the train. She must
have forgotten all about the draught
for the flee, or else she considered
that of no importance as compared
with the trouble caused by the cin
ders. The Invention never saw light
outside of the patent office.
Histories of Abraham Lincoln all
agree that he was a man of versatile
genius, but none of them says that
ho was an Inventor. Still he was,
and the evidence of it is In the old
patent office model room. The great
war president set about inventing an
appliance for lifting Ohio and Missis
sippi river steamboats over shoals,
and In 1849 he secured a patent upon
the results of his thought. It Is a
rood thing for tho countrv th;
was a better statesman than -he was
Inventor, however, for.JnT"wonderful
lifting bellows, tobe attached to the
eldest, the jtesael beneath the water
llneJPR'"irlumph of the impossible.
ITe plan was to Inflate them with air
by simply exerting force downward
upon upright poles fastened to the
bottom of the bellows. When this was
done, according to the most accurate
figuring, the boat would be floated
over shallow places upon which she
would otherwise go aground.
But President Lincoln did not allow
for tho wear and tear. He provided
no protection for the immense bel
lows against the driftwood and snags
of the river. Therefore, no one, so
story goes, could be persuaded to give
them a try.
Doubtless living inventors would
like to havo their models back. In
most cases they can get them by sim
ply writing to Commissioner Allen
and making the request. Thomas A.
Edison, If he gets all of his, will have
a little patent office exhibit of his
own; for since ho Invented his vote
register In 1869 he has taken out 784
patents up to February, 1904.
- Lost Jls Job.
Patrick Gleason, the well-known shoe
manufacturer of Brockton, Mass., one
day hired a laster who was a very
poor workman. The first shoe the
man took off bis last was so badly
lasted he did not 'dare put it on his
rack for Inspection, but bid It under
his bench, Intending to make a better
job of It during the noon hour. The
second shoe was not much better, but
be thought it would pass, and started
on the third. Mr. Gleason, coming
along Just then, picked up the shoe
tbat lay on the rack, and examined it
Then turning to tbe laster, he said,
angrily: "III bet you ten dollars
you can't show me a shoe in this
factory as badly lasted as this." "I'll
take you on that bet," said the laster
and, reaching down, he took the first
shoe from under bis bench and handed
it to Mr. .Gleason. Mr. Gleason paid,
but the laster lost his job. '
Hsblt Of Observation.
Willie was admonished by his father
to develop the habit of observation.
"Cultivate the "faculty of seeing and
you will be a successful man," he
said. Tbe boy 'a uncle added to the ad
monition, and bis aunt also dilated up
on the 'necessity of observing every
thing that went on. Tbe triple lec
ture made a deep Impression upon
Willie. That evening he told his fa
ther that be had been using his eyes.
"Tell us what you have learned," said
his aunt. "Uncle Jim's got a bottle
of whisky hid behind his trunk," said
Willie; "Aunt Jennie's got an extra
set ot teeth In her dresser, and pa's
got a deck of cards and a box of chips
behind the books In the secretary.''
And the family united In voting him a
little sneak. - '.
, Competition Useless.
The manager of the "East Lynns"
threw Up his hands In despair.
"What's the matter?" asked the lead
ing man." .'..y: '.
"There's no use of our expecting to
draw a crowA hero to-night I've just
learned that the rival house is to bavtt
a show with a chorus composed en
tirely of girls who have been mixed up
lis, murder case "Chicago Record-Herald.
A BALLAD Or BALLOONACY. ,
We have hnd our cycle mania,
And our golfers clud In plaid:
The baseball crank's still with us .
And the man who's suto mad,
But now there comes new one, -
W.'io turns the strangest trick;
The man who scorns to ride or walk-
Tho bold balloonatle.
He IntiKhs at horse ana btiewv.
And will take no auto rln
lie (11 Iks like Santos Dum
And a gasbag Is his pride, . ."',
He hits the blue emplroan "J -
Till ho makes the lark look sick; '
He sets us all a-rubberlng J'
This gay balloonatle.
He chnts of clouds nnd rurrents
And machines that can be steered.
And of how he'd had -the record
If the hUmcl wind hadn't veered: ::
He throws down sand upon us.
And he laughs whene'er we kick;
For the upper hnnd he carrlos
Thls proud balloonatle.
Hut some day, oh. yes, some day, ".
Like the man who loops the loop,
He will made a miscalculation
And there'll he a downward swoop:
And we'll have to hunt with well drilll
When he hits earth like a brick.
And tbe clouds no more ho'll Jostle -
Our late balloonatle.
Denver Republican.
SIlllcuB It's no fool job, I tell you.
CynicuB Then why undertake It?
Philadelphia Record.
"We shall be dining out this eve
ning, though." "Oh. Have you inher
ited money or lias your cook left?"
Chicago Record-Herald.
"You look bored to death, old man."
"Bored! I should say so; haven't a
blessed 'thing to do and no money to
do It with." Brooklyn Life.
"I see Mr. Squab is trying to break
the bank at Monte Carlo." "Huh!
Don't notice tho bank complaining
much, do you?" Philadelphia Ledgor.
He Did you tell your father that I
was a poet? His Fiancee I did and
ho refused to believe It. Said he had
read your book. Chicago Dally News.
The Father Eunice, I don't like the
company your young man Spoonamore
keeps. The Daughter Why, papa, I'm
the only company he's keeping these
days! Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. JinksSo you're going to send
your daughter to Bryn Mawr college.
Why not to Vassar? Mrs. Woodby
The Vassar colors don't become her
at all. Philadelphia Ledger.
Tit for Tat; Laboring man I want
to renew my lease. Landlord-'-Well,
the new scale of rent for your flat will
be $18 InRtead of $15 tor a month of
25 days Instead of the old number.
Judge.
"Have you hoard about the latest
insurance company?" "No;
"Why, It's onjtliaLffJmlBes to
payVssWRTnssr) both parties, in case
the marriage proves a failure." De
troit Free Press.
"Would a newspaper correspondent
accompanying a track team date his
reports 'With the Fief?" "Well, he
might, although most people who go
to a track meet expect to see a squad
run." Harvard Lampoon.
"What's the difference between vi
sion and sight?" "See those two girls
across the street?" "Yes." "Well, the
pretty me I would call a vision of
loveliness, but the other one Bhe's a
sight." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"I see the legislature passed that
law you were advocating. "Yes," an
swered Farmer Corntossel. "That's a
start anyhow. It's easy enough to
pass a law. The next thing Is to get
people to pay any attention to It."
Washington Star.
The paying teller (In Day and Night
bank, at 4 a. m.) But this doesn't re
semble your regular signature, Mr.
Klubman? Mr. Klubman Reg'lar
night signaeture, ol' boy. Darn lucky I.
(hlc) didn't have to - make my
marksh! Brooklyn Life.
"As the proverb says," remarked
the demoralizer, "Eat, drink and be
married." "That Isn't right," pro
tested the moraltzer. "It's 'eat, drink
and be merry. Oh," exclaimed the
demoralizer, In disgust, "that's alto
gether different." Chicago Dally
News. .
Hostess (to new curate) We seem
to be talking of nothing but horses,
Mr. Soothem. . Are you much of a
sportsman? Curate Really, Lady Bet
ty, I don't think I ought to say that I
am. I used to collect butterflies; but"
I have to give up even that now!
Punch. '
Cholly (proudly) By Jove! I'm
quite a professor of swimming, don't '
you know. I taught Mabel Galey how
to swim In two lessons. Jack Gad!
That was a quick tbrowdown. Cholly
(Indignantly) What do you mean?
Jack Why, she let me give her ten
lessons before she learned. Town and ,
Country. . , . i.
The Inspector asked the boys ot the
school he was examining: ; wan you
take your warm overcoats off? "Yes,
sir," waa the response. "Can the bear '
take his warm overcoat Off?" "No,
sir." "Why, not?" There was silence
for a while, and then a little boy spoke
up: "Please,' sir, because God alone
knows where the buttons are." St
James's Gazette, '
8a Trout Fishing.
Sea trout fishing Is to the anglor
what woodcock shooting Is to men who
shoot viz., tbe highest form of sport
Alas!' there Is not enough of It worth
having to go around In these degen
erate times. Sporting and Dramatis
News,
1 Economy of the Foam Born.
The Venus of Meloi explalned.
"Elbow gloves are so scarce and ex
pensive It was easier to cut off my
arms,r She tald.
Thus we see how the ancient Greeks
rose above mere fashion. New York
Bun. :'' ' :.:
About C000 Iron miners In Lorraine,
more than half of the whole number
employed In that region on the border
f Germany and France, are using ace
tylene lamps In their work
1.