THE . SCRANTOK - TRIBUNE- SATUBPAY MORKIKG, t AtTttUST 8, 180G.
11
FAME AND WEALTH
MADE IN PATENTS
Review of the Wonderful Progress Made
in American Inventions.
CHAPTER OF PATENT OFFICE LORE
Men Who Have Captured Dig Stakes
fertile Ingenuity of Their llraino.
Others Who Have Succeeded Oulr
in Causing the Judicious to Smile.
Curiosities That Reach the Patent
Office Each Year.
There ra no advantage point like the
United) States patent otlloe, says a
writer in thw Chicago Times-Herald,
from which to measure and comprehend
the wonderful progress of the world In
mechanical appliances und In the util
ization of nature's forces as applied to
all the conveniences and accessories of
life. If we consider tlie stride from a
primitive plow with which the ancients
tickled the soil to the marvelous farm
Implements of today from the first
brick libraries of Babylon nnd Nlncvah
to the superb treasures In movable
types and sumptuous buildings that
stand, piled tier on tier, in the Hrltlsh
Museum and the library of congress,
we may truly realize how the world has
progressed.
Yethere Is a still further 'thought that
the nnst wonderful part of this ad
vancement has been made within the
last 100 years. During that time we
have had the discovery of the telegraph
the electric light nnd all the various"
uses of electricity. Within the same
period we have seen the evolution of the
printing press from the clumsy hand
lever contrivance of Franklin's time to
the marvelous machine which prints
and folds 73.000 copies of a complete
elghth-pago newspaper In an hour. In
that time the locomotive engine, the
steamboat and the luxurious sleeping
and dining cars have supplanted the
primitive modes of travel which pre
ceded thorn, and we have advanced
from the old hand spinning wheel to the
wonderful weaving looms and knitting
machines of the present day. ltesldes all
these we have the discovery of the tele
phone, the phonograph, the sewing ma
chine, the typewriter and even the con
venient little luclfer match which re
place Hint and friction. Let any man
try to imagine the comparative condi
tion of llfo and society If these patented
discoveries had never been made and
he will measurably appreciate what the
world owes to the genius of Inventions.
THE PATKNT OFFICE.
Few readers of daily newspapers have
any dellnlte idea what a wonderful and
Important Institution the Amerieun
patent otllce has grown to be. Although
nine-tenths of the people of the whole
country are directly or Indirectly Inter
ested In the manufacture or use of pat
ented Inventions, only those who have
given the subject attention have any
comprehension of the (treat interests
Involved or of the vast number who are
laborers in the llelds of invention or in
some manner allied to the Industry. A
brief history of the growth of this great
institution will be of general interest.
The tlrs t 1'nlted States law pertaining
to patents was enacted April 10, 17'JO,
and exactly three months later the first
patent granted under the authority of
the government was Issued. The first
patent issued in America, however, was
granted by the general court of Massa
chusetts March 6, 164G, to Joseph Jen
kes, an Knglishman, who settled in
Lynn In 1643, and resided there until
his dentil In 1(183, and who was a rather
remarkable man In his time. He made
the dies for coining the first money, and
also built the first fire engine in this
country. Hut patents of this kind were,
like those issued in England In the early
days of the English patent system, not
even prima facto evidence of novelty,
and the Inventor was obliged to main
tain his claim as best ho could In the
courts. The law of 171M) remained in
force until February, 1793, and under It
only flftyseven patents were Issued. In
the latter year a new act effecting some
modifications was passed, which stood
until 18:;6, a period of forty-three years,
during which 9.857 patents were granted.
The year 1S3(I, in which the present
law was enacted, marked an epoch In
the American patent system, and In the
sixty yenrs following, down to the be
ginning of this year, something over
652,000 patents have been Issued. From
the three patents granted In 17!0 there
was a growth to the high-watermarl
of 26,292 In 1890. Applications come from
every city and every little humlet In
the land. During the fiscal year ending
June .'4 1S93, the number of applications
filed, including caveats, reissues, etc.,
was 41, 041, of which 25.555 were granted.
This aggregate and that of the year
next preceding, shows a slight falling
off from the average for several
years previous, especially In the num
ber of patents Issued, which Is due to the
hard times. It is the poor mechanics
everywhere and the Jack n I re genius of
the rural districts who make a major
ity of the claims for patents, and many
of them do not find It easy In these times
to rake together the means with which
to pay the government and attorneys'
fees. Not many years nso nearly all
the inventive genius of the country wns
located in New England and the east
ern states, but during the last two or
three decades the west has developed
Ita share of mechanical Ingenuity,
though Connecticut, the land of wooden
nutmegs and Waterbury watches, still
leads with the largest number patents
in proportion to population, with Massa
chusetts second, the District of Colum
bia third. New Jersey fourth, Montana
fifth, Colorado eighth and Illinois well
. up In tho list.
A BEE-HIVE." ".
The government departments at
'Washington have all been called bee
Directory
Wholesale.
BANKS.
Lackawanna Trust and Safe) Deposit Co.
Merchants' and Mechanics', 429 Locka.
Traders National, 1M Lackawanna.
Waat Side Bank, 1W N. Main,
eranten Savings, 121 Wyoming.
SEDDINO. CARPET CLEANINO, ETC
Vha BarantM Bedding Co., Lacka.
BREWERS. -Robinson.
HI. Bona, 4SS N. Seventh.
Robinson, Ulna, Cedar, cor. Alder.
' ' CHINA AND OLAS3WARB,
Ruppreohf, Louis. 231 nn.
TOT AND CONFECTIONERY
iWUllaata, 3. v. Bra., 114 Laoka.
' FLOUR, FEED AND GRAIN.
Matthews. C. P. Sons ft Co., M Lacka.
n Wee ton Mill Co., T-4 Levska.
PAINTS AND SUPPLIES.
JkUK, m Sprue.
hives, but the patent office is more than
any other aptly described by the term.
It is a busy.bustllng place. With its near
ly 650 employg-examiht, draughts
men, clerks, copyists, etc. crowded into
tlfty-slx rooms. - And with all the rest,
it is the only bureau or department that
is self-sustaining. In the year IS90. the
banner year In the history of the oftlce,
the total reoelptwer $l,3J7J,66,whlle
the expenses were tl.099,237-'. giving a
net profit of $241,074.92. In 1892 the net
earnings were $176,C92.B9, and for the fis
cal year ending June SO, last, the profits
were $157,390,999, , notwithstanding the
depressed condliiun of business gener
ally. The total amount of net earnings
to the credit of the oftlce In the treas
ury of the United States is 84,56G,757.73.
The f-uestion has been raised whether
the government should go on accumu
lating this fund, which has been char
acterized as so much blood money
squeezed from the Inventors of the
country. If the fees' are now larger
than necessary to cover the cost of ad
Judging and acting upon all applica
tions, say the objectors, why not reduce
them? The object of the patent law Is
to encourage and stimulate Invention.
Without this stimulus the great prog
ress noted within the past 100 years
would not have been witnessed, while
under Its operation we have seen that
where, a century ago. Franklin, a man
of science, was -content to leave the
printing press as he found It, and as
Outtenburg had eft it 300 years before,
the last 100 years have seen It advance
to one of the most wonderful mechan
isms In an age of wonders. And where,
a century ago, the workman and ihe
artisan were satisfied to Jog along with
such crude Implements and methods as
were at hand, today he is alert and
thoughtful, looking to the attainment
of better Instrumentalities and a higher
plane of action,
CURIOSITIES IN STOCK.
Patent office research has many in
teresting features. The model-room,
that great storehouse of miniature me
chanical devices, bas Us curious and
Its humorous side. "The curositles of
literature" are not more entertninlng
than the curositles of the patent office.
Within its archives are models of al
most every Implement of human use,
from the Hotchklss marhine gun to tin
toy pistol, and from a steam engine to
a common wood screw, from the great
windmill to a bottle stopper, from
a steamship to a rat-trap, from a
trashing machine to an Ice cream free
zer, from a cradle to a tombstone, and
from a brick machine or a folding bed
to a fish hook ami a toy hoop. There
are Jumping-Jueks, dosing bottle and
life-saving boats, cooking stoves, print
ing pressed and gate openers, horse
shoes, railroad frogs and sausage ma
chines, corn planters, corn shellers and
corn extractors, fans, corset stays and
glove fasteners, world without end. The
number of patents that have been Is
sued for variations or improvements of
the same thing Is astonishing. Cover
ing so small a thing as a wood strew
there are over 100 different patents;
in the class of lanterns nearly 1,000 pa
tents, and for wash boilers something
like 500. For tobacco pipes and mouth
pieces 475 patents have been Issued, and
for bottle stoppers upward of W0. These
are among the simplest devices, but
coming to the more important classes
there have been up to the last year 6,018
patents granted for sewing machines,
and their various attachments; for fire
arms, not including heavy ordnance,
torpedo or machine guns, 4.350 patents;
for car couplings, (5.7X0. und for weaving
and knitting machines, 5.312. For ag
ricultural implements, Including plant
ers, harvesters, thrashers and the
whole ranee of machines and ap
pliances, the total number of patents Is
;!6,575, of which 10,122 relate to plow
alone. In the class of electric lighting
3,316 patents had been Issued previous
to the current fiscal year, and In that
of carriages and wagons the total num
ber Is 20,0116. These are fair illustra
tions. In the line of toys there Is an al
most endless array, Including nearly
200 toy savings banks, some of which
are exceedingly ingenious and unique,
and dolls without number. Many of
these are among the most profitable
patents Issued.
AND STILL THEY COME.
It would seem that with this great
number of patents already granted
every possible Improvement or device
in these classes Whilst be covered, liut
so It seemed to many a few years ago,
when a majority of the present Inven
tions were undiscovered; yet inventive
brains have gone on evolving new Ideas,
and more than halt of nil the patents
issued have been granted in the last
fourteen years. In the various "classes
of electricity the most extraordinary de
velopment has been shown within a few
yesi'L and the number of patents run
well up into the thousands, of which the
wizard Edison alone has obtained near
ly seven hundred. The great aggregate
of patents granted is vastly swollen by
the continual improvement of important
inventions. For Irtstnnce, n single
firm of passenger and lifting elevator
manufacturers employ in their con
struction and operating mechanism
more than 250 separate patents, and
new Improvements are being added con
stantly. The modern printing press
manufacturers own hundreds of pat
ents covering the various, parts which
go to make the complete machine, while
the great electric companies have pro
cured or purchased scores upon siot'J
of patents useful or necessary in th"
perfection of their various nystev.-,?.
And so it IS all through the list. Tho
field of invention is practically limit
less, and great as are the rewards that
have been realized for the wonderful
and useful discoveries already made,
still ereater ones remain to be enjoyed
by those who solve the numerous prob
lems nnd possibilities yet remaining in
the realm of the unattained.
THE FINANCIAL SIDE.
' It is the profit realized by successful
inventions that inspires the greater part
of this activity. Nearly every inventor
expects or hopes to make a fortune out
of Wholesale
MONUMENTAL WORKS.
Owena Bros., 218 Adami avenue.
MILK, CREAM, BUTTER, ETC.
Soranton Dairy Co., Penn and Linden.
ENGINES AND BOILERS.
Dickson Manufacturing Co.
DRY GOODS. MILLINERY, ETC.
The Fashion, 308 Lackawanna avenue,
PLUMBING AND HEATING.
Kowley, P. F. ft M. T., 2 Wyoming av.
GROCERS.
Kelly, T. J. ft Co., 14 Lackawanna.
Megargel ft Conned, Franklin avenue.
Porter, John T., 26 and 28 Lackawanna.
"Ice. Levy ft Co., 80 Laokawanna, -
hardware:. .
Connell, W. P. ft Sons, 118 Penn.
Foote ft Shear Co.. 11 N. Washington.
Hunt Couujll Co.. 4U Lackawanna,
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CHIEF JUSTICE MELVILLE W. Fl'LT Ell.
From the Chicago Times Herald. By the courtesy of H. H. Koldsaat.
of the happy idea which he believes he
has discovered; yet it is a singular fact
that the original Inventor is rarely the
actual beneficiary, either because his
necessities compe.1 him to sacrifice his
prospective profits before the patent Is
secured or because he Is so lacking in
business capacity that he lots his In
terest slip away from htm before its
real value has been demonstrated. It
Is the great companies organized for
handling or manufacturing valuable
patented Inventions that really make
the money In a majority of cases. Ex
Commissloner Mitchell Is authority for
the statenent that more than three
fourths of nil the capital Invested in
manufactures In this country, a total
of over i;r,0.oon,000, is directly or Indi
rectly based upon patents. Some of th.
Inventions that have produced enor-'
nioim returns may be cited: Tho sewing
machine pntents not only made numer
ous Individual fortunes, but created
several large and wealthy corporations,
and the proportion which the patents
themselves contributed to this result
may be approximately measured by the
remarkable drop In the prices of these
machines since the patents expired, The
telegraph patents realized immense for
tunes to a number of people. The Good
year rubber patents, tho original of
which was a simple mixture of rubber
and sulphur, formed the basis of vast
munufactring industries ami brought
wealth to hundreds of persons. The
McCormlck harvesters and many other
agrk'ultrul muchines have made several
fortunes. The sleeping car patents and
the electric and telephone patents have
enormously enriched the inventors anil
nil who are associated with them and
the marvelous typesetting machines,
which rank among the most wonderful
inventions of the age, promise also to
take a place among the most profitable,
These are only a few conspicuous In
stances, yet it is not alone tin wonder
ful mechanism or invention that attains
great financial success. 'Sometimes a
simple little device like the common
buckle or the paper fastener will make
several fortunes. The little toy return
ball, with a rubber string attached for
drawing it back when thrown, made
more money than the great big dredg
ing machine for deepening waterways.'
MEN MADE H1CII.
Several of our well-known American
millionaires owe their fortunes to valu
able Inventions. Of these, perhaps the
four most consplcious are (leorge M.
l'uilmiiii, of palace car fame; Alexander
Graham Hell, who secured the first tel
ephone patent; Cyrus II. JloCormlck,
the harvester manufacturer; and
Thomas A. Edison, the king of modern
Inventors. Whether Mr. Edison's tan
gible fortune at the present time equals
that of the other three would bo difficult'
of determination, but If the value of all
bis holdings in all the various compan
ies und inventions bearing Ills name
could be computed, probably his wealth
would fur exceed that of any One of
them. He i not, however, an Investor
and financier like some of the others,
his attention and abilities being concen
trated upon the Intricate problems with
which he is constantly wrestling. Mr.
Edison was born in Ohio In 1X47. In boy
hood ho was a printers' "devil," in
youth a telegraph operator and In early
manhood the inventor of the quadrup
lex telegraph, followed a. few years lat
er by the incandescent light nnd many
other electrical nnd scientific appli
ances with which the public Is familiar.
He Is the most prolific inventor in the
world, having secured more patents,
for bis own inventions than any other
one man,
Alexander Graham Bell was bom In
Scotland. For several year previous
to tho Invention of the telephone he
hud been known as a writer on scientific
subjects, but not U3 an inventor, no
other patent having being previously
spplicd for by or issued to him. The
protracted controversy in the courts In-r-tituted
by Inventor Drawbaugh of
Pennsylvania, who claimed to have
bled the first application for a telephone
patent, and that his discovery was
stolen in some manner In the patent of
fice, was finally settled in favor of the
Bell patent, which has been one of the
tnost profitable ever Issued. Oeorgtf M.
Pullman, patentee of the Pullman pal
ace sleeping nnd other cars, was horn.,
in New York In 1831. At 14 years of age
he was a clerk In a country store and
ten years later was a contractor for
moving warehouses during the work of
widening the Erie canal. Shortly after
this he moved to Chicago and was the-
and Retail City and Suburban Representative Business
FRUITS AND PRODUCE.
Dale ft Steven?, 27 Lackawanna.
Cleveland, A. 8., 17 Lackawanna.
DRY GOODS
Kelly ft Healey, 20 Lackawanna.
Finley, P. B., 610 I.acknwnnnn.
LIME, CEMENT, SKWKR TIPS.
Keller, Luther, 813 Lackawanna.
HARNESS ft 8ADDLERT HARDWARE.
Frlti O. W 410 Lackawanna. .
Keller ft Harris, 117 Penn.
WINES AND LIQUORS. !
WalBh, Edward J., 32 Lackawanna.
LEATHER AND FINDINGS,
Williams, Samuel, 221 Spruce. , ; -.;',. '"
BOOTS AND SHOES; ' ;
Goldsmith Bros., tot Lackawanna.' ' .
WALL PAPER, ETC. '
Ford, W. M., 120 Penn. . :' '
CANDY MANUFACTURERS.
Scranton Candy Co., U Lackawaanc : ' -
first to apply machinery to raising
whole blocks . of stone and brick. In
1S59 he began experimenting with his
improvements in railway coaches,
which resulted In the early patents that
proved so vauable, these having been
subsequently followed by many others,
issued to him or his company, covering
the vestibule nnd other devices.
Of the other men whose important
and successful Inventions brought them
both fame and wealth 1 will mention
only a few. Iilph up on the list Is Ellas
Howe, the original inventor of the sew
ing mnchlne.whose early struggles were
full of disappointments nnd trials,
finally ending in success and affluence;
Samuel F. II. Morse, who invented the
telegraph; Samuel Colt, inventor of the
revolver pistol, who made the first mod
el of his Invention on board a ship In
1S29, and took but his first patent in
1835, which was the forerunner of all
the great Inventions in revolving fire
arms bearing his name; Richard M.
Hoe, who by gradual steps, after many
Improvements, finally produced the
wonderful rotary presses, Into which
were fed ribbons of paper five miles
long at the rate of 800 feet a minute;
Uobert Bruce, Inventor of the type
casting machine; Ell Whitney, who In
vented the cotton rIii; Thomas Blanch
nrd. Inventor of the tack machine; John
Ericsson, who designed the screw pro
ellor for vessels and Invented the iron
cinil Monitor, and James H. Eads,
whose genius created the St. Louis
bridge and the New Orleans Jetties,
More honored than any of these, per
haps, because his inventions stood more
for philanthropy than for possible
profit. Is Joseph Francis, who Invented
the life-saving boat used In government
coast service. The lit ly-lirst congress
voted him a medal of pure gold, valued
at Vi.000. It is tho largest and finest
ever given by the government to nny
individual, and wns presented to Mr.
Francis nt the White House In 1X90 by
President Harrison, with appropriate
ceremonbs. It is two-thirds of an Inch
thick and us large as a "tea plate. On the
occasion of his last V.lslt.to Wellington
four yenrs ago, then in his 92d year, the
medal was donated to the National Mu
seum, where It Is now on exhibition, to
gether with his oiiginul life car, which
saved 201 lives from the wreck of the
Ayrshire on the coast of New Jersey In
1S17.
FUNNY NOTIONS.
With all its other peculiarities and
attainments, the pntent office Is known
ns the great American crank pen, and
It is this feature of it that presents the
humorous aspect. The great number
of utterly Impracticable and almost
ridiculous devices for .which pntents
are asked Is a source of amusement
and wonder to those who get an in
sight Into the matter. "Win els In the
head" seems to be an apt designation
of the mania which possesses hundreds
of men who are busying themselves
In the field of Invention, and a glance
through the recent files nt any time will
reveal some new Insanity In mechan
ism upon which a patent Is asked.
Years ago, in the days of frequent In
dian depredations, when the frontier
covered a good deal more ground than
It does now, some rural genius Invent
ed n common plow that was to have Its
beam filled grape nnd caniszler ready
for use in case of a surprise by the red
skins. Another western chap designed
a cyclone house which was to be an
chored at the four corners as a protec
tion against cyclones. Among the
other oddities noted Is a tapeworm
trap, to be Inserted through the mouth
to catch the unwary tapeworm when
he ventures too far off his reservation,
ftnd an Illuminated metal cat, with eyes
of fire, designed to be a holy terror to
rats and mice.
A later device of the funny sort but
one with some possible utility. Is a hen's
nes-t In which the egg drops through a
trap door ns soon ns deposited by the
hen, the object being to make the hen
believe she has not succeeded in laying
nn erg. Still later than this is an In
vention by a ma.il named Batter which
consists of a shoe-with a heating ap
paratus in the sole to keep the feet
warm, also a steeling contrivance for
hunting dogs, consisting of a fan at
tachment to the tall of the dog to as
sist him in turning sharp corners. In
recent years many of the crank devices
are of the electrical sort. One of the
most ingeniously Impracticable of these
is a "pickpocket and coat thief detec
tor," invented by a Chicago man. It
FLOUn, BUTTER, EGOS, ETC.
The T. H. Watts Co., Lt.. 723 W. Lacks,
Uabcock, O. J. ft Co., 118 Franklin.
MINE AND MILL SUPPLIE9.
Scranton Supply and Hach. Co., IU Wye.
FURNITURE.
11111 ft Connell, 13! Washington.
CARRIAGE REPOSITORY,
lilume, Wm. ft Son, E22 Spruce.
HOTELS.
Scranton House, near depot
MILLINERY ft FURNISHING GOODS.
Brown's Bee. Hive, 224 Lacka.
City and Suburban)
' ATHLETIC GOODS AND BICYCLES.
Florey, C. M-, 222 Wyoming. -
HARDWARE AND PLUMBING.
Ounsttr ft Forsyth, 327 Penn. . .
consists of an electric battery concealed
about the person, connected with a bell
worn under the vest, which rings when
a hand is inserted in the protected
pocket. Another Illinois man patented
an electric contrivance to enable the be
fuddled club man in finding the keyhole
when returning home late on a dark
nigh. A smell metal cybnder contain
ing a powerful little Incandescent Is to
be count) reuuk in theilotK j.imb nar thj
keyhole. Just over which Is a push but
ton. No matter how dark the night or
how uncertain the gentleman's frame cf
mind, he has only to rub his hand down
the side of the door over the button and
the keyhole Is disclosed to view.
DRAMATIC K0TES.
Modjeska will act next year.
liluck I'atti will star next season.
Henry K. Dixey may "star" In "His
Absent Boy.".
"Around the World In Eighty Days"
has been 'revived In Paris.
Frederick Warde anil ltoe Coghlan are
in the oast of "Carmen" at "Frisco.
Frederick Do Belleville's father Is a
retired colonel in the Belgian army.
Fred IlalUn, formerly of the starring
firm of Ilallen & Hart, has entertd vau
deville. Sims Reeves, the veteran English tenor,
has Just been made a happy father at thu
age of 71 years.
Richard Mansfield will revive "Rich
ard HI" and "The Merchant of Venp.-e"
at the Garrick. New Yolk.
Ijewls Morrison's repertoire next season
will Include "Faust," "Yorick'g Love,"
'"Richelieu" and "The Indian."
William Favershnm has been Belectod to
succeed Henry Miller as leading man ot
the Empire Theater Stock company next
season.-
Strange, isn't It, tnat Richarl Mans
field, actor and manager, prefers to tlguro
in the New York city directory as "au
thor?" Ibnry Irving, jr., and Dorothy Halrd.
just married In loixiun. have abandoned
tlicir intention to conic here on a profes
sional visit.
Jean Be Reszke's horse. Matador, wnn
the recent derby at Moscow, worth 12.000
roubles, and u trophy given by the Grand
Duke Scrtrlus.
In China in time of pestilence persons
are permitted to witness gratuitously the
Ulrica! performances and displays of Are
works, the object being that their minds
may be - distracted from the prevailing
epidemic.
Fanny Davenport promises a production
of a ntw piny by an Americnn author sen
son after next. . Slip rays that next sea
FOti vill be her lat in tho Sardou reper
toire, which Includes "Fe lora," "La Tos
cj," "Cl-opRtra" aiio "(llsnionda." Sar
tloit will loo a profitable source of reve.
nue.
.Mr. and Mrs. George llenschel recently
gave a concert in the rooms of tho Ger
man embassy In London in aid of a fund
to build a monument to the famous ballad
singer and composer, Juhann Carl Gott
fried I-oewe. whose centenary will be cele.
brated throughout Germany November 30.
.Melbourne .McDowell, husband ot Fanny
Davenport, v on the nice of the Duxbnry
Yacht club last Htturday In the 30-foot
class with his rac!ns machine the Cleo
patra. Mr. Macliowell willed his own
boat, while the other yachts were sailed
by experienced captains. At the finish he
lml the second boat by four minutes.
Henry Miller, formerly or tho Empire
Theater Stock company, has signed a
contract with A. M. Palmer as. leading
man tor the company to open the Great
Northern theater In Chicago ill October
Miss Blanche Walsh will he the leading
wr.man. The piece to be presented Is a
new romantic drama by .Mr. Paul Potter.
Ioulsa Payne's name used to be one to
conjure with. She was n public ldn In
youth of many men still living, und a pio
neer of English opera. In Kngland and tho
United Stales with the I'yne-I larri.;oi,
tioupf, she was a renowned prima ilnniiu
In the oiera. of Balfe, Wallace and Ren
edict. he is still living, nt nn advanced
nuo, and as Mine. Itodda-Pyne receives a
pension of J.1,") a year.
John Mlshl.r, of the Pennsylvania the
atrical circuit, says: "In pennsvlvniiia
last winter business was very much bet
ter than for the seasons of 1WI3-4 and KM-T,
I attribute much of It to a reduction In
prices to LI, 2.-., 50 nnd 75 cents, and to give
In tho different cities the class of enter
tainments that the largest number or pa
trons prefer. The theater business, when
conducted as any other successful com
mercial business, will always be satisfac
tory. In prices everything has come
down why not theater prices nnd per
former's salaries?"
Adrlenne Dalrolles, who played several
parts In New York ndmlrablcy last year,
but failed to g.-t a. firm footing on our
stage, has returned to lyondon with a ha
tred of America. "Really fine comedy,"
Fhe says in a talk about us, "is Incompre
hensible to the Yankees, ft Is utterly be
yond the powt-r of the American under
standing. To be blonde and blue-eyed is
half the battle on the transatlantic sta
Indeed, It is more; I should Kay It Is well
nigh all that is necessary. The way ev
erybody tries to get Ills or her own effects
without regard to the other members of
the company, to the author, or to the re
sult, is disconcerting; ami when one con.
aiders the Comedle Francalse, their meth
ods are uppultlng!"
hi nm; a xi:.siaii:k.
It is to Horace Voules that tho suc
cess or the amazing newspaper, London
Truth, Is due from the business stand
point. The manager is practically never
absent from the office, says Pearson's
I weekly, it Is related that on one occa
sion no was persuaded to take a holiday.
Mr. Labouehere promised to look uficf
everything in his absence. He managed
to get as Tai as Dover, and there lie found
a telegram awaiting him. It was from La
bouehere himself: "Will it matter very
much !f Truth does not come out next
week?" Mr. Voules took the next train
back to London. .
All of which reminds me of another an
ecdote. To appreciate It fully It must be
known that Mr. Voules on occasions has
a way cf bestowing chilling glances on
people which raise the expectation of tho
more enterprising that the North Pole w ill
pome day be found somewhiro around
Truth office. One day. Just as Mr. Voules
had gone to press with the latest number
of the paper. In rushed .Mr. Labouehere
as usiis'il. in a ferment of excitement. He
had made a discovery; he had lighted upon
an absolutely unprecedented piece of
"copy." Whatever happened. It must go
In that week. The paver had gone to
press. Very well, the machines must h
stopped. Mr. Voules did not say anything.
He picked up the manuscript, looked
j through it, and then, fixing his glesses,
' turned a withering glance on poor Labby.
Still he did not pay a word; only he opened
j a file of Truth, and quietly pointed to the
very paragraph. It had appeared five
weeks before.
Cowlcs, W. C, 1307 N. Main.
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER
Rogers, A. E., 215 Lackawanna.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Goodman's Shoe Store, 432 Lackawanna.
FURNITURE.
Barbour's Home Credit House, 42S Lacka.
CARPETS AND WALL PAPER.
Inglls, J. Scott, 419 Lackawanna.
OENERAL MERCHANDISE
Osterhout. N. P., 110 W. Market.
Jordan, James, Olyphant.
Barthold, B. J., Olyphant
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Snook, S. M., Olyphant
PAINTS AND WALL PAPER.
Wlake, J. C, 116 Penn.
TEA, COFFEHJ AND SPICEL
Qrand Union Tea Ce lot g. Uaia,
Scenes at Hatcher's Creek and Peters
burg Recalled.
Jolm B. Scace Speaks to a Reporter of Stirring: Scenes
Escaped with a Slight Wound, but, Like Other Vet
erans, Has Suffered Since A Story that
Reads Like a, Page from Hbtory.
From the Albany,
TvTieri en encounters In tirlnt the life story
of some scarred veteran of the civil war a leel
ing "( admiration and sviiinathT is the certain
result. Aceiistiinird though we ore to tales of
Heroism aim niiiicrtng in everyday life, there
is something peculiarly attractive about these
old war records, serving, as they do, as a
tarred passport to the heart of every true
American. Thousands found their rest on the
field of carnage or in the hospital, but their
roiurudrs, when the struggle was over and the
victory won, returned to their homes and be
gan anew the battle of life.
John II. tScace, the widely known contractor
and building mover of Albany, N. Y., has had
an unusually interesting life, and when seen
by a reporter recently at his home. No. 15
liradfiinl Street, told of his many experiences
and adventures while serving under the old
llaj in the late war. Although haviug en
dured nil the hardships and privations of life
in the ranks, Mr. iScaec bears his more than
half century of yenrs with an elastio step and
a keen mind, taking an active interest in pri
vate and public allUirs.
While still a boy, his family moved from
Albany, liis birthplace, to Pittstield, Mass.,
nnd here he was educated. He mastered the
carpenter's trade, became a memlier of Berk
shire Lodge, No. 52, I. O. t). F., and was en
tering upon a successful business life when
runie the call from Washington for men. All
over the country the word sped, and excite,
meiit ran high. All the old-time patriotism
that lind made Massachusetts famous in Revo
lutionary days was fired to its utmost. Every
town anil village sent out its squad or company.
The company in which Mr. Seaee enlisted
in Soptemlier of IWil!, as a private, became
Company -A, Forty-ninth licgiment, Massa
chusetts Volunteer Infantry. Under the com
mon impression that the war would be one of
but short duration, the men were enlisted for
nine months only. Scarcely were they uni
formed and armed before they were ordered to
the front. The regiment, which at the time
wns under the command ot Col. W. F. Hart
lett, served in the First Hriuadc, First Divis
ion, Nineteenth Corps, nnd pnrticiinted in
some of the liuttest battles of the great rebel
lion. Mr. Scare, nt the lime, was but tweniy-two
years of n?e, and he rememliers well with
what a benting heart he first fell in line. His
regiment was onlered South, directly through
tlie enemy's country, with llaton Rouge as
the objective point. Alter several months of
weary marches, during which Company A
passed through several lively scrimmages with
the enemy constantly hovering nloiit the flanks
and rear, the capital city of Louisiana was
renched. An evacuntion followed. Citizens
nnd the rebel soldiery stationed in the city fled
like frightened sheep, bearing with them what
poods tliey could carry nnd setting torch to
tire rest. The beautiful cnpitol building,
which had been converted into a war prison,
had also been fired, and the boys in blue
swarmed in, just in time to save their captive
comrades from perishing in the flames. Mr.
ricace, who had been, while en route, pro.
milled to corporal, was in the thickest of the
melee, and describes the scenes in a graphic
manner. A Ithougli the city hud fallen almost
without a blow given or received, a fight wns
not far off, for word wns received thst a large
force of the enemy was fust approaching.
A bloody battle ensued nt linin Store, a few
days' march out ot the capital, in which Cor
iHinil Si nce was severely wounded. A ininnie
ball struck his left thigh nnd, grazing the
bone, narrowly missed the great artery. He
was retired to the eiiinp nt linton Kongo, but
recuperated so rapidly that ho entered, soon
after, again into active service. The battles
ot Port Hudson nnd Donaldsoiiville followed,
with nil their thrilling episodes.
It was not long nller this flint, by reason of
the expiration of his term of enlistment, he
was honorably discharged. His respite wns
not a long one, however, for he soon afterward
rc-cnlisled, to serve for tho remainder of the
wnr. For meritorious action he hail been
raised to the sergennt's stripes, and as such
served iu Company A, Sixty-first Itegiuient,
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A school of three to four hundred pupils, witll
no over-crowding classes, but where teachers
can ticcome HCiiuainted with their pupils and
help ihein Individually in tiieir work.
.Modern improvements. A flno now gymna
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GEO. P. BIBLE, Principal.
WILLIAM S MILLAR,
Alderman Stti Ward, Scranton
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tn. (1 hour Intermission for dinner and
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FLORAL DESIGNS.
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CATERER
Huntington, J. C, 809 N. Washington.
GROCERIES.
Pirle, J. J., 427 Lackawanna, '
UNDERTAKER AND LIVERY.
Raub, A. R., 423 Spruce.
DRUGGISTS.
McGarrah & Thomas, 209 Lackawanna.
Lorentz, C 418 Lacka;. Linden ft Wash.
Davis, O W., Main and Market.
Woes, V. S., Pockville.
Davies, John J., lot S. Main.
CARRIAGES AND HARNESS.
Slmwell, V. A., S15 Linden.
PAWNBROKER.
Green, Joseph, 107 Lackawanna.
CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE.
Uardin J. 2U Lackawanna.
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IT. Y., Journal.
Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Under Col.
Charles K. Walcott. During the term of hit
re-enlistment Sergeant Scace participated in
some of the hottest struggles of the war. Many
a gray-haired veteran to-day recalls the scene
of Hatcher's Run, the fall of Petersburg and
the battle of Sailor's Creek.
After his honorable! discharge, June 4, 18KL
Mr. Scace returned lo Albany and settled
down once again to his business and social in
terests. He has resided in the city ever since,
It would seem that now, of all times, his peace
and happiness would have been uninterrupted.
Such wns not to be the cose, for four year
ago, while engaged in superintending the rait,
ing of the immense smokestack of the Albany
Electric power house, the lever of a loosened
windlass struek him a heavy blow across tlie
back. The effect of the blow was not at first
apparent, be being able to leave his bed in
few days. Bat the worst was to follow, for
without warning he was seized with sciatio
rheumatism in all its virulence. Untold agony
followed.
Said Mr. Scace. "I could not sleep for tlie
pain. No one will know the tortures the rheu
matism gave me. I don't know how I lived
during those days. I became little more than
skin and hones, and it seemed like life didnt
have anything but suffering in it Cures r I
tried every so-called rheumatic, cure that was
ever invented. 1 gave all of them a good trial
before I stopped taking them. My friends
and neighlsirs recommended remedy after
remedy that they heard of, butt my rheuma.
tism went on just the same. W'elL after I had
almost had the life tortured out of me, I coma
across a newspaper account of Dr. Williams'
I'ink Tills, and 1 thought I might as well add
another name to the list as not, so I ordered
some of my druggist.
" I tell you, 1 was glad in those day to near j
of anything that could give me nny hope at
all. Yea, 1 got them, and brore I had tnkm
lint boxta that pain began to leave roe. Why, I
I couldn't understand it. I couldn't imagine
myself being cured. But before I had taken
a half-dozen of those boxes I inu enred. The
suH'cring which had made my life almost un
bearable for so long bad disappeared. 1 wot
a new man.
" I began to get strong. I picked up in
flesh, and I went back to my business with all
the vigor and vim of a young man. I think
everyone who knows me will tell you what it
did for me. Pink Pills is the grandest medi
cine ever discovered, and if my recommenda
tion will do it any good I want you to use it.
I hope others wilt near of it and be benefited
as I have been. Everyone should hear of it.
I can't say too much for them," Mr. Scace ex.
claimed enthusiastically in conclusion.
This is but one of the many cases in which
Pink Pills have taken such a beneficent part
iu the history of humanity.
Mr. Kcaee is now enjoying the fruits of an
nnusually large business, managed solely by
himself, and covering almost the entire east
ern portion of the State. Mr. Scace is also an .
ivory carver of marked ability, which he fol
lows solely for his own plensure. Mnny little
trinkets, rnrved by the light of the cainp-nre,
attest his skill in this direction.
Far from being solicited to recommend the
curative which had taken such a loud of misery
from his life, in his gratitude his praise for ft
is unstinted and uncensing. And from his own
statements one may easily see that when he
does cense to sing its virtues, it will be to
answer the Inst mustering in.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in a con
densed form, nil the elements necessary to give
new life and richness to the Mood nnd restore
shattered nerves. They are an unfailing spe
cific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, par.
tial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, nen
ralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the
after effect of la grippe, palpitation of the
heart, pale and sallow complexions, nil forma
of weakness either in male or female. Pink
Pills are sold by nil dealers, or will be sent
post paid on receipt of price, 60 cents a box,
or six lioxes for $2.50 (tney nre never sold in
bulk or by the 1(10) by addressing Dr. Wil
liams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, N.Y.
MANSFIELD STATE NORtlAL SCHOOL.
Intellectual add practical training for
teachers. Three courses ot study beside
preparatory. Special attention given to
preparation for college. Students ad
milted to best colleges, on certificate.
Thirty graduates pursuing further studlea
last year. Great advantage for special
studies In art and mimic. Model school of
three hundred pupils. Corps of sixteen
teachers. Beautiful grounds. Magnificent
buildings. I-.arge grounds for athletics.
Elevator nnd Infirmary with attendant
nurse. Fine gymnasium. Everything
furnished nt an average cost to normal
students of J143 a year. Fall term, Aug.
28. Wl.-.ter term, Deo. 2. Spring term,
March 10. Students admitted to classes nt
any time. For catalogue, containing full
Information, apply to
S. II. ALBRO, Principal,
Mansfield, Pa.
The St. Denis
Broadway and Eleventh St., New York,
Opp. Orsce Church. -European Plan.
Rooms $1.00 a Day and Upwards.
In a modest and unobtrusive way thsre era
few bettor conducted hotels la the metropolis
than the St. Denis.
Tho great pojialarity it has acquired osa
readily be traced to Its unique location, it
homelike atmosphere, the peculiar excellent)
of its cnislno and service, and ita very moder
ate price.
WILLIAM TAYLOR AND SON.
Houses.
BROKER AND JEWELER.
Bad In Bros., 128 Penn.
DRY GOODS. FANCY GOODS.
Kresky, E. H. ft Co.. 114 & Main.
CREAMERY
Stone Bros., 808 Spruce.
BICYCLES. GUN8, BTG
Parker, E. R., 821 Spruce.
DINING ROOMS.
Caryl' Dining Rooms, 80S Llndtai
TRUSSES, BATTERIES AND RUBBER
GOODS.
Benjamin ft Benjamin, Franklin ft Sptueav
MERCHANT TAILOR.
Roberta, J. W., 126 N. Main.
PIANOS AND ORGANS.
Stella, J. Lawrence, 803 Sprue.
DRY GOODS, CLOTHINGS, SHOES.
HARDWARE.
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