The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, August 08, 1896, Page 11, Image 11
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, ' ' ' - - 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, STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. XEW GYMNASIUM. EAST STROUDSBUBG, PA. 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Clark, O. lt. ft Co., 201 Washington! 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. mm 3 ilia rfk 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. 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