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and How to Furnish Them"
Can readily be ascertained by visiting
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Over two hundred and fifty distinctly
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Hundreds of Imported Novelties particularly suita-
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QUEER TRADE MARKS
UNCLE SAM HAS REGISTERED 26,000
OF THEM.
Some of the omcial Marks Are Absurd as
“'ell as Queer. Grounds Upon Which
Registration May Be Refused. Favorite
Designs and Newly Coined Words.
Uncle Sam registered trade mark No.
26,000 the other day. The fee paid was,
as usual, $25. This is a very profitable
part of the business of the patent office.
It is governed by regulations which in
many respects are both odd and interest-
ing. The trade marks themselves are
curiosities and not a few of them freaks,
for a device of this kind is more valuable
if absurd than if sensible.
The newer an invention the more val-
uable it is. If it has been in public use
for so short a time as two years it can-
not be patented. With a trade mark the
case is exactly opposite; its worth grows
steadily with age. It represents a busi-
ness or a. marketable article, with the
growth or sale of which it obtains value
progressively. It is the symbol ofa trade.
When one buys a cigar he looks on the
box not for the name of the manufacturer
but for the trade mark. If the cigar does
not correSpond to the trade mark you
are annoyed and the maker of the cigar
to which that trade mark properly be-
longs is injured. ‘
It is the same way with any other sort
of goods. You pick up a newspaper and
you find the advertising columns full of
trade marks. Here is the “Diana” flour,
pure as the virgin snow. Your wife
never buys any other brand. She doesn’t
even know the name of the manufacturer.
The same remark applies to “l-Iygeia”
hams. The trade mark is the business,
an infringement is robbery. According-
ly the law protects it. Great- fortunes"
are frequently at stake in suits that have
to do with these trade emblems.
Anybody may get a. trade mark for
nothing. He has only to adopt it and it
becomes his exclusive property, so long
as nobody has taken it previously for
designating goods ofvthc same sort. Fur
thermore, the law will defend him in
this right. But if he is a. prudent man he __
has the trademark registered—that is to
say, put on record at the patent office.
The $315 paid for this is money well spent.
. He thus obtains the privilege of suing
in the United States courts in case of in-
fringement. The practice of those courts
in such matters is settled, so that jus-
tice is pretty sure to be done. Other-
wise he would be obliged to go to the
State courts, where the outcome of legal
proceedings on these ground,- is more
doubtful.
There is another good reason for regis-
tering a. trade mark. The word "regis-
tered" appears to signify that the owner
is disposed to defend his property, and
thus it is aptto scare off persons who
might be tempted to infringe. A regis-
tration is good for thirty years and may
be renewedindefinitely. But an unreg—
istered trade mark is a. legal right in
perpetuity and can never die, unless the
business which it represents goes out of
existence. It is common law property
and passes from hand to hand with the
business. Another odd thing about a
trade mark is that it may possess consid-
erable valuethough the article for which
it stands be interly worthless.
The purpOse of a trade mark is to iden-
tify origin and ownership. It ought to
denote nothing,r else. Under the regular
tions it must not be descriptiveof the in-
gredients of which an article is com-
posed or in any other way. On that
ground the patent office has refused to
register the name “Fruit Butter” as a
trade mark. It has likewise ruled against
“Egg Macaroni” as being descriptive or
calculated to deceive. Here was a case
where the name signified that certain
materials were used in making the food.
If those materials were not so used peo-
ple would be misled. If they were act-
ually employed the term was objectiona-
ble on the ground already mentioned.
Similar rulings have been made against
"Snow \Vhite" for flour, “Think Back”
for saws, and "Tasteless."
“Gold Prim" has been ruled out as
either descriptive or deceptive. If no
gold prize was given to the article the
purchaser might be deceived. A similar
instance was that of the legend “There’s
Money In It,” on soap boxes. Registra-
tion for this also was refused. It was
decided by a recent commissioner of
patents that the word “stylographic,”
being generic for pens, could not be used
as a trademark for an ink specially
adapted for stylographic pens. Other
adverse rulings have been made respect-
ing “Shake” blown . into bottles and
“Burglar Alarm.” “ ’Alf an’ ’Alf” was
shut out because the trade mark “1-2 and
1-2.” had been previously registeredin the
class of drinkables. On the descriptive
ground “Chili Colorow” was not allowed
as a. trade mark for pickles because it is
provincial Spanish for red pepper.
People often try to secure the registra-
tion of trade marks that embody figures
or emblems associated with religion.
This is severely frowned upon by the
patent ollir'e. For example, not long ago
a. design or this sort submitted included
a. representation of the Virgin Mary. It
was promptly rejected as offensire. Acc-
ing in a spirit of broad catholicil'y, this
ruling is new appded merely to matters
having to d.» with Christianity. .On one
occasion it sent out a picture ofa Chi-
nese god. 1 red Greek cross is ob-
jected to aim , Though on other grounds.
It will not do as a. trademark for any ar-
ticle that might serve to supply invalid
soldiers. The reason for this is quite ob-
vious. It is the emblem of the Red Cross
Society, an international organization.
Its use as a trade mark on certain classes
of goods might lead people to imagine
that those goods were indorsed or actu~
ally manufactured by the society.
Favorite designs for trade marks are
figures representing Hercules, Atlas sup-
porting the world, an Indian, an alchem-
ist, a. saint and a good samaritan. The
star and crescent frequently occur, separ-
ately or together. The owl is found in a.
variety of classes of market-able articles,
being very old in the tobacco trade. The
crow is conspicuous in pills, dyes and
leather dressings. An odd emblem is a
railway train for “Express Ointment.”
Another is a bottle shaped like a watch
and containing pills. Yet another for
pills is a couventionalized Roman candle
shooting its balls, the latter being
termed “Rheumatic Bullets.” The more
odd, and even nonsensical, a design, the
better it serves for a. trade mark.
Any man’s signature will do for a
trade mark. A word from the dictionary
will serve the same purpose, likewise the
name of a god or goddess of mythology.
“Eureka” or “Excelsior” will pass, but
not so if anybody has previously regis-
tered the same word or name-in the same
class of goods. For example, if Jones
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has adopted and registered the name
“Hygeia” for his pills, Smith must se-
lect some other name for his pellets of
health. Objection is raised against geo-
graphical names, but rulings on this
point have been somewhat contradictory.
A while ago the word “Concord” was
submitted and the application was re—
fused. On appeal to the commissioner of
patents it was successfully argued that
“concord” was recognized in the English
language as having a meaning entirely
apart from its geographical significance-
So it went through. On the strength of
this precedent “Atlanta” was admitted,
the contention being that the word was
historically derived from a period far
more remote than the founding of the
capital city of Georgia.
However, it is not necessary that a
Word should be accepted by lexicogra-
phers in order that it may serve for a
trade mark. People engaged in intro-
ducing new articles into the market com.
monly coin words to fit their purposes.
This they do very often by adding the
terminations “in,” “inc” and “tine”—-
as“Limins,” “Absorbtine,” “Epidermal-
ine,” and “Vulnerine.” One purpose of
the trade mark, and a very important
purpose incidental to advertising, is to
attract attention. “Society Polish” is a
first rate name for a leather dressing,
for instance. It has a double meaning,
you see. The same idea is illustrated by
such trade marks as “Skin Success,”
“Bile Beans” and “Chill and Fever
Breakers.”
From what has been said already it
will appear that the same trade mark
may be used over and over again in dif-
ferent classes of marketable articles.
The prohibition is against its employ-
ment in any way that may lead to mis-
take on the part of the purchaser. On
this ground many applications for rights
in the name “Lichig” have been rejected.
But obviously “Owl” pills could not be
mixed up in anybody’s mind with “Owl”
sheetings. The cross is no trade mark——
that is to say, nobody is permitted to m0<
nopolize it in all of its patterns in any
class of goods. Having numerous typi-
cal shapes—the Greek, Roman, etc—it
may only be made proprietary in a spe-
cific pattern. Au opposite rule applies to
the eagle. There are several species of
eagles in the World, but only one type is
recognized by the patent office, simply
for the reason that the public at large
‘ does not differentiate the bald eagle from
the golden eagle, and so forth.
Rebuses and monograms are peculiar
as trade marks. In many cases one finds
the familiar “I—X- L. ” ‘cographical
names are admissible if printed in some
distinctive manner. For example, “Bal-
timore” would not be registerable if
printed in ordinary type, but in red
script it would go. Arbitrary arrange-
ments of words and letters will serve as
trade marks, inasmuch as in a manner
they represent new designs. Representa-
tions of the United States flag or coat of
arms are not allowed, because the pro-
prietor must have exclusive owuership of
the design. An arrangement of colors
will not do for a trade mark, unless as-
sociated with some emblem or other de-
sign. In other words, form as well as
color is required.
A portrait may be a. trade mark. Man-
ufacturers of patent medicines common-
ly use their likenesses for this purpose.
The portrait of a. public man, or of any
other living person, may be employed
lawfully with the consent of the individ-
ual. But when the person is dead his
portrait ceases to be his private property
and may be utilized for advertising pur-
pOses for anybody. Thus Washington
and Franklin are most frequently made
use of to give a post-mortem indorsement
to articles which in many cases they
would doubtless disapprove of most
highly.
One of the oddest of registered trade
marks is the “Angel Belt”—a medicinal
belt that is represented in the design as
hung upon a. ladder. This ladder, of
course, is the one that is supposed to
lead to heaven. Labels, it should be
said, cannot be registered as a rule.
Either they contain descriptive matter
or they include trade marks registered as
such. There is a journal in this country
called the Trademark Record, which is
published chiefly for the purpose of re-
cording proceedings instituted in the
courts in behalf of rights secured by
trade marks—Boston Transcript.
The Country Preferable to Chicago.
A farmer in central Illinois wrote that
he wanted to hire a married man to help
him on the farm. The wife was to do
the housework and the pay for the
couple was to be $25 a month, not. a.
large sum. but much more than mauya
family in Chicago has at the end of the
month after paying house rent and gro-
cery bills. In' a few days the bureau
found an honest appearing and willing
German who had been out of Work fora
long time and who gladly went with his
wife to accept the offer. Two Weeks later
the couple sent for the wife’s sister, who
was a. widow, and her two children.
The sister became housekeeper fora
neighboring farmer. Within two months
the German sent for his parents, whom
he had been compelled to support. They
had been paying 5,10 a month house rent
in Chicago. lie found a cottarc and gar-
den patch which could be rented for $3 a.
month. .
The colony wrote back to the bureau
that the change was for the better.—
Chicago Record. '
The Chicago Man's Tale.
“It is my experience,” said the Chicago
man, “that .n. rat terrier makes the best
kind of bird (101.
“I have a. trained rat terrier that can
locate a covey of birds at any distance.
Now, the minute he gets a covey located
he begins tapping with his mil, We
havea code arranged between us. He
gives me the signals under the Horse sys-
tem of dot-s and dashes. For instance,
the last time I was out with him he
stopped suddenly and began marking off
the dots and dashes with his tail. I kept
count and read: ‘P—C—30.’ That meant
‘prairle chickens 30 yards ahead:
“ ‘How many?’ I whiSpered to him.
“He sneaked up a little distance and
counted off forty-three. I slipped in one
of my special make ‘cartridges, which
are so flattened that the shot spread
from side to side, but not up and down.
By the use of these cartridges when a
covey of chickens rise in a line I can bag
the whole lot. -
“When the chickens lifted I blazed
away, and not one of them fell—at least
I didn’t see any fall—but I walked up to
the place and the ground was literally
covered with the feet of prairie chickens.
I had aimed just a little bit too low. I
counted the feet and there were exactly
eighty-six—two for each chicken. I did
it merely to check up the dog’s count.
It shows how well the dog is trained.”—
Chicago Record.
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JOHN M’BRIDB’S ILLNESS.
A Course of Treatment at Hot Springs Has
Not Benefited the Labor Lender.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 4.—-.The friends of
John McBride. the miners’ leader and
president of the Federation of Labor, are
seriously concerned regarding his health.
It had been expected that the treatment at
Hot Springs, Ark. prescribed by his physi-
JOHN M’BRIDE.
tion to his former robust condition. These
hopes, however. have not been realized.
His health has not improved, nor is there
any prospect that anywhere in the near
future he will' be able to attend to the
duties of his office, which are now being
attended to by Vice President Duncan.
It‘ had been the intention of President
McBride to prepare for publication a per-
sonal statement concerning the charges
made against him ata recent convention
of .United Coal Miners at Columbus, 0.,
and from all of which he was exonerated,
but even this task he has been compelled
to postpone. His illness dates from Oct0<
her last, when he suffered an attack of blood
poisoning, originating from the contact of.
nicotine with a. cold sore on the mouth.
This was aggravated in. February by an
attack of the grip until his former robust
constitution was undermined. A special
meeting of the committee of the federation
has been called to meet in this city two
Weeks hence. ‘
Cure for Haadache.
As a remedy for all forms of headache
Electric Bitters has proved to be the very
best. It effects a permanent cure and
the most dreaded habitual sick headaches
yield to its influence. We urge all who are
amicted to procure a bottle, and give this
remedy a fair trial. In cases of habitual
constipatson Electric Bitters cures by
giving the needed tone to the bowels,
and few cases long resist the use of this
medicine Try it once, large bottle only
50c at H. R. Hale’s drug store.
Killed at Stamford.
Mary Jordon, a domestic, employed
on Summer street, Stamford, alighted
from an up train in that city last even-
ing about 8 o’clock. and walking
through the depot stepped upon the
down track immediately in front of the
pilot of the “Gilt Edge” express. She
was hurled upon the platform and in-
stantly killed.
———English Spavin Liniment removes
all Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps and
Blemishes from horses, Blood Spavins,
Curbs, Splints, Sweeney, Rim-Bone,
Stifles, Sprains, all Swollen Throats,
Coughs, etc. Save $50 by use of one
bottle. Warranted the most wonder-
ful Blemish Cure ever known. Sold
by G. A. Gregory & Co. Druggist 38
Wall St. Norwalk Conn. 48-1y
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change, simply
is not
An experiment—but a Proved Success. Thous~
ends of housekeepers who at first thought they '
never could use 'any shortening but lard, now
use COTTOLENE and couldn’tbe induced to
because it is better, cheaper and
more healthful.
has this trade mark —steer’s
. . head in cotton-plant wreath—
‘ on every pail.
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Produce Exchange, N. L, 224 State St., Boston.
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my ap cute is good, the swelling is al gone from my leg, and I can now walk quite
our 0110‘ EB BITTERS and CLOVER. OINTMENT are, indeed,
Well.
valuable remedies. ,
CLOVER
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Scrofulous Humor
llr. James E. CUNNINGHAM, of Augusta, Me., says—
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. _ have been confined to the house is: several weeks
iunng the wmter, my appetite failed, and I was very much reduced in strengh, my leg
lavas swollen so badly from the efiects of cancerous humors that it was with di culty that
‘ _ I chanced to see CLOVER. REMEDIES advertised, and com
eluded to give them a trial. After takin less than two bottles, I feel like a new man;
Bitters, full pint bottle, $1.00; 6 bottles, $5.00.
Ointment, 25 cents a box. Sold by all dealers.
“cured lav the sole proprietors. CLOVER MEDICINE CO., Augusta, Me.
IT’S QUITE
A TRICK
To write a convincing advertise-
mentabout clothing nowadays.
All tailors claim so much, and
most of them too much. All I
do Is to try and get you to look
at my new winter stock. My
constant aim is to put into the
clothes all the attractiveness of
artlstic fashion and careful mak-
ing at the lowest possible price.
Ask these who wear the latest
and finest clothes where they
trade and all will tell you with
KOCOUR,
17- NORTH MAIN STREET
So. NORWALK.
lien. H. Uslerhanis.
House and Sign Painter and
Paper Hanger
Fine Stock '
V‘J all Paper
Ordersfpromptly and Reasonably Exes
cuted,
.b‘hop and Residence
47 River Street, Norwaik.
ing to [rejects and [eyelids .
not a mechanical mixture of cereals:——
is entirely free from husks and indigestible matter and
keeps for any length of time in all climates without deteri-
oration or change.
DR. SHEPAHD’S SANITARIilM
Oflers exceptional advantages to the invalid
as well as to those who would keep in health.
That the turkish bath is one of the most pow-
erful remedies known to modern science.is ad-'
mitted by many of the highest authorities in
England, Europe and America.
It's success in Rheumatism. and kindred -
diseases. has been phenomenal. Malaria. or
any blood poison, quickly yields to its potent
influence. Neuralgia, or nerve pain. is imme-
diately relieved under the influence of Hot
Air in the Turkish bath.
As a Luxury. it surpasses all others. and as
3. Sanitary measure. a. Turkish bath ever
week is invaluable. -
By consulting the resident physician. in-
struction will be given to patients or bathers
enabling them to secure the greatest amount
of advantage possible from each Bath.
A skilled Masseuse and Electrician is in daily
attendance in the ladies’ department. and
competent operators in Massage will be sent
to residence on application.
For rooms and Board, address
CHARLES H. SHEPARD, M.D
Si A: 83 Columbia. Heights.
BROOKLYN. N. r.
Raymond 6’: Son.
Successors to George II, Raymond,
Furniture Dealers and General Funeral
Directors.
46 and 48 Main street, Norwalk, Ct.
Residence, 3 Berkeley Place.
Telephone Call. '.""-5
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Mixed with fresh milk it shows the closest approximation
Chemically and physiologically to mothers’ milk. '
Causes the albuminates of the cow’s milk to become light
and 'flocculent in the stomach (15 2'7: mower/5’ milk, other
wise they would be coagulated in the stomach into a tough,
hard curd, difficult to digest.
Is the only artificial food that answers all the requirements
of the laws of chemical physiology and pathology pertain-
Our book for the INSTRUCTION of mothers, “THE CARE AND
FEEDING OF INFANTS,” 72 pages, bound in cloth, will be mailed free
to any mother on request.
Jf you will send us your name and address, aizeizz‘z'mzz'ng
t/zz's paper, and state w/zet/zer you [save used Melliiz’s Food ‘
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THE DOLIBER-GOODALE CO.,
29: ATLANTIC AVENUE, BOSTON, MASS.
For Sale Everywhere.“
Norwalk Chronicler