Allen, C. W. Self-Leveling Table Nov. 1, 1898. 613,436
Allen, J. B. Clothes Line Support Dec. 10, 1895. 551,105
Ashbourne, A. P. Process for Preparing Cocoanut
for Domestic Use June 1, 1875. 163,962
Ashbourne, A. P. Biscuit Cutter Nov. 30, 1875. 170,460
Ashbourne, A. P. Refining Cocoanut Oil July 27, 1880. 230,518
Ashbourne, A. P. Process of Treating Cocoanut Aug. 21, 1877. 194,287
Blair, H. Corn Planter Oct. 14, 1834.
Bailey, L. C. Combined Truss and Bandage Sept. 25, 1883. 285,545
Blair, Henry Cotton Planter Aug. 31, 1836.
Bailey, L. C. Folding Bed July 18, 1899. 629,286
Bailes, Wm. Ladder Scaffold Support Aug. 5, 1879. 218,154
Bailiff, C. O. Shampoo Headrest Oct. 11, 1898. 612,008
Ballow, W. J. Combined Hatrack and Table Mar. 29, 1898. 601,422
Barnes, G. A. E. Design for Sign Aug. 19, 1898. 29,193
Beard, A. J. Rotary Engine July 5, 1892. 478,271
Beard, A. J. Car-coupler Nov. 23, 1897. 594,059
Becket, G. E. Letter Box Oct. 4, 1892. 483,525
Bell, L. Locomotive Smoke Stack May 23, 1871. 115,153
Bell, L. Dough Kneader Dec. 10, 1872. 133,823
Benjamin, L. W. Broom Moisteners and Bridles May 16, 1893. 497,747
Benjamin, Gong and Signal Chairs
Miss M. E. for Hotels July 17, 1888. 386,286
Blackburn, A. B. Railway Signal Jan. 10, 1888. 376,362
Blackburn. A. B. Spring Seat for Chairs Apr. 3, 1888. 380,420
Blackburn, A. B. Cash Carrier Oct. 23, 1888. 391,577
Blue, L. Hand Corn Shelling Device May 20, 1884. 298,937
Binga, M. W. Street Sprinkling Apparatus July 22, 1879. 217,843
Booker, L. F. Design Rubber Scraping Knife Mar. 28, 1899. 30,404
Boone, Sarah Ironing Board Apr. 26, 1892. 473,653
Bowman, H. A. Making Flags Feb. 23, 1892. 469,395
Brooks, C. B. Punch Oct. 31, 1893. 507,672
Brooks, C. B. Street-Sweepers Mar. 17, 1896. 556,711
Brooks, C. B Street-Sweepers May 12, 1896. 560,154
Brooks, Hallstead
and Page Street-Sweepers Apr. 21, 1896. 558,719
Brown, Henry Receptacle for Storing and
Preserving Papers Nov. 2, 1886. 352,036
Brown, L. F. Bridle Bit Oct. 25, 1892. 484,994
Brown, O. E. Horseshoe Aug. 23, 1892. 481,371
Brown & Latimer Water Closets for Railway Cars Feb. 10, 1874. 147,363
Burr, J. A. Lawn Mower May 9, 1899. 624,749
Burr, W. F. Switching Device for Railways Oct. 31, 1899. 636,197
Burwell, W. Boot or Shoe Nov. 28, 1899. 638,143
Butler, R. A. Train Alarm June 15, 1897. 584,540
Butts, J. W. Luggage Carrier Oct. 10, 1899. 634,611
Byrd, T. J. Improvement in Holders for
Reins for Horses Feb. 6, 1872. 123,328
Byrd. T. J. Apparatus for Detaching Horses
from Carriages Mar. 19, 1872. 124,790
Byrd, T. J. Improvement in Neck Yokes for
Wagons Apr. 30, 1872. 126,181
Byrd, T. J. Improvement in Car-Couplings Dec. 1, 1874. 157,370
Burkins, Eugene Rapid-Fire Gun 649,433
Campbell, W. S. Self-Setting Animal Trap Aug. 30, 1881. 246,369
Cargill, B. F. Invalid Cot July 25, 1899. 629,658
Carrington, T. A Range July 25, 1876. 180,323
Carter, W. C. Umbrella Stand Aug. 4, 1885. 323,397
Certain, J. M. Parcel Carrier for Bicycles Dec. 26, 1899. 639,708
Cherry, M. A. Velocipede May 8, 1888. 382,351
Church, T. S. Carpet Beating Machine July 29, 1884. 302,237
Cherry, M. A. Street Car Fender Jan. 1, 1895. 531,908
Clare, O. B. Trestle Oct. 9, 1888. 390,753
Coates, R. Overboot for Horses Apr. 19, 1892. 473,295
Cook, G. Automatic Fishing Device May 30, 1899. 625,829
Coolidge, J. S. Harness Attachment Nov. 13, 1888. 392,908
Cooper, A. R. Shoemaker's Jack Aug. 22, 1899. 631,519
Cooper, J. Shutter and Fastening May 1, 1883. 276,563
Cooper, J. Elevator Device Apr. 2, 1895. 536,605
Cooper, J. Elevator Device Sept. 21, 1897. 590,257
Cornwell, P. W. Draft Regulator Oct. 2, 1888. 390,284
Cornwell, P. W. Draft Regulator Feb. 7, 1893. 491,082
Cralle, A. L. Ice-Cream Mold Feb. 2, 1897. 576,395
Creamer, H. Steam Feed Water Trap Mar. 17, 1885. 313,854
Creamer, H. Steam Traps Mar. 8, 1887. 358,964
Creamer, H. Steam Traps Jan. 17, 1888. 376,586
Creamer, H. Steam Trap Feeder Dec. 11, 1888. 394,463
Creamer, H. Steam Trap May 28, 1889. 404,174
Creamer, H. Steam Trap Aug. 18, 1891. 457,983
Creamer, H. Steam Trap Nov. 21, 1893. 509,202
Cosgrove, W. F. Automatic Stop Plug for Gas
Oil Pipes Mar. 17, 1885. 313,993
Darkins, J. T. Ventilation Feb. 19, 1895. 534,322
Davis, I. D. Tonic Nov. 2, 1886. 351,829
Davis, W. D. Riding Saddles Oct. 6, 1896. 568,939
Davis, W. R., Jr. Library Table Sept. 24, 1878. 208,378
Deitz, W. A. Shoe Apr. 30, 1867. 64,205
Dorticus, C. J. Device for Applying Coloring
Liquids to Sides of Soles
or Heels of Shoes Mar. 19, 1895. 535,820
Dickinson, J. H. Pianola Detroit, Mich., 1899.
Dorticus, C. J. Machine for Embossing Photo Apr. 16, 1895. 537,422
Dorticus, C. J. Photographic Print Wash Apr. 23, 1895. 537,968
Dorticus, C. J. Hose Leak Stop July 18, 1899. 629,315
Downing, P. B. Electric Switch for Railroad June 17, 1890. 430,118
Downing, P. B. Letter Box Oct. 27, 1891. 462,093
Downing, P. B. Street Letter Box Oct. 27, 1891. 462,096
Dunnington, J. H. Horse Detachers Mar. 18, 1897. 578,979
Dorsey, O. Door-Holding Device Dec. 10, 1878. 210,764
Edmonds, T. H. Separating Screens July 20, 1897. 586,724
Elkins, T. Dining, Ironing Table and
Quilting Frame Combined Feb. 22, 1870. 100,020
Elkins, T. Chamber Commode Jan. 9, 1872. 122,518
Elkins, T. Refrigerating Apparatus Nov. 4, 1879. 221,222
Evans, J. H. Convertible Settees Oct. 5, 1897. 591,095
Faulkner, H. Ventilated Shoe Apr. 20, 1890. 426,495
Ferrell, F. J. Steam Trap Feb. 11, 1890. 420,993
Ferrell, F. J. Apparatus for Melting Snow May 27, 1890. 428,670
Ferrell, F. J. Valve May 27, 1890. 428,671
Ferrell, F. J. Valve Apr. 14, 1891. 450,451
Ferrell, F. J. Valve Nov. 10, 1891. 462,762
Ferrell, F. J. Valve Jan. 26, 1892. 467,796
Ferrell, F. J. Valve Feb. 2, 1892. 468,242
Ferrell, F. J. Valve Feb. 9, 1892. 468,334
Ferrell, F. J. Valve Jan. 17, 1893. 490,227
Ferrell, F. J. Valve July 18, 1893. 501,497
Fisher, D. A. Joiners' Clamp Apr. 20, 1875. 162,281
Fisher, D. A. Furniture Castor Mar. 14, 1876. 174,794
Flemming,
R. F., Jr. Guitar Mar. 3, 1886. 338,727
Goode, Sarah E. Folding Cabinet Bed July 14, 1885. 322,177
Grant, G. F. Golf-Tee Dec. 12, 1899. 638,920
Grant, W. S. Curtain Rod Support Aug. 28, 1894. 525,203
Gregory, J. Motor Apr. 26, 1887. 361,937
Gray, R. H. Cistern Cleaners Apr. 9, 1895. 537,151
Grenon, H. Razor Stropping Device Feb. 18, 1896. 554,867
Griffin, F. W. Pool Table Attachment June 13, 1899. 626,902
Gunn, S. W. Boot or Shoe Jan. 16, 1900. 641,642
Haines, J. H. Portable Basin Sept. 28, 1897. 590,833
Hammonds, J. F. Apparatus for Holding Yarn
Skeins Dec. 15, 1896. 572,985
Harding, F. H. Extension Banquet Table Nov. 22, 1898. 614,468
Hawkins, J. Gridiron Mar. 26, 1845. 3,973
Hawkins, R. Harness Attachment Oct. 4, 1887. 370,943
Headen, M. Foot Power Hammer Oct. 5, 1886. 350,363
Hearness, R. Sealing Attachment for Bottles Feb. 15, 1898. 598,929
Hearness, R. Detachable Car Fender July 4, 1899. 628,003
Hilyer, A. F. Water Evaporator Attachment
for Hot Air Registers Aug. 26, 1890. 435,095
Hilyer, A. F. Registers Oct. 14, 1890. 438,159
Holmes, E. H. Gage Nov. 12, 1895. 549,513
Hunter, J. H. Portable Weighing Scales Nov. 3, 1896. 570,553
Hyde, R. N. Composition for Cleaning and
Preserving Carpets Nov. 6, 1888. 392,205
Jackson, B. F. Heating Apparatus Mar. 1, 1898. 599,985
Jackson, B. F. Matrix Drying Apparatus May 10, 1898. 603,879
Jackson. B. F. Gas Burner Apr. 4, 1899. 622,482
Jackson, H. A. Kitchen Table Oct. 6, 1896. 569,135
Jackson, W. H. Railway Switch Mar. 9, 1897. 578,641
Jackson, W. H. Railway Switch Mar. 16, 1897. 593,665
Jackson. W. H. Automatic Locking Switch Aug. 23, 1898. 609,436
Johnson, D. Rotary Dining Table Jan. 15, 1888. 396,089
Johnson, D. Lawn Mower Attachment Sept. 10, 1889. 410,836
Johnson, D. Grass Receivers for Lawn
Mowers June 10, 1890. 429,629
Johnson, I. R. Bicycle Frame Oct. 10, 1899. 634,823
Johnson, P. Swinging Chairs Nov. 15, 1881. 249,530
Johnson, P. Eye Protector Nov. 2, 1880. 234,039
Johnson, W. Velocipede June 20, 1899. 627,335
Johnson, W. A. Paint Vehicle Dec. 4, 1888. 393,763
Johnson, W. H. Overcoming Dead Centers Feb. 4, 1896. 554,223
Johnson, W. H. Overcoming Dead Centers Oct. 11, 1898. 612,345
Johnson. W. Egg Beater Feb. 5, 1884. 292,821
Jones & Long Caps for Bottles Sept. 13, 1898. 610,715
Joyce, J. A. Ore Bucket Apr. 26, 1898. 603,143
Latimer, L. H. Manufacturing Carbons June 17, 1882. 252,386
Latimer, L. H. Apparatus for Cooling and
Disinfecting Jan. 12, 1886. 334,078
Latimer, L. H. Locking Racks for Hats, Coats
and Umbrellas Mar. 24, 1896. 557,076
Lavalette, W. A. Printing Press Sept. 17, 1878. 208,208
Lee, H. Animal Trap Feb. 12, 1867. 61,941
Lee, J. Kneading Machine Aug. 7, 1894. 524,042
Lee, J. Bread Crumbing Machine June 4, 1895. 540,553
Leslie, F. W. Envelope Seal Sept. 21, 1897. 590,325
Lewis, A. L. Window Cleaner Sept. 27, 1892. 483,359
Lewis, E. R. Spring Gun May 3, 1887. 362,096
Linden, H. Piano Truck Sept. 8, 1891. 459,365
Little, E. Bridle-Bit Mar. 7, 1882. 254,666
Loudin, F. J. Sash Fastener Dec. 12, 1892. 510,432
Loudin, F. J. Key Fastener Jan. 9, 1894. 512,308
Love, J. L. Plasterers' Hawk July 9, 1895. 542,419
Love, J. L. Pencil Sharpener Nov. 23, 1897. 594,114
Marshall, W. Grain Binder May 11, 1886. 341,589
Marshall, T. J. Fire Extinguisher May 26, 1872. 125,063
Martin, W. A. Lock July 23, 1889. 407,738
Martin, W. A. Lock Dec. 30, 1890. 443,945
Matzeliger, J. E. Mechanism for Distributing
Tacks Nov. 26, 1899. 415,726
Matzeliger, J. E. Nailing Machine Feb. 25, 1896. 421,954
Matzeliger, J. E. Tack Separating Mechanism Mar. 25, 1890. 423,937
Matzeliger, J. E. Lasting Machine Sept. 22, 1891. 459,899
McCoy, E. Lubricator for Steam Engines July 2, 1872. 129,843
McCoy, E. Lubricator for Steam Engines Aug. 6, 1872. 130,305
McCoy, E. Lubricator May 27, 1873. 139,407
McCoy, E. Steam Lubricator Jan. 20, 1874. 146,697
McCoy, E. Ironing Table May 12, 1874. 150,876
McCoy, E. Steam Cylinder Lubricator Feb. 1, 1876. 173,032
McCoy, E. Steam Cylinder Lubricator July 4, 1876. 179,585
McCoy, E. Lubricator Mar. 28, 1882. 255,443
McCoy, E. Lubricator July 18, 1882. 261,166
McCoy, E. Lubricator Jan. 9, 1883. 270,238
McCoy, E. Lawn Sprinkler Design Sept. 26, 1899. 631,549
McCoy, E. Steam Dome June 16, 1885. 320,354
McCoy, E. Lubricator June 16, 1885. 320,379
McCoy, E. Lubricator Feb. 8, 1887. 357,491
McCoy, E. Lubricator Attachment Apr. 19, 1887. 361,435
McCoy, E. Lubricator for Safety Valves May 24, 1887. 363,529
McCoy, E. Lubricator May 29, 1888. 383,745
McCoy, E. Lubricator May 29, 1888. 383,746
McCoy & Hodges Lubricator Dec. 24, 1889. 418,139
McCoy, E. Dope Cup Sept. 29, 1891. 460,215
McCoy, E. Lubricator Dec. 29, 1891. 465,875
McCoy, E. Lubricator Mar. 1, 1892. 470,163
McCoy, E. Lubricator Apr. 5, 1892. 472,066
McCoy, E. Lubricator June 6, 1893. 498,809
McCoy, E. Lubricator Sept. 13, 1898. 610,634
McCoy, E. Lubricator Oct. 4, 1898. 611,759
McCoy, E. Lubricator Nov. 15, 1898. 614,307
McCoy, E. Lubricator June 27, 1899. 627,623
McCree, D. Portable Fire Escape Nov. 11, 1890. 440,322
Mendenhall, A. Holder for Driving Reins Nov. 28, 1899. 637,811
Miles, A. Elevator Oct. 11, 1887. 371,207
Mitchell, C. L. Phoneterisin Jan. 1, 1884. 291,071
Mitchell, J. M. Cheek Row Corn Planter Jan. 16, 1900. 641,462
Moody, W. U. Game Board Design May 11, 1897. 27,046
Morehead, K. Reel Carrier Oct. 6, 1896. 568,916
Murray, G. W. Combined Furrow Opener and
Stalk-knocker Apr. 10, 1894. 517,960
Murray, G. W. Cultivator and Marker Apr. 10, 1894. 517,961
Murray, G. W. Planter June 5, 1894. 520,887
Murray, G. W. Cotton Chopper June 5, 1894. 520,888
Murray, G. W. Fertilizer Distributer June 5, 1894. 520,889
Murray, G. W. Planter June 5, 1894. 520,890
Murray, G. W. Combined Cotton Seed June 5, 1894. 520,891
Murray, G. W. Planter and Fertilizer
Distributer Reaper June 5, 1894. 520,892
Murray, W. Attachment for Bicycles Jan. 27, 1891. 445,452
Nance, L. Game Apparatus Dec. 1, 1891. 464,035
Nash, H. H. Life Preserving Stool Oct. 5, 1875. 168,519
Newman, Miss L.D. Brush Nov. 15, 1898. 614,335
Newson, S. Oil Heater or Cooker May 22, 1894. 520,188
Nichols & Latimer Electric Lamp Sept. 13, 1881. 247,097
Nickerson, W. J. Mandolin and Guitar
Attachment for Pianos June 27, 1899. 627,739
O'Conner & Turner Alarm for Boilers Aug. 25, 1896. 566,612
O'Conner & Turner Steam Gage Aug. 25, 1896. 566,613
O'Conner & Turner Alarm for Coasts Containing
Vessels Feb. 8, 1898. 598,572
Outlaw, J. W. Horseshoes Nov. 15, 1898. 614,273
Perryman, F. R. Caterers' Tray Table Feb. 2, 1892. 468,038
Peterson, H. Attachment for Lawn Mowers Apr. 30, 1889. 402,189
Phelps, W. H. Apparatus for Washing Vehicles Mar. 23, 1897. 579,242
Pickering, J. F. Air Ship Feb. 20, 1900. 643,975
Pickett, H. Scaffold June 30, 1874. 152,511
Pinn, T. B. File Holder Aug. 17, 1880. 231,355
Polk, A. J. Bicycle Support Apr. 14, 1896. 558,103
Pugsley, A. Blind Stop July 29, 1890. 433,306
Purdy & Sadgwar Folding Chair June 11, 1889. 405,117
Purdy, W. Device for Sharpening Edged
Tools Oct. 27, 1896. 570,337
Purdy, W. Device for Sharpening Edged
Tools Aug. 16, 1898. 609,367
Purdy, W. Device for Sharpening Edged
Tools Aug. 1, 1899. 630,106
Purdy & Peters Design for Spoons Apr. 23, 1895. 24,228
Purvis, W. B. Bag Fastener Apr, 25, 1882. 256,856
Purvis, W. B. Hand Stamp Feb. 27, 1883. 273,149
Purvis, W. B. Paper Bag Machine Feb. 12, 1884. 293,353
Purvis, W. B. Fountain Pen Jan. 7, 1890. 419,065
Purvis, W. B. Paper Bag Machine Jan. 28, 1890. 420,099
Purvis, W. B. Paper Bag Machine June 24, 1890. 430,684
Purvis, W. B. Paper Bag Machine Aug. 19, 1890. 434,461
Purvis, W. B. Paper Bag Machine Sept. 2, 1890. 435,524
Purvis, W. B. Paper Bag Machine Sept. 22, 1891. 460,093
Purvis, W. B. Electric Railway May 1, 1894. 519,291
Purvis, W. B. Paper Bag Machine May 8, 1894. 519,348
Purvis, W. B. Paper Bag Machine May 8, 1894. 519,349
Purvis, W. B. Paper Bag Machine Dec. 11, 1894. 530,650
Purvis, W. B. Magnetic Car Balancing Device May 21, 1895. 539,542
Purvis, W. B. Paper Bag Machine Mar. 9, 1897. 578,361
Purvis, W. B. Electric Railway Switch Aug. 17, 1897. 588,176
Queen, W. Guard for Companion Ways and
Hatches Aug. 18, 1891. 458,131
Ray, E. P. Chair Supporting Device Feb. 21, 1899. 620,078
Ray, L. P. Dust Pan Aug. 3, 1897. 587,607
Reed, J. W Dough Kneader and Roller Sept. 23, 1884. 305,474
Reynolds, R. R. Non-Refillable Bottle May 2, 1899. 624,092
Reynolds, H. H. Window Ventilator for R. R.
Cars Apr. 3, 1883. 275,271
Reynolds, H. H. Safety Gate for Bridges Oct. 7, 1890. 437,937
Rhodes, J. B. Water Closets Dec. 19. 1899. 639,290
Richardson, A. C. Hame Fastener Mar. 14, 1882. 255,022
Richardson, A. C. Churn Feb. 17, 1891. 446,470
Richardson, A. C. Casket Lowering device Nov. 13, 1894. 529,311
Richardson, A. C. Insect Destroyer Feb. 28, 1899. 620,362
Richardson, A. C. Bottle Dec. 12, 1899. 638,811
Richardson, W. H. Cotton Chopper June 1, 1886. 343,140
Richardson, W. H. Child's Carriage June 18, 1889. 405,599
Richardson, W. H. Child's Carriage June 18, 1889. 405,600
Richey, C. V. Car Coupling June 15, 1897. 584,650
Richey, C. V. Railroad Switch Aug. 3, 1897. 587,657
Richey, C. V. Railroad Switch Oct. 26, 1897. 592,448
Richey, C. V. Fire Escape Bracket Dec. 28, 1897. 596,427
Richey, C. V. Combined Hammock and Stretcher Dec. 13, 1898. 615,907
Rickman, A. L. Overshoe Feb. 8, 1898. 598,816
Ricks, J. Horseshoe Mar. 30, 1886. 338,781
Ricks, J. Overshoe for Horses June 6, 1899. 626,245
Robinson, E. R. Electric Railway Trolley Sept. 19, 1893. 505,370
Robinson, E. R. Casting Composite Nov. 23, 1897. 594,286
Robinson, J. H. Life Saving Guards for
Locomotives Mar. 14, 1899. 621,143
Robinson, J. H. Life Saving Guards for
Street Cars Apr. 25, 1899. 623,929
Robinson, J. Dinner Pail Feb. 1, 1887. 356,852
Romain, A. Passenger Register Apr. 23, 1889. 402,035
Roster, D. N. Feather Curler Mar. 10, 1896. 556,166
Ross, A. L. Runner for Stops Aug. 4, 1896. 565,301
Ross, A. L. Bag Closure June 7, 1898. 605,343
Ross, J. Bailing Press Sept. 5, 1899. 632,539
Ross, A. L. Trousers Support Nov. 28, 1899. 638,068
Ruffin, S. Vessels for Liquids and Manner
of Sealing Nov. 20, 1899. 737,603
Russell, L. A. Guard Attachment for Beds Aug. 13, 1895. 544,381
Sampson, G. T. Sled Propeller Feb. 17, 1885. 312,388
Sampson, G. T. Clothes Drier June 7, 1892. 476,416
Scottron, S. R. Adjustable Window Cornice Feb. 17, 1880. 224,732
Scottron, S. R. Cornice Jan. 16, 1883. 270,851
Scottron, S. R. Pole Tip Sept. 21, 1886. 349,525
Scottron, S. R. Curtain Rod Aug. 30, 1892. 481,720
Scottron, S. R. Supporting Bracket Sept. 12, 1893. 505,008
Shorter, D. W. Feed Rack May 17, 1887. 363,089
Shanks, S. C. Sleeping Car Berth Register July 21, 1897. 587,165
Smith, J. W. Improvement in Games Apr. 17, 1900. 647,887
Smith, J. W. Lawn Sprinkler May 4, 1897. 581,785
Smith, J. W. Lawn Sprinkler Mar. 22, 1898. 601,065
Smith, P. D. Potato Digger Jan. 21, 1891. 445,206
Smith, P. D. Grain Binder Feb. 23, 1892. 469,279
Snow & Johns Liniment Oct. 7, 1890. 437,728
Standard, J. Oil Stove Oct. 29, 1889. 413,689
Standard, J. Refrigerator July 14, 1891. 455,891
Stewart, T. W. Mop June 13, 1893. 499,402
Stewart, T. W. Station Indicator June 20, 1893. 499,895
Stewart & Johnson Metal Bending Machine Dec. 27, 1887. 375,512
Stewart, E. W. Punching Machine May 3, 1887. 362,190
Stewart, E. W. Machine for Forming Vehicle
Seat Bars Mar. 22, 1887. 373,698
Spears, H. Portable Shield for Infantry Dec. 27, 1870. 110,599
Sutton, E. H. Cotton Cultivator Apr. 7, 1874. 149,543
Sweeting, J. A. Device for Rolling Cigarettes Nov. 30, 1897. 594,501
Sweeting, J. A. Combined Knife and Scoop June 7, 1898. 605,209
Shewcraft, Frank Letter Box Detroit, Mich.
Taylor, B. H. Rotary Engine Apr. 23, 1878. 202,888
Taylor, B. H. Slide Valve July 6, 1897. 585,798
Thomas, S. E. Waste Trap Oct. 18, 1883. 286,746
Thomas, S. E. Waste Trap for Basins,
Closets, etc. Oct. 4, 1887. 371,107
Thomas, S. E. Casting July 31, 1888. 386,941
Thomas, S. E. Pipe Connection Oct. 9, 1888. 390,821
Toliver, George Propeller for Vessels Apr. 28, 1891. 451,086
Tregoning &
Latimer Globe Supporter for Electric
Lamps Mar. 21, 1882. 255,212
Walker, Peter Machine for Cleaning Seed
Cotton Feb. 16, 1897. 577,153
Walker, Peter Bait Holder Mar. 8, 1898. 600,241
Waller, J. N. Shoemaker's Cabinet or Bench Feb. 3, 1880. 224,253
Washington, Wade Corn Husking Machine Aug. 14, 1883. 283,173
Watkins, Isaac Scrubbing Frame Oct. 7, 1890. 437,849
Watts, J. R. Bracket for Miners' Lamp Mar. 7, 1893. 493,137
West, E. H. Weather Shield Sept. 5, 1899. 632,385
West, J. W. Wagon Oct. 18, 1870. 108,419
White, D. L. Extension Steps for Cars Jan. 12, 1897. 574,969
White, J. T. Lemon Squeezer Dec. 8, 1896. 572,849
Williams, Carter Canopy Frame Feb. 2, 1892. 468,280
Williams, J. P. Pillow Sham Holder Oct. 10, 1899. 634,784
Winn, Frank Direct Acting Steam Engine Dec. 4, 1888. 394,047
Winters, J. R. Fire Escape Ladder May 7, 1878. 203,517
Winters, J. R. Fire Escape Ladder Apr. 8, 1879. 214,224
Woods, G. T. Steam Boiler Furnace June 3, 1884. 299,894
Woods, G. T. Telephone Transmitter Dec. 2, 1884. 308,817
Woods, G. T. Apparatus for Transmission of
Messages by Electricity Apr. 7, 1885. 315,368
Woods, G. T. Relay Instrument June 7, 1887. 364,619
Woods, G. T. Polarized Relay July 5, 1887. 366,192
Woods, G. T. Electro Mechanical Brake Aug. 16, 1887. 368,265
Woods, G. T. Telephone System and
Apparatus Oct. 11, 1887. 371,241
Woods, G. T. Electro-Magnetic Brake
Apparatus Oct. 18, 1887. 371,655
Woods, G. T. Railway Telegraphy Nov. 15, 1887. 373,383
Woods, G. T. Induction Telegraph System Nov. 29, 1887. 373,915
Woods, G. T. Overhead Conducting System for
Electric Railway May 29, 1888. 383,844
Woods, G. T. Electro-Motive Railway System June 26, 1888. 385,034
Woods, G. T. Tunnel Construction for
Electric Railway July 17, 1888. 386,282
Woods, G. T. Galvanic Battery Aug. 14, 1888. 387,839
Woods, G. T. Railway Telegraphy Aug. 28, 1888. 388,803
Woods, G. T. Automatic Safety Cut-out for
Electric Circuits Jan. 1, 1889. 395,533
Woods, G. T. Automatic Safety Cut-out for
Electric Circuit Oct. 14, 1889. 438,590
Woods, G. T. Electric Railway System Nov. 10, 1891. 463,020
Woods, G. T. Electric Railway Supply
System Oct. 31, 1893. 507,606
Woods, G. T. Electric Railway Conduit Nov. 21, 1893. 509,065
Woods, G. T. System of Electrical
Distribution Oct. 13, 1896. 569,443
Woods, G. T Amusement Apparatus Dec. 19, 1899. 639,692
Wormley, James Life Saving Apparatus May 24, 1881. 242,091
Williams, P. B. Electro-Magnetic Electrical
Railway Track Switch Apr. 24, 1900. 648,092
Williams, P. B. Electrically Controlled and
Operated Railway Switch Jan. 15, 1901. 666,080
TOPIC XXVIII.
WHAT THE OMEN?
BY PROF. W. S. SCARBOROUGH.
[Illustration: Prof. W. S. Scarborough.]
PROF. WILLIAM S. SCARBOROUGH, A. M., LL. D.
William S. Scarborough, now Vice-President of Wilberforce
University, Wilberforce, Ohio, and Professor of Greek and
Latin in the same institution, was born in Macon, Ga.,
February 18, 1852. He received his early education in his
native city before and during the Civil War. In 1869 he
entered Atlanta University where he remained two years in
preparation for Yale University, but, instead, entered
Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, in 1871, and was graduated
from the Department of Philosophy and the Arts with the
degree of A. B. in 1875. He spent a part of the following
year in Oberlin Theological Seminary in special study of the
Semitic languages and Hellenistic Greek.
In 1877 Professor Scarborough was elected as head of the
Classical Department in Wilberforce University. In 1881 he
published through A. S. Barnes & Co. (New York) a Greek text
book---"First Lessons in Greek"--the first and only Greek
book ever written by a Negro. This book was widely used by
both the white and colored schools of the country,
especially in the North. Professor Scarborough has also
written a treatise entitled "The Birds of Aristophanes--a
Theory of Interpretation"--aside from numerous tracts and
pamphlets, covering a variety of subjects--classical,
archaeological, sociological and racial. He has written many
papers for various societies to which he belongs. In 1891 he
was transferred to the chair of Hellenistic Greek, Payne
Theological Seminary. In 1897 he was again re-elected as
Professor of Latin and Greek in the University and
Vice-President of the same.
He has contributed largely to the press of the country,
including the leading magazines. He is one of the editors of
the A. M. E. Sunday-school publications, having filled that
position for a number of years. He is a member of a number
of associations: American Philological, American Dialect,
American Social Science, Archaeological Institute of
America, American Spelling Reform, American Folk-Lore,
American Modern Language, American Political and Social
Science, the Egyptian Exploration Fund Association and the
American Negro Academy, of which he is First Vice-President.
He has several times been one of the orators at the Lincoln
League banquet of the State of Ohio. At a conference held by
the leaders of the race in the city of Columbus, Ohio, he
was elected President of the Afro-American State League
designed to further the interests of the Negro throughout
the country. Professor Scarborough has traveled extensively
in Europe. He was a delegate to the Ecumenical Methodist
Conference held in London in 1901, representing the African
Methodist Episcopal Church.
We take the following from the "New York Age" of July 18:
"While in Boston Prof. W. S. Scarborough of Wilberforce
University was delightfully entertained by the colored
graduates of Harvard University and Amherst College at
a reception given in his honor at the home of Mr. G. W.
Forbes, a graduate of Amherst. Speeches were made by
Messrs. Forbes, Morgan, Trotter, Lewis, Williams and
others eulogistic of the life and services of the
professor in behalf of his race. The professor replied,
thanking them for the honor conferred upon him. Next
year it will be twenty-five years since Professor
Scarborough first became connected with Wilberforce
University as its classical professor and he intends to
mark the event by publishing a volume of his
philological papers. These papers have all been read
before the American Philological Association at its
various annual sessions. Twenty years ago Professor
Scarborough was first elected to membership in this
body at Harvard University. This year the association
again met at this venerable seat of learning and by way
of commemorating the event Professor Scarborough read a
paper on Thucydides. It is some of these papers that
the professor intends to put into more tangible form
for future use."
The all-absorbing question now before the American people seems to be
the race question. Our magazines and papers generally--dailies and
weeklies as well as monthlies--are deluged as it were with articles on
the Negro people--the Negro as a citizen--his status, his future, the
sort of education best adapted to his needs as a man and a citizen,
and kindred subjects. In fact no phase of the Negro's life fails of
discussion at the hands of the most flippant penny-a-liner as well as
the gravest thinker. All have theories of some sort and they do not
hesitate to express them--whether they are visionary or practical.
If theories alone could have solved this problem, long ere this would
race friction have been removed; it would have been a question of the
past, but unfortunately for the race, unfortunately for the people at
large, many of those who knew least about the subject and who had no
remedy for the troubles complained of--have had most to say and they
have generally said it in the most reckless way, regardless of facts.
Only now and then do we have a calm view of the situation with
reasonable suggestions as to the best course to follow.
As we enter upon the twentieth century, it will be well for black and
white to get together and understand one another and ascertain as far
as possible what is best to do in the light of facts before us.
One thing is certain--the white man does not yet know the Negro.
Strange as it may seem, the Northern white man does not know him after
many years of close observation, neither does the Southern white man,
for all the years gone by in which the Negro has lived in his midst.
The observations of both in fact only leave the Negro largely an
unknown quantity to either. I have claimed heretofore that there is a
life that the white man knows nothing of. It is found in the hovel as
well as in the cultured home, in the school and the church. It is a
life in the bud-time of race pride and another race prejudice; and it
is swelling to the blossoming. _What will be the fruit?_
To know the race one must do more than occasionally to visit it
here and there, must see more than even a close examination of
schools and churches, instructed, aided and supported by white
philanthropy, will disclose. The toadying, the servile representatives
of the race, the politicians, the dependent ones--all must be passed
by and the people found. _To know the Negro one must be with him and
become a part of his life--see what he is doing, and above all, to
know what he is thinking._
Go into the schools and churches where there is not a shadow of white
influence to check freedom of speech or tinge thought and what do we
see and hear? In every case we find those from the oldest to the
youngest with some ideas upon the race question and ready to express
them. Not so with white children. They are not thinking about the
color of their skin or the texture of their hair or their rights and
privileges or the deprivation of these rights, the contempt and
ostracism following them everywhere; but the Negro child, on the other
hand, of every shade of color has these almost constantly in mind, for
they are thrust upon him. _He can think of little else._
In such schools, in such communities, the field work, the social
gathering, the literary society, the routine of school or church or
community life, the platform--all are tinctured deeply with these
ideas and these are expressed in some form on every possible occasion.
All these questions are in a large degree to the race, as far as
interest is concerned, at least, the momentous, the ever-present,
ever-burning topic.
No youth of the white race feels the weight of any subject agitating
the mind of the public as these colored youth feel this one. What is
the omen, when boys and girls alike make it a common question, in some
form or other for all their daily work? It has been said that the two
races are growing apart, that there is as much race prejudice in the
one as in the other. In many respects this is true, though the
prejudice on the part of the Negro is a thing of natural growth from
certain causes, not an inherent quality. The fact that the Negro is
rising without anything like adequate recognition--at least other than
a patronizing one--is one of these causes. As here and there the Negro
comes, to the white man's higher level, among the best he is
confronted with that "Ah-you-are-here." Ah, which means more than
words can express and he straightway feels his pulses stirred to the
defensive counter spirit of
"I-am-and-what-are-you-going-to-do-about-it?" The result is the two
mutually draw back from each other.
Among the middle classes where the level of the whites intellectually
and financially is more readily and more rapidly being reached by the
greater number of Negroes there is still more prejudice to be found.
It is here where the Negro has his fiercest battle ground; it is here
where he finds his greatest opposition. It is only following out the
idea of the French writer who said, "Mediocrity alone is jealous." The
constant desire of this class of white people to rise to the highest
level aggravates them upon seeing a Negro reaching out for or
obtaining in any way that which they may have or may be seeking, and
they "take it out" by greater assumption of superiority especially
over those of the race who have reached their own plane of living, and
here again is a creation of a counter prejudice.
Growing refinement brings with it to the Negro all that sensitiveness
which is accorded to refined people wherever found, and naturally he
recoils from rebuffs, insults, and contumely, and holds himself aloof
more and more only as business demands contact. He has no growing
reason to revere the whites as a mass, and if nations are proverbially
ungrateful, what more can be expected of individuals, no matter how
much fine theorizing there may be upon the subject of what the Negro
owes to the white man.
With this increasing prejudice, for reasons named, there is a growing
race pride. This is taking firm root among the young people of the
Negro race who are being taught to respect those of their own number
who have obtained honor and distinction through merit. The school-boy
and school-girl are studying the history of their own race with
eagerness. They are finding out that it is not an altogether degraded
people from which they have sprung, and with the gathering evidences
about them of education, refinement, even wealth, and high character,
they see no good reason why they should be despised for mere color or
the possession of some imperceptible drops of Negro blood, as in many
cases. This is a laudable pride based upon both the past and present
and, as we have said, they are more alive to all that pertains to race
matters than any other set of young people whom we are able to
mention.
What is the omen? Think you that the growing generation will tamely
submit to the endless continuance of present and past grievances?
Think you that this thoughtfulness of the Negro youth will be without
some sort of fruit? Will these not have as much influence upon their
ignorant brother masses as have the whites over the ignorant masses of
their own color? I repeat, the white man does not thoroughly know the
Negro. He does not begin to see all that boils and seethes and
ferments in the brains of this growing class. It is well for the
nation to learn wisdom from the mouths of babes and sucklings. And
when these prattle of race issues it is an omen not to be unheeded.
TOPIC XXIX.
WHY THE NEGRO RACE SURVIVES.
BY PROF. T. DE S. TUCKER.
[Illustration: Prof. T de S. Tucker.]
THOMAS de S. TUCKER.
Thomas de S. Tucker first saw the light of day at Victoria,
in Sherbro, Sierra Leone, West Coast of Africa, on the 21st
day of July, 1844. His mother was the youngest daughter of
James Tucker, hereditary chief of Sherbro. The founder of
the family, about two hundred years previous, was an
Englishman, from whom the surname is derived.
On the paternal side, Tucker comes of an ancient noble
family in the east of France, the de Salieres, of
Marseilles. His father, Joseph, although descended from this
noble lineage, was an ardent admirer of Napoleon Bonaparte,
whose checkered fortunes he followed to the disastrous field
of Waterloo.