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Show PATENT ADVERTISERS. Osk of the worst proiultiaiiB thnt wi have, struck is the I'.ttent Advertiser Nearly eveiy week vie tuu In receipt of a cuminuutcatatlou of so mo sort from those peoplu who elestte us to ndveitisc their wntes in Tub lUcontit and who uill not be put plT by any ordlunrv means. Their is u gall about these fellows Hint If we could successful l Imitate would make our fortune. Their methods nie entliely dilTercnt fiom those followed by the ordinary people. In the first place politeness Is not any part of their program, while In the matter of ccotibiuy they are strictl) In it) (liny never waste a postage stamp for a reply but depend entirely on theii Importunity. Another very refreshing featulo Is the eiy aceourate estimate they are able to mako of the price you ought to charge them for thulr notices. no-tices. Wo had a contract sent to us ic-cently ic-cently duly signed and made out In duplicate, wheiein the writer agreed to pay us SIS, for the publication of an amount, of matter that at our regular rutin In worth at least S70 , and aeuom panying the insult wnn a towtimoiiial of their fairness signed by some one who must Iumo been either treated In a much moie reasonable manner than they offered to It eat us or else had been paid for bis signature. Another outfit sent ua a proposition gotten up in a similar manner, btit which the maker informed us would be considered rejected if our acceptance was not riiuje-veil riiuje-veil within flyu days. This tlno we thought we should not have to waste our stamps, but no such I'jod luck, in about ten days here cones another set of contracts from th: same concern ae-ompanled ae-ompanled by the .n formation that the) had no wend. oln us anil that, they had '""deiis a,t.,y ailMiiitageotis offer, wlilohfbfj. j10pei wo w, n,,i answer ''PJJSfTIeally by lettirn mall. If wo unl Know where to Unci these gentlemen be-foro be-foro t hey sent us their ridiculous stuff w e would Iitive a circular pi inted that would save theui tho trouble. q arc not running the Hrx-outi in the Interests of patent ndvcrtlscis, but lu the iuietcsts of our subscribers and tho section of country In which we dwell, and while we want advertisers, we do not Intend to let those fellows in for lose than our own folks, "i |