97,960.--TEACHERS' REGISTER.--W. S. Poulson and W. N. Poulson, Cadiz, Ohio.
97,961.--SIDE-SADDLE TREE.--J. H. Preston, Jefferson City, Mo.
97,962.--PROCESS OF PREPARING PLANTS TO BE USED IN CIGAKS, SNUFF, ETC.--P. V. Ramel, Paris, France.
97,963.--PIPE COUPLING.--L. W. Reed, East Cambridge, Mass.
97,964.--FRUIT JAR.--S. B. Rowley, Philadelphia, Pa.
97,965.--CLOTHES WRINGER.--E. P. Russell, Manlius, N. Y.
97,966.--COAL STOVE.--Watson Sanford, New York city. Antedated Sept. 3, 1869.
97,967.--BASE BURNING STOVE.--Watson Sanford, New York city. Antedated Sept. 15, 1869.
97,968.--JOURNAL BOX.--A. H. Sassaman, Scranton, Pa.
97,969.--HOOK AND LADDER TRUCK.--Jacob Schmidlapp, New York city.