Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-04-13

Would you like to make twenty. five hun-
drod dollars? II you would resd carefully
what follows and you May see a way TO do It,
The Press Claims Company devotes mucd
attention to patents. 1t has handled thou..
ands OF applications for IN vos lions, ont IL
would like TO handle thouaands naore. There
is plenty OF inventive talent at large IN thii
country, needing nothing but encouragement
TO produce practical results. 1hat encour-s
agsment the Prees Claims Company prcs
poses to give.
NoI so HABD As II sEr.ots.
patent STRIKES most people as az sDDslls
ingly formidable thing. Tho idea is tuat an
inventor must be a natural genius, like Edi.
son or Bell that be must devote ysars to
delying in complicated mechanical probipng
and that he must spend a fortune on del catu
experiments before he can get nav dc yics
to pntsntabls degrees Of perfection. This
delusion the company desires 10 disoel. Ii
desires to get into the head Of the pu bio Q
clear com apprehension OF the feet that it Ia
not the great complex and expensive i'm.
veEtions that bring tbs best returns 70 their
authors, but the httlc sitopie, and Cheap
ons-ths things thot seem so absurdly
trivial that the average citizen would feel
somewhat asbamsd OF bringing them TO thu
attention OF the Patent Office
Edison says that tho profits hs ba7 70 ~
ceived from the patent oa all his rnaF7eioug
inventions have not been sai,i aieut to pey
the cost Of his experiments. But tho l1e-,
who conceived the idea OF fastening d bit os
rubber cord to ohilds ball, SO thai. IL
would come back to the band when thrown,
made fortune out OF his scheme. Tia
modern sewing machine is miracle o. in
genuty-the product OF the toll OF hundreds
OF lusv brains throuuh n hundred md G7+,-
years, but the whole brilliant result rests
upon tho ample device Of putting t',s ego
OF the needle at the point instoHd OF at ths
other end.
TIE LITTLE THINGS THE AOsT VAL
liable.
Comparatively few people regard them
sslves ss inventors, but almost every body
has been struck, at ono time or another,
with idess that seemed calculated to REDUCED
soma Of the little Sriotious OF life Usually
such ideas are dismissed without further
thought.
why don't the railroad company make
its car windows 30 that they can De slid III
and down without breaking tue pessengors'
backs'" exclaims tho traveller. III we're
running the road l would mako them ia
such way
"What was the man that m ade this aauos.
pan thinking of?' grumbes the cook"
Re never had to work over n stove or ha
would have known how IL Ought to have
bseu fixed. -
Hang such collar button p grogls the
man who is late For breakfast. III Z wsre
in the business Ia maze buttons that
wouldn't slip OUT, or broa1 o., o. gouze
out the back Oh my neck"
And then the various su.Toyors forgot
about their grievances aud be,ln % think OF
something else. II they would sit down at
the next convenient opportunity, put their
ideas about car w.nLo"s, s24cepans, and
collar buttons into practical -4sp4, and
then apply for ualeSss they mighs Hud
themselves as independ IDENTIFY wealthy as the
man who invented the iron umbrella ring,
or the one who patented the ultssn puazie.
a TL3IPTING O@sE4.
To induce people to keep track O. tAeir
bright ideas and arc Tlat there is in thenl,
the Press Claims Company has resolved to
oEer prize.
TO the person 'cio arb#ts 20 il ~,
simplest al,d most promising iuucatioa.
from, a commcrcja! p5i.t Of ric,". tte c5ra.
paoy will gtre t,ceotyar. hond-ed collars
in cash, Il. odaU'o,, 70 rcnuduJ tba
fees for securing the ,o'clt
II 'cW 0iso oGytr.s Nc hrsatt5a FREQ
Of charge.
This offer is subject to the following con-
ditions
Every competitor must obtain a natout
for his invention through the company. he
must first apply for prelm nary search.
the cost of which vii. he i've doilurp.
should this search show his in vention to te
unpatentabl hs can Withdraw without
further expense. Otherwise lie will be ex-
pected to complete his application and take
out patent in regular way. The total er-
penae including Government and Bureau
fees, will be seVonty dollars. For this.
whether lie secures the priz9 or not, the in
ventor will have pa tent that ought to be-
valuable property to him. The prize Will
be awarded by jury consisting Of three
reputable patent attorneys Of Washington.
Intending competitors should I'll out tse
following blank, and forward 1t with their
applications
''----,, 1898.
II submit the within described Invention
in competition for tie Twenty-av Hul-
dred Dollar Prils offered 10y tbs Press
Claims Company.
NO BLANKS IN THIS COl;rETITION.
This ia a competition OF rather ca IN
usual nature. 1t 10 common to oIsr prizes
for the beet story, or picture, or alchtec.
tural plan, all the competitors r.sGiug the
loss OF thoir labor and tho successful ono
merely selling his for the amount OF tho
prize. But the Press Claims Company
offer Is something entirely dldersnt. Each
person is asked merely 10 help himself, sud
the ons who helps himself 10 the best sd-
vantage is to be rewarded for doing II.
The prize is only q stimulus to do some.
thing that would be we'll worth doing with.
out It, The arshitaot whose competitive
plan for club house on certain corner Is
Pct accepted has spent hls labor on some
thing of very 1.-the Use to him But the