The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-07-21
ON PATENTS
HOW 10 GET TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOL
lars FOR NOTHING.
Tho winner has Clear Gift Of 1 90,
xortuuts. and the Losers 1Avs
Patents that may nriug them In
Etill More.

Wouldyou like to mako twenty-five hundred
dollarsf hyou would, read carefully what fol
lows and sou may 400 a way to dc II,
Tho Prcss Claims Company dovotes much
attention to patents. It Inns handled thousands
OF applications for inventions, but II wsuld
like tn handle thousands more. There Is plenty.
Of inventive talent at large in this country
needing nothing but encouragement to produce
practical results. That encourage mont the Press
Claims Company proposcs to give.
Not SO Hard ~ 1t Seems.
patent strikes most people as an appallingly
formidable thing. Tho idea 10 that an Inventor
must bc natural genius, like Edison or Bell;
that no must devote years to delving In ooanplica
ted mechanical problems and that he must spend
fortune on delicate experiments before no can
get now .dcvico to apatsntsble degree Of perfcc-
tion. This deluxion the company desires to dispcl
1t dcsrcs to get into thu head Of the publie clear
comprehension Of tho fact thatit Is not ths great
complex, and expensive inventions that bring
tho best returns IN their authors, bat the little
simple, and choap onss-ths things that sssan so
absurdly trivial that the average citissn would
feel somewhat ashamed Of bringing them 10 tho
attention Of tho Patent Office.
Edison says that the profts no has rsoeivcd
from the putenta on his marvellous inventions
have not been sufficient to pay the cost Qkhsex.
poriments. But the man Who conceived ,<eilka
Of fastening bit ofrubbcr cord to childs hall,
so that II would camo back to the hand when
thrown, made II fortune out Of his scheme The
modern scwinR-machine Is a mirucle Of ingenuity
the product Of the toll Of hundreds Of buoy
brains through hundred and fifty years. but the
whole brilliant result rests upon tho simple de-
vice Of putting tho eye OF the needle at the poin
instead Of at tho other end.
The Little Things the Most Valuable,
Comparatively few people regard themselves
rs invcntors, but al'nost everybody has been
struck, at ono time or another, with ideas that
seemed calculated to reiucc some Of tho little
frietions oflife. Usually such ideas arc dismissed
without further thought.
why don't tho nilroad company mako il
car windows so that they can DO slid up and down
without breaking the passcngers' backs'" cx-
claims tho traveller. eff werc running the road
would make them in snoh n way
"Whnt WAS the mnn Tint made this saucepan
thinking off, .rumbles tho cook. "He never had
to work over n stove. or he would have known
how 1t ought to havc been fixed"
"Hang such collar buttonr' growls the man
who 10 late for breakfast. "If wero in the busi-
mess I'd make buttons that wouldn't slip out, or
brcnk oil, or sousc out the back Of my neck"
And then tho various sufferers forget about
their grievances and begin TO think of something
else. II they would sit down at the next convon-
lent opportunity, put their ideas ni,ont car win
dows, saucepnus, and collar buttons into practi.
cal shape, and then apply for patents, they mixht
md themselves as Independently wealthy u the
man who invented the iron umbrella ring, or the
one who patented tho ffteen puzzle.
a Tempting O2er.
To indacc people to keep tack Of their bright
i,icas and see what there is In thsm, the Prsss
Claims Company has resolved to offer a prize.
Ne the persea w'hs submits to IL the
stnplest and meat prsmlslnE haven.
ties. frsn esnnereial pslnt Of view,
the company Will give Twenty-Five
hundred dollars In cash, In addition t.
refundinE the fees for securing the
patent.
II Will aiss advertise the invensis.
free or charge. -t
Thisoffcr Is subject to the following conditions:
Every compctitorl must obtain a patent for
his invention through tho company. lilo must
first apply for preliminary search, the cost Of
which will DO Ave dollars, should this search
show his invention 10 bc uulassnsal,lc,
he can withdraw without fur
thor expense. Othcrwis, be will he
expected to completed isnpplication and take out
patent In the regular way. The t,lal expense,
including Government aud bureau fsss, will 10
seventy dollars. Fof this. whether 10 secuc- the
priscor mot, the invcnior will hAve patent that
ought tobc valuable property to Him. The prize
will be awarded By aIury consisting Of thrrc rep
utAilc patent attorneys Of Washington. Intending
compositions should Gil cut the following blank,
and forward II with their application.
II submit the within described invrnsion In
ro,npytltiou for the Twenty Avn Lu,,slr,3 poil.r