The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-05-18
Prizes on Patents.
How to Get TVenty-Fi III Hundred
Dollars for Nothing.
The Winner has a Clear Gift. Of ,
Small Fortune, and the Losers
Have Patents that may
: r.. Bring them in Still 70
'r' More. ::

would you like to make t~wenty.fv,
hundred dUllarsr II you would, real
carefully what follows and you may sc,
a way to do IL.
The, Press Claims Company devote,
much attention to patents. 1t has han
died thousands of applications for In
yentions, but 1t would like TO handle
thousands more. There Is plenty OF
inventive talcut at large In this country,
needing nothing but encouragement TO
produce practical results. That en-.
courageme 1t the Press Claims Company
. proposes to give"
NOT so HARD AS 1T SEEMS. o.
A patent strikes most people as an al.
pallingly formidable thing. The idea Is
that the inventor must be a natural
genius, like Edison or Bell; that he
must devote years To delying 10 cOmpli-
Gated mechanical problems and that he
must spend a fortune on delicate expert
ments before he can get a new device to
a p%atentable degree 6i perfection. This
delusion the company desires to dispel. .
1t desires to get Tito the head of, the
public u clear comprehension OF the fact
that 1t 10 not the great complex, and
expensive Inventions that bring the best
returns to their authors, but the little,
simple and cheap Ones--the things
that seem so absurdly trivial that
the average citizen would feel somewhat
ashamed Of bringing them to. the atten-
ton OF the Patent Office.
Edison says that the profits no has re-
ceived from the patents on all his mar
velOus inventions have not been sufi-
cient. to pay the cost Of experiments.
But the ina who conceived the idea. OF
fastening a bit OF rubber cord to a child's
ball, so that 1t would come back to the
hand when thrown, made a fortune
out Of his scheme. The modern sewing
machine Is a miracle Of ingenuity the
product u the toll OF hundreds OF busy
hrainS' through a hundred and fifty
years, butthe whole brilliant result rests
upon the simple device of putting the
eye or the needle at the poiut instead Of
a the other end, ...':'"' '''"'"
rHE ErrrLE THINGS rHE MOST Wilt
..., ,ii E. ABLE, D.
Comparatively few people. regard
themselves as inventors, but almost
everybody has beef struck, at one time
or anOther, with ideas that seemed cal
culated to reduce some Of the little fric-
tsons'ef life. Usually such ideas are
dismissed without further thought.
"why don't the railroad company make its
car .windows 70 that they. can be slid up and
s9slo, %,.h ;ss S ,fsSsIss, the E"sse WEE , Sasis.,
the road l would make them such a way" ..
what was the man that made this saucepan
thinking OF 20 grumbies the cook. f!"He never
had to work over a Stove, Ct 10 Mould have
known how !. ought s. AL hsayS gSe1 tlS&a:S g..
man Vh6 i iMte Tor breakfast. Vi were in
tile business / would make buttons that would
not slip out. or brcak off. or gouge oui the. back
OF mi IIecka'. 49, F
Aud then the various sufferers. forget about
something else. II they would sit down at the
next convenient opportunity. put their ideas
about car windows, saucepans. and collar but.
1 pn,sn is'G ,n pyaG miSa, s nsS ;S ann .nss a as ind iet
pendently wealthy as the man who invented
the iron umbrella ring, or the one who patented
{ 10 fifteen puzzle. 80
TEMPTING OFFER.
To induce people to keep track OF theif bright
ideas and see what there is In them, the Press
Claims Company. has resolved TO offer y prize,
To the person who submits to II the siWplelt
and most promising invention, tIS@ a eaaimet.
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This Offer 10 subject 10 the following cendi.
tons: Every competitor must obtain . patent
for his new invention through The COMPANY.
Nc must first apply for u preliminary search
the cost OF whigh will be five dollars, Should
this search show his invention TO be unpAtent.
able, he can withdraw without .auy : fur.
Their expense. otherwise he WI be expected
to coWplete Ais application and Mke out a pat
ept n VIZ. regular way, The total expense. IN,
be- seyept, dollars For this whether he Sc.
cures the .priAa or NOT. the inventor will have q
patent that ought TO be u valuable property ia
him,i The prize will be awarded by Jury con
sisting Of three reputable patent attorneys 0l
Washington, ~ IptendipH Competitors should III
out the following blank. and forward II with