Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-29

Dut now ana tnen
| out pops a prize.
more work
For example take little metal paper-fas-
tener, used to keep the pages Of documents
or manuscripts together. Though but a
trihe. it made wealth for j. W. McGin, who
invented it in 1867. The rubber pencil tip was
| devised by Philadelphia man, Hymen l..
Lipman, in 1858. 1t earned 100000 for him.
1t was in the same year that George A.
Mitchell got patent for the metallic shoe
tip. His application for exclusive rights
covered shoe tips of silver and all other
metals. but copper was preferred From
that time on every boot-maker who sold
Shoes with copper toes had to pay roy
Idea. An immense amount of money was
made by William D: Ewart ont of an i'm
psHIIs Se attachment for machine harvesters
An imgr Sv pattern Of was
.eaped small fortune: 1t is reckoned that
device of metal plates for protecting the
N No less m.nut than iss S0o. 900 Of them
ton Of an utialns the feathers ase n Of
chickens. turkeys, geese and other domestic
mems corsets has been worth more than a
fairly productive silver mine to it's inventor.
The quilts are woven into strips of what is
field first conceived the notion of making
arm pit dress shields seamless with a sheet
Of many ysar him
Heaton. who hit upon the notion Of a
metal fastening for buttons. doing away
screw proved a mint for Thomas j. Sloan
IN 1876. The man who invented wooden pegs
Bought HIM aI millions of deiars He iTed
near Boston and went crazy later on. The
barhwire fence was worth more than 81
merly many eggs got broken on their way
to market by rail. A countryman conceiv-
ed the plan Of packing them in trays Of
ei tsous ~ss sh WORTH
s' of ssn esss
sSiss ~ pile .s 9, ,,.. Money Out q
lucky with an eyelet. to be sown at the
to resist the strain caused by carrying
heavy tools or pieces Of ore.
There was a fortune in the inverted glass
ceiling from being blackened. Big money
h has been made made out OF a pen for shading IN
for repairing stockings has likewise been
immensely profitable. The ball and socket
glove-fastener was patented in this country
Idea has proved golden. Rogers got an in
dependence for life out of his screw-wire
br an Of
inventor. Patents for gold. silver and cop
Per tinsei yarns, ,, fer oo UPHOLSTERY have
fountain pen has made him rich. A pecul-
lar crook IN the wire of recently patented
iars day. The roIer Skate earned cool cool
million for the person who caught the idea
as It foated in his brain and put it into
tangible shape.
Common Sense Necessary.
A self-made millionaire was quoted awhile
ago as saying that one Of the best ways for
a young man to make money quickly was
to rack his brains until he found something
the public wanted. and to supply #. Com
mon sense may be more useful t. the in
using bath bricks for cleaning knives.
housewives formerly found that the most
the Re h Job ss
CURED to somebody to sell the brick ready
powdered in neat packages. and he got a
troublesome 1t is to pick coins Off a smooth
counter a way to get over this difficulty
suggested EST, itself to a thoughtful person who
the coins can be picked up as easily as i
toll I for his livelihood iH %'' NOT De compelled to
Few Inventions pay better than patented
string. earned an income Of $50. 900 a year
for the individual who struck the notion
walking alligator and the dancing negro
Pigs in Clover was worth thousands Of
Those odd little fireworks, called "Phar-
oah's Serpents." which excited attention as
the pocket Of their originator. The idea
was suggested by certain chemical expert
ments . That ingenious plaything, known
familiar Chameleon Top" which gave
such pretty play room lessons in the COM
position Of colors, was another very profit
able toy.
Women and Children ~ Inventors.
Thus far no woman's invention has been
greatly profitable to its originator. The
most successful patent granted to a person
Of the .gentler sex up to date is the ice
cream freezer, now universally in use, 1t
was was the the, idea 81 Mrs Nancy NJ Johnson,
at the advanced age Of ninetyfive; She
was the widow of a professor In the Smith
were taken out in 1913. Up to that time
Ice cream had always been made by stir
ring 1t with spoon Mrs Johnson might
Ice. but she sold it for $500. Another
Washington woman. Mrs. A. H. WoodalI
not not long ago invented an attachment to the
rage" is made to glide back automatically
to the beginning Of the line as quickly as
the last line is finished. thus saving much
time. She is said to have sold it to a type
writer company. which thought it worth
buying, but has not used II.
Children have taken out a number OF
profitable patents. The youngest inventor
on record is Donald Murray Murphy of
st. John. Canada. who at six years of age
obtained from the United States exclusive
rights in sounding toy. Mabel Howard
Of Washington, at eleven years, invented
an ingenious game for her invalid brother
and got patent for 1t. Arthur G. Smith
of Rfchwoods. Ill, at twelve years. invent
ed and patented a rowing apparatus When
only seventeen years old Ben jamin F. Ham
ilton of Boston took out patents on num-
Der Of devices for electric and elevated rail-
ways. A dispute over a contract which he
desired to escape from the ground of
his minority. made an interesting case not
long ago before the commissioner of pat
ents. Samuel Ker, eighteen years old, has
patented self-feeding pen. Other BOYS
have invented useful devices for electric
signaling. telephoning and cigarette MAX
ing. George c, Pyle of Wilmington, Del,
at the age Of eighteen patented a machine
which turns out sixty horse shoes a minute
He sold 1t for a sum sufficient to lift the
mortgage off his fathers home. In fact II
was this purpose which inspired him to
undertake the task Of invention.
Inventing as q Profession.
Formerly inventions were nearly ALWAYS
made haphazard. People hit upon them
accidentally Now the discovery of new
ideas In mechanics is profession. The in
ventor is a skilled man, employed by firm
of manufacturers with the understanding
that all his inventions shall belong to them.
The WESTINGHOUSE company, for example
picks up trained electricians all over the