The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-16
Prizes on Patents.
How to Get Twenty-Five Hundred
Dollars for Nothing.
p. o. Box 463.

would you like to make twenty.fi vt
hundred dollars? II you would, read
carefully what follows and you may SET
n way to do 1t.
The Press Claims Company devote,
much attention to patents. 1t has han,
died thousands of applications for in
Thousands more. There is plenty OF
inventive talent at large In this country,
needing nothing but encouragement to
produce practical results. That ell
courageme 1t the Press Claims Company
proposes TO give.
NOT so HARD AS IT SEEMS.
a patent strikes most people as an ap.
pailingly formidable thing. The idea Ii
that the inventor must be a naturaI
genius, like Edison or Bell; that h,
must devote years to delving in compll.
Gated mechanical problems and that he
must spend "A fortune on delicate expert
ments before he can get a new device t
a %patentable degree Oi perfection. Thi'
delusion the company desires to dispel,
1t desires to get Tito the head of thu
public u clear comprehension of the fac
that 1t Is not the great, complex, anG
expensive inventions that bring the besl
returns to their authors, but the little
simple and cheap ones-the things
that seem so absurdly trivial tina
the average citizen would feel sOmewha
ashamed Of bringing them to the atten'
ton OF the Patent Office
Edison says that the profits he has re-
celycd from the patents on all his mar,
Vicious inventions have not been suili
cient to pay the cost of experiments
I,,t tl,a t,,an Nylln RnnnaiynH Iltn tlnl N
fastening IL bit of rubber cord to IA child.
ball, so that it would come back to tn,
hand WHEN thrown, made u forum,
on; of his scheme. The modern sewing
machine is II miracle Of ingenuity th'
product OF the toll of hundreds Of busy
brains through II hundred and fifty
years, but the whole brilliant result rest
upon the simple device of putting tn
eye of the needle at the point instead o
ut the other end.
THE LITTLE THINGS THE. MOST vALU
ABLE.
Comparatively few people regart
themselves as inventors, but almost
everybody has been struck, at one time
or another, with Ideas that seemed cal
culaled to reduce some Of the little fric
tons of life. Usually such ideas ar
dismissed without further thought.
'Why don't the railroad company make II
car windows 80 that they can De slid up an,
down without breaking the passengers Dacks'
eNciaihs the traveller. "lf i were runninl
the road 1 would make them such a way"
~ hat was the man that made this saucepaI
thinking oil Z" grumbles the cook. "lie neye
had 10 work over a stove, or he would hay
known how It ought 70 have been liked.
"Iiang such n collar button," grOwls til
man vine ~ late for breakfast. " Ii l were \
the business l would make buttons that wOul
not silp out, or break oil, or gouge out the bac
And then the various sufferers forget abou
their grievances and begin 10 think abou
something else. II they would sit down at tn
next convenient opportunity, put their idea
about car windows, saucepans, and collar but
tons into practical shape, and then apply 70
patents, they might fnd themselves us inde
pendently Wealthy as the man who invente
the iron umbrella ring, or the one who patente
the fifteen puzzle.
TEMPTING OFFER.
10 induce people to keep track OF their brigi
ideas and see what there 10 IN them the fret
Claims Company has resolved 70 oner a priL,
10 the person who submits 70 II the simpler
and most promising invention, from q CONNIE
cial point OF view. the company VIII e..
twenty-five hundred dollars IN cash. IN auq
ton To refunding the fees for securing th
patent. IL viii also advertise the inVenho
This offer is subject TO the following cond
lions; Every = mpetitor must obtain u patel
for his new iav nton through Inc compan
He must first apply for u preliminary scare
this search show hts Invention TO be unpaten
able, he can withdraw without any fu
Their expense. otherwise ne Will be expoctt
10 complete his application and take out pa
enI in The regular way. The total expense, y
GLIDING the government and bureau fees, vi
be scvent, dollars For this. whether he 81
patent ,hat ought 10 be y valuable property
him. The prize will be awarded by q jury co
slsting of three reputable patent attorneys
out the following blank. and forward IL wi
their application;